Our Children at the Paris Foundling Hospice
The Paris Foundling Hospice, a historic refuge on the left bank, houses newborns found in streets and churches. Nurses and a priest perform baptisms as keepers record details, with many infants sent to peasant foster homes where they learn trades and schooling, guided by the principle that happiness and social duty belong to every child.
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Paris Foundling Hospital
Observatory Gardens
Jesus
London
Foundling
France
Paris
Hospice
Denfert-Rochereau
John Macdonald
The
Daily News
Conan Doyle in Youth A Founder of a Book Society
The People’s Friend recalls young Arthur Conan Doyle as an avid reader and early writer. A schoolbook tale about a tiger swallowing a man shows his wit and stubborn humor, and his syndicate-like episodes hint at later literary resolve and persistence.
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Conan Doyle
Conan
Hia
There's Biggeer Now Gets Supper or Waiting Patience
Dialogue depicts a wary character weighing patience versus action as a figure named Biggeer contemplates timing for supper and outcomes. The exchange hints at risk, anticipation, and possible delay in a rural or frontier setting.
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Biggeer
Land Yacht Queen of the Desert sails the sands near Cleveland
Novel wind powered land yacht built by mine owners near Rosamont stations. The 13 foot craft rides on strong wheels with a large sail and has reached speeds around 50 mph on the dried lake bed. Early trials were rough but the vessel now steers like a sea yacht and can travel substantial distances safely.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Rosamont
Fiest
Japanese patriotism taught in Highland school visit
A Highland School Board ex-chairman touring Japan visited Hinaku and a village school with 600 mixed pupils. Pupils practiced psalms linked to the Japanese monarchy, attended a Foundation Festival, and heard an Emperor rescript urging loyalty and virtue. The headman and headmaster allocated a charity prize, three years of attendance rewards, and corporal punishment was unknown locally.
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Highland School Board
Japan
Hinaku
Jimmy Terni
B.C
Aung
Jimmy Terno
Wne
St. James's
England's Dominance in Egypt and Global Naval Power
The text argues the war will focus world attention on English domination in Egypt, control of Suez and Gibraltar, and strategic points. It notes Britain's expanding fleet, new ships, and numerous coaling stations on major sea routes, asserting Britain holds formidable sea power and distress of the seas.
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Egypt
England
Suez
Gibraltar
Fingland
Stolen Bag and Attack During Daylight Robbery
In broad daylight on March 26 at Widnes a cashier and an accompanying man were ambushed by two masked robbers who struck them unconscious and seized a bag of wages worth L416. The pursuers fled in a trap later found abandoned with a horse. the chase linked to earlier thefts at Statham Lodge in Cheshire where a hunter valued at L100 was stolen with trap and harness. The cashier suffered a head wound and a man with a pick shaft injured the other worker, dropping L450. A light macintosh seen may belong to Mr M Ivers's coachman.
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Widnes
St. Helens
Statham Lodge
L . Cheshire
Colin M'Iver
Ship Canal
Warrington
Thomas Swinton
Golding
Davis
United Alkali Company
Swinton
M'Iver
Mutinous British soldiers confront officers near Pietermaritzburg
A mutinous battalion drafted for India from South Wales Borderers Northamptonshire Gloucesters looted Howick and nearby areas. Captain F W Towsey of the adjutant’s staff entered their improvised camp at risk to persuade submission. West Yorkshire Regiment disarmed and guarded them for Durban before India shipment as injuries from beatings were noted.
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Howick
Pietermaritsburg
India
South Wales Borderers
Northamptona
Gloucesters
West Yorkshire Regiment
Piletermaritzburg
F. W. Towsey
Maritzburg
St. James's
Mrs Langtry Plans Serious Breeding of Thoroughbreds
The Westminster Gazette notes Mrs Langtry’s commitment to breeding thoroughbreds. From age eleven she owned a share in a racehorse named Flirt, and she recalls concealing the horse’s trials from their father. Flirt won her first race and prize, hinting at a future prolific breeding program.
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Mra Langtry
Jersey Lanes
Flirt
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MR Conan Doyle
Mrs Langtry
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