English Poet Alfred Noyes Visits America for Six Months
Alfred Noyes, a distinguished English poet barely more than a boy in years, travels to America for a six month stay on this side of the Atlantic. His poems and plays are widely read in the United States and Canada where his work is studied in university seminars. His verse and personality appeal especially to young men. his notable works include The Loom of Tears The Flower of Old Japan The Feast of Wild Thyme and Drake an English epic.
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Atlantic
Alfred Noyes
Canada
Japan
Drake
Lord Wolseley Revealed in Camp Post Office Tale
The Cottager and Artisan recounts a Nub sent tale of Lord Wolseley at Korti during the Soudan campaign. Nourse inspects a crowded post office as a mysterious orderly takes charge and quickly sorts mails by regiment, exposing the commander in waiting as the man himself, Lord Wolseley.
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Lord Wolseley
Nourse
Korti
Nours
Charlie
Bishops to Run Theatres Proposed by Chevalier
London comic Albert Chevalier urges the church to resume control of public entertainments He suggests the Bishops of London and Kensington oversee theatres and music halls with experienced managers and approved content to raise standards and profits He notes each bishop likely has a sense of humor to fit the role.
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Albert Chevalier
London
Kensington
Chevalier
Translator’s error noted in London institute talk
Sir Frederick Bridge spoke at the London Institution about The Beggar's Opera. He cited a translator misunderstanding Polly’s song set to a Scotch tune, where the word gin was misdefined as schnapps after a lookup in the dictionary.
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Frederick Bridge
London Institution
Portraits of Dogs Reflect Women Dog Lovers Trend
Wealthy women embrace dog portraits and oils with a London based cadre of artists, busy fulfilling commissions across the country as demand for pet likenesses grows.
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London
Tales of Girara and New Guinea Tribes by W N Beaver
Mr. W N Beaver, resident magistrate in western New Guinea, recounts customs of Girara natives who descend from dogs and live in vast communal houses. He notes totems on houses, strict gender access, head sorcery, cannibalism still occurring, and distant tribes near Daru with primitive attire and ritual marks.
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Girara
New Gaines
Crete
Pepwa
New Guinea
W. N. Beaver
England
Beaver
Dutch New Guinea
Port Moresby
John Henry Werner
Werner
Australia
Mr. Beaver
Gulf Division
Papua
Reuter
Fly
Daru
Disillusioned Politician Finds Commons Life Flat
A. E. W. Mason joins a list of MPs who tasted life in the British House of Commons and found it flat. He notes the body broadens knowledge yet narrows view and kills a novelist's craft. Lord Morley likens MP life to business without work and idleness without rest. Lawyers alone appear to balance duties with seats, while no one in Parliament reaches high imaginative achievement.
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A. E W. Mason
House of Commons
Lord Morley
St. Stephen
Himsel
Gladstone
St. Stephen's
Miss Olwen Lloyd George Aids Father In Treasury Press Work
Miss Olwen Lloyd George eldest daughter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer assists in the Land Campaign press department. She collects and classifies the vast number of press cuttings about her father, sorting newspapers each morning and maintaining records in press-cutting books.
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Olwen Lloyd George
Miss George
New Land Campaign
Misa George
Treasury
Growing Turkish Tobacco Becomes South Africa Staple
Turkish tobacco has become the staple crop on many farms in South Africa, with widespread success in producing this tobacco variety. Farmers report sturdy yields and growing adoption across regions, signaling a shift in local agricultural practices.
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Ighty
South Africa
London’s Great Seal Replaced After 581 Years
The mayoral seal of London, in use since 1358, was ceremonially toppled with a hammer and replaced by a precise duplicate for preservation. The seal bears the earliest known City Arms, the Cross of St George with the Sword of St Paul, and survived destruction hints amid Henry VIII’s orders.
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Wmpire
Old London
St. George
St. Paul
William Walworth
London
Wat Tyler
Smithfielde
St. Thomas A Becket
Henry VIII
Thomas A Becket
Thomas
St. Thomas
St. Peter
Beginnings In Authorship And A Swift Novel Challenge
The London Chronicle notes early prints by Arthur Pendennis and M Jules Clarette. It recounts Edmond Dentu’s attempt to publish Une Drolesse under Comtesse Dash, then hiring Clarette to supply a timely novel to fit the title within four weeks.
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Arthur Pendennis
M.jules Clarette
Edmond Dentu
Scond
M. Clarette
London Chronicle
A Lucky Englishman Wins in Spanish Christmas Lottery
An English winner is among the Spanish Christmas Lottery prize recipients. El Gordo's 6,000,000 pesetas goes to a Madrid resident who bought the ticket on Oct. 27. The second prize of 3,000,000 pesetas goes to No. 2,137, bought by Madrid bankers Sainz and Sons for an English client and sent to London. Third and fourth prizes of 2,000,000 and 1,000,000 pesetas go to Barcelona and Madrid respectively.
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Madrid
Jessrs. Sainz and Sons
London
Barcelona
Richest Church Site in London Faces Demolition
The church of St. Margaret's, Lothbury, near the Bank of England, is threatened with demolition. The land it stands on is exceptionally valuable, worth many pounds per square foot, making it the richest church site in London. The original church dates to Edward II's reign, was destroyed in the Great Fire, and rebuilt by Wren.
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London
St. Margaret's
Lothbury
Bank of England
Wren
MURDER TRIALS Debated By Sioux City Tribune Opinion
The Sioux City Tribune argues comparing French and Dutch legal systems. It praises Dutch practice of judge–mediated questioning and absence of juries, noting reduced browbeating and clearer witness interrogation.
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Frotland
Sioux City Tribune
Venus Hot and Cold
The article discusses Venus as the evening star and explains an imagined solar day split across its two hemispheres. It posits perpetual day and summer on one side and perpetual night and winter on the other, with extreme temperatures and constant air currents along the boundary, plus apparent high mountains visible through telescopes.
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Venus
New York World
Duel Prevented By Fencer Grister Photograph Joke
M Edmond About sought fencing lessons from master Grisier to avoid ridicule after a tasteless joke. Grisier taught but About was a poor pupil. Grisier then inscribed a photograph praising About as his best pupil, prompting the foe’s seconds to fear retribution and call off the duel.
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M. Edmond
Grisier
Og Grister
M. Edmond About
About
Birds as Large Eaters In Nature
Birds vary greatly in how much they eat relative to their weight. Some species consume more than twice their body mass daily. The heron weighing about four pounds can swallow two trout in a single instance. Wild pigeons also eat copiously, with a single bird consuming about a thousand grains of wheat in one day.
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Scientific American
Time’s Shift: A Man Becomes a Waiter in New York
Mr Evans enters a New York restaurant and greets his friend Lovell who reveals a change of fortune. Lovell explains he has gone from not in business to working as a waiter in the past two hours. The exchange captures a quick turnaround moment.
Always Counting
A humorous exchange about a husband who counts to ten when angry, with a quip that the habit worsens his dyspepsia and makes home life feel like a classroom arithmetic lesson.
Labor as a Method for Developing All Powers
A compact notice argues labor as the organized method to develop human powers under guiding direction, referencing a figure or concept named Heliond. The text emphasizes disciplined effort and structured progress under oversight.
King George as Farmer at Royal Smithfield Show
The King inspected royal stock at the Windsor Sandringham Balmoral entries totaling thirty five and praised herdsmen after a spirited show in Gilbey Hall where pigs reacted to handlers' bats. The Windsor herd led with four special breed cups and multiple firsts.
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Britain
Smithfield
London
George III
Duke of York
Queen Victoria
King Edward
King
Smithfield Club
H.R.H
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Christian
Windsor
Sandringham
Balmoral
Southdowns
Gilbey Hall
Bowen Bowen-Jones
Guessing the Cheddar Cheese at Simpson's Cheapside
Diners at Simpson's in Cheapside London correctly guessed a daily cheese's height girth and weight. The nine French style tradition spans twenty years with Old City regulars offering three guesses each lunch. The prize is champagne and the ritual features a foot high pedestal and grace before meal.
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Simpson's
Cheapside
London
Grace
Rogues Guide Author Retires From Scotland Yard
Inspector Joseph Madigan ends twenty five years with the Criminal Investigation Department and has begun compiling The Rogues Guide a police centered encyclopedia of famous thieves and swindlers with biographical sketches portraits and methods. The book constantly updates with new entries.
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Joseph Madigan
Criminal Investigation Department
Scotland Yard
Cat Saves Ten Lives In Gloucester Fire Alarm
In Gloucester England a cat roused Henry Parsons a Bristol Road hairdresser and his eight children and a friend from sleep as fire engulfed the lower part of the house. The cat’s persistent mewing and scratching at a bedroom door alerted them to danger, allowing all ten residents to escape unharmed.
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Gloucester
Eng
Henry Parsons
Bristol Road
Practical Health Hint on Foot Pain Relief
The article advises treating early foot pain by trimming the sole and heel with a wedge shape and thick inner edge to shift weight outward. It suggests avoiding an arch in the shoe if possible and discarding it when no longer needed, plus using ovoid or alternating cold and hot douches to strengthen supporting fibrous structures.
Towers of Horror Open to Public For First Time
The New York Tribune reports that the White Tower and Bloody Tower dungeons in the Tower of London will be opened to the public within months. Visitors will see the torture chamber and the black cage where Guy Fawkes was held, plus walls bearing torture implements and relics of Raleigh and Elizabeth I.
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White Tower
Bloody Tower
Tower of London
Guy Fawkes
Walter Raleigh
Elizabeth
St. Paul's
London
New York Tribune
Oxygen Therapy for Insanity Draws Attention
Dr. Toulouse at Ville juif Insane asylum uses pure oxygen injected under the skin via a hypodermic needle to treat madness. Reported observers note marked improvement in acute mental confusion and insomnia, with cures in some cases and trials expanding to other forms of insanity.
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Toulouse
Nature of
Paris
Germ of Smallpox Discovery Report From Kaiser Wilhelm Academy
A report in the York Press claims Dr. Walter Fornet, Kaiser Wilhelm Academy staff physician, has discovered the smallpox germ and asserts it can be propagated. He argues vaccination could use lymph produced by his method, noting it avoids calf inoculation and removes bacteria before use.
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Walter Fornet
Kaiser Wilhelm Acaidem
Fornet
York Press
The Philosopher's Stone Power Hint
Professor Soddy claims transforming lead into gold is a matter of applying electricity. He says at 100 000 volts we can achieve great efficiency and that electricity, perfected, is the true philosopher’s stone alchemists sought.
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Soddy
Youngest Church Organist in Leeds Hailed as Mozart
Henry Alban Chambers, aged eleven, serves as organist for the Roman Catholic church of St. Ann's in Leeds and has already published compositions. His skill in interpretation and improvisation is described as remarkable, with former organist Mr. Grimahan dubbing him the young Mozart.
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Henry Alban Chambers
St. Ann's
Leeds
Tran
Ann's
Grimahan
Descris
Mozart
Argon
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