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  2. HENRY VL’s BODY.

    The supposed tomb of King Henry VI. (murdered in the Tower of London, 1471) has just been opened in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, and portions of a ...

    Article : 178 words
  3. MILLIONAIRE’S LOVE STORY.

    With all the secrecy possible Mr. Frank Jay Gould, the American millionaire, was married a few days since (wrote Lloyd s News on November 13) to Miss Edie ...

    Article : 834 words
  4. THE DASHWOODS.

    After breakfast, old John, as he left the hotel alone, stood on the large stone steps for a moment or two, gazing in wonder at the volume of traffic that seemed to be ...

    Article : 2,509 words
  5. THE SAILOR STRAIN.

    Expecting the manning of the British mercantile marine about which we hear so much because of the existence of a percentage of foreigners, could any other nation ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 616 words
  6. THE MEDICINES OF THE ANCIENTS.

    The oldest medical work known is the Ebers papyrus, discovered by Georg Ebers: in his journey to Egypt in 1872-3. It is a scroll 20 yards long and a foot wide, and ...

    Article : 233 words
  7. A ROMANTIC HISTORY.

    His journey round the North Island of New Zealand brought Lieut. Cook, as related, into one of the bays of the geographically ragged head of the neighbouring one ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,058 words
  8. AMERICA’S FOREST FIRES.

    Australia has some drawbacks at times —drought and bush fires. But what of a forest fire in America? Here is a quotation from an oversea exchange date ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 273 words
  9. BALLOON ON LONDON ROOF.

    Firemen at New Cross Station were considerably surprised on November 1 by the entrance by an excited householder, who informed him that a balloon had. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 330 words
  10. THE SHADOW ON THE BLIND.

    When the quiet shadows gather. And the day is closing in. And upon the curtained windows Falls the gleam of lights within. ...

    Article : 154 words
  11. HUMAN SKELETON IN A SHARK.

    The dealers in the Osaka fish market on November 21 were somewhat shocked to find the remains of a human being in a shark . which they were cutting up for human ...

    Article : 153 words
  12. LADIES’ HAIRDRESSER DISFIGURED.

    His head and neck swathed, in wadding and surgical bandages, Otto Duensing, a ladies’ hairdresser, took his place in the witnessbox at the Westminster Police ...

    Article : 645 words
  13. “DEAR” MAN’S RETURN

    A dramatic feature was introduced into claim by a woman under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, at Leeds County Court on October 29, by the production of her ...

    Article : 317 words
  14. SIX DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP.

    When the steamer Battle Isle, of Glasgow, was towed into Fishguard Harbour on November 5, the captain who was greatly distressed and in a weak condieion, nearly ...

    Article : 217 words
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    Prospective Employer (perusing reference)—“Have you, any knowledge of the silks and satin department?'” Applicant—“Spent all my life. among ’em, sir.” Prospective Employer—“And sheets and blankete?” ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
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