St Patrick the Celt who spread Christian Ireland
The piece argues St Patrick was a Scot born Celt, not Irish by birth, and highlights his life from captivity in Ireland to mission work. It notes his education in Gaul, bishopric, arrival in Wicklow, conversion of King Laoghaire's daughter Fedelm, and the shamrock symbol. It notes his influence on language, learning, and churches, and claims his death on March 17, 461.
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Ireland
Patrick
St. Patrick
Kilpatrick
Dumbarton
River
Clyde
Scotland
Calpurnius
Wales
Niall
Tara
Milchu
Slemish Mountain
Antrim
Gaul
Bordeaux
Cannes
Honoratus
Britain
Auxerre
Amator
Germanus
Wicklow
Saul
Down
Slane
Terra
Laoghaire
Laogaire
Meath
Bel
Tara Hill
Slane Hill
Fedelm
God
God the Father
Son
Holy Ghost
Europe
Monument honor to aviators Nungesser and Coli at Etretat
France proposes a cliffside monument designed by Louis Rey to honor the heroic aviators Nungesser and Coli who perished during their attempted transatlantic flight to America.
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Louis Rey
France
Etretat
Nungesser
Coli
America
Latrobe Named Chief Military Aide to President Coolidge
Col. Osman Latrobe, shown in a Washington portrait, is appointed by President Coolidge as his chief military aide. He succeeds Col. Blanton Winship, who becomes legal adviser to Governor General Stimson in the Philippines. Latrobe, a frontier soldier, met Coolidge during a Black Hills visit last summer when the president reviewed the Fourth Cavalry at Fort Meade, Nebraska.
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Col
Osman Latrobe
Washington
Coolidge
Blanton Winship
Philippines
Stimson
Latrobe
Black Hills
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Meade
Neb
Burglary Tests Show Copper Vault Plate Durable
Popular Mechanics Magazine reports tests using an oxyacetylene torch to breach a seven inch thick copper bank vault plate in two hours, while engineers estimate burglars would need about six hours to cut through a twelve inch thickness.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Fabric for Fabrication The Elastic Trout Yarn
A compact note points to a fabric metaphor emphasizing the trout yarn as the most elastic material known. The line hints at textile innovation or a playful comparison in a historical context without additional specifics.
Castoria touted for easing infant ailments and sleep
An old advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy for colic constipation and diarrhea in babies. It claims gentle, reliable relief, discourages castor oil, and offers a care book with purchase.
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Fletcher
New Platinum Supply Found in Sierra Leone Area
The London colonial office announces a platinum bearing region of about forty square miles in Sierra Leone West Africa. The alluvial deposits are likely of considerable importance and platinum, valued at about seventy dollars per ounce, reflects the world’s heavy reliance on Soviet Russia for much of its supply.
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London Ecolonial Office
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Soviet Russia
Auto wedding ends with quick trip to altar in Memphis
Ben Emerson of Ripley Tennessee and Media Mitchell of Memphis wed after driving downtown to marry. A parking spot failed so the couple gathered Squire Coleman on the run. The squire rode on the running board for the second trip to the ceremony. They dropped the squire at his office and the groom sped off for a honeymoon.
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Ben Emerson
Ripley
Tenn
Miss Media Mitchell
Memphis
Squire Coleman
Squire
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