Odd London Trades Open to Evening Learners
A feature highlights curious city occupations from blackboard renovator to official course waterman and adds lists of unusual evening courses. Prospects include beekeeping, panel beating, cable jointing, park administration, casting, soils chemistry, basketry, gem work, heraldry, and even Welsh or Gaelic studies near Victoria Station.
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London
Dickens
Morning Chronicle
Bow Street
Polie Court
Observer
Battersea
Victoria Station
Carbon Monoxide Dangers and Prevention Tips
A warning on the deadly colorless gas carbon monoxide notes its stealthy danger. It urges open garage doors or windows and ample fresh air to prevent unconsciousness and driver error from CO buildup.
Toronto author ranks Mackenzie a patriot by posterity
Edwin C. Guillet, a Toronto historian, told a national book fair audience that William Lyon Mackenzie would be ranked by posterity as a patriot rather than a rebel for his role in the Upper Canada rebellion. He called the revolution justified by its results.
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Edwin C. Guillet
Toronto
Wiliam Lyon Mackenzies
Upper Canada
Mackenze
Hair lock of Milton in possession of New York dealers
A fragmentary notice reports that a lock of John Milton’s hair is held by a New York firm of book dealers. The item’s provenance and provenance details are unclear in the surviving text.
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Milton
New York
Keen Admirer Gandhi Not England’s Enemy Says Ottawa Correspondent
London correspondent for the Ottawa Journal says Mahatma Gandhi, portrayed by some as India’s foe, is a patriotic leader who prioritizes India yet admires England. He favors India joining the world as a free partner with Britain in the Commonwealth when ready, and has behind the scenes influence on recent Indian political events.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
India
Britain
London
Ottawa Journal
Mahatma
England
Commonwealth
Keeps Birds Moving Scarecrow adds to vanished Americans list
Colonel H P Sheldon of the United States Bureau of Biological Survey cites the machine age as a factor in bird disappearance. He notes automobiles cruising the countryside horns scaring birds, a trend that makes the traditional scarecrow less necessary.
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H. P. Sheldon
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Florida Hosts Diverse Commercial Farm Wildlife
Florida maintains a wide commercial wildlife sector with alligators birds fish ostriches and snakes bred within state borders for sale and production.
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Florida
Two Minute Silence Remembrance Day Observance Critiqued
A writer signing as Returned Soldier laments interruptions during Remembrance Day two minute silence at a community sing song. He argues youth lack of memory about war years, urges teachers and parents to teach respect and courtesy for the fallen and their memories.
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Canada
Marne
Vimy
Verdun
Waterloo
Empire
Ottawa Journal
Ontario's First Train Robbery Near Hamilton in 1874
The first Ontario train robbery occurred near Hamilton on November 12, 1874. A Great Western express was held by armed bandits from the United States, resulting in the messenger's death and several trainmen wounded. The robbers, believed to be from Buffalo, escaped with about $150,000.
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Ontario
Hamilton
Great Western Railway
States
Buffalo
Nile era cats noted despite Bible absence
The text states that cats lived along the Nile about 3,000 years ago but the Bible does not mention cats. It highlights historical presence without implying biblical reference or endorsement.
Pioneer Mrs King seeks new worlds to conquer at 82
Marina King, famed South African pioneer who survived wars and rescued Trader Horn, recalls Central Africa feats and says she would not move about again yet plans further travel. She spoke at the Savoy London holidaying after earlier crossings and adventures.
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Marina King
South Africa
Trader Horn
Central Africa
Savoy Hotel
London
England
Charles Woodrooffe
King Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
Mrs. King
Cape Colony
Natal
First Central Roman Town House Found in Britain Dorchester
Archaeologists uncover a centrally heated Roman town house in Dorchester England with flues under room floors for hot air from a heating apparatus. This is the first such town house discovered in Great Britain, suggesting advanced domestic heating for the period.
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Dorchester
England
Great Britain
Partridge Wing Flap Echoes Across Rocky Mountains
In the Rocky Mountains the quiet is so deep that the faint flap of partridge wings can be heard for miles, highlighting how sound travels in remote high country and underscoring the region’s tranquil atmosphere.
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Rocky Mountains
Souvenir Glass Pilfering Hits London Theatres
End of London tour season sees managers tally profits and losses as more than 2000 opera glasses vanish from theater seats between May 15 and August, with replacements costing about 7500. Pilfering also affects railways restaurants and hotels, with chromium fittings cutlery and even socks stolen, mainly in London but also Liverpool Glasgow and Birmingham.
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London
the Observer
Universal Automatic Delivery Company, Ltd
Liverpool
Glasgow
Birmingham
Tug of war between Federal and Provincial powers in Canada
The Vancouver Province argues from early Confederation that provinces have eroded central powers while expanding their own. It notes a long history of attrition, with provinces gaining powers and needs but failing to reduce Dominion revenues, except in finance where Dominion encroachment continues.
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Canada
Dominion
Vancouver
Animals Not Good Sailors on Sea Voyages
The article notes animals generally suffer sea-sickness during voyages with polar bears as a rare exception and tigers among the worst travelers. Elephants are treated with whisky and quinine, while horses and cattle suffer, yet many domestic pets travel regularly once they gain sea legs.
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Patriot
H.M.S. Southampton
Gijon
Lahore
Government House
Lord Linlithgow
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