Notable British Hero Led Air Corps Before War Effort
An extended profile honors Colonel Sir David Henderson of the Royal Flying Corps for organizing Britain’s aerial arm and its wartime effectiveness. The piece praises his foresight in reconnaissance and his role in shaping aviation in warfare. It also notes German quartermaster General von Stein and includes brief, unrelated items on fashionable surgery, dentistry, and marine magnesia content.
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France
England
John French
Joffre
Aviation Corps
David Henderson
Royal Flying Corps
David
Army Flying Corps
Sir David Henderson
British War Office
Dty
von Stein
The Great Art Rivalry of Apelles and Protogenes
A classic tale from Rhodes holds Apelles visiting Protogenes studio. Absent artist prompts Apelles to draw a thin line, Protogenes counters with a thinner one, and Apelles replies with a third line. The trio’s panel is hailed as the greatest work of art in Caesar’s palace.
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Apelles
Protogenes
Rhodes
The
Caesars
Beginning of English Snuff Taking After Vigo Battle
The 1702 Vigo Bay victory by Sir George Rooke led to English snuff becoming popular. The sacking yielded thousands of barrels of snuff which, sold cheaply, drew wide curiosity. Within a century snuff commerce eclipsed smoking in some markets.
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Vigo Bay
England
George Rooke
Vigo
London Chronicle
Highland point near Westchester gains worldwide fame
A highland outlook in Westchester County reaches 1 228 feet above the Hudson and is praised as the most beautiful scenery at the entrance to the Highlands. The site has earned global recognition in the Magazine of American History as the Rhine of America.
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Westchester County
N. Y
Hudson River
Magazine of American History
The Meanest Man and Liam’s Peculiar Order
Fragmentary notes describe a sharp quote about the meanest man who draws out secrets then remains silent. A misrendered line references Siam and a supposed royal decree granting marriage to many wives tied to a painter and a drawing net.
A Musician by Accident and a French Cornet
Signor Caracalli the renowned cornet player recounts his forced entry into the army after the Napoleonic era. Under threat of execution he learned to play the cornet in a prison band, impressing the authorities with a single tune that secured his release and a lifelong career.
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Signor Caracalli
Paris
Henrotin
Givonne
Commune
France
Jacques Henrotin
H'm
Ter
Bread Scarcity and Riots Mark Napoleonic Era Britain
During the Napoleonic wars Britain faced famine fears with a 1800 law delaying bread rations and widespread hunger riots. A royal grant aided Thomas Toden for a wheat substitute paste, while sailors endured poor biscuits until a harvest later eased the crisis.
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Britain
F. W. Hackwood
England
Thomas Toden
High Seas
London Standard
Decimation Misunderstood in Military Reporting
The Westminster Gazette criticizes the common misused notion of decimation in war coverage. It explains decimation literally means the loss of one tenth of a force, not a wholesale destruction.
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Westminster Gasette
Yachtsman Ketchum Adorns Vessel with Cresceus Shoe
George A. Ketchum, former Cresceus owner, builds a yacht named Creeceus. A Cresceus race shoe, worn when the horse set a trotting record on August 2, 1901, is gold plated and placed in the cabin as a decorative keepsake.
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George A. Ketchum
Cresceus
Creeceus
Columbus Track
Motto Faithful Unto Death Cited By Young Physician
A Boston Transcript quip features a young physician of aristocratic lineage declining to reveal his family motto saying it is too suggestive for his profession. He notes the motto Faithful unto death as his family creed.
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Boston Transcript
Weyman-Bruton Company
Pointing the Course to Save Living Costs
A dialogue shows a couple debating frugal living with one suggesting cutting expenses and the other proposing a $10 to $15 reduction on a future hat, reflecting a lighter aside in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Smokias
Baane
Sam
Richmond Times-Dispateh
Wizardry of Photography Seen at Clinkenbeard Studio
In Aberdeen a new Clinkenbeard studio in the Pearson Building on South H street showcases ten large baby-picture enlargements and a 12000 candle power lamp. The setup emphasizes comfort for mothers with two dressing rooms and upstairs work areas while highlighting the photographer’s artistry and stagecraft. Mr. Clinkenbeard, five years in Aberdeen and former president of the Northwestern Photographers Association, guides the studio’s modernization.
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Clinkenbeard
William H. Clinkenbeard
Pearson Building
South H Street
Mr. Clinkenbeard
Northwestern Photographers’ Association
Northwestern States
British Columbia
Aberdeen
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