The Parliament Kitchen Offers 25c to 10$ Meals for MPs
The Kitchen Committee led by Col. Lockwood runs a wide catering program in the British House of Commons with a state subsidy about 10,000 dollars yearly. From February 13 to November 24 last year 165,451 meals were served including teas dinners luncheons and bar meals. Cigar and spirits profits exceeded their costs and overall figures show careful budgeting and efficient service across a range of pricing.
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House of Commons
Morlees
London
Col. Lockwood
England
Britain
T. W. Russell
Valentia
Viscount Valentia
Lord Rosebery
Pitt
Earl of Beaconsfield
Bellamy
Alfred Jacoby
C. F. King
Ning
United Service Club
Fragmentary Business Note Describes Food Service Shortfall
The text suggests a business scene where the subject struggles to provide well cooked and daintily served meals at respectable hours, indicating supply or staffing issues affecting service quality and timeliness. The readable句 fragments imply a dining or catering context with emphasis on meal preparation and appropriate hours.
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Bever
His Mistake in a Bold Moment of Truth
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a woman challenges a man about his past. He insists he has never kissed another girl while she questions his words and warns him to prove honesty or face consequences. The scene blends sharp dialogue with moral tension.
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Reformatory
Bor & Miracle Worker
Pee's Quaint Outlook and Lord Crewe's Wit in Society
A reminiscence highlights Lord Crewe as a charming, witty figure in coronation circles and a friend of books and sport. It recalls his marriage to Lady Peggy Primrose, the age gap with his wife, and the late Lord Houghton’s social influence. The marooness of Crewe hosted Liberal figures recently and is expected to do so again.
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Lord Crewe
Meing
Lord Houghton
Lady Houghton
Richard
Peggy Primrose
Lord
Lady Crewe
Lord Rosebery
Marcooness
Crewe
Liberal Party
Churchill Hissed and Cheered During Coronation Progress
The population cheered Winston Churchill as Home Secretary during the coronation procession through poorer London districts. In Pall Mall the crowd hissed him in the Clubland West End, shocking the royal party as windows and balconies filled with onlookers.
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London
Winston Churchill
Ife
West End
Trafalgar Square
Pall Mall
Churchill
Midland Bay and the birth of Midland City
A historic excerpt describes Mundy’s Bay later known as Midland Bay with a horseskin shape and deep waters able to harbor old sailing ships. It recalls a barren wilderness shoreline forty five years ago and nearby farms, then notes Port Hope capitalists backing Baron Adolph Von Huge’s plan to build a Port Hope to Georgian Bay railway terminating at Midland City.
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Georgian Bay
Bayfield
Mundy’s Bay
Port Hope
Adolph von Huge
Ontario
Midland City
A Gallant Soldier Major Harry Scholfield VC Joins King’s Body Guard
Major Harry Scholfield VC formerly of the Royal Artillery is now a member of the King's Body Guard of the Honorable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, succeeding Col. Charles Cooch on half-pay. He entered the Royal Artillery in 1884 and earned the Victoria Cross for heroism at Colenso during the last South African War. He helped bring in guns after Boer shells felled most of his battery, rallying his team to save one of only two guns.
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Harry N. Schsfield
V.C
Royal Artillery
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
Charles Cooch
Scholfield
Colenso
F. H.S. Roberts
Earl Roberts
Major Scholfield
Weather Forecasters and the Toronto Meteorological Service
A feature on the Toronto Meteorological Building on Bloor Street where a team of physicists chemists photographers and astronomers compile daily weather reports for a continent. The piece contrasts modern science with rural prophecy and explains how forecasts track atmospheric currents using telegraphic reports from Dawson City to Halifax and beyond.
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Bloor Street
Toronto
Donald B. Sinclair
Canadian Courier
Edmonton
Uncle Sam
Sydney Harbor
Scotia
Ontario
Meteorological Service
Wheat Country
Melville
Saskatchewan
Meteorological
Tropics
Canada
Reunion Highlights Long Ketcheson Line in Hastings County
About 800 descendants of the Ketcheson family gathered in Sidney Township Hastings County for a reunion. Founder William Ketcheson born 1759 in Howden England left for the States in 1773 then moved to Canada in 1786 acquiring 600 acres on the fifth concession at Sidney. The lineage includes Lt Col Ketcheson and a large number of offspring. today about 1700 members are spread across the continent.
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Ketcheson
Sidney Township
Hastings County
Wm. Ketcheson
Howden
Yorkshire
England
States
Canada
Sidney
George A. Ketcheson
Paid For the Privilege
A Toronto mother, resting beside a front bedroom window during her child’s first natural sleep after illness, was awakened by a loud banana vendor outside. She demanded quiet, but the Italian push-cart man retorted and claimed he would pay ten dollars for hollering.
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Toronto
Berlin Growth and New Construction Highlight Berlin Board of Trade
The Berlin Board of Trade notes population growth to 14 600, up 936 from last year, with 140 new houses built and ten factory additions. A fireproof public school costing 100 000 dollars and 140 dollars invested in local improvements are mentioned. Hydroelectric power from Niagara lights homes and supports industry.
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Berlin
Quick Lunch Counter Quip Turns On Customer
A New York City lunch counter scene records a string of sharp replies between youths in white aprons and a complaining customer. The patron mocks the coffee and egg, and the waiter fires back about the chicken patty and dog biscuit to expose the gag.
Two Queer Metals Rhodium and Ruthenium
The piece notes rhodium and ruthenium as metals with limited practical use. It states rhodium occurs in platinum ore around five percent, while ruthenium is found only in osmiridium and averages about five percent of that metal.
Old Time Magic and the Burned Magicians of Europe
In the sixteenth century Spain and Italy saw magicians executed by burning for performances that once drew awe but now seem tame. The era’s harsh punishment reflects fears of occult powers and religious upheaval that framed public spectacles.
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Spain
Italy
China’s Great Plain Mosquito Plague Plaguing Summer
In the Great Plain of China the landscape features gentle streams and numerous stagnant pools. Summers bring a severe mosquito problem that overwhelms the area.
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China’s
Great Plain
China
No Wedding Day Bargain in Variety Life
A quarrel between spouses reveals a long history of petty bargaining. The Wife recalls a scarce moment of genuine agreement on their wedding day, highlighting the underlying tension in a domestic vignette from Variety Life.
Viceroy Denman To Represent Crown In Australasian Empire
Lord Denman, young and active, will represent the Crown in Australia and the Antipodean empire. Provinces remain wary, with New South Wales and Victoria demanding attention. His wife, a noted Liberal hostess, will also be missed in political circles.
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London
Ing
Sydney
Melbourne
Lord North
Northern Territory
Denman
Remembering Names at St Pauls and the Big Toronto Church
Archdeacon Couy of St Pauls Anglican Church in Toronto is famed for a remarkable memory for names. He personally greets every mason and laborer on the Bloor Street church construction site each morning. During a christening, he halted the service to ask for Master Herbert, surprising the many relatives present with his exact recall of the large family.
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Lorento
Archdeacon Couy
St. Paul's Anglican Church
Bloor Street
Toronto
Archdeacon
Ahere
Herbert
Canada’s Quarter Trade Surges, Imports Lead Increase
In the current fiscal quarter Canada reports total trade of 150 million plus, up by 9.7 million from last year’s April to June. Imports dominate growth rising to 121.35 million with June at 43.997 thousand. exports fall about 3 million with forest products leading. Customs revenue climbs to 14.93 million.
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Canada
Abolishing the Parlor Moves Ottawa Housing Reform
The London Free Press notes Ottawa hosts a better housing movement centered on removing the parlor. The plan favors a home where every room is used freely and prizes will encourage architects across the Dominion to submit innovative designs.
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Ottawa
Waoole Dominion
London Free Press
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British Commons
Parliament
Pee
Christening Midland
Meteorological Bureau
Continent
Dawson City
Halifax
Maine
California
the Ketchesons
Australia
Denman Isoung
Austral Ane
Geeta
South Wales
Victoria
Lord Denman
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