Refuge for Russians in Rome Palace Villa
The Russian embassy villa in Porta Pia, Rome, once grand, is now a crowded night refuge for Russians after Wrangel's army's dispersal. Refugees fill drawing rooms and nooks as refugees struggle for food and shelter, guarded by Guardia Regia amid political tension with Lenin's emissaries seeking to seize the embassy.
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Rome
Ind
Olie
Willa
Porta Pia
Wrangel
Russia
Tno
Vorovsky
Guardia ‘Regia
Concerning Color and the Scales of Cold Hues
The article explains blue as the coldest color with green as the next coldest, noting green results from mixing yellow and blue. Coolness rises with blue and blue-green, while warmth comes from pink or yellow. grays are neutral, cooler when tinged blue or green, warmer when tinged pink or yellow, and cool gray tones can visually enlarge small rooms.
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Housekeeping
Iit
The Lust for Speed in Early Aircraft
Scientific American notes France pursues faster airplanes to beat current world speed records. Monoplanes with up to 600 horsepower engines, thick wings, retractable undercarriages aim for 220 mph at landing speeds above 125 mph. Firms Nieuport Spad and Hanriot push to produce remarkable fast machines.
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L'Air
France
Est
Gobi Desert
Nieuport
Spad
Hanriot
Tiny Kate
Scientific American
Latest Briquettes Form from Danish Machine Aids Castings
Briquettes shaped as cones weighing about 0 percent of a pound are produced from turning boring and filing chips by a Danish machine. Compressed air molds force the briquettes, usable in 15 percent plus blends for ordinary iron castings and special parts like engine cylinders. They are claimed to improve toughness and strength and to add silicon and manganese to metals as a convenient additive method.
Origin of the Guinea and its value in historic exchange
A scientific American brief notes the guinea origin as a distinct unit once valued at 21 shillings and divisible by seven, explaining its adoption by hotels and lodging houses. It contrasts this with the pound and discusses why a London doctor might charge more for a visit when standard exchange rates apply.
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Guinea
Hiei Arenas
London
Saving Syrup Story Emerges From Odd Exchange
A garbled fragment describes an odd exchange about saving syrup and a scheme involving a drugstore. Names and clear actions are missing, leaving a hazy excerpt likely from a local column or notice with unclear speakers and context.
Perilous Waziristan River Shifts Create Bridges and Dams
A Waziristan correspondent details the Indus River's dramatic annual shifts as it changes course each May, forcing makeshift bridges of boats and rapid railway and supply dumps. Villages and homesteads fear inundation while engineers relocate embankments and ports at Steamer Point, with debris, floating debris, and even dead camels carried downstream as the river redefines its bed and nearby settlements brace for further movement.
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Waziristan
India
Ania
Ben
Mother of Assyria Emerges as Nation Builder
The article profiles Lady Surma, the first executive of the Assyrian republic, who secured 80 000 square miles of land in Kurdistan from Britain and served as ambassador to England. Her brother Mar Chinon led the previous lineage, and after his murder a new government took shape. The piece casts her as a potential "Mother of Assyria" and notes her education and linguistic skills.
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George Washington
America
Assyria
Surma
England
Kurdistan Mountains
London
Surnia
Britain
Mar Chinon
Arable Literature Recovering From War Depression
A London Morning Post correspondent notes Arab literature revives after the war. Among recent titles the work Nawa diy al-Harb offers rare, insightful commentary from an Oriental philosopher viewpoint. The life volume ends with reflections on postwar powers from classical Arabic poets. A humorous Montenegro line: I have sold my house and my donkeys have, therefore, nothing above or beneath me.
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London Morning Post
Montenegro
Fragmentary quote hints at social judgment and wit
Incomplete lines suggest conversations about a sharp woman named Marge and how others misjudge her. The snippet implies social dynamics and wit without clear events or resolution from the garbled text.
Compulsory School Attendance Across States Analyzed
The United States Department of Labor through the children's bureau reports state compulsory school standards for minors. Attendance rules vary from age eighteen in five states to as low as fourteen in one, with many exemptions for work or grade completion. Looser provisions and farm-work exemptions reduce effectiveness, and rural districts often require less attendance than cities.
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United States Department of Labor
Children’s Bureau
District of Columbia
Bureau
Senators and barber in a gambling caper at the Capitol
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports a storm at the U S Senate as Harry New of Indiana trips a trap with Sims the long time barber. In a private anteroom dice are rolled and a group bursts in to catch the two in a gambling scheme. Sims, a preacher and Bible authority, is shown in a dubious light after forty years of trusted service.
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Imen
United States Senate
Sims
Capitol
Harry New
Indiana
Barber
Chenator
New
Senator New
Senate
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Le Chef Artist Becomes Royal Palace Chef in London
The painter Sir William Orpen’s portrait Le Chef, submitted as his diploma work to the Royal Academy, features Chester the chef now head chef at the Royal Palace Hotel in Kensington. A Paris hotel manager, curious about the portrait’s fame, compared Chester’s artistry to Orpen and offered a large salary. He initially refused Paris but accepted the record salary for an assistant chef.
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le Chef
Chester
Willam’ Orpen
Royal Academy
Royal Palace Hotel
Kensington
London
Kent
Paris
Chatham
Sir William Orpen
London Times
Bubble flotation sparks copper future in industry
Students of industrial development call the flotation method of mineral separation essential for copper refining and the electrical industry. Experts say the process, though not unique, will especially benefit copper reliant sectors as technology advances.
Vote Against Bobbing Dinner Table Debate
A young woman at a dinner table explains she sent a questionnaire to boys about bobbing. Six opposed it and two favored, so she decides not to proceed with bobbing. The conversation includes a playful back and forth with her father approving yet puzzled by the plan.
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Troy
Parting Kiss Becomes Farce as Store Clock Ties Love
A newlywed lover pleads for his wife to stay but departs into the night to stock up on tobacco before the corner store closes at eight. The tender scene ends with a pragmatic exit rather than a swan song.
Ended Life as Good Citizen Buzzard Brother Cries From Outlaw Era
Martin Buzzard once a notorious outlaw who spent 25 years as a law abiding citizen died on his son’s farm near New Holland. He led the four Buzzard brothers Abe Ike Joe and Martin who terrorized the region with raids from Welsh mountains and crimes in the eastern county. Buzzard originated the famous bird cage trick in which he trapped a jailer and freed prisoners after stealing keys. Abe remains in prison for a robbery. two brothers have long been dead.
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Martin Buzzard
New Holland
New York Sun
Buzzard
Abe
Ike
Joe
Martin
Txmenster
Merely a Paternal Feeling
Old Mr. Snaggs chastised Archibald after the child threw a brick through a window. A neighbor laments the incident noting the man has no children of his own to scold him.
Eight Daughters Marry Foreign Husbands in Mixed Family
A South African family of French extraction yields one curious record. Eight daughters each wed a man of a different nationality. The pattern: No 1 marries a Frenchman born abroad, No 2 Dutchman born abroad, No 3 German born abroad, No 4 Italian born abroad, No 5 Irishman born locally, No 6 Welshman born locally, No 7 Scotsman born abroad, and No 8 Englishman.
Death by Own Action in Luck The Deranged Mixin
A man attempted suicide using a 30 foot rope over a 40 foot drop. He jumped but the rope failed, and upon striking the ground he fell forward, the blow apparently curing his malady. The report notes the man’s brain was slightly deranged and the act was described as a public tragedy.
Odd monument grows from acorn grave in Memphis
Seventy five years ago Virginia Kirk was buried in Memphis Tennessee. An acorn sprouting on the mound expanded until it formed the tomb and headstone, leaving only part of the inscription visible and creating an unusually odd monument.
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Virginia Kirk
Memphis
Tenn
Fisherman Fights 1140-Pound Swordfish Victory
A fisherman off Lorida coast hauled a 1140 pound swordfish in his net. Two shots were fired to finish the capture and prevent the net from breaking under the huge catch.
Must Have Been Lurid Language For Public Meeting
A Brantford constable described a drunk man whose obscene speech forced the abandonment of an unemployed meeting. The incident led to a fine for the offender.
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Brantford
Eng
Frederick and the milk run in a family scene
A child Frederick, learning basic arithmetic, retrieves an empty milk bottle, pays for a new bottle and a candy sucker with a nickel from the grocer, and returns with milk and the treat. The exchange reveals household routines, money handling, and parental guidance.
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Frederick
What Real Vacation Means by Preston Slax
Preston Slax argues in the New York Independent that a real vacation blends play and disinterest in work. He defines play as actions done for their own sake, and says true vacation arises when enjoyment overrides obligation, like a fairyland trip where the only rule is to do what you really like.
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Preston Slaxson
New York Independent
Tseirf
Ian
Distinguishing Cherry and Plum Trees in Spring
In early spring before fruit, cherry and plum trees resemble each other. Experts use a simple guide: cherry leaves fold together like pages of a book, forming a hook, while plum leaves roll up like a magazine. Peach buds unfold with a cherry leaf base, and apricot leaves roll like plum.
Well Supplied Emery and the Double Cold
A boy named Emery suffers from whooping cough and a lingering cold that kept him indoors. He finally returns outside but sneezes as he starts the day. His mother laments that he has caught another cat but did not stay inside. A neighbor calls to him and he replies he has two colds and whooping cough.
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Emery
Mmery
Mery
Hmery
Demographic Oddities Hit Prince Edward Island Farm Community
In a farming district of 99 residents on Prince Edward Island, widows outnumber widowers sixteen to one. The community includes 18 women aged between seventy four and ninety six, while the oldest man is seventy.
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Prince Edward Island
Police Stop Washington Year Arrests List Details
A compiled year list from Washington shows arrests of diverse figures including one congressman two diplomats 100 reporters 18 editors one professor 245 army officers 41 ministers and 48 policemen highlighting broad law enforcement exposure across the capital.
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Washington
New York Firefighter Contends Whisky Fueled Blaze
A man in New York city claimed alcohol sparked a fierce fire as bystanders urged the fire department to turn on hoses and extinguish flames. The scene included a remark about a tombstone inscription in Worsley and references to pigs and a memory, with unclear surrounding context.
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New York City
Frederick the Great and the Giant Army Pranks
A Cleveland Plain Dealer tale recounts Frederick II of Prussia seeking giants for an army. He allegedly wooed tall women to wed his soldiers, even using a ruse with a note to pair a beauty with Corporal Wiltz, only for fate and clever matching to turn the plan into public laughter across Prussia and beyond.
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Mark Stiyvesiult
Cleveland
Frederick William J
Prussia
Glint Aichers
Ti Ts
Frederick
Hagegard
Pny
Aus
Corp. Wiltz
Grenadiees
Womain
Up-to-Date Barges on New York Canal Fleet
Five self propelled barges built in Duluth will operate on the barge canal of New York state. Each measures 10 feet beam and 5 Fort tong length, displacing 2150 tons, powered by 140 horsepower Wiesel engines. Equipped with electric auxiliaries, steering gear, windlasses, capstains, and illuminated by generators, they carry 1500 to 1750 ton cargo capacities.
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Erie Canal
New York State
Miber
Duluth
Fort Tong
Striking Miners Village Food Fights Fine Print
In a North Ayrshire mining village during a coal strike, strikers’ children refused midday soup preferring bread and tea. Authorities, noting the delicate audience, announced meals at five, one child quipping about a music lesson as a reason.
Cat Mothers Adopt Wild Rabbit On East Lothian Farm
An East Lothian farm tale describes a cat that adopted and nursed a young wild rabbit. The cat, once nursing her own kittens, now feeds and shows affection to the rabbit, bringing it into the litter and treating it as a member of the feline brood.
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East Lothian
Scotland
What Have You Famed Your Baby
Edinburgh Scotsman notes a playful musing on naming a child and the idea of letting the individual choose their own name when grown, framed as a public warning or pro tem suggestion to the readers.
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Sam
Edinburgh Scotsman
Hard Work and Persistence Build Real Reward in Life
The piece argues that meaningful rewards come from hard work not luck. It cites Caruso’s long hours, mentions the need to think deeply, and warns that few jobs exist because they demand top effort. It also notes competition and the danger of self pity while urging disciplined, sustained effort.
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Mke Caruso
Hive
New York
Equals Twenty Tunnels Bridge Plan For Hudson Crossing
Report describes two massive Keel Lowered masonry faced piers for a proposed bridge linking Manhattan and Jersey City. Upper deck for autos and trucks would match traffic of ten two track tubes planned under Canal Street. Lower deck to carry ten railroad tracks. Estimated total cost 110 million dollars. Tunnels beneath the river with similar capacity could cost about two and a half times as much, requiring at least twenty such tubes.
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Manhattan
Jersey City
Woolworth
Hudson River
Canal Street
Swallowed Cigaret Holder Trapped Boy in Shanghai Hospital
A ten year old Chinese boy in Shanghai swallowed a cigar cigarette holder, about two and a half inches long, with a linen band. Doctors discovered the object lodged in his windpipe obstructing breathing. An attempt to remove it with forceps failed, so the surgeon opened the throat and withdrew the lower end to free the object.
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Lon Va Lov
Shangha Hospital
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