Annual Henley Regatta scene of cosmopolitan spectacle
The Henley-on-Thames regatta draws Americans and Britons in a grand three day festivity. Royal or not, spectators in Yale blue and Cambridge blue fill the banks with boats, colors, and gala hospitality as oarsmen compete for the diamond sculls and trophies amid music, champagne, and revelry along the Thames.
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Library Building Erected in Memory of Gladstone
A new St Deiniol s library stands on Hawarden hill as a national memorial to William Gladstone. The 35 000 volume collection from Hawarden Castle will move to the Gothic Helsby stone building once ready. The foundation stone bears an inscription noting the memory of Gladstone and the late Duke of Westminster. Endowment near £10 000. opening date not fixed.
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Last Kentucky Duel Between Desha and Kimbrough Recalls 1866 Event
The 1866 duel in Scott and Fayette counties between Capt. Jo Desha and Lieut. Kimbrough of Cynthiana ended with Kimbrough wounded in the thigh and Desha crippled in the arm. Both men were former Confederate and Union soldiers. Major Harvey McDowell and Major Long served as seconds, with Dr. Benedict Keene as surgeon. witnesses included Warren Smith and George W. Downing. It is likely the last duel held in Kentucky.
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Texas
Pure fruit jelly from old boots to feed the tables
A writer in Popular Mechanics lauds American inventive economy by transforming waste items into luxury goods. Fusel oil becomes oil of apples, sawdust makes newspapers, barn drainage creates perfumery, and old boot scraps are colored and flavored into jelly.
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France
Popular Mechanics
Earthquake Experience Recalls Guatemala Disaster Visit
Lt. John Robinson of New York recounts a Guatemala earthquake at the J. C. James estate near Quezaltenango. He describes a dinner interruption as the tremor overturned glasses and dampened the party while guests, many longtime residents, remained unfazed by the catastrophe.
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The Woes of Jane
A boy at a dame school last winter recited a verse about Jane that included a risqué line. The teacher stayed silent and the visitors urged him to repeat it, while the boy’s shocked parents asked what the teacher said.
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Dame School
Life and the gold brick decision tale at a wedding
A judge recounts a friend’s reflection on life’s disappointments and missed chances. The man recalls once choosing marriage over buying a gold brick, sparking a sobering anecdote about risk, regret, and the thrill of a bold choice.
Weary Willie Finds Academic Life Too Strenuous
In this Princeton Tiger snippet, Weary Willie the Wandering Walker recounts a visit with a professor, describing the clash of campus life with his hobo travels. He recalls a playful yet critical view of academia and a humorous, self deprecating tale of graft and escape on the road.
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Princeton Tiger
Thought It Was the Devil Big Python Loosed on Vessel
On the Atlantic liner Menominee a 30 foot python escaped into the engine room at midnight amid reports of chaos with a menagerie including crims wombats and monkeys. Burns the Monkey Man captured the creature and saved its skin, the snake dying the next day as crew recounted a wild escape and sensational tales.
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Ingenious Barrel Bridge for Military Crossing Described
A historical description outlines a military bridge built from seven cask piers joined by baulks and a gunnel rail. An eight-man crew constructs piers, spans 100 feet, and can be launched, used for infantry and guns, then dismantled rapidly. Petroleum impregnation makes the casks waterproof and seaworthy.
Backing of Congress Sparks Mock Sermon Tale
Professor Hall of Clark University recounts a Black church scene where a Baptist preacher extols his faith as the only true religion claiming it is entered according to the act of Congress. Hall notes the minister's use of a pamphlet bearing those words to bolster his claim.
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Prof. Hall
Clark University
Hall
New York Times
Advance in Sanitary Methods
Ninety seven American municipalities now have cremation or reduction plants for sewage.
You can bottle up the truth for a time
A brief, pointed line hints at truth finally breaking free as pressure builds. The aphorism suggests hidden facts will emerge despite concealment and bring consequences.
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