When a Liner Arrives At Quebec Wharf
A vivid scene of arriving passengers at Quebec shows class distinctions on deck and shore. Special Agent Ibbotson guides first contact with trains, baggage, and hotels while customs stay restrained. The piece also notes playful anagrams and a Carmelite monk’s origin.
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Quebec
Bacs
Ibbotson
CPR
Harry” Tbbotson
Spick and Span
Mr. Ibbotson
Expressman
St. James’s Club
Great West
Woman’s cane seating business gains notable clientele
A Boston woman adopts chair caning as a new occupation and runs a busy "chair hospital" workshop. She earns about 60 to 70 cents per chair, caning five or six daily, and her patrons bring others, creating steady demand among well known families.
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Boston
Velveteen Cloths Reused for Polishing and Cleaning
Old velveteen pieces should be saved as polishing cloths after use. They serve as wash leather for plate cleaning and save buying new fabrics. Wash the velveteen in soapy water and hang to dry.
Hints For Wives On Viewing Husbands
Health offers two views of a husband one idealized as faultless and perfect the other seeing faults yet choosing to love him despite them with guidance to wives.
Bar le Duc Wak Nut Wheat Dip Flavor Notes
A recipe describes Bar le Duc style blend of cream cheese with currant jelly and tart jellies, whisked with blanched wak nut meats into a frothy spread. Served with wafers or water thins, the concoction is presented as delicious.
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Bar le Duc
Trapping an Elephant
A zoo keeper explains a method to trap and tame an elephant by using a sunken pit and a swing gate. After luring the animal, they drive it into the trap and subdue it with smoke, noise, and lack of sustenance over a few days.
A Boy and a Thousand Dollars
A New York judge gives his son 1000 dollars to fund college but the youth returns spoiled. After a hard talking to, he leaves home to work and study. He eventually returns to college, graduates top of his class, studies law, becomes New York governor, joins the presidential cabinet, and leaves a lasting national record.
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New York
United States
William H. Seward
A Fish Story From a Local Eminence
A gunner of local standing scoffs at trout protection, claiming trout protect themselves by preying on ducks. He describes a fanciful scene of a trout grabbing a duck and drowning it, then eating the feathers before swimming away, mocking fishermen and fish stories.
English Plum Pudding Recipe Instructions
A historic recipe instructs washing currants and raisins, mixing with suet breadcrumbs sugar lemon rind candied peels and nutmeg, beating eggs with orange juice, combining with dry ingredients, packing into greased molds, boiling ten hours, and serving with bard sauce.
Verdi and Hugo Debate Quartet Wit in Opera Room
Verdi sought Hugo's view after persuading him to attend a performance of Rigoletto. Hugo sat in silence, then challenged Verdi to show a way four people can speak simultaneously, vowing to write something more beautiful than the quartet if possible.
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Verdi
Victor Hugo
Hugo
Famous Sleuth Retires From Scotland Yard After 26 Years
Detective-Sergeant Thomas Gregory known as Gen Woman Tom retires on a full pension after twenty six years at Scotland Yard. He captured the Cabinet of Crime gang and used disguises to enter clubs and arrest criminals. He posed as a pavement artist and boot cleaner to monitor targets and helped seize a gang at Westminster and a Bond Street jewel theft.
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Scotland Yard
Thomas Gregory
Tom
Gregory
Cabinet of Crime
Soho
Westminster
Portland Place
Marylebone
Bond Street
British Briefs Snapshot of Varied English Facts
A collection noting 30 000 leg amputees in England and two widows under seventeen at the last census. It reports London's meat and fish output, discusses Charles Wesley's bicentenary, notes Dreadnought features, and contrasts Scotland England growth rates. An anecdote about Carlyle ends with a quip on a visiting genius.
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England
London
Charles Wesley
Scotland
Sheepdog Trials Gain Popularity in North America and Abroad
Country Life In America notes growing interest in sheepdog trials in Canada and near New York. It highlights Major G. M. Carnochan as a leading supporter and praises the dog as a versatile, intelligent helper for shepherds, with viewpoints from Australia Wales and Scotland.
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Canada
New York
East
Wales
Australia
Toronto
G. M. Carnochan
Scotland
America
Sarah Maxwell Laid To Rest After Hochelaga Fire
The remains of Sarah Maxwell, who died in the Hochelaga school fire in Montreal, were interred last week. Relatives, Hochelaga school staff, and parents of the fifteen children buried Saturday attended the graveside service led by Rev. Dr. Symonds. The grave sits among the mounds of the fifteen pupils.
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Sarah Maxwell
Hochelaga
Montreal
Symonds
Cooking Vegetables Flavor Tip
A reader recommends adding a lump of sugar to the water when boiling green vegetables. The tip claims sugar enhances flavor and helps retain vibrant color in the vegetables.
The Sporting Rajah and His Horse Caring
The article contrasts native rulers like Sir Pertab Singh with modern rajahs who value clean stables and skilled staff. It notes Patiala and Kuch Behar as active polo patrons, and mentions imported English horses adapting to climate. It ends with a shift from elephants to horses for property visits and daily duties.
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Pertab Singh
Kuch-Betar
Bailey
Maharajah of
Patiala
Maharajah
Kuch Behar
England
Rond
Rackrent
Telegraphic photographs to be used by Berlin spring
Professor Korn of Munich invents a telegraph photo duplicator to transmit photographs via light. London Mirror owner Alexander Kenealy says England and colonies license rights with July practical use. Equipment made in Paris. possible stations worldwide. three minutes to transmit.
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Berlin
Germany
Professor Korn
Munich
P.T.O
London
Alexander Kenealy
Cily Mirror
England
Carpentier
Paris
Mr. Kenealy
Canada
Australia
Korn
Theniversity of
Edward
Marconi
The Saucer Oath Heard In Admiralty Case
During a recent Admiralty hearing Chinese witnesses recited their oath as a saucer broken to seal the promise. The oath declared truthfulness with a grim pledge that the soul be broken if the oath is broken.
Teaching Monkeys and the Limits of Learning
John B. Watson notes fourteenth month old child learns to pull in a grape with a light wooden rake, while Jimmie the Rhesus monkey struggles to grasp the same task. The monkey manipulates the tool only when guided by the experimenter and fails to operate it independently to obtain the food.
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Jimmie
John B. Watson
Malaga
The Black Sea Poisoned by Hydrogen Sulfide Depths
The Black Sea hosts a unique bottom ecology where lack of scavengers causes decay of sinking carcasses, producing vast quantities of sulphureted hydrogen that poisons water from 1,227 fathoms to near the surface, leaving life scarce except bacteria and drawing parallels to ancient ocean conditions.
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Black Sea
Mediterranean
Ranji thanks Birmingham press. pledges affection for Britain
Ranji, the cricketer now Jam of Nawanagar, sends thanks to The Birmingham Gazette and Express for congratulation. He expresses God bless the Emperor King and the Empire and hopes to retain the regard of British friends by playing the Snowe field.
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Ranji
Ranjitsinhji
Nawanagar
Birmingham Gazette and Express
Relief Would Be By Principal’s Short Visit
Dr Story, late Glasgow University principal, on holiday in the country, meets the district minister who asks him to relieve him for a day. The principal replies he might relieve the minister’s congregation rather than the minister himself.
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Dr. Story
Glasgow University
Coming and Going. Fashion, wives, and dressmakers clash
Fragmentary dialogue reflects domestic tensions over a wife’s wardrobe. A speaker jokes that failing to dress her well invites trouble with the wife, while dressing to fashion invites trouble with the dressmaker, illustrating household disagreements and social expectations.
Edith Returns Albert's Ring to Settle a Debt
Edith takes back Albert's ring to price it for settlement. Lopez questions the move while Gladys notes the jeweler’s remark that Herbert had not yet settled as promised, implying the ring would be kept.
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Edith
Alerbert
Penelope
Gladys
Herbert
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Britain
Andre Pujom
Auvergne
William Oldys
Pierre de St. Lours
Ludovicus Bartelemi
Sylvester
Im Bartas
James Stuart
Carlyle
Telegraph
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