Queen Mary’s Doll House at Empire Exhibition Gifts to Charity
British financiers balked at the venture but Queen Mary’s gift of the miniature Queen’s Doll House, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and decorated by Sir David Murray, becomes a centerpiece. The exhibit at Wembley aims to showcase Empire resources, boost trade, and pay war debts, with America represented by an international rodeo.
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Wales
Exposition Board
London
Willian Walcot
Rudyard Kipling
James Barrie
Joseph Conrad
Arthur Conan Dorle
John Drinkwater
John Galsworthy
Tun Hay
John Dickinson Sherman
Wen Macaulay
New “Zealand
London Bridge
St. Paul’s
A. D. 1924
British Museum
Mary
George V
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Queen Mary
Palace of Arts
Wembly
David Murray
Royal Institute of Painters
Maud Warrender
Edwin Luytens
Delhi
Whitehall
Edward Dulene
William Nicholson
Eden
Glyn Philpot
King George
Gerald Moira
Edward III
James V
Scotland
William Llewellyn
R. A
BR. I
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Prince of Wales
A. J. Munnings
Hyde Park
England
Richmond Temple
New York
United States
Newfoundland
Australia
South Africa
Malta
America
British Isles
Britain
Raleigh
Seven Seas
Iceland Gets Its First Electric Light Plant
Norman Hall reports in Harper's Magazine on Akureyri Iceland where the new electric station lights homes shops and streets for the first time. Residents marvel at the brightness turning on buttons and a stream of water power bringing a modern glow to winter nights.
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Iceland
Akureyri
Norman Hall
Harper’s Magazine
Charcoal the Blood Warrior Fights Frontier Justice
A frontier chase across the Canadian west ends in Charcoal, known as the Blood Warrior, being captured after a long pursuit led by Inspector Jervis and Col. Steele. Charcoal, wounded and hunted, is finally executed after a bravely borne defense and mercy denied. The tale honors his courage and the tribes’ loyalty.
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Fort MacLeod
Canada
Steele
Mounted Police
Ile
Charcoal
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
North America
Col
S. B. Steele
Rocky Mountains
Jervis
Big Bend
Kootenai
Mr. Jervis
Boundary Creek
Corporal Armour
Lee’s Creek
Wilde
The
Blues
Windsor
Black Prince
Northwest Mounted Police
Ambrose
Pincher Creek
Black Service
Left Hand
Bear Paw
Sergeant Macleod
Lion of Lucerne memorial in Switzerland
The Lion of Lucerne is a sandstone sculpture in Lucerne depicting a dying lion guarding a fleur de lys. Designed by Thorvaldsen, it was dedicated in 1821 to about 800 Swiss Guard officers and soldiers slain August 10, 1792 defending the Tuileries Palace from the mob.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Thorvaldsen
Palace of the Tuileries
Virginian Alibi Sparks Clock Debate
A Virginian explains he was not out late claiming a clock’s strike proves his wife’s accusation. He retorts that she trusts a Yankee clock over his own timepiece, triggering a humorous quarrel about who keeps the correct hour.
Cuticura Remedies Sell Itching Scalp Care
Advertisement touts Cuticura for scalp itching and dandruff. It advises rubbing spots with Cuticura Ointment, washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, and using the products as daily toilet preparations for clear skin and soft hands.
Church Designs Studied For Smaller Congregations
Modern religious thought and new economic conditions prompt leading denominations to form a special committee. They study designs suited for small to medium congregations to find economic value in liberalized church architecture.
Many Wild Horses Roaming Icelandic Landscape
Iceland hosts a large population of wild horses as a lingering herding tradition. The horses once moved to England for mining work, but the trade dwindles as mining gear replaces human labor.
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Iceland
England
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Wire World
Tee
Queens Doll House
Captains OF Adventure
Lion of Lucerne
Wrigley
Iinside
Mallork
Audell Carpenters & Builders Guides
Audel
Thorguenty
Carpenters Wand
Nansene Econescecese
Audel & Con
B. P
KODAK
National Photo CO
Westport Station
Kansas City
Rome
Quintus Maximus Gurgus
Bella
Bellans Bellans
Haarlem
GREES
Goto
Lincoln
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