The German Army A Perfect Military System
An overview of the German military structure describes universal service from age seventeen, the imperial command, distinct state contingents, and the Landwehr. It notes training phases, optional one-year volunteers with high costs, and the hierarchy from landwehr to special corps. It also cites pay scales for officers, the oath, and the soldier’s daily pay and rations.
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Federal Council
Saxony
Wurtemburg
Empire
Army of
Germany
People's Army
Lanwehr
Landwehr
Landsturm
Prussian War Ministry
Alsace-Lorriane
France
Prussia
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Fireside Fragments and Quick Kitchen Tips
A collection of household hints on decorating a cozy corner with a zinc trough filled with foliage, recycling small soap scraps into a bagged soap, and practical cooking tips. Includes Cream Toast with Poached Eggs, pastry handling with cool hands and a china rolling pin, Salmon Steak preparation, buttered crumb technique for sauces, and Egg Dressing for Salads with mustard and vinegar.
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Liverpool Mercury
Boston
War Balloons In Siege Of Paris And Their Legacy
The piece reviews balloon use during the Siege of Paris, noting 66 balloons launched in four months with 160 people including Gambetta carried over Prussian lines and 2,590,000 letters sent. It highlights the Ville d Orleans voyage to Christiana, Norway, and describes balloon tech, logistics, and the civilian to military shift shaping future study.
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Paris
Gambetta
Ville d’Orleans
Christiana
Norway
North Sea
Chicago
Graceful Staircase Etiquette And The Limits Of Fashion
A Chicago Inter Ocean essay contrasts awkward modern stair climbing with an ideal image of feminine grace. It notes the strain caused by corsets and tight skirts on breathing and balance as women ascend stairs, urging adherence to physical culture for poise and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter Ocean
Explanation of It and Convention Vote In 14th Century Italy
The Philadelphia Record notes a misprint about a vote result with nineteen ayes and eight noes, while mentioning a clerk with one eye. It also recalls 14th century Italian astrological rings carved with emblems and symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Finnerty
Philadelphia
Italy
Hospitality Gone Too Far in Massachusetts Estate
A Massachusetts congressman invited Irish guests to his Boston area estate and dining room. He offered Benedictine liquor and told a legend about monks and St. Bernard dogs guiding travelers to shelter. The coachman Mike aided the visit with his friends.
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Mike
Massachusetts
Boston
Alps
Final Journey Home A dying man’s quiet departure
An elderly black man traveling alone toward Selma on a Louisville & Nashville train dies peacefully. He spoke of returning to his old plantation, dreamed of a funeral for a white master, and died smiling, with a pipe in hand as the journey ended.
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Louisville & Nashville
Kentucky
Mars
Selma
Job
Detroit Free Press
Commerce potential in Antarctica despite failed whaling effort
Explorer Borchgrevink argues that the Antarctic expedition, though commercially unsuccessful due to not finding right whales for whalebone, may yield future profits with better conditions. He cites opportunities in guano beds and possible minerals, and notes blue and right whale distinctions plus earlier Ross sightings.
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Borchgrevink
Antarctic
Victoria Lang
Campbell Island
Bay
Victoria Land
Ross
James Jinzs
Erebus
Terror
Tao
Nuirler
Uny
C. E. Borchgrevink
Ingenious steering gear and bridge devices aboard the St Louis
A tour of the American liner St Louis bridge reveals the oil driven steering column controlling a distant rudder, precession gauges showing wheel and screw revolutions, and a clocked fog whistle control. The wheelhouse features a roll gauge, engine room indicators, and oil based steering offering precise navigation.
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Capt. Randall
St. Loouis
Midocean
Alec
Pretty Japanese Interior A cost efficient guide
A New York World guide explains achieving a Japanese style at low cost. Use faux bamboo paneling from floor to ceiling, a faux frieze, bronzed stencil, greenish white floor mats, jute rugs, minimal wall art, a low divan with a Japanese print cover, Chiami cloth pillows, a large umbrella above the divan, a terracotta lamp, bamboo furniture, chintz pillows, a bamboo tea table and service, and select moorish accents for a hall to evoke a fresh Japanese interior Nobra style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. World
A Dog’s Sagacity in a Baltimore Cellar
A Baltimore dog descended into a cellar to hunt rats and became trapped for nearly 26 hours. The boy heard whining, found a sand-filled collapse, and uncovered the dog pushing bricks to reach the surface seven feet away. The exhausted pet was rescued after the dig.
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Baltimore
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Washington Post
Journal Amusant
Domino Evening Cloak
Portugal
Mrs. Rangie
Mr. Rangie
Chicago Tribune
Blykins
Washington Star
Harper’s Round Table
Man AT the Wheel
Dow-de Do
Vinemind
Mamma
de Styre
Los Angeles
Rochefoucauld
Prof. Owen
Cornwall
Dinener
Fliegende Blatter
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