A Knighted Cabin Boy Returns to London
Sir Joynton Smith, once a London cabman’s cabin boy, now a hotel magnate and former Sydney mayor, arrives in London at the Savoy. He recalls Hackney childhoods, Bow Street convictions, and Victoria Park hunts for a racecourse, while planning future Tube rides and Cockney reminiscences.
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London
Phim Oy
Si Joymton Smith
Daily Mail
Joyeton Smith
New South Wales
Sydney
England
Australia
Bishopsgate
Hackney Road
Waterlow’s
Meads
Cheapside
Victoria Park
Hackney
Bow Street
G.P.O
Newgate
Joynton
Sheffield council rejects cheaper German electrical plant plan
The City Council of Sheffield refuses to ratify the Electric Supply Commission’s recommendation to buy an electrical plant from Germany for £49,000, noting a British bid at over £90,000 as the lowest alternative, amid a contentious procurement dispute. An unrelated note mentions an ancient tax exemption for working class homes and puddle-glees in Rio de Janeiro.
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Sheffield
England
Electric Supply Commission
Germany
Rio de Janeiro
Whistling Taboo Tales From Mines and Coasts
A compilation of superstitions about whistling across regions. Leicestershire miners fear whistling portends disaster and leave pits to avoid danger. The Arabs cite a forty day cleanse after whistling. Iceland Cornwall Devon and Cornwall’s seafaring culture also taboo whistle in caves and boats and link a whistling woman to misfortune.
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Coumccion
Leicestershire
Iceland
Cornwall
Devon
Europe War Muscles Grow Stronger, Says War Secretary
Sir L Worthington Evans told the British House of Commons the continental armed forces, excluding Russia, show France and Poland as leading powers. The list includes Austria 30,000 Belgium 105,000 Bulgaria 33,000 Czecho-Slovakia 147,300 Denmark 15,400 Finland 35,000 France 809,652 Germany 100,000 and others.
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Flose
Europe
L. Worthington Evans
House of Commons
Russia
France
Poland
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czecho-Slovakia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Rumania
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Serbs-Croats- Slovenes
New Head For Experimental Farm
W. R. Leslie, a Mani toba Agricultural College graduate, is appointed superintendent of the Dominion experimental farm at Morden. He replaces E. M. Straight, who moves to Sydney, Vancouver, B C, to run the Dominion farm there. Lionel Stevenson, currently at Sydney Experimental Farm, goes to Ottawa as secretary and assistant to Dr Tolmie, minister of agriculture.
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W. R. Leslie
Manitoba Agricultural College
Domnion
Morden
Ontario
Fort William
Mr. Lestie
E. M. Straight
Mr. Straight
Dominion Farm
Sydney
Vancouver
B.C
Lionel Stevenson
Ottawa
Stevenson
Tolmie
White BC land by irrigation not law says Victoria Times
The Victoria Times questions whether irrigation could create a white British Columbia faster than legislation. It notes startling land and cultivation statistics for Oriental farmers and argues that comparing labor, methods, and productivity shows the limits of excluding the yellow man, warning that policy should consider practical farming realities over rhetoric.
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British Columbia
Victoria Times
Mennonites Obtain Paraguayan Land Option
A government option on 3,000,000 acres in Paraguay has been secured by Mennonites seeking emigration from Canada and the United States. Fred Enges, a Minnesotan acting for the group, reports the move and notes Paraguay’s law exempting 303 Mennonites from military service.
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Paraguay
Canada
United States
Fred Enges
From barren quarry to Vancouver Island garden wonder
A once desolate excavation at Tod Inlet on Vancouver Island is transformed into a lush sunken garden and upper grounds. Black loam, transplanted soil, and water features create year round blooms with Japanese and fairy garden elements, tea-houses, pergolas, and cascades. Trout fill the lake as birds sing and blooms abound. N. de B. L.
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Tod Inlet
Vancouver Island
Nature
America
California
Clematis
Wistaria
N. de B
New Aviation Possibilities Stir Hopes of Human Powered Flight
Mechanical experts say man power flying machines stored in homes could let owners glide over rooftops in years ahead. Reports from Gabriel Poulain’s self propelled bicycle aeroplane in Longchamp, plus tests in Rochester and Luton, suggest wings or helicopter screws may enable human flight with ongoing design improvements.
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Gabriel Poulain
Longchamp Racecourse
England
Rochester
Kent
Luton
C. G. Grey
Aeroplane
Daily Express
Poulain
Laundry girl turns in jewels earns reward and vacation
Anna Hughes, 17, a laundry worker, found ten thousand dollars in jewels in a handkerchief and turned them to the manager. The owner recovered the jewels, and Hughes received a substantial reward and a special vacation with double pay from her employers.
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Diogenes
Earth
Anna Hughes
Miss Hughes
The Village Smiths and a Stranger’s Question
A clergyman named Smith was recently honored with a D D. The village doctor was also named Smith. A stranger asked a local for Dr Smith’s house and was met with confusion about which Smith was meant.
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Smith
China’s Cotton Mills Boost Output With Looms and Spindles
China’s cotton industry has 5,000 looms and 1,250,000 spindles in its first mills. Despite being two decades old, the sector produces over 250 million pounds of yarn and 60 million yards of cloth annually, powered by 500 looms.
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China
Paris Taxi Drivers Banned from Smoking on Duty
In Paris taxi drivers are forbidden to smoke while on duty under new rules. The measure aims to reduce noncompliance and promote cleaner service for passengers.
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Paris
Italian engineer unveils versatile monoplane with speed and stealth
Rome inventor Epaminonda Bertucci announces a new monoplane capable of landing without a large field and rising swiftly, yet able to cruise at low speeds. He claims successful small‑scale tests and envisions the craft as an aerial chaser armed with a machine gun.
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Epaminonda Bertucci
Rome
Curiosity Draws $200 Offer to Remove Century-Old Wall Paper
A Lee Massachusetts woman received a $200 offer from a collector of curiosities to take down the paper in her parlor. The wall covering has been on the wall for more than a century.
The Burglar and Mrs Jones Exchange Barbed Warnings
A burglar warns Mrs Jones with a threat to shoot if she utters another word. Mr Jones, intrigued, asks the intruder how much to stay for a week, prompting a tense, curious exchange.
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Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Artesian Wells Origin Name from Artesium
The term artesian derives from Artesium Latin for Artois in Northern France, the region where the water boring method was first practiced, giving its name to this natural drainage system.
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Artesium
Artois
France
Do Not Use Slang In Language, Preserve Precision
A guidance urging careful word choice over slang and jargon. It advocates precise epithets, avoiding vague or inflated language, and stresses saying exactly what is meant. The piece champions clear, disciplined speech and decries sloppy phrasing.
Icelandic Memorial Unveiled in Winnipeg on Festival Day
A bronze statue of John Sigurdson, famed Icelandic patriot and statesman, was unveiled in Winnipeg on Icelandic national festival day. The monument rises over 12 feet and marks the first unveiling on the grounds of the new parliament buildings.
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Manitoba
Iceland
Canada
John Sigurdson
Winnipeg
Paddington Station Free of Women Ticket Collectors
Paddington station in London reports being free from women ticket collectors for the first time since the war.
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Paddington
London
It Pays to Patronize Home Industry
It pays to patronize home industry and buy from the merchants in your own town.
Canadian warmth toward disarmament highlighted by Tribune
The New York Tribune discusses Canadian attitudes to disarmament in a period when both nations pursue arms reduction. It praises cross border cooperation along the Great Lakes and foresees a peace portal on the Pacific highway to symbolize neighborly relations, with inscriptions promising open gates and unity for a century.
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The
New York Tribune
Harding
Samuel Hillwell
Great Lakes
United States
California
Alaska
British Columbia
Marne
Washington
Must Be Correct
A humorous exchange shows a newspaper error about Mr Blifkins death, with the husband insisting the Times misreported Sunday for Monday. The piece also notes a Korean custom of passing a family hat made from ancestral hair to the eldest son, valued as a priceless heirloom.
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Hier
Korea
Good Scheme Salesman Lures Gas Savings Customer
A patent store touts a device promising to cut gas usage by half. The customer eagerly purchases two believing the claim and expresses satisfaction with the anticipated savings.
Raisins Require Weeks to Cure
A brief note explains the raisin production step, stating it takes about three weeks to cure the dried fruit before further processing.
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