The Stranger in Grey and the Dorset Reversal
In a carriage bound for Dorset, a charming foreign architect named Leopold Sarto tries to glean factual details from Harry Clavelworth about a past encounter with a maid. Harry resists, posing as Worth, while Sarto reveals plans to restore a manor in Bloxham and recalls a locked-in drawer of sketches from a rural inn.
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Ae Grey
Harry
Dorsetshire
Grey
Bloxham
Hardy
Dorset
America
Leopold Sarto
Strand
Clavelworth
Mr. Sarto
Worth
Sleepy train ride reveals vivid tale of Lady Anne
Harry Clavelworth awakens with a dreamlike memory of Lady Anne Daubeney as Sarto spins a romanticized portrait of the claved family. The stranger claims a deep history with the Clavels, while Harry drifts into slumber and misses his intended route, finally waking to a porter announcing missed connections.
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Payne Place
Warry
Clavel
Harry
Sarto
Clavels
America
Anne Daubeney
New York
Anne Dauteney
Lady Anne
Anne
Two World Problems Money and Survival
Philosopher asserts the two global problems are how to make money and how to get along without money as a student's humorous reply asks for the two questions.
Global Dairy Practices From Asia to America
The article surveys dairy systems across world regions, noting Syrian farming parallels to American methods. It details goats as a supplement to cows, triple purpose stock, rough economics, transport routes to Damascus Beirut and Constantinople, and the rise of cheese factories and creameries as modern methods begin to take hold.
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Orient
Asia
Damascus
Beirut
New York
Chicago
France
Italy
Germany
Constantinople
America
Porters and Steaks: Etymology and London to New York links
The Encyclopaedia Britannica traces steak to Icelandic steik meaning roasted meat placed on a stake. It notes a porter house steak originated in New York from a porter house eating house. It adds a ribbed detail that a steak grilled between two others may be called a porterhouse steak.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
New York
Porter House
The Long African Forest Expanse Across Africa’s Highlands
An overview of Africa's vast forest belt extending from the southern tip along the eastern highlands toward the equator. It notes altitude shifts with latitude from sea level at the cape to 10 000 feet near the equator and mentions the penci cedar of Abyssinia enriching the equatorial highlands.
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Africa
Equator
Cape
Natal
Transvaal
Equatorial
Abyssinia
A Book as Silent Companion and Memory Spirit
A book is good company offering quiet conversation and full instruction. It enters memory and hovers there, turning the outward book into a body while the soul remains with you in a silver transformation.
Foggy Delays in San Francisco Wind Pattern
On some afternoons the wind velocity in San Francisco rises to about twenty two miles an hour and a dense fog wall, around fourteen thousand six hundred feet high, rolls through the Golden Gate area causing a drop in temperature to sea level conditions.
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San Francisco
Golden Cave
Bank of Montreal reports record profits and asset growth
The 94th annual Bank of Montreal meeting chaired by R. B. Angus announced a record net profit of 2,276,518 for the year, a reassessment of premises lifting value to 1,000,600, and total assets at 250,000,000. Sir Edward Clouston retires as general manager, with H. V. Meredith set to succeed.
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Bank of Montreal
Canada
R. B. Angus
Edward Clouston
Cenerall
Great Britain
United States
New York
London
H. V. Meredith
Dominion
Petrified Forest Giants Unearthed Near Occident California
Three petrified redwood trees praised as the world’s largest have been uncovered from mountain debris near the Bohemian Club grove in Sonoma County. One tree spans 23 feet in diameter and 350 feet long, with two others measuring 13 and 12 feet in diameter.
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Bohemian Club Grove
Sonoma County
California
Occident
Egypt
Whales Not Fast Swimmers Despite Great Size
Whales, due to their immense bulk, are not swift in the water, typically reaching speeds of about ten to twelve miles per hour.
Hash and Romance Meet in a Liverpool Inn Tale
An American traveler lands in Liverpool and seeks supper at a rural inn. The buxom landlady proposes minced collaps, which sounds romantic, but the dish delivered is simply hash, mixing humor with a touch of medieval flair.
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Liverpool
Warning on Alum in Baking Powder Sparks Food Safety Debate
readers have seen articles in major papers warning about alum in baking powder. the piece urges government action similar to england, france, and germany and recommends buying baking powder with clearly stated ingredients to safeguard food.
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Dominion
England
France
Germany
Canadian Pacific to use crude oil for locomotives
Rumor says Canadian Pacific Railway will run some British Columbia locomotives on crude oil. Circular tanks of 200000 gallons to be built on Shuswap and Mountain subdivisions at Field Golden Roger's Pass Revelstoke Sicamous Ject Notch Hill and Kamloops. Jet burners to be added. tenders changed to oil from coal.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
British Columbia
Wm. White
C. U. R. Railway
First District
Field
Golden
Roger's Pass
Rhevelstoke
Sicamous Ject
Notch Hill
Kamloops
Telephones on Trains Promise Rapid Global Talks
A Birmingham engineer develops a railophone allowing passengers on fast trains to talk anywhere on the telephone network. Experts say the device could enable conversations with distant points while traveling at high speeds and may spur railway progress as monorails with gyroscopes become practical for traffic, hinting at speeds near one hundred miles an hour.
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Birmingham
Astrachan
England
Amex Press
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