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  2. A FLOOD DISASTER.

    There are few more tragic incidents connected with the Mississippi River floods in America than the death of the whole Peterkin family. They were ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 396 words
  3. South Africa's Big Telescope.

    For love of an old school friend, an American millionaire undertook to endow South Africa with the biggest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, for the love of science ...

    Article : 137 words
  4. Photograph Test for Diamonds.

    A method by which the quality of diamonds can be definitely determined and imitations detected has been discovered by M. Malaval, chemical head of the police ...

    Article : 100 words
  5. Toil-worn Fingers.

    The curious case of a man who cannot be identified by his finger-prints, an almost unheard-of circumstance, has come to the attention of the Royal Canadian Mounted ...

    Article : 174 words
  6. A Mechanical Navvy.

    Something which speeds up the work of a navy a hundred times has just been made, a noisy machine which we are destined to see a great deal on the roads and in ...

    Article : 146 words
  7. Lion Loose in a Churchyard.

    There were exciting scenes at Aston Fair ground. Birmingham, recently, when a lion belonging to Mr. Patrick Collins, J.P., of Walsall, escaped from its cage and dashed ...

    Article : 166 words
  8. Whisky and---Splash.

    Scotsmen wept recently when 3000 gallons of pure whisky 75 per cent, overproof, representing a total dutiable and salvage value of more than £15,000, was taken out from ...

    Article : 141 words
  9. Growth of Canadian Motor Industry.

    Revised statistics show that the number of motor-cars produced in Canada in 1926 was 207,727 compared with 161,970 in 1925 The total value in 1926 including parts, was ...

    Article : 145 words
  10. Explorers of the Skies.

    An observatory for measuring the sun's heat has now been set up on Mount Brukkaros in the midst of the desert in Southwest Africa, and observations are already ...

    Article : 130 words
  11. 300-guinea Shirt.

    A novel auction was held at the Hotel Metropole, Folkestone (Eng.) A white shirt front hearing the signatures of Chaliapin and other celebrated artists who appeared at a ...

    Article : 82 words
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