Queen's road in Battersea to be renamed Queensway
A miscellany of news items reports proposed renaming Queen's road in Battersea to Queensway, the freedom of Leeds granted to Sir James Kitson, purchases of historic artifacts, and various social, political, and imperial notes from the period. The item catalogues events including coal production figures, travels of bands to Canada, and visits by ships and dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen's Road
Battersea
Queensway
City of
Leeds
James Kitson
Robert Bruce
London
Home Secretary
E. Lyttleton
Eton
United Kingdom
Blackpool
Norwich
King
Southampton
Essex and Suffolk Fox Hunt
Black Dike Mills
Messrs
John Foster and Sons
Bradford
Canada
America
Chatham Dockyard
Hornsey
Milkmen’s Sunday Rest Society
House of Commons
Oyama
Worsley
Manchester
Duke of Bridgewater
G. M. Randolph
C.M.G
Rand
Redvers Buller
British Museum
Shakespeare
Anne Hathaway
Shakespeare's House
United States
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Liverpool
Garter Mission
Baby’s Own Tablets Promise Quick Relief for Babies
Ad copy touts Baby’s Own Tablets as cures for stomach and bowel ailments in children aided by a government analyst assurance of no poisonous opiates. Customer testimonial from Mrs. Bea bert McKenzie describes rapid improvement in constipation after a month of use. product available from medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville, Ont. Also mentions a joke about a magistrate and a dyspeptic excuse. Promotes Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil as a cheap, comprehensive remedy for rheumatism, sore throat, colds, asthma, and wounds, urging every home to own it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea Bert McKenzie
Chelmsford
Ont
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Thomas
Richard Harcourt
James Fudhope
M.P.P
Ontario Bank
Tudhope Carrigo Co
Lismerly
Province of Ontario Ortilia
Dani&l Simpson
E. ME
Joan Flett
Cobat
Flett, Lowndes & Co
Joseph Columbus
Haileybury
Cal
Clark, McPherson, Campbell & Jarvis
Toronto
Columbus
Coleman
Gillies Timber
Beneft
Daniel Simpson
P. O
Cobalt
Nature Study At A Farm A Pleasing Sketch
A young woman spending holidays on a farm hears a distressed cow and her colt mew. Willie Wishington laments his dog howling whenever he attempts to sing. Miss Cayenne muses on dogs ranking with humans in intelligence.
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Willie’ Wishington
Miss Cayenne
Empire Day Movement Lord Meath's Imperial Catechism
Empire Day was celebrated by 3,000,000 children across Britain's realms. Lord Meath issued an Imperial catechism for Empire children to keep for future May 24 celebrations outlining citizenship duties, empire geography, population, religion, trade, governance, and the Union Jack.
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England
Lord Meath
Victoria
United Kingdom
Canadian Dominion
Australian Commonwealth
New Zealand
Cape Colony
Natal
Newfoundland
India
British Empire
Queen Victoria
Pink Pills Claim Cure For Anaemia And Bloodlessness
An advertisement promoting Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People claims the pills create new blood and cure anaemia by replacing bad blood with good. It includes a testimonial from Mrs Clare Cook of Halifax County describing relief from pale skin headaches dizziness and weight gain after using the pills. The ad notes the pills cost 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from Mr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Williams
The New Psychology Shows Animal Minds in Kindred Light
In a synthesis attributed to Edgar L. Larkin the article argues minds in animals equal in kind to humans but less developed. It asserts brains, cells, and ganglia produce mind, with memory, love, gratitude, and other traits found across species, and denies a distinct soul or nonmaterial mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar L. Larkin
New York Journal
Meanness Often Emerges When Wealth Arrives
A concise aphorism notes that a man's cruelty or stinginess often becomes visible only after he gains money, suggesting character traits reveal themselves with financial change.
Make-Believe Soldiers The Kitchener Brother's Straight Talk
Gen Walter Kitchener, commander of the Lahore Division, urged British officers after hard field operations to extend field days beyond 24 hours to learn practical tactics. He warned against overreliance on staff and stressed endurance, hunger, and self-reliance as keys to real warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Kitchener
Lahore
Northern Army Corps
India
Swiss court sentences two Scherrers to life and dog to be shot
In Delemont, Soleure, Switzerland, two men named Scherrer were given life imprisonment for the murder of wealthy farmer Merger. The court also ordered the farmer’s dog shot after the animal allegedly tore his throat and wounded him with a knife. Witnesses debated the dog’s role as the men argued the crime was committed by the animal, and the dog flinched during removal for execution.
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Scherrer
Delemont
Soleure
Switzerland
Merger
Japanese diet and bicycles spark height craze
A Tokyo physician urges bicycle use to build height, mirroring English meat-eating effects. Reports claim the Emperor weighs considerations of meat diets to enlarge subjects. The piece also notes quirky exchanges about a new boarder and a joke about professions seen in faces.
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Tokio
England
Ferrovim Tonic Promises Quick Fever Recovery
A fragmented old column promotes Ferrovim as the best tonic for fever and sickness, claiming it builds strength and life. It contains assorted ad snippets for medicines and household remedies, including Parmelee's Vegetable Pills, Sunlight Soap, Dysentery Cordial, and Holloway's Corn Cure, with conversational quips and testimonials.
Indian officer sets all round athletic feat on road
Mr K Barge of the 17th Cavalry completed a four stage mile test between Bannu and Dehra Ismail Khan in 19 minutes 8 seconds. He walked seven minutes fifty two point five seconds ran five minutes twelve seconds galloped two minutes four seconds and cycled two minutes fifty nine point two five seconds to finish with 52 seconds margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulpett
Burpett
K. Barge
17Th Cavalry
Bannu
Dehra Ismail Khan
Barge
Ill educated officers in war office report on tast promotion
The British War Office study of the regular army junior officer promotion exam shows gradual gains with 110 of 653 captains and lieutenants failing to qualify. Abroad pass rates exceed home results, Royal Engineers lead with only one failure among forty two, Infantry and Cavalry see over 70 percent failures, and Army Service Corps wastes over 44 percent. The text notes lingering discipline issues as December work hours extend in deep water.
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British War Office
Royal Engineers
Army Service Corps
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Papa
Grandpa
Orce
Holloway
Scott
Scott & Bowns
Wilson
Archdale Wilson Hamilton
Massey Cleveland Boat
Aarreneen Peer
Eatek
C. M. Morrow
Canada Cycle and Sistor Company
Toronto Junction
Cman
Japan
Eighuest
ST. Louis
Columbus Cobalt Silver Co., Limited
Peclar
Aime
Oshawa
Otawa
Entreal, Cue
Craig St
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Bal
Sussex Et
Edo
Dundas St
Lombard
Ponder St
IMAD
Pecs Hewan
CPEB
G.T.P. Acoek
Psoe Gioco
Post-office Savings Bank
Ireland
Worbertil Gse
Wm. E. Reed
Queen &J
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Wilsonies Co., Limited
Dominion
E. D. Smith
Helderleigh Nurseries
Winona
Ontario
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Walkerville
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