Strange vows of the middle ages and a near miss at court
Chesterton notes that modern vows to absurd feats would mark madness yet medieval rulers poets and judges made grand oaths. A Tribuna report recalls a king of Italy witnessing a bombardment misjudgment at a house where the gunman and crew were later killed, a near-fatal lapse that left a general unable to finish.
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Holland
Mill
Brown
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Jerusalem
Hiv
Tribuna
Italy
Remarkable daylight meteor trail photographed in 1912
The most remarkable meteor trail photograph appears in L Astronomie. The meteor was seen from many points in South Africa about 5 pm on June 2 1912 in broad daylight and its trail remained visible after sunset, growing more conspicuous as daylight faded. The image shows a serpentine ribbon in the western sky taken at Tempe Orange Free State about an hour after the meteor's passage.
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L’astronomie
South Africa
Tempe
Orange Free State
Founding of Dominica Republic Details by Columbus
The Dominican republic, one of the smallest American republics, covers about 19,326 square miles and hosts six to seven hundred thousand people. It sits on Hispaniola with Haiti, historically named Isla Española and Santo Domingo. Columbus founded Isabel la at the island’s site, now near Puerto Plata, while San Domingo remains the oldest European settlement in the western world.
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Dominican Republic
New Hampshire
Vermont
Haiti
Isla Espanola
Santo Domingo
New World
Isabella
Castille
Columbus
Jamestown
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Hard Work in the Fields Harvesting Wheat
Harvesting this year's billion bushel wheat crop demands intense labor. Camps for workers line the fields with cook houses, sleeping quarters, wells and sheds built in place. Men begin at 3 am, work in shifts until 9 pm, and rely on the dinner horn after six hours of heat and toil.
Uncle Sam in Virginia Cavalry Scout Visit
A Civil War era cavalry party stops at a large farm house near Blackwater where a kindly elderly woman is told by the soldiers that Uncle Sam will pay for poultry and dinner if she travels to Suffolk. The men clarify the reference to a generous benefactor rather than a local man named Uncle Samuel.
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Uncle Sam
Virginia
Blackwater
Suffolk
Samuel
Sam
NSW to Establish State Fishing Fleet With Three Trawlers
The New South Wales government buys three modern trawlers built on the Tees and manned by Grimsby crews. Now in Sydney, the ships are developing coastal grounds deemed highly fruitful. Previously the industry relied on small sailing craft and motor boats. The trawlers will form the state fleet as deep sea grounds are found within reach, promising broad expansion.
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New South Wales
Tees
Sydney
Portsmouth women running street cars aid war service
At a Portsmouth town council meeting it was reported two women, a colonel's daughter and a captain's wife, serve as street car conductors to free two eligible men for war service. They donate their pay to charity. Portsmouth now lists 80 woman conductors and 26 postwomen.
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Portsmouth
London Telegraph
Turn Them Loose and Let Children Roam Free
A historical health opinion argues children should be active outdoors, wear trousers for modesty, and embrace dirt as natural. It promotes free play, tree climbing, garden digging, and animal-friendly activity as essential, citing Dr. J. H Kellogg on soil being harmless dirt.
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J. H Kellogg
Would Serve Two Purposes Red Cross Nurse Ambition
A modern well to do mother asks her daughter about chaos and overspending in the room. The daughter admits, and suggests becoming a Red Cross nurse to calm nerves and improve character, promising rest for the mother as well. The mother agrees, noting it would also give them relief.
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Mamma
Red Cross
Another Smith Added
Peter Angeloe, now thirty four, requested to be legally known as Peter Smith. The court granted the request, reflecting a long life of being known as Smith from childhood through Navy service and marriage with two children also named Smith.
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Smith
Peter Angeloe
Peter Smith
Navy
Angeloe
New York Times
Haying for Deer in Adirondacks Aims to Save Winter Herd
The Adirondack region faces deep snows and scarce forage as deer perish from starvation. Game protectors cut marsh hay on beaver meadows and stack it in sheltered places, salting and framing the piles to feed deer next winter. Officials of the conservation commission expect the measure to save hundreds of deer.
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Adirondacks
Great
The
Conservation Commission
Kitchener’s Good Humor and a Soldier’s Irony
A London Chronicle correspondent recalls Lord Kitchener’s famed smile. An officer’s father offered £500 for commissions for his two sons. Kitchener replied to invest in daughters, since sons prove themselves or go for nothing. The anecdote blends humor with blunt wartime practicality.
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Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
London
Chron
War on the ant crusade by Arizona farmers and scientists
The University of Arizona agricultural experiment station urges preventing harvester ants from overworking crops. The piece notes ants once praised for industry and wisdom now face scientific scrutiny and proposed remedies such as kerosene, carbon bisulfide, and other agents to kill colonies.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Arizona
Solomon
Red Cross Society
Able to Hypnotize Fish by Naked Hands in Broussard Pool
Emile Chauplin, famed for catching fish with his bare hands, demonstrated in a Broussard Louisiana pool. He says he can identify fish after submerging, catch enough to feed the town, and calls fish with underwater hand sounds. He is an uneducated country man. Gambling on the monsoon in India uses a kharaba system tied to crop failure or surplus. the Punjab canal colony district practice allowed overplanting to gamble on rainfall. The kharaya system has been abolished.
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Emile Chauplin
Broussard
Chauplin
India
Punjab Canal Colony
Brass Buttons No More for British Guards
The Grenadiers and other guard battalions will remove brass shoulder straps letters and sew regiment names in cotton, matching Royal Flying Corps practice. Buttons will switch from brass to bone, a change possibly army wide. Soldiers welcome it as brass polishing is tedious, while the sun’s glare alerts snipers.
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Grenadiers
Royal Flying Corps
England
Marrying for a Home Opinion Piece
A historical commentary argues marriage as a means of support is a risky venture for women. It suggests girls risk youth charm and ambition for a poor life, citing Bailey s Willard in Woman's World as a warning about costly outcomes of such marriages.
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Bailey
S Willard
Woman's World
Sailors’ Brutality and Shanghaiing Marked the Age of Sail
The article recalls brutal shipboard practices before reforms, detailing shanghaiing to bind crews, the use of fists and belaying pins, and the coercive methods used to recruit and control sailors. It notes the Frisco hooker’s notorious reputation and an American admiral once shanghaied in Tacoma, highlighting the harsh conditions that spurred later changes.
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Shanghai
Frisco Hooker
Tacoma
Brazil Corn Exposition in Sao Paulo
The first national corn exposition in Brazil was held in Sao Paulo under the patronage of the state minister of agriculture. Prominent planters from many states visited to obtain high grade seed and organizers plan to form corn clubs nationwide modeled on the U.S. program.
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Brazil
Corm
Sao Paulo
United States
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