How to test dress materials for authenticity and blends
A textile chemist outlines simple field tests to identify wool cotton linen and silk blends. Methods include burning fibers to compare odor, unravelling lengths, and boiling washing soda tests to reveal differences in strength and composition. Silk and artificial silk reactions distinguish real silk from substitutes, while weighted silk shows heavy tin weighting in some fabrics. Tests advise observing crosswise versus lengthwise strength to judge fabric integrity.
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Daily Mail
Rights of a Finder in Lost Property Court Ruling
A Court of Queen's Bench judgment by Mr Justice Patteson holds the finder of lost money inside a shop may keep the notes, aligning with Armory v Delamirie. It clarifies locus in quo matters, distinguishing public versus private spaces and emphasizing possession tied to actual control and exclusion.
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Bridges Hawksworth
Justice Patteson
Court of Queen’s Bench
Armory
Delamirie
South Staffordshire Water Company
Sharman
Udur
Lord Russell
Killowen
Gna
F. Pollock
Justice Willy
Law Journal
Fortune Left by Convict Who Died in Wormwood Scrubs
A London convict who died in Wormwood Scrubs after a seven day trial left a fortune of more than 140000. He had been governing director of a coal factors firm and was imprisoned for defrauding the Inland Revenue of 52000. Probate granted to his widow who becomes governing director.
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London
Wormwood
City Coal Factors
Inland Revenue
Trapping bank clerks and the detective banker
A bank inspector describes his role as a detective who checks books and tills before banks open or after closing. He recalls cases of fraud by two clerks, one a trusted Sunday teacher tempted by the Stock Exchange who confessed after being caught, and another forged-boosted employee who plundered thousands and received five years' penal servitude.
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Sam
England
Stock Exchange
Busier London transport hubs surpass old record
Twenty years ago Clapham Junction was the busiest rail station with about a train per minute. Now Earl's Court and Charing Cross see far higher flows with up to 120 trains per hour. Omnibus routes, once few, now move thousands daily as London’s transit system carries about 4 million passengers each day.
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Clapham Junction
Earl's Court
Charing Cross
Backache relief from weak kidneys praised in Perth ad
A testimonial touts Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as curing kidney and urinary troubles. Mrs H J Cooper describes back pain, cloudy secretions, and fatigue before using four bottles, reporting recovery and no relapse two years later. Pills sold at 2/9, Foster-McClellan Perth offers postage.
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Dean
H. J. Cooper
Yer Avenue
Northam West
Toodyay
Hear
Hoan
Tom Glad
Doan
Foster-McClellan Go
Murray Street
Perth
Till notes hid seven hundred pounds in Tillotson edition
Executors in a friend's will searched for missing legacies and found a scrap reading Seven Hundred Pounds in Till. A folio edition of Tillotson's Sermons contained banknotes totaling 700 pounds dispersed through the volumes. A bookseller had sold the books. the notes were recovered and sent to an Oxford reader who had requested the edition.
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Oxford
Book- Journal
Hegarty Winkes Announces Routemaking Takeover and Trial Solicited
A garbled notice proclaims that Hegarty Winkes has taken over the routemaking business formerly run by A. K. Quinn and vows best obtainable work. All clamps of work faithfully carried out and after action guaranteed. One trial solicited. Addresses at the next courthouse office.
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Winkes
A. K. Quinn
Fe Han
Strong UB and Blouses Pillow Prices Change in Store
Item list shows price changes for Ladies' White and Coloured Blouses from 2/6 to 4/11 and 5/11, Plain Pillowcases now 4/11 and 5/11, Madapolam and Gallen fabrics renamed as Good quality Madapolam and Gallen. includes 1/11 for strong materials and 1/4 to 1/1 changes.
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Madapolam
Gallen
Aneward Shirta
Dowerin Handicap and Class Plater Nominal Stakes
Racing notices show Dowerin Handicap with £25 stake and top prize £18, plus £12 10 for a third plate event. Weights declared around March 1 with finals due March 6, riders and mares to comply with W.A.T.C rules, no side-shows, secretary W Norris.
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Dowerin
W.A. Duff Club
Doweein Race Club
Dover
Oat i
Wishnell
EDR
Northam
Belore
Mners
W.a-T.c. Wales Anvy Sorate
Taiwan
W. T. Norris
Fragmented Date List from OCR File
A sequence of scattered dates appears in the OCR text, including February 15 22 March 1 4 15 22 29 April 6 12 17 13 19 26 May 1n May 24 Jaly 26. The line shows inconsistent month spellings and typos, suggesting a damaged or partial transcription of a calendar or notices page.
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Dale
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Uaiesiea
Horrocks
Oclorhine
Vansore
Tansore
Steedman
Westock
Army Boots
Phillips
Mervyn Carter
Commonwealth
Australia
W. H. Foreman
Ww. HH. Foreman
Baker's Dress
Rouse
Bond
Lisle
Baker’s Dress House
Wext Door Mechanics’ Institute
Fitzgerald-St
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Meckering
Dowerin Race Club
E. J. McKenzie
Pugh
Easterna Districts Racing Association
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