Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. CAN A WOMAN SWIM THE CHANNEL?

    The latest London papers to hand make references to forthcoming attempts by women to swim the English Channel. Since their publication the American girl, Miss Ederle, has accomplished the great feat in the record time of 14½ hours—she did it on August 6—but it is even more ...

    Article : 726 words
  3. DON’T WORRY!

    Just as infant prodigies sometimes de-velop into backward adults, so dull children frequently become brilliant, and talented grown-ups. The label “dunce” ...

    Article : 572 words
  4. BANDITS’ £19,000 HAULS.

    A daring band of robbers who had previously raided the Roosevelt Hospital, escaping with £2,000, are causing daily increasing consternation among the police ...

    Article : 283 words
  5. HOKKAIDO ERUPTION.

    The Tokio correspondent of The Times (London) of June 29 reported the following occurrence, one of the many devas-tating seismic happenings which hare ...

    Article : 1,157 words
  6. STORM KING’S LOG AND CHART.

    According to the New York correspondent of The London Daily Chronicle, a system of storm range finding has been developed by the United States Navy cargo ...

    Article : 292 words
  7. CERTAIN FOE PROMOTION.

    New Office Boy—“I‘ve added those figures up ten times, sir.” Employer—“Good boy!” New Office Boy—“And here’s the ten answers, sir!” ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  8. CASH VALUE OF A HUSBAND.

    Writing to The San Francisco Examiner from London, Mr. Rudolph de Cordova says:—Within a few weeks two cases have been reported in the ...

    Article : 414 words
  9. GEN. BRUCE’S DIRTY FACE.

    Brigadier-Gen. Bruce, of Everest fame, told an amusing story of the delegates of the Fellowship of Freedom and Reform after his election as President at the ...

    Article : 116 words
  10. CUT THESE OUT.

    Oranges.—When peeling, start at the top where the stalk has been. This will cause the white pithy substance to come clear ...

    Article : 299 words
  11. GIRL’S DARING EXPERIMENT.

    Miss Jessie Downey, a Welsh girl, who declared that she had never been in the water before, jumped from the roof of the pierkeeper’s but into the Thames at ...

    Article : 211 words
  12. ITALY’S 9-HOURS DAY.

    An official of the Italian Foreign Office has stated that the lengthening of the working day throughout the. country from eight hours to nine hours will be a purely ...

    Article : 139 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$