Lady Rosa Bingley Seeks Missing Ernest In London Fog
In a London restaurant scene Rosa Bingley learns her suitor Ernest Bingley may be a penniless impostor. Punder fumes over a twenty thousand pound loss and Rosa plans to search embankment benches for him with Max guiding options. The Earl and Clara-Martha announce Vienna wedding plans.
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Punder
Wyncoop
Ernest Bingley
Bingley
Iowa
Ohio
Choohoo
Bunco Bingley
Mr. Punder
Rosa
Clara Martha Phelps
Earl
Lady Rosa Bingley
Bingley Castle
London
Clara-Martha Phelps
Vienna
Clara- Martha
Venice
Mrs. Phelps
Max
Rosa Bingley
Rome
Nero’s
Aracter
Tiberius
Thames Embankment
New Words From English Lords and their Fame
The piece notes how English peers have entered language as words. It cites the Earl of Sandwich for meat between bread, the seventh Earl of Cardigan with a sweater, the Duke of Wellington as boots and a cooking apple, and Raglan the Crimean general as an overcoat.
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Earl of Sandwich
Seventh Earl of
Cardigan
Duke of Wellington
Raglan
Umpires Fight Comment Sparks Legal What If Scenario
A West Virginia baseball dispute ends with a punch at an umpire. The judge dismisses the case saying players have an inalienable right to fight the umpire. The Winnipeg Tribune ponders how a litigant might react if a judge faced a similar outburst.
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United States
Manna
Heaven
West Virginia
Winnipeg Tribune
Railroads Of Tomorrow Freight Trains Will Travel Faster
Putnam Advertisement touts future railroading with high speed streamlined freight and passenger trains. It predicts lightweight modern carriers moving at wind speed and merchandise carried far faster than present day trains.
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Pullman
Albinos Reported Among Colored Races
Historical note stating that albinos have been observed within various racial groups described as colored races.
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Man
Mechanized Mind Teaches Suburban Routine Says Advocate
The Farmer's Advocate laments England's modern transport press and film shaping a standardized suburban outlook. It argues rural people tolerate urban viewpoints and that wholesome rural independence risks becoming inarticulate.
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England
Earl Baldwin
Abbot Skeleton Found in Arbroath Abbey Ruins
A stone coffin containing laurel leaves and a skeleton, believed to be a 13th century abbot, was found in the ruined chapter house of Arbroath Abbey in Scotland.
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Arbroath Abbey
Scotland
Light Rain Slips Roads More Than Heavy Downpour
A report notes that light sprinkles make roads about one third more slippery than a heavy downpour, suggesting driving caution amid variable rain intensity.
Nova Scotia Fishermen Rescued From Fog After Loss
Two Yarmouth fishermen John Jacquard and Burton Hemlow aboard the R. B. Hutt were lost in dense fog two days after heading to the Grand Banks. They were rescued by the Danish freighter Gyda en route to New York and landed at Cape Negro near Yarmouth. The Hutt had searched in vain for days before returning to port.
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Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
John Jacquard
Burton Hemlow
R. B. Hutt
Hutt
Grand Banks
Jacquard
Hemlow
Gyda
New York
Cape Negro
N.S
Underground Post Office at South Australian Opal Field
In Coober Pedy the remote opal field houses the world's only underground post office and bank. Prospectors live in rooms dug into the soft earth of the sandstone hills, with the post office tucked among their underground dwellings.
Language confuses children with many word meanings
A psychologist notes that school children miswrite words like boners because English words carry multiple meanings such as game with 15 senses grain 30 fail 29 and account 34. The piece contrasts lizards’ slimy touch with snakes’ dry scales to illustrate perception differences.
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Richard
Yank
Der
Eye
Rascal
Park Lane
Countess of Bathberry
E. Bingley
Ernest
Lady Rosa
Ducky
Georgie-porgie
Clara- Martha Phelps
Rede M S
Liniment
Gyproc
Vancouver
Calgary
Montreal
Toronto
Underground
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Winnipeg - Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
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