Remarkable Romance of Sarawak’s White Rajah
A sweeping account of James Brooke and his nephew Charles Brooke, the first two white rulers of Sarawak. The piece traces Brooke’s rise to power, his campaigns against rebels and Dyaks, efforts to establish native industries, and the political push for British protection, set against a perilous, largely untold frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cperien Rao
Sarawak
Ose
Kip
Brooke
Charles Brooke
James Brooke
India
East Indian Company
Borneo
Oe Land
Charles
Alet
Goniicae
Married man jokes about wife's mind daily
A husband quips that there is no end to a wife's mind as he receives a piece of it every day, highlighting a lighthearted domestic joke about marriage.
Enslaving Belgium Von Bissing Plan Revealed in Memo
The late Governor General Bissing's memorandum calls for annexation of Belgium and a postwar German dictatorship. It urges royal dethronement, exploitation of Belgian resources, and a new war to advance German military, naval, and economic aims. It rejects reconciliation and envisions a Belgium absorbed under strict control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bissing
Belgium
Little Kingdom
Germany
Baumeister
von Bissing
Bel
Rman
Limburg
England
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Poland
Albert
Machiavelli
Bow River’s Triple Role in Energy, Irrigation, and Beauty
The Bow River, rising in the Canadian Rockies, performs three tasks: scenic grandeur near Banff and Lake Louise, power generation for Calgary with 31 000 horsepower currently, and irrigation extending across 370 000 acres via Alberta’s vast canal network. The system could triple hydroelectric output with storage and regulation, feeding western irrigation and linking to a vast North Saskatchewan basin eventual flow to Hudson’s Bay.
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Nile
Thames
Mississippi
Amazon
Rhine
Bow River
Lake Louise
Banff
Kananaskis Falls
Calgary
Canadian Water Powers Branch
Great Irrigation
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
United States
Bassano
Wan River
Northketchewan
Hudson's Bay
Ottawa to Establish Relatives Information Bureau for Casualties
The Ottawa military authorities plan a Relatives Information Bureau to inform families about casualties. The bureau will be set up in most towns using municipal staff to relay news promptly. It aims to replace chaotic notices by providing direct, orderly communication and processing of a fallen or wounded soldier’s affairs.
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Ottawa
Lkely
Relatives’ Information Bureau
Canada
Ministry of
Fragmentary urban transit clash report
An obscure street car incident is described where a driver argues with a bystander about evidence for an official report. The text is garbled but suggests a dispute over faults and accountability on a bridge area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Tennyson and Wells Debate our Crowned Republic Idea
The article contrasts Tennyson with H G Wells praising a crowned republic and argues Britain’s constitution, rooted in the Bill of Rights, remains a republic in spirit. It notes the UK’s model from an English tradition and its distance from monarchies in Russia and dictums in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
H. G. Wells
Tennyson
Russia
Germany
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Nee
William
Blic
House of Commons
Too House
Lance Bombs As Chasers for U-Boats' Use
A British B foot destroyer carries a deck gun, six lance bombs, and rifles for ten men. The modified 3 inch gun fires a thirteen pound shell at range, with a seven man crew reduced for efficiency. Lance bombs, 14 pounds, on a six foot handle, allow close range attacks to damage U boats, a risky but effective device described by William Washburn Nutting.
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Great Britain
T.N.T
Wiliam Washburn Nutting
Collier's
Milk as a Valuable Food in the Diet
Milk is a nourishing food providing protein mineral substances and energy. The average person uses little more than a half pint daily, but safe milk can profitably increase intake. A quart daily aids growth for the young. milk supports body building and energy in many dishes and preparations.
Punxsutawney Man Builds Stone House From Global Finds
A Punxsutawney resident constructs a stone house using rocks collected from all over the world. Stones span the United States and international locales including Italy Ireland China Japan and Mam moth Cave amid a long effort by the builder and his circle of friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
United States
Italy
Ireland
China
Japan
South America
Mammoth Cave
Pike's Peak
Patrick Henry
Uae
Desecration at a French cemetery during the retreat
A reporter recalls a French rural cemetery spared from shelling while German forces used it as an observation post. Graves were opened and coffins rifled, with looting of vaults and a shrine, as officers were buried nearby and the retreat described as voluntary yet followed by desecration and theft.
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Hindenburg
William Robertso
Teuton
England
France
Waterspouts and Tornadoes Describe Sea Weather Phenomena
A discussion of waterspouts and tornadoes as atmospheric events over the sea. It explains how warm surface air and cold cloud-level air create these disturbances, noting line squalls and V-shaped low pressure patterns. The funnel forms from condensed moisture and seawater spray as air spins upward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Juror Declares Suspect Guilty in Hagley Case
A juror proclaims the suspect guilty after a single impression amid Hagley court proceedings. The exchange hints at defense concerns about access to counsel and potential legal missteps.
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Bro Brooke
Britain
Canadian Associated Press
Hagley
Winder
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