Scenes in the Dead City of St Pierre
A reporter describes the May 8 eruption of Mount Pelee and the destruction of St Pierre Martinique. He details the ruined streets, toppled houses, mud flows, and the fate of residents, citing a priest eyewitness account and comparing the scene to Pompeii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Pierre
Fife
Victor Hugo
Anse
Lord Lytton
Pompeii
Diomed
Clodius
Glaucus
Tone
Pierre
Pelee
New York Independent
Boston City Hospital Relief Station Adopts Roof Camp For Heat Prostration
The Boston Herald reports Boston City Hospital Relief Station is installing a roof camp treatment area for heat prostration. The top is enclosed with a platform and wire fencing, forming four to five tentlike sections each with two cots, air circulation aided by awnings and electric fans, and a portable rooftop bath tub planned for patient care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston City Hospital
Boston Herald
Num
Grinding Grain in Japan and Shoe Trade Rise
The article notes slow progress in Japan where hand mills persist in farming regions despite many modern mills. It mentions a Japanese style illustration of grain grinding. It also reports Canada selling American footwear rising triply over five years with expected sales around $900,000 this year and France making vaccination compulsory within the first year, plus revaccination at ages eleven and twenty-one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Canada
France
IN OLD MARBLEHEAD SEAPORT OF QUIET PAST AND LEGENDS
Old Marblehead is a quaint Atlantic coast seaport resembling Salem in atmosphere and legends. The town preserves a long history with antique houses and a largely timeless ambiance aside from summer cottages outside the main town.
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Atlantic Coast
Marblehead
Salem
Marblehead's Historic Fishermen and Patriots Echo the Sea
Marblehead, Massachusetts, with narrow crooked streets along rocky shores, shaped by a hardy fishing tradition. The town fed the Continental Army in 1775, saw pirates and patriots like Mugford fall, and houses from 1640 through 1775 mark its rich past. The old powder house, town hall, and St. Michael's church connect visitors with Revolutionary era heroism and famed locals such as Moll Pitcher and Agnès the maid of the inn.
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Fort de France
Mt. Pelee
Carbet
Old Town House
Igive
Boston
Marblehead
Allerton
Plymouth
New England
Elbridge Gerry
Azor Orne
John Glover
James Mugford
Mugford
Moll Pitcher
Lynn
Robert Pitcher
Mandlehead
Agnes Surriage
Agnés
Tucker
Old Powder House
David Mossom
Martha Curtis
George Washington
Morris Wade
Detroit Free Press
How Fine Furniture Is Made From Grain and Cutting
The article explains that terms like bird's eye maple curly walnut and quartered oak are not specific trees but grain patterns produced by cut methods. Bird's eye maple is a veneer over solid wood, curly walnut comes from the trunk near the ground, and curly birch mirrors the same pattern in birch.
Pen With Historic Signatures Sells At Vienna Auction
A curios sale in Vienna featured a pen used to sign the Holy Alliance in 1815 by Francis I of Austria, Alexander I of Russia, and Frederick William III of Prussia. The pen fetched 64 pounds.
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Vienna
Francis L
Alexander I
Frederick William III
Riddle: Where did man go after 3 and m
A man arrives home at 3 and m and searches for the keyhole until 4 and m. The question asks the location he has been at during that time. The answer is not provided in the prompt. interpret as a wordplay puzzle about home and entry.
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Martinique
Lesser Antilles
Omly
West Indies
Case Navire
Case Pilote
Nature
Crater
ST. Pierre Street
Hotel de Ville
Bart
Boston Aerial Hospital
Kado
Old
Rte
Mary Dimond
Central Park
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