Browning's Forgiveness Tale Revealed by Lady Ritchie Story
Professor Willam Lyon Phelps recounts a Browning anecdote from Scribner's Magazine about a rumor of a second marriage. Browning, angered by Anne Thackeray's remark, initially ignored her at dinners until learning the truth, then chased to her lodging in Normandy in a dramatic display of contrition.
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Browning
Willam Lyon Phelps
Scribner's Magazine
Roosevelt
Professor Phelps
Ritchie
Thackeray
Anne Thackeray
Robert Browning
Milsand
Normandy
Aone Thackeray
Miss Thackeray
Notable Historical Tunnels and Their Long Drains
A summary of tunnels from a Lester S t Trant paper noting ancient mining work in Schemnitz Goslar and Freidberg. Tunneling by hand produced record lengths such as Tiefa Georg 34529 feet with 252? feet branches and depths of 460 feet, Joseph H 10.5 miles, Rothschonberger 95149 feet with 42862 main feet.
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Lester St Trant
Colorado School of Mines
Teknik Club
Denver
Agricola
Schemnitz
Hungary
Goslar
Germany
Freidberg
Saxony
Tiefa Georg
Joseph H
Rothschonberger
Freiberg
Witty Observations on Prominence and Pretension
Festus Pester quips that many men gain reputations for sagacity by silence and pomp while concealing little beneath their grand exterior. He compares a peacock to a featherless fowl and notes a crown prince’s dignity often hides paltriness, while a real owl may be only a show of wisdom.
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Kansas City Star
Edil gon’s seventy eighth birthday marks electric industry evolution
The piece reflects on Edil gon as a pioneer in a vast electrical industry that grew from its early roots to a major national force. It notes that current electric public utilities investment ranks second only to steam railroads and warns of the dire costs if electric light power, railways, and communications Firms vanished from the economy.
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Edilgon
Dante
Old School Generals Draft Dress Rules at Aldershot
Generals at Aldershot England publish dress rules for officers citing lemon colored collars floppy caps and canary yellow strap piping on riding breeches. The rules even specify tie color reflecting strict traditional standards.
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Aldershot
England
Dreas
America Farm Lead Automobiles Shipment Tally
America Farm Lead Automobiles shipped to other countries or assembled abroad by American manufacturers last year numbered 827,000, which is 0,000 more than were made in all the rest of the world.
Public generosity drives five million endowment drive for veterans
The American Legion endowment fund seeks 5 million for disabled veterans and orphans from World War I. Indiana posts raise quotas quickly, with Corydon and Evansville achieving targets in days. The Sullivan mine disaster adds urgency, while home states like Kentucky and West Virginia push drive with creative fundraisers and high-profile supporters.
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American Legion
Indiana
Sullivan
Ind
Legion
Kentucky
Westfield Ind
William B McKinley
Illiois
Wayland Brooks
S&s
Milekael Cullen
S Oc
Brooks
Cullen
Men Oussortation of
Chicago
Colindy
Open Coffin to The Buddy's Finger Prints
The coffin of John McNichol of Durango Colorado stood at Pueblo as his friends gathered near the grave. American Legion members arrived and agreed to obtain posthumous fingerprints to accompany his claim for adjusted compensation, McNichol too weak to sign except a mark witnessed by others. The delay was noted when it was found his fingerprints had not yet been taken and posthumous prints were secured.
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Pueblo Colo
John Mi Nichol
Durango
Colo
American Legion
McNichol
National History Project Aims Nonpartisan Popular History
At a recent national executive committee meeting the American region endorsed a nonpartisan nonsectarian popular history of the United States backed by over 300 history experts. Editor Charles F Horne of New York University leads the effort to end sectional bias in teaching history amid many conflicting regional histories.
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National Executive Committee
United States
Charles F Horne
New York University
AEK
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle Game Card
Puzzle instructions explain placing correct letters in white spaces to form horizontal and vertical words. No letters go in black spaces. Clues include numbers for horizontal and vertical words with definitions, abbreviations, and proper names noted.
Old Ram Discovered Youth Will Be Served
A Youths Companion story recounts a clash between two rams. An aging, heavy ram with dangerous horns attacks a younger ram in a shared enclosure. The fight ends when the old ram crashes over the younger, breaking its neck. the young ram staggers away to join the ewes.
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A Stephens
Ceptas Llyrannus
Cephaus
Cephas
Fairy crosses of Bull Mountain legends told in Virginia
In Patrick county Virginia a Blue Ridge spur named Bull Mountain is famed for the fairy stones found nowhere else. Local legends claim these crosses mark ancient salvation given to the red men or a Calvary tale carried by elf messengers after Christ's crucifixion.
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Blue Ridge
Patrick ‘County
Extenuation cited in Sydney Bulletin dialogue
A Sydney Bulletin line urges paternal skepticism about circulating tales. It features a speaker defending a youth by noting many rumors are false and urging the listener to question what he hears.
Coming Events Calendar for June Celebrations
A list of society events includes a Masonic Ball on Tuesday June 16 at the State Armory for St Al 125th anniversary, a June 18 supper service at State Street MFE Church by Epworth League, and June 18 19 20 garden party evenings at the K of C grounds State Street under Bristol Council No 379.
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Itn
Iowa
Theodore
State Armory
St al
State Street
MFE
The
Epworth League
K of
Bristol Council No
Lost Cities Reclaimed by Jungle Speak Volcanic Echoes
The article notes once populous cities now swallowed by jungle where only ruins endure. Barabooedder in Javahad and Ayathia in Siam vanish into thickets as monkeys prowl arches and snakes roam dungeons. Angkor in Cambodia shows majestic temples still standing amid jungle.
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Baraboedoer
Java
Stamford Raffles
London
Siam
Ayathia
Tibet
Captain Rawling
Angkor
Cambodia
Almonds Preferred in California Habitat for 98 Percent of U S Crop
Nature Magazine notes the almond tree favors California with 98 percent of U S production. Most orchards cluster near Banning in a limited region needing extreme seasonal temps. Photographs show snow on Feb 1 and full bloom by Feb 26. Cross-pollination requires different varieties and growers plant alternating rows of hardyhelk and paper cheils to improve harvest.
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California
America
Banning
Nature Magazine
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