Some Problems of Marine Biology in Canada
A Ottawa speech by Trot Ramsay Wright on the Marine Biological Laboratory of Canada at St Andrew's Nova Scotia and the link to fisheries profits. It discusses plankton nutrition for marine life, the abundance of microscopic plants, and how northern waters yield more plankton than warmer seas. It notes potential annual surpluses from scientific data guiding fishing methods and the difficulty of forecasting practical gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoya Society
Ottawa
Ramsay Wright
Toronto
Tha
Prince
Marine Biological Laboratory of Canada
St. Andrew's
Scotia
Dominion
Nova Scotia
Naples
United Fish Commission Laboratory
Woods Hall
Massachusetts
Greenland
Straits of Messina
de. Wakeham
Prof
Latirador
Frusee
The O14 Gentleman Ha Magnificent Toy for Youth
A playful description of a young boy receiving a remarkable elastic ball with impressive velocity. The item highlights speed and amusement as the toy delivers lively action suitable for a child.
Fragmentary quote prompts unclear context
A jagged OCR fragment shows dialogue about a box of exes and a sharp ear injury. No coherent event or identifiable people or organizations are discernible to summarize a definite news item.
Cleaning Of Paintings And A Bold Trolley Car Tale
The article suggests using raw potatoes to clean oil paintings with dampened potato halves rubbed on soil surfaces until a lather forms. After wiping with a damp sponge, the canvas is rinsed with lean water and dried with a kerchief. A railroad tale follows about a Metropolitan Street Railway conductor who spots a fare discrepancy and uses a humorous Irish quip to stop the car.
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Tring
Vale
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Broadway
Two Faced Babies and a Cradle Theories
A playful exchange on infant likenesses suggests that babies can resemble relatives in surprising ways. One speaker asserts deceit as possible in early behavior, while another questions it, noting a child who mirrors a rich aunt on visitation and the tick uncle when present.
Do you wish your missionary stock rare or well done
The passage presents a bizarre exchange as a cannibal chief questions a figure called Gra Hemer about a victim's occupation. The oblique humor hints at a satirical or sensational newspaper fragment from the Obie State Journal, with no clear real-world names beyond the fictional scene.
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Obie State
Nim nimble wager in the Washington Star prose
A fragment from a Washington Star prose piece shows a nimble boastful man arguing about reliability and an umbrella, with odd wording and a playful exchange on bringing back the core phrase. The dialogue hints at themes of pride and trust in a whimsical, clipped style.
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Washington Star
Poetic Fragment Reflects War Time Sentiments and Heroic Imagery
The text presents a scramble of archaic verse and names such as Keighilier Forisod and Willa Watson, mixing martial valor with tender praise. It evokes patriotic prayer, dignified martial figures, and a call to steadfast security, ending with a somber portrait of a solitary figure.
Nineteen Parliaments Across Empires Listed
London notes enumerate nineteen parliaments across empires. Ten in Britain and Australia with seats in Ottawa St John’s Charlottetown Halifax Fredericton Quebec Toronto Winnipeg Regina Victoria and more. Seven Australian parliaments include Wellington Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Adelaide Perth Hobart. Two African parliaments sit in Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg.
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London
Brit ‘Australia
Whhich
India
Bengal
Calcutta
Dominion Parlament
Canada
Ottawa
Newfoundland
St. John's
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Nova Scotia
Halifax
New Brunswick
Fredericton
Quebec Province
Quebec
Ontario
Toronto
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Northwest ‘Territories
Regina
Victoria
Vancouver Island
New Zealand
Wellington
Melbourne
New South Wales
Sydney
Queensland
Brisbane
South Australia
Origin of Naval Customs Recited in Curious Fashion
The piece outlines the origin of naval dress and rites. It notes the black silk handkerchief worn around the throat as mourning for Nelson and retained since. The three white stripes on the blue sailor jumper honor Trafalgar Copenhagen and the Nile. The broad blue collar predates Nelson, tied to older grooming habits and ritual shipboard duties.
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Nelson
Trafalgar
Copenhagen
Nile
Jack
England
Fascinating Bridge Features Attract Novice Readers
London World notes the lure of declaring trump or doubling in bridge and the fervor of new players. A novice’s zeal to cut into a table persists despite partners’ sarcasm and critics. The piece humorously hints at reshuffled tables and lighter purses as expectations for new play emerge.
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Thenige
London World
Steamer Tundil Delivers Grain Through Mersey Canal
The steamer Tundil carrying 170000 bushels of grain from the river Plate navigates the canal to the grain cevatori about 35 miles, discharges the cargo and exits via eastern locks into the river Mersey in 5 hours. The Capenor, with 8974 bales cotton 1360 pieces pitch pine lumber and 95 logs from Savannah, spent 75 hours discharging at Manchester docks and then navigated the canal twice its tench for about 70 miles.
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Seanchester Ship Canale
River Plate
Menchreter Docks
King Edward's Escapes From Wrecks and Peril
King Edward narrowly escaped catastrophe in multiple incidents. The Shamrock I wreck scene saw no injuries among passengers as the king surveyed damage with Sir Thomas. Earlier adventures include a deadly typhoid scare in 1860, a tiger attack in India in 1875, a stairway accident in 1893, an assassination attempt at Brussels in 1900, and stag hunting in Germany where a horse reared but caused only minor injuries.
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Edward
Sir Thomas
Oxford
England
Canada
United States
India
Colonel White
Copenhagen
Lipidov
Drussels
William
Death of John Holmes recalls famous Tichborne claimant case
A London reader notes the death of John Holmes, once the claimant’s first solicitor, and recounts how he first became involved after a billiards game revealed the claimant’s identity. Holmes traveled to Paris with the claimant, later facing a loss of £5,000, while other backers also faltered when small details exposed the fraud.
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John Holmes
London
Holmes
Brewers
Busines
Paris
Tichborne
Orton
Fane
White Australia policy debated in Queensland sugar plantations
M Dar ton tours Northern Queensland to study excluding black labor on sugar estates. A plantation of 2 500 acres irrigated by Barnes River plans a £30 000 to £150 000 upgrade to a new purposing plant to water at one million gallons daily. Whites urge abolition of Polynesian and Kanaka labor citing alleged alien influence on white life.
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Australia
M. Darton
Queensland
Barnes
3 Flatton
Salary of the Bishop of London
The Bishop of London earns £10000 yearly with rates taxes insurance and maintenance on his two residences reducing income to about £8500. Expenses for palace furniture fees and charges leave a small margin for other expenses. The late Bishop Villiers was nearly ruined by what was deemed extraordinary good fortune.
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London
Villiers
Mountain Climbing Feats of Mrs Bullock Workman Face Harsh Climates
The London Express reports Mrs. Bullock Workman as the champion mountain climber of her sex, noting record heights up to 21,000 feet. She describes altitude distress, nearly frozen limbs, and headaches, with dangers such as avalanches and a perilous crevasse incident on the Great Bi fo glacier, amid bitter cold and exhausting climbs.
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Bullock Workman
London Express
Aving
Duke of Norfolk and Moore Cottage Fate in a Tale of Loss
A fragment rich with anecdotes about the Duke of Norfolk and a London emissary, then shifts to the disappearance of Lalich Cookh and the famed Moore cottage on the Muswell Hill estate. The piece notes Moore's cottage, its poetically tied revenue, and local council plans to demolish part of the grounds for a new road.
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Lata Cook
Lalich Kookh
Mus
Catafack
Moore
A Combination Tree in Woolwich Maine
A pine and birch in Woolwich Maine have grown so close that one trunk bears pine branches on one side and birch on the other. The botanists regard the union as happy despite the trees being far apart, their branches embracing in affection.
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Woolwich
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Rayal Society
Ottawe-tome
Lee Aree
Fng
Contacesty Marine
Gant
Sear
Treet
Thay
Willa Watson
King Edward
Tory
Marshal
Duke of Norfolk
Arundel
Downshire
Earl-Marshall
Ian
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