Union Jack Origins and Design Details Across Centuries
The article traces the Union Jack’s evolution from Crusader banners to the 1801 update adding the red diagonal cross. It discusses the white field, Saint Andrew and Saint Patrick symbols, and the blending of English and Scottish emblems under various monarchs. It notes the flag’s complex proportions and the common use and misplacement in public spaces.
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Henry V
Henry VI
Andrew
S. Patrick
James the I
The Vulture Tower of Silence Parsee Tale
An 1850s Bombay tale recounts Framji Jijibhai's death and robbery by servant Tip at the dokhma near Kharabad. The Parsee ring with an opal is taken, then Jijibhai miraculously returns in life to confront the thief as the vultures circle the tower.
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Honourable East India Company
Bombay
Kharabad
Ghauts
Puna
Tip
Framji Jijibhai
Dastur
Jijibhai
Ireland
Nasesalars
Tower of Silence
Mr. Jijibhai
Birds of Prey
Dokhma
Terra Firma
Opium in a New Light by Sir George Birdwood
Sir George Birdwood argues opium in India benefits tropical populations and should be privatized for production with high export duties. He compares opium to champagne in Europe and urges leveraging imperial revenue to reduce taxes in India, claiming health and wealth gains for vegetarians in the tropics.
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George Birdwood
India
China
Europe
America
Tropics
Asia
Africa
England
Ndia
West Indian Carib fisherfolk display swift inshore canoe skills
The article praises Carib fishermen of the West Indies for their dexterity in dugout canoes. It notes their lazy coastal life ashore but notes swift, precise motion at sea, handling spears, hooks, and paddles with minimal water disturbance. It mentions large catches of Spanish mackerel and barracouta up to seven feet and thirty pounds.
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West Indian Islands
Do Doctors Save a Million Lives a Year
A reflective piece on medical limits and the cautious use of terms like cured. The author recalls lessons from Sir Henry Acland at Oxford and considers how doctors relieve, help recovery, and prevent relapses, while acknowledging that even great physicians can fail to save lives.
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Sir Henry Acland
Radcliffe Infirmary
Oxford
Sir Henry
John Smith
Henry
Tragedy In Upper Silesia A Russian Couple Dies
A Russian husband and wife, living in Great Dombrowka, Upper Silesia, were ordered to quit. Denied entry at the frontier due to the wife’s blindness, they faced eviction again. In despair the husband killed his wife by throwing her into the Przemsa and then hanged himself from a tree.
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Great Dombrowka
Upper Silesia
Russia
Przemsa
Germany
Parisian Actresses Favor Paper Lace Fashion
The piece notes Parisian actresses favor paper lace which seems delicate at night and costs little. It contrasts this with wearing costly real lace which risks ruin in a single evening and calls the latter folly.
Miscellaneous World Facts and Records Revealed
A collection of curiosities cites naval, military, and scientific trivia from around the globe. It notes Krupp artillery ranges, Gibraltar’s fortress status, Venice money terms, and the Kremlin bell, along with beer consumption, convict labor, and a Romanesque look at Japan’s hereditary professions.
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Paris
Texas
Germany
San Francisco
Albany
New Orleans
United States
Charlottesville
Kremlin
Moscow
Loire
Compte de Chabannes la Pallice
Venice
Gazette
Japan
Strange Arboreal Wildlife in Tropics Sparsely Populated by Ground Animals
The article surveys tropical forests south of the equator, noting imbalance between plant life and animal forms. It highlights birds like toucans and birds of paradise, rare nocturnal four footed forest dwellers, and arboreal lemur relatives in Madagascar whose cries are tied to ancestral spirits.
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Equator
Brazil
Congo
Madagascar
Asiatic
New Guinea
Guinea
Amazon
Moluccas
New World
Africa
Europe
Tropics
Ducks and geese trapped in ice at Lake Traverse
Hundreds of waterfowl were found frozen to a thin ice sheet near Lake Traverse west of Wheaton Minnesota. Many died while others survived, some captured by nearby farmers and about twenty five to thirty Sisseton Indians seized a wagon box of ducks and geese. A 14 year old boy reportedly took 150 ducks and six geese. A farmer driving by killed several birds with a whip as they huddled helplessly along the shore.
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Lake Traverse
Wheaton
Minn
Sisseton
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UNION
Jace OF
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Crusaders
ST OS
Tower OF
West India
Odds and
Negro College
Gibraltar
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