Bible 62 Inches High Built at Oxford War House
A Bible measuring five feet two inches tall and three feet six inches wide was constructed at the Oxford university war house in Amercourt London. A wooden staging with an iron chain and pulley block moved the volume as needed, avoiding six workers. The book opens to seven feet ten inches across, and its binding is red levant morocco with blue morocco heraldic panels. front and back covers display arms of English and Scottish counties and Welsh counties respectively.
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Oxford University
Amercourt
London
Levant
Morocco
England
Scotland
All Circus Rings the Same Size
A London Tit-Bits observation notes standardization across worlds of circuses, railways, and ladders. It claims rings for shows remain constant in diameter whether on turf or in theaters, matching a broader trend toward universal measurements.
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Britain
America
London
Artificial Milk Recipe Revealed in Early Patent Formulas
La Nature publishes a detailed England patent style formula for artificial milk. It describes dissolving phosphate of potassium in hot water, adding sugars and oat extract, boiling, distilling, culturing with lactic ferments, adjusting acidity, pasteurizing, then drying to a powder for sale.
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Nature
England
Dream of the Cool Swimming Hole Through Time
The speaker laments the old swimming hole has faded over forty years turning from a large clear retreat into a hot small puddle. He recalls its former coolness and vivid clarity and notes the pain of revisiting after a long absence.
Bridge row in two towns sparks sharp debate
Two Massachusetts towns jointly plan a bridge and a shared funding plan at a town meeting. Citizens from Blakely and Peru clash over burden distribution, exchanges turning heated as motives and leadership are questioned. A Peru official retorts about lineage.
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Massachusetts
Blakely
Peru
Treasury
New York Evening Post
Proper use of Graphite in bearings
Graphite aids bearing health by filling minute shaft irregularities and creating a polished surface to reduce friction. Use only a tiny amount mixed with lubricant at intervals, not continuously, to avoid buildup and ensure long lasting effectiveness.
Protective Movie Glasses Use Narrow Slits in Disks
A Popular Mechanics illustration describes special spectacles to protect eyes at films. Opaque disks mounted in frames cover most of the eye while a small central slit lets viewers look at the screen. The device echoes the stenopaic test method for astigmatism.
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Popular Mechanics
Ruth skips a grade and teases father about it
The last day of school Ruth is promoted from first to third grade skipping second grade. She rushes home excited and explains to her father who teases her by calling her a second grader. She patiently corrects him and asks if he has a funny mind. The teasing ends.
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Ruth
Ancient Dart Ceremonies in Venice and Cork Harbor
The article describes a rite in Venice where Ascension Day marks the sea wedding with a yearly dart throw since 1177. It also details Cork harbor’s thrice yearly event on the first Thursday of September when the mayor as admiral launches a mahogany bronze tipped dart from a ceremonial vessel to assert port authority.
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Venice
Cork
Cork Harbor
Ireland
Cork Civil Artillery
Poor Head
Cork Head
Rodaya Caste Of Kandy Also Guarded By Buddhist Tradition
The old capital Kandy hosts the Rodaya caste one of Buddhism's marginal groups. Origin tied to a king's sentence forcing them to serve pig flesh. They are said to number about fifty and live outside houses in Lena Tes. They lack native legal recourse though protected under English law. They cannot use bridges and must kneel before higher castes. Their presence shadows food with misfortune.
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Ceylon
Kandy
American safety pins travel the world for currency value
Experts split on ordinary versus safety pins. Missionaries from Africa and Asia say American safety pins are highly valued, replacing currency in some areas. Manila buys 200000 gross annually, Italy 2160000 pins last year. Metals shortages push England France and Italy to use pins for military needs, while Germany and Austria withhold pins for guns and shells. American machinery yields cheaper, higher quality pins than European output.
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Africa
Asia
Manila
Italy
England
France
Germany
Austria
Europe
Reflections on Selfishness from William James
A fragmentary quotation discusses human self focus and bounded duties. It argues that people miss others' concerns because they are absorbed in their own vital secrets, leading to biased judgments about the value of others' conditions and ideals. William James is cited.
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Usaes Ion Secre
William James
First Woman School Director in Peking
Mrs. Chu Ping-hsia becomes director of the Peking Girls' Normal School appointed by the minister of education. A Wellesley graduate, she left a notable American record and served as editor in chief of the Women's Magazine published in Shanghai after returning to China.
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Peking
Chu Ping-hsia
Peking Girls’ Normal School
Chu
Wellesley
America
China
Women's Magazine
Shanghai
No Exceptions Woman Confesses Under Census Pressure
A woman resists, then reveals her real age when pressed by a stern census taker in a scene of coercive questioning. Local authorities report the exchange as part of a routine demographic survey.
Railroad disaster leaves worker and spouse with severe injuries
In a Town Topics item two men are mentioned: Pat notes a worker named Kelly lost a foot in the railroad accident while Mike recalls a yard worker named Ile who lost one of his feet and two of his wife’s feet in the same incident.
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Pat
Kelly
Mike—Ile
Hobbies and tempering interest for personal growth
A Charleston News and Courier column argues hobbies are not inherently harmful. They reflect individuality and effort toward goals though excess can waste time. Properly moderated, hobbies provide comfort and constructive focus without harming others.
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Charleston
Leonard Wood portrayed as famed American soldier
London Tit-Bits highlights Gen Leonard Wood as America’s leading fighting man with a rapid rise from obscurity to eminence. It notes he began as a doctor who joined the medical corps at Harvard, then transferred to infantry and led 60 cavalrymen in the Southwestern border campaign pursuing Geronimo in Arizona.
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Leonard Wood
Geronimo
London
America
Harvard
United States Medical Corps
Wood
Arrizona
Expert on Animals Answers Turtle Diet Question
William Snyder head keeper at the Central Park menagerie in New York says feeding turtles depends on type and size. He advised a very small turtle, two inches across, should eat one lettuce leaf weekly, contradicting the caller who sent for chopped meat.
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William Snyder
Central Park
New York
Snyder
Snider
Britain to Farm 24 Hours With Gasoline Tractors
Great Britain plans continuous farming around the clock using hundreds of American gasoline tractors plows and searchlights with civilian drivers and night plowmen. Large estates once fallow will be broken up and vast parklands will hear the clatter of gasoline tractors as the nation presses on.
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Great Britain
Have Their Uses in Amateur Gardening Dialogue
In a brief exchange a gardener explains radishes provide quick visual results for hobbyists. The other speaker notes that despite limited nourishment radishes satisfy an amateur’s desire to see tangible progress from planting.
Red Cross Dollars Versus Marble Wreaths in War
A Philadelphia Ledger writer argues Red Cross donations save soldiers more than monuments. He asserts a dollar aids a living seeker of care and hospital relief, reducing death rates, and views relief funding as an insurance policy against wartime casualties.
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Red Cross
Philadelphia Ledger
Gettysbuy
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
How to Measure Humidity Without Special Equipment
The article explains simple methods to gauge humidity without a barometer or mood to the weather bureau. It describes the relative humidity concept and how a hygrometer based on fiber expansion, or a two thermometer setup with a wet and a dry bulb, indicate moisture levels.
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Weather Bureau
The Tre Sociallam. A Hut Full Of Diverse Forty Thieves
An excerpt from the London Globe describes a group of about thirty ruffians living together in a hut. It lists varied occupations including author journalist two actors land agent schoolmaster agricultural gentleman and several business men. The piece extols amiability and mutual help as true socialism though imperfect in practice.
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Khnk
London Globe
Cork Home for Silent Monks in Remote Portuguese Convent
A writer describes a Cork Convent near Cintra Portugal built into a rock and once ringed by cork trees. The Convento da Cortialis housed Capuchin monks from 1560 to 1994, with silence the rule except on certain occasions.
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Cork
Cintra
Portugal
Beason Son
India maps record wheat crop expansion in lead
Advices from India indicate 83,040,000 acres under wheat cultivation this year up from 30,148,000 last year an increase of about 10 percent. Estimated yield reaches 10,160,000 tons an advance of nearly 19 percent from the previous period. Final reports cover 98.5 percent of total wheat area and record highs are cited.
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India
Divorce Lawyer Refuses Common Necessities of Life
A fair client accuses her husband of denying basic needs while a divorce lawyer questions the retaining fee. The exchange highlights marital strain and legal fees in a domestic dispute.
Joys of Travel Reflections on Meeting People
A light travel vignette notes the pleasure of exploring new places and meeting kind strangers, while acknowledging that fleeting encounters may never recur. The tone is reflective and humane, with a gentle emphasis on personal connection.
The Solitary Breakfast Reflections by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
A Yale Review excerpt notes breakfast as a sociable yet risky morning ritual. It contrasts lively company with the safer, more tempered solace of a solitary meal, highlighting mood shifts, imperfect temperaments, and morning mishaps that can color the experience.
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Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Yale Review
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W. Hopkins
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