Dr P E Doolittle Elected President of Ontario Motor League
Pioneer autoist Rew served as a herd worker for good roads and sound motor legislation. Dr P E Doolittle, elected by acclamation, is a renowned Canadian motorist and longtime Ontario League member who helped build the good roads movement and push reasonable motoring laws.
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Rew
Ontario Motor League
Good Roads and
Sound Motor Legislation
P. BE. Dolittle
Dr. Dolittle
Canada
Ontario
League
Women as Officials In Solicitors Claim
In the Court of Appeal Miss Gwyneth Bebb seeks to be admitted to the Solicitors preliminary examination arguing she is a person under the act. The Master of the Rolls peers question whether women can hold offices as churchwardens and other roles.
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Court of Appeal
Master of the Rolls
Lords
Robert Cecil
K.C
Miss Bebb
R. Cecil
Eleanor
Henry III
Sexton
Robert Finlay
All Hydrogen Makers Revealed in Human Respiration
Professor Sir James Dewar at the Royal Institution in London reports that every living animal constantly exudes hydrogen during respiration. An assistant named Mr Green discharged about a half litre daily, while Dewar himself produced around 100 cubic centimetres. He notes a steady hydrogen exhalation linked to digestion and asks where the gas goes, proposing atmospheric escape or water formation as possible fates.
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James Dewar
Royal Institution
London
Mr. Green
Dewar
Earth
A Humble Joker and a Marginal Jest
A magazine editor recalls Humphrey Ward, husband of a famous novelist, joking in his wife’s study. He read lines about sweeping rooms and buttoned footmen, adding sardonic margins about her work and habits.
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Humphrey Ward
Ghost stories pour in from Ireland witnesses to hauntings
A Dublin correspondent reports Rev. St. John D. Seymour of Cappawhite collecting Irish ghost tales for a psychical phenomena book. Wales of Port Arlington, Longford, and Corkshire areas recount eerie sightings from a fairy path house accident to a moonlit monk apparition and a haunted southern castle with spectral moaning and a collapsing figure on a landing.
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Dublin
St. John D. Seymour
Cappawhite
County Tipperary
Port Arlington
Queen’s County
G. H. Miller
Edgeworthstown
County Longford
Abbeyshuile
Ireland
Kitchener of Egypt Rules With Unchecked Power
The article portrays Lord Kitchener as ruling Egypt with total autonomy from the Imperial Government. He conducts affairs personally, works long hours, and ignores the Khedive, using pomp to influence natives while paying others to maintain appearances. He is feared by subordinates, rewarding success and severe on failure.
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Egypt
Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Victoria
Hindu Chief Installed In Rajputana State
Maharaj Rana Udai Ban Singh was installed as ruling chief of the Rajput State of Dholpur in a durbar at the palace. Sir Elliott Colvin attached the sarpech to his turban and presented a sword. The Viceroy’s congratulations were read, promising friendship and support in times of doubt.
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Maharaj Rana Udai Ban Singh
Dholpur
Elliott Colvin
Rajputana
Maharaj Rana
Where Do They Go Doomed Sailor Claims Sinking Fame
A London Chronicle recollection recalls Volturno survivors who rushed boats and were repelled by a captain. A boastful shipwreck seaman seeks fame by claiming duty in print and offering to show a shot wound as proof.
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Volturno
London Chronicle
New Zealand’s swift justice against criminals summarized
The text claims New Zealand avoids crime by rapid prosecution and punishment. It asserts that murder is punished by hanging or, for other crimes, by swift imprisonment with hard labor and scarce food, aiming to dispose of offenders within two weeks.
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New Zealand
English Militant Pankhurst Says We Are All Jail Birds
An English militant leader Mrs Pankhurst speaks at a luncheon declaring all militants are jailed. The report notes a visitor, JP, calling on Mrs Cobden Sanderson, who replies that she is in for seven months. The exchange reflects ongoing political arrests.
Jimmie Barrie Named in the Scott Farewell Letter
The article recalls J. M. Barrie as the close friend of Captain Robert Scott. It cites a final message found beside Scott’s body written to Barrie, praising friendship and urging help for Scott’s widow and son Peter. Barrie and Scott are described as quiet, pipe smoking kindred spirits in London.
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Robert Scott
J. M. Barrie
Peter Scott
Barrie
Peter Pan
Scott
London
Jimmie” Barrie
Stage Superstitions Behind London Opera House Closure
A historical note lists stage superstitions believed by actors to ward off bad luck. Whistling in dressing rooms, turning three times in passage, rehearing the final line, and opening an umbrella on stage are said to invite misfortune. The London Opera House closed twice, first opening November 13, 1911, then closing July 13, 1911, fueling belief in the folk lore.
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London Opera
Maiden Jane
London Opera House
First Dublin Strike Over Brakeman Heroism
A historical Dublin strike began when Major Sirr narrowly avoided being killed by a discharged wagon on a tramway used to haul granite from Killiney quarries to Kingstown. Workers demanded the brakeman's dismissal, claiming it was not his business to save the major's life, signaling the start of the earlier industrial action.
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Dublin
Kingstown Harbor
Killiney
Sirr
London Daily Chronicle
Government to issue gun licenses to rural merchants
The Bengal Government announces gun licenses will be freely issued to merchants and men of standing in rural districts who hire pensioned sepoys as armed watchmen. An inspector general reports rising murders in Bengal often triggered by small provocations, citing a case where a man paid ten rupees to hire a killer after a threat to disinherit his son-in-law.
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Bengal
Ndia
Halfpenny Dinners Open at Brunswick Hall
A large crowd attended the opening of the halfpenny dinners for poor children at Brunswick Hall Whitechapel. The meals, prepared by the London Vegetarian Society, include soup made from butter beans lentils split peas and barley with wholemeal bread and a coconut fat pudding sweetened with currents candied peel and sugar.
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Brunswick Hall
Whitechapel
London Vegetarian Society
Protracted Services Announced In Town Church
A paper notes prolonged church services in a town with the statement regular services will commence next Sunday at 3 p.m. and continue until further notice. The notice emphasizes extended worship and ongoing gatherings at the parish.
London’s Living Heart Personality Said to Shape World
Sir William Soulsby argues London has a unique personality that defines the imperial city. He praises Hong Kong and Singapore as extensions of London’s trade pulse while contrasting other cities as merely colonial or regional.
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Sir William Soulsbby
London
Sir William
Mincing-lane
Far East
Hong Kong
Lion, Kong
Singapore
Australia
South Africa
Calcutta
Bombay
India
Melbourne
Toronto
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Peterburg
Rome
Landmark weir powers Chester with new electric plant
An ancient stone weir on the River Dee built by Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, 1070 to 1161, now powers Chester with electricity. The Chester Corporation dismantled mills in 1910 and, per city electrical engineer Mr. 8 BE Britton, a plan to convert water power to electricity is expected to save costs and repay the investment in five years. The installation should deliver about 1,269,000 units annually at under 0.3d per unit, including capital charges.
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Hugh Lupus
Earl of
Chester
Chestr
Chester Corporation
BE. Britton
Hen as Natural Advertiser in Egg Market Analogy
Andrew Lang notes that geese hide egg laying while hens promote theirs, arguing hens’ advertising drives higher egg demand. The piece uses fable like contrast to encourage proactive selling and advertising of goods.
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Andrew Lang
K. Lang
Heaven
Robbed Philanthropist Lectures to Convicts
Richard Kerr lectured on science to 600 convicts in Portland Prison and was warmly received. While away at Mitcham burglars looted his stock of postage stamps and vampie valuables. The incident shocks the public on dishonorable criminals and credulous philanthropists.
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Richard Kerr
Portland
Mitcham
Remarkable Shocks Restore Speech After Years of Dumbness
A young Englishwoman who had been deaf and dumb for 21 years begins to regain hearing and speech after a shock linked to her brother’s suicide. Similar cases include a North Shields drowning incident triggering a previously mute man to suddenly speak, and a Bavarian cattle dealer who recovered speech after a violent episode with a kicking horse.
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England
Stour
North Shields Fish Quay
Germany
Pankhurst Relates Heckler Encounters in Public Speaking
Mrs. Pankhurst praises suffragists for handling hecklers with humor and shares a church anecdote. A minister once silenced persistent gossips by a staged pause in a hymn, prompting a gossipers quip about frying in lard. The tale illustrates calm responses to disruption.
Fears of Decay in British Race Urged by Crichton Browne
Sir James Crichton-Browne told the National League for Physical Education and Improvement that Britain faces a catastrophe of decadence. He warned that public schools show nearly all children with flaws affecting education and future prospects, making it hard to find sound pupils for future leaders.
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James Crichton-Browne
National League For Physical Education and Improvement
London
Britain
Green Sunsets Over Thames Linked to Krakatoa Eruption
November and December 1883 saw remarkable sunsets in England with green to red hues. Chelsea witnessed vivid afterglows over the Thames and artists preserved water color sketches. Sir Norman Lockyer and others attributed the colors to Krakatoa eruption dust from Java.
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England
Polar
Chelsea
Thames
Chelsea Tree
Norman Lockyer
Krakatoa
Java
Scotland's National Badge The Thistle in Scottish History
The piece notes the Thistle as Scotland’s national badge with origins traced to ancient times. A Danish invasion in legend prompted a night attack. a thistle caused a guard to cry out, alerting defenders and foiling the assault. This led to the thistle becoming Scotland's insignia.
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Haldane
Scotland
Henry
London Chronicle
Coppers Shortage Feeds Trams With Odd Vouchers
The write up notes a copper famine in South Africa from Cape Town to Bulawayo where pennies are rare and the threepenny bit is the smallest currency. Tram fares in Cape Town use half-penny style vouchers for future rides, prompting questions about legality in London.
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South Africa
England
Cape Town
Bulawayo
London
Refusal of Lady Scott Highlights Royal Residence Controversy
The article recalls Lady Scott the widow of the South Pole hero declining a royal residence as critics question how funds raised for the British expedition have been managed. It traces the history of royal residences, noting Hampton Court and Windsor tenants, life-long occupancy, and the tension between constitutional limits and royal generosity.
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Lady Scott
Royal Residence
Britain
Hampior Court
Scott
South Pole
George
Edward
England
Hampton Court
London
Royal Household
Fedora Gleichen
Victoria
St. James’ Palnce
Windsor
Dighton Probyn
Privy Purse
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PB. Polatter
P. E. Doolittle
All Hydrogen
Trish
Jimmie
Hix Pal
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