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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 9 words
  3. AN EXPRESS TRAIN FROM WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO TELEPHONE.

    While the Twentieth Century Limited, the famous American express, is in the South Station at Roston, Massachusetts, it is possible to telephone from the train. A flexible cord connects the saloon with a telephone plug in the buffers at the end of the track. Short or long-distance calls can be made. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 75 words
  4. THE CANINE RACE AT COWES.

    A swimming race for dogs was introduced into the programme of the Gurnard Regatta, held at Cowes, recently. The dogs were rowed out to a mark boat and were then put into the water to swim to their owners on shore.—The race was a good one, notwithstanding the fact that some of the competitors swam back to the boats instead of to the beach. The owners gave various calls to encourage their animals, and as most of the spectators took up these cries, pandemonium reigned ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  5. THE VULTURES' LARDER.

    "The Parsis, regarding earth, water, and fire as sacred, have to dispose of their dead by other methods. The corpses, being considered unclean, are carried up to these towers of silence and placed on tiers. Vultures eat the flesh off the bones, which are then placed in the centre of the tower, where they remain until ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 78 words
  6. REVENGE OF THE ALPS.

    The brave aeronaut, Sen. Chavez, succumbed to the effects of the injuries which he suffered through the fall of his aeroplane near Domodossola a few days ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 189 words
  7. "ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE—."

    In several parts of Switzerland lumber cut in the mountain sides is transported to the valley by aerial cables, to which a kind of wooden stretcher is attached, on ...

    Article : 220 words
  8. CLAD IN £10,000 WORTH OF SABLES.

    In a play entitled "The Flirting Princess," recently produced in Chicago, Miss Peggy O’Neili, appeared in sables worth £10,000. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  9. A GOOD PLACE FOR A FRIDAY PICNIC.

    This remarkable natural saucepan of boiling water is known at the Fish Hot-Pot Spring. It is situated in the Yellowstone Lake, U.S.A., in the middle of a tiny island, on which the angler is seen standing the island being the top of the cone of a submerged geyser, or gusher, of natural hot water. Fish from the la[?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 89 words
  10. LIEUTENANT A. J. SUTOR, R.G.A.

    Who has been Court-Martialled for publishing a pamphlet criticising the Army System. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
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