France Built World’s Largest Gun in World War I
A 20 inch bore siege gun designed in Britain for Lord Fisher never finished. It would surpass Germany’s Big Bertha, which had an 8.5 inch bore and a 330 pound shell. Bertha reached 5,000 feet per second, but the French 20 percent inch monster boasted a 76 foot barrel and a 3,200 pound shell, capable of crippling Fort Malmaison in 1918.
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France
Britain
Lord Fisher
Admiralty
Germany
Fort Malmaison
White gloves wash ease with Paris expert Kislav
Paris innovator Kislav offers a simple method to restore gloves. Swish them in soap and hot water, rinse in hot water, lay on a towel, and blow into each glove while damp to reshape. Slip on later for a fresh glamorous touch.
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Kislav
Paris
Ancient Copper Smelter Unearthed Near Red Sea
Archaeologists led by Dr Nelson Glueck of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem uncovered part of the ancient city of Eziengeber near the Red Sea. They found copper smelting installations with two flue rows and internal air channels, copper ore remnants, slag heaps, and slave quarters, corroborating biblical references to Solomon's copper trade and revealing unusual architectural features.
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Palestine
Red Sea
Nelson Glueck
American ‘School’ of Oriental’ Research
Jerusalem
Ezien-geber
Scientific American
Distinction in Dutch Church Names From Saint to Groote Oude or Nieuwe
The text explains a church naming tradition in Holland. Before the Reformation churches were named for saints. After, they adopted labels Groote Oude or Nieuwe meaning Great Old or New to distinguish groups or parishes.
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Holland
Delicate Weight Balancing in Diamond Scales
Delicate weighing of diamonds hinges on tiny particles like an eyelash or specks of dust. Even these minute factors can tip the balance, illustrating how precise jewelry measurements must be.
Addressing Christmas Cards Properly in Formal and Informal Styles
Guidelines for sending Christmas greetings cover formal and informal cards. Use prefixes Mr Mrs or Miss on all cards, place the prefix above the greeting for formal cards, and address a married woman as Mrs with her husband’s name. For informal cards signatures may be both partners. When in doubt send to Mr and Mrs or to the husband’s name, consider home or business addresses, and avoid cards to recently bereaved families within a month.
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Frank Russell
Mrs
Frank. Russell
Bill
Shirley
Shirley Adams
John ‘Robertson
John Robertson
Middle
Europe
Vosges
France
Silesia
Duchy of
Swavia
Superstitions About Christmas Across World Beliefs
A survey of Christmas lore describes beliefs from Holstein to Scandinavia. It cites mistletoe as a healer and protector, lead fortune telling, and birth omens for children about future spouses careers or deaths. It notes animals speaking, mold prevention, and harvest magic tied to Christmas practices.
Christmas Tree Industry Aims to Please with Varied Trees
The article describes a developed Christmas tree industry focused on satisfying different customers. Workers bundle trees by size and grade and trim butts for even lengths. Fir is the most popular due to needle retention, though spruces pines hemlocks and red cedars are also used.
Charm of Christmas echoes simple shared fellowship
The piece extols the chief charm of Christmas as its plainness and universal appeal. It describes a genuine fellowship that pervades communal life, stemming from a shared belief in the world’s greatest Life given to all.
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Kimball
French Village Portrays Christ Birth Tale in Bethlehem
In Les Baux France a historic Christmas pageant reenacts the Bethlehem story with shepherds and real oxen as Joseph and Mary arrive into the City of David. The dramatic yearly event draws thousands of visitors each Christmas Eve.
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Christ
Les Baux
France
Bethlehem
Joseph
Mary
David
Christmas Rescue Drops Turkey From Sky in Snowbound Alaska
Two explorers Bill and Jim in a remote cabin survey snowbound terrain when a plane spots their smoke signal. The pilot drops a bundle containing food and gifts with a note from their boss saying Christmas arrives tomorrow. They cheer at the unexpected rescue and the turkey they will share.
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Bill
Jim
Western Newspaper Union
Optimistic Spirit Aims At A New American Home
A nostalgic appeal urges readers to live one day at a time and build peaceful homes to aid postwar recovery. It extols cheerful resilience, urges practical household improvement, and links individual virtue to national renewal through debt-free, orderly family life and service.
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Napoleon
Cromwell
America
53 Sundays in a Year and Leap Year Impact
The United States Naval Observatory notes that in a 28 year span five years contain 53 Sundays unless a non leap year ends a cycle with two ending digits. When a leap year starts on Saturday two of the six year periods occur in a row.
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United States, Naval Observatory
Philadelphia Inquirer
New Year's Gift for Fainting Souls 1702 Standfast
A description of Richard Standfast's 1702 book titled A New Year's Gift for Fainting Souls, offering cordial comforts in response to sixteen questions and objections and inviting doubting Christians to Christ.
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New England
Richard Standfast
Chinese New Year Greeting Sui hi May joy be yours
The greeting for Chinese New Year is given as Sui hi or May joy be yours, conveying祝福 without a fixed ceremony. The note presents two transliterations for the New Year blessing.
Jisk Me Another Quiz On Historic Trivia
The set asks about a bird tied to immortality in Willis Cullen Bryant’s poem and covers questions on U S history and science. It includes Gadsden purchase, youngest president, penitent history maker, source of quinine, deepest underwater depth, and dog versus human appetite within a general quiz format.
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Willisre Cullen Bryant
Robert of. Lincoln
United States
Gadsden Purchase
Mint
Peinent
Answers Quiz Summary Versus Historic Facts
The provided list offers brief factual prompts covering geography, history, and science. Highlights include bobolink as a bird species, regions of Arizona and New Mexico south of the Gila, Theodore Roosevelt at age 42, Magna Carta, Java, the phoenix in myth, Dr. William Beebe's bathysphere depth of 3028 feet in 1934, and a note on dog digestion comparing stomach capacities of a 40-pound dog and a 180-pound man.
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Q.part
Arizona
New Mexico
Gila River
Theodore Roosevelt
Java
Wm. Beebe
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