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IN MEMORY OF NURSE EDITH CAVELL

... in Jasper National Park, Alberta. The huge mountain. 11,000 feet high, here shown, has been, with the lake at its base, named after the heroine. A curious feature is that the glacier takes the shape of an angel with outstretched wings. Pilgrims annually ...

Published: Saturday 10 October 1925
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 107 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs 

An Old Sport and a New: TWO INTERESTING CONTRASTS IN ENGLAND AND GERMANY

... the shoe or starting point either direct or off another ball THE RHOEN WHEEL: A NEW GERMAN SPORT This sporting device is named after the Rhoen Mountain in central Germany, where the inventor resides. The turning of the wheel in the manner shown in the pictures ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1926
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 145 | Page: 19 | Tags: Photographs 

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE STRAND: WIDENING LONDON'S MOST FAMOUS STREET

... proposed to go as far as Villiers Street, if not Buckingham Street. This will involve the removal of part of George Court, named after George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. The chief features of the court are the old steps leading to the Strand, the greengrocer's ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1924
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 165 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

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... gymnasium, under the direction of Capt. Usher, of the Gordon Highlanders. II THE McLEAN HIGHLANDERS, RAISED IN NEW BRUNSWICK Named after Brig.-Gen. H. H. McLean (on extreme left). His son. Major H. H, McLean (at his side), is second in command. Lt.-Col. P. ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1918
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 210 | Page: 24 | Tags: Photographs 

THE REVIVAL OF GAMBLING DENS

... have in consequence 1 1 become greater than ever. Yet it is a significant fact that one of the most familiar card games is named after Napoleon, our great antagonist in the 1 1 war which ended in 1815. In the latter halt of the fa eighteenth century, when ...

Published: Saturday 29 May 1915
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 317 | Page: 26 | Tags: Photographs 

LIFE AND ADVENTURE: The Epic Voyage of a Windjammer--President Cosgrave in America--The Prince in Deep Waters-- ..

... described as the deep waters of ladies fashions. Sir Austen Chamberlain was also present, and his twenty-year-old son, named after his illustrious grandfather, made his first public speech in response to the toast of The Visitors THE BARQUENTINE THAT ...

Published: Saturday 04 February 1928
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 351 | Page: 7 | Tags: Photographs 

THE WAY of THE WORLD

... would like to see our streets named after famous authors, and would Shakespearise a whole district with such names as Romeo Street, Othello Street, Malvoli Street, and so on. In Pekin, the alleys, or 'Hu-t'ungs, are named after household words, like goldfish ...

Published: Saturday 12 June 1920
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1158 | Page: 6 | Tags: Photographs