The Fatal Chess Game of Sultan Murad and Osman
In Adrianople a chess duel becomes a deadly fate for rivals. Sultan Murad offers the Grand Vizier’s head as stake, a boy Osman defeats him in five moves. Osman rises as Grand Vizier, defeats plots, but Murad’s jealous schemes doom him as the sleeping king’s stroke ends the reign.
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Sultan Murad
Selim the Grim
Fatima
Murad
Sultan
Pacha
Adrianople
Osman
Sid Osman
Grand Vizier
Reis Hifendi
Reis Efendi
Reis Effendi
Eis Effendi
Roumelin
Reis Hffendi
Romiclia
Roumelia
Owman
Osmin
Bostanji Bashi
Ain
Osccasion
Oxman
Atmospheric centres influence European and North American weather
The article explains that certain atmospheric centres, notably around Iceland and the North Cape, steer climate patterns. High or low pressure in these zones can forecast mild or severe winters in central Europe and even affect North America. A compensatory link between these foci, sometimes with six month intervals, is tied to the north polar ice cap acting as a cold reservoir.
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Iceland
Europe
North American
North Cape
Hungary
Origin of the Dog Traces Link to Little Wolf of India
The study of skulls at the French Academy of Sciences suggests the little wolf of India, not jackal or wolf, shares the dog’s eyebrow crest and canine traits. It proposes the little wolf as the original ancestor and early domestication began in Asia, later spreading to Europe.
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French Academy of Sciences
India
Asia
Europe
Radical British calendar reform proposal divides year into 13 months
A plan to enshrine 13 months of 28 days each would add a Christmas Day outside the months and eight day weeks. Easter would be fixed on April 11, ensuring every weekday has a constant date across months, with months ending on Saturday and consistent working days for monthly balances.
A Future Capitalist Penny Puzzle
A boy borrows his sister's penny to play with and loses a coin. When asked which penny he lost he answers that this one is mine, implying ownership and a budding sense of value. The brief vignette showcases a child's logic about belonging and money.
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Mary
School City democracy in a boys classroom republic
An illustrated schoolroom town hall shows a boy mayor and Sheriff in a Classroom Seven trial. Leskowitch is found not guilty of roughing Citizen Jacobs but fined a week on the Cleaning Brigade, strengthening order. The piece describes a full School Republic with separate girl and boy legislatures, detailing a Senate of girls and a House of Representatives of boys, and a debate over sanitary drinking cups reflecting practical democracy and self discipline in public education.
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Qutizen
Leskowitch
Wagner
Sheriff Brady
Citizen Leskowitch
Jacobs
Citizen Jacobs
Brady
Citizen Dunne
Citizen Rabinowitch
Citizen Leskowitek
Krahmer
Cleanin’ Brigade
Kerry
Leslie
de Couré
Beven
Senate
House of Representatives
Senate Chamber
Mary Jones
Emma James
The
Republic
Andy
The Mona Lisa mystery echoes Walter Pater prose
A fragmentary relic from a historic text recalls Walter Pater's praise of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The description envisions the painting as timeless, linking it to mythic figures and an array of cultures while detailing the sitter's imagined inner life and beauty.
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Walter Pater
Hias
Leonardo
Greece
Rome
Bread Made Without Flour In A Wheat to Dough Machine
A Philadelphia Record report describes a bread making method that converts wheat directly into dough in a screw driven machine. The device uses a moving and fixed screw to crush grain, producing a smooth paste after prehydration and yeast addition. The resulting loaf reportedly has increasing hole sizes toward the crust and a pleasant odor.
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