Irish luck in a Duchesse lace veil sale
Nancy Keenan, short on cash and jobless, tries to sell a family Duchesse lace veil at Jules shop. A compassionate staffer, a stranger, and a Boston link rescue her, and the veil returns via a donation that leads to renewed hope for her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Weenan
Keenan
Nancy
Jules
Monsieur Jules
Europe
Sulestudy
Monsieur Julies
Miss Muay
Madame
House of Jules
Miss May
Miss Mry
Mike
Monsieur
Miss Murray
Watie Murray
Laney
Nancy Keenan
Boston
Glenn
California
Fieera
Katie Murray
House of Jules, Ltd
Duchesse
Clary
Katie
Variation in Flag Coloring by Government Standards
The Bureau of Navigation notes no law defines flag colors and historical flags show lighter blues. Earlier flags were made for the government by various firms. Since 1912 the Army makes its own flags and the Navy has longer, standardizing the dark blue shade used by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau’ of Navigation
United States
Unite States Army
Navy
Curiosity over a law on provided election transport
A London Daily Chronicle reader notes a candidate offered a motor firm’s cars to haul voters to polling stations. Cars priced at 60 pounds with return at 40 pounds raise questions about legality and loopholes in election law.
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Lookecr
London Daily Chronicle
Record Heat Marks Global Temperature Extremes
A meteorological note cites Brisbane shading at 130 degrees as not extreme. A September 22 reading at Azizin North Africa near Tripoli reached 136.4 degrees, the record high. The highest mean temperature is in Berbera Somaliland with 85.45 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Azizin
North Africa
Tripoli
India
Berbera
Somaliland
Revenue From Spanish Moss In New Orleans Parks
Spanish moss harvested in New Orleans city parks yields about $1,000,000 annually after gathering and curing for six months. The moss is sold to mattress manufacturers and the funds support city upkeep through a $1,000 crop.
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New Orleans
To Thine Own Self Be True Proverb in Fielding’s Voice
A fragment echoes a moral adage about personal integrity. The line, attributed to Fielding, contemplates private virtue versus collective wrongdoing and the loneliness of righteous action. The source text presents a compact ethical observation rather than a narrative.
Global irrigation methods traced from ancient to modern
Prepared by the National Geographic Society the article surveys irrigation across continents. It describes water wheels in Chengtu and hand powered troughs in Chihu, wind or steam pumps in Asia, cradle irrigators in Korea, and diverse Nile and Indus systems. It highlights Aswan and seven Indus canals, comparing barrages and dams and noting major U.S. dams like Arrowrock Shoshone Elephant Butte Roosevelt Pathfinder.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Chengtu
Szechwan
Chihu
Peiping
Taku
Tientsin
China
Europe
Japan
Great
Aswan
Nile
Nile Valley
India
Africa
Indus River
Roosevelt
Pathfinder
Indus
Sukkur
Sind
Massachusetts
Arrowrock
Idaho
Shoshone
Wyoming
Elephant Butte
New Mexico
Arizona
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Garfield
Sorehound
TAR Besetareetn
London
Levi Strauss
Levi
Plymouth Rocks
A. EB. Scholl
Anaheim St
Long Beach
Calif
Usare
L. F. Burch
Burnelee
Angeles
Drugeists
lHiscox Chem
Patchogue
N.Y
Floreston
Warker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Waleh
Fielding
Egypt
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