Joan of Arc Carried to Trial by Cauchon in Treachery
Boston Globe reporter Henry W. Harris Jr alleges that Pierre Cauchon sought Britain’s aid and framed Joan of Arc to ruin Charles VII’s coronation. He says Cauchon formed the trial that convicted her of heresy and ordered her burning despite a prior vow.
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Pierre Cauchon
Beauvais
Rouen
Joan of Arc
Henry W. Harris, Jr
Boston Globe
England
Duke of Burgundy
France
Duke of Bedford
Henry VI
Treasure Lost to World Book of Gospels vanished with German army
A historic Slav Gospels volume, revered since medieval times and carried by Princess Anna of Russia to France, disappeared with the German army after the Marne. The ornate Bulgar manuscript, used in French coronations and admired by rulers, vanished during the late war era.
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Cathedral of
Reims
Marne
Anna
Russia
Henry I
France
Charles X
Teter the Great
Europe
Fire truck alarms Irvington as fire breaks out on Washington Street
The Indianapolis News describes a dramatic fire on Ease Washington street where flames in a rear yard spread while residents rush doors and windows. A confused resident alternately cries fire and insurance as firefighters battle the blaze and bystanders gather at the scene.
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Irvington
Indianapolis News
Washington Street
London Domestic Club Gains Rapid Growth in First Month
The London Domestic Club, limited to women in domestic service, surpassed 3000 members one month after opening. Donations funded a plot for a club house on the street of exclusive clubs. Plans for a modest building are approved and funded within the year to give cooks maids and other domestic workers a space to meet and relax.
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London
The
Treasury
No Bluffing Required In Golf Said Cactus Joe
A humorous exchange features Cactus Joe declaring golf a great game and joking that poker requires more luck. He notes players may vent with profanity when luck is against them without giving opponents an edge.
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Cactus Joe
Pocket Golf Ball Cleaner Invented for Quick Cleaning
A vest pocket device cleans golf balls with a sponge on one side and a rubber mat on the other. The ball is sponged to remove dirt and then rubbed on the mat by a turning motion to finish cleaning.
Marital Faithfulness Of House Wrens Questioned
Naturalist S Prentiss Baldwin reports that house wrens are not reliably constant in pair bonds. Some seasons see durable relationships, but many wrens stray, divorce, and form new pairings, with males and females leaving mates and re‑forming households as needed.
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S. Prentiss Baldwin
Cleveland
Tropical Research Station Expands Work in British Guiana
The New York Zoological Society oversees tropical studies at a station in British Guiana under William Beebe. Seventeen workers studied jungle life at the equator edge while artist Isabelle Cooper created over 300 water colors of insects fish frogs lizards snakes bats and others drawn from life and noted for precise coloration and artistic merit.
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New York Zoological Society
Zoological Park
Bronx
Aquarium
The
Battery
British Guiana
South America
William Beebe
Isabelle Cooper
Who's Answering Jane in a Balloon Whistle Trick
In a city paper note a young girl named Jane ages and lives near Sixty-first street terrace and Main street experiments with a toy balloon. She inflates it to dangerous proportions and it escapes, causing a near disaster as the whistle sounds, while bystanders react with calm.
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Jane
Sixty-first Street
Terrace
Main Street
Kiunsus City Star
Vast Gold Reserve in Wall Street Building
Floyd V. W. Parsons notes in World's Work that a federal building on Wall Street holds gold coin and bullion valued at 1.5 billion dollars, about one fifth of all world gold production, while coal purchases in the U.S. in one year exceed half that value.
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Wall Street
New York
Uncle Sam
United States
Floyd VW. Parsons
Norwegian scientist photographs aurora borealis height
Norwegian scientist M. Stormer photographed the aurora borealis across Norway last May. He compared images from several points, estimating the display reached 31 215 miles high, implying the earth’s atmosphere extends at least that far above the surface.
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M. Stormer
Droughted Plants Prompt Fire Department Watering
A lighthearted Boston Transcript item notes a caller asked the fire department to water plants, not extinguish a blaze. The message adds that the wife will be home tomorrow, implying a domestic miscommunication rather than an emergency.
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Nexdore
Boston Transcript
Spurs of romance on Fifth Avenue stairways in New York
A New York Sun observer notes couples use office building stairways as discreet rendezvous spots in lower Manhattan. Elevators dominate, but candlelit stairwells attract youth seeking privacy amid city bustle. Evidence includes crumbs cigarette ash and hairpins left behind.
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Ascalon
New York
Broadway
Harlem
Brooklyn
Man who heard Sherman’s war is hell tale living in Denver
John Koolbeck, 79, the only living witness to General Sherman’s famous exclamation, recalls the moment after Vicksburg when Sherman atop the Pearl River at Jackson, Mississippi shouted to the cavalry, Boys, war is hell. Winslow and staff are dead. Koolbeck now lives with his grandson.
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John Koolbeck
William T. Sherman
Hell
Denver
General Sherman
Vicksburg
Joe Jackson
Pearl River
Jackson
Miss. Sherman
E. F. Winslow
Sherman
Winslow
Mr. Koolbeck
Denver Times
Frank but franker then most said Holmes prior burglary sentence
Charles Holmes a Black man admitted to past crime and gambling while before Superior Judge Harold Louderback Holmes claimed he earned a living by stealing and gambling The judge praised his frankness and imposed an indeterminate sentence at San Quentin on the burglary conviction
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Charles Holmes
Holmes
Harold Louderback
Jes
San Quentin
San Francisco Chronicle
Sympathetic Childhood In Boston Area Garden
Tale describes two young children freeing a trapped cat in a garden near Boston after a cat was caught in a trap meant for woodchucks. The act is framed as evidence of fearless sympathetic childhood and compassion.
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Boston
Kitty
Novelist Mrs Southworth Maintains Loyal Readership
The aging writer’s work endured amid changing tastes as realism rose, with her novels appealing to both young and old for over fifty years. Despite a reduced output late in life, she had multiple posthumous publications and numerous reprints and new editions during and after her lifetime.
Going Up Mildred’s Fiance and War Aviation Record Hint
A brief exchange recalls Mildred’s fiancé who served in the aviation branch during the war. The joke bets he will set a new altitude record once he learns the cost of keeping Mildred in clothes.
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Mildred
Secret of Cremona tone Claim by Norwalk instrument maker
Norwalk Ohio maker N C Holcomb believes rapid progress in duplicating the Cremona violin tone. He claims the key is the filler and varnish and notes an egg yolk beeswax filler used before varnish yields a sound like aged wood. He cautions varnish over untreated cells harms tone.
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N. C. Holcomb
Norwalk
Ohio
Troscomb
Battle Creek
Mich
Holcomb
Women grow taller and heavier through sports
Physical culture experts explain that modern women are taller by about one and a half inches and weigh more due to larger chests, wider waists, and stronger muscles. They say increased athletic participation over 20 years has shifted women from clinging vines to robust, confident athletes.
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William Herrmann
Philadelphia
European Paper Money in Wartime Economy
The war produced a flood of paper money across Europe with Great Britain as the exception. Germany saw widespread emergency notes issued by cities, firms, and POW camps, often artistically crafted to resist fraud and serve propaganda. The notes attracted collectors, dealers, and scholarly attention, with societies and exhibitions noting their significance.
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Great Britain
Germany
Sambo Johnson and the Birth of Ice Cream
A 19th century New York tavern chef named Sambo Johnson is credited with giving the world its first ice cream about 105 years ago. His guarded method and chance discovery sparked a lasting debt in dessert history, inspiring proposals for a memorial to him and other inventors of summer comforts.
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Sambo Johnson
New York
Sambo
Strange Volcano Map Describes Iceland and Hidden Katha
A geological map by Doctor Tohrodsen portrays Iceland and its little seen wonders. It details the volcano Katha buried under snow that bursts to flood and drag ice masses seaward, inundating regions between volcano and sea.
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Iceland
Doctor Tohrodsen
Katha
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I. Glestrud
Montanan Printing Office
T. A. Meagher
Choteau, Montana
C. H. Swaine
Choteau
Bair
J. M. Weaver, Prop
Choteau Creamery
Montana
J. M. Baker Elevator Co
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