Calais Long Famous Port Through Centuries of War
The article traces Calais as a historic wartime objective from medieval sieges to early modern conflicts. It notes Crecy era bravery, English control until 1558, a swift seven day siege, and later Spanish and French tenure with a chalk cliff gun linking to a doggerel engraving about artillery.
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Dover
Crecy
Edward VII
Jean de Vienne
Edward
Philipa
Duke of Guise
Anll
Engish
Calais Green
AS CHINAMAN SEES KAISER COMMENTARY
A Chinese student contrasts the German Kaiser with the superior man, condemning deceit and greed. He cites ancient emperors who burned books to destroy civilization, arguing the Kaiser seeks to enslave and plunder, but will not succeed.
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Kaiser
Hell
China
Oldest Living West Pointer Turns 91 In St Louis
General Horatio Gates Gibson, the oldest West Point graduate, marked his 91st birthday amid good health and visits from a few Aztec Club members. Gibson, veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, presides over the remnant of the Aztec Club formed in Mexico seventy one years ago.
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Horatio Gates Gibson
West Point
Aztec Club
City of
Mexico
Gen
Gibson
Vera Cruz
Winfield Scott
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Brazilian fruit station set for Deodoro
Vice Consul Richard P. Monson reports Brazil authorizes a hernicultural station at Deodoro to grow domestic and acclimated fruit trees, study insect pests, packing and transport, fruit conservation, and distribution to dealers. The school invites students and farmers for demonstrations of modern pomicultural methods.
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Richard P. Monson
Deodoro
Cigarette Exports to China Rise Sharply This Year
A Popular Science Monthly report notes U S cigarette exports to China have surged this year to about 4 billion cigarettes, or roughly 10 per Chinese person, after exporting 400 million a decade ago. Last year exports in cigarettes alone topped 12 million dollars.
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China
Popular Science Monthly
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