Ex Kaiser's Palace Castle Reborn as Army Club near Cologne
A Manchester Guardian correspondent reports Schloss Brucht near Cologne has become a British army club with a officers wing retaining original furnishings and a men’s wing. Upstairs rooms host dances with visitors required to wear felt overshoes by day. The gardener notes the Kaiser has not visited since childhood, though the Kaiserin toured during the war. A stone pillar in front marks soldiers from Breh[ death at Bapaum in 1870.
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Manchester Guardian
Schloss Brucht
Cologne
Breh
Bapaum
Fashionable Mother Warns About Baby With Knife
A mother admonishes her child about a baby handling a knife, noting the infant cut two teeth yesterday. A nurse confirms the point and urges greater care to prevent harm.
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Mary
Bobcat in Berkeley Painter’s Bedfront Fright
Berkeley painter George Dugan of Thornhill Cal awoke in his hunting lodge to a bobcat sharing his bed. He lit a match and found the animal in the room, startled, then spent the rest of the night awake with a shotgun. The cat did not return. San Francisco Chronicle.
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Thornhill
Cal
George Dugan
Berkeley Painter
Mary
Dugan
San Francisco
Foothills of Rare Beauty Across California Coast
John C. Van Dyke praises the California foothills from San Francisco to San Diego for their beauty. He notes wind shaped granite, sparse vegetation, and colors shifting with light, from heliotrope to olive greens. Santa Barbara mingles cool ocean blues with the hills, while San Bernardino foot hills display rose reds and terra cotta hues, creating unmatched desert mountain color.
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California
San Francisco
San Diego
Santa Barbara
Pacific
San Bernardino Range
John C. van Dyke
Tiny French Electric Motor Powers Watch
A minute electric motor and liquid battery enable a fully functional watch mechanism. The motor is about three-eighths inch across with two concentric magnetic fields and a small mercury drop commutator. No rewinding is needed and the battery would need replacement only annually.
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Popular Mechanics
Finger in the Inkwell Incident at School
A substitute teacher tried to make a point in a large high school physiography class. He slammed his finger on the desk and found it submerged in ink, provoking roaring laughter from the students as he wiped the stain away.
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Chicago
Woman Credits Cardui for Restored Health in Navacota
In Navacota Texas W W M Peden recounts how her health slipped as nerves weakened and energy vanished. After starting Cardui she reports quick improvements including better appetite sleep and strength, praising Cardui as a helpful tonic and urging others to try it with confidence.
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Navacota
Texas
W. M. Peden
Goat Ate Her Undies Sparks Campaign Skepticism
Oklahoma City city chemist C. B. Clifford recounted a telephone claim by a woman who bought a goat on his advice. She says the goat ate her silk underwear, contradicting his claim goats live on tin cans. Clifford refused further comment on goat campaign advisability.
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C. B. Clifford
Oklahoma City
Clifford
Public censorship stance voiced by film producer
A film producer declares that the public should censor motion pictures. He questions why others should offer voluntary guidance after he has paid to see the show and sat through it without unsolicited advice about how someone else should conduct their business.
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Fote
Tye
Waiting for a Child's Arrival Sparks Clever Remark
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a friend asking to walk to the corner with the speaker. The speaker jokes that God hasn’t sent a child to their house yet, while the friend quips delivery times are slow and suggests ordering one soon.
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Jean
Chicago Tribune
Notice to show cause before September first 1921
Georgia Lumpkin County the court cites all persons concerned kindred and creditors to show cause why T Candler administrator of yn W Falk estate should not be discharged on the first Monday in September 1921 W B Towstenn Ordinary
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Candler
W. Falk
W. B. Towstenn
Bass Fishing with a One-Turn Reel Says Harold MacGrath
Novelist Harold MacGrath extols sport of bass fishing at Cape Vincent New York calling it the greatest bass fighting ground. He explains his method to make a bass break after the initial leap and notes that bass are moody and move to new spots, often chasing bait when a catch is made.
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Harold MacGrath
Cape Vincent
N. Y
Buffalo
A Spell of Heat
An expectant father endures a stifling spell as a long wail from upstairs signals a birth scene. The tense moment builds with his relief and anticipation as the house echoes with a new life to come.
Copper in the Air Spectroscopy Findings Declared
Professor Hartley of Dublin reports in ordinary air spectroscopic lines for copper and calcium caused by fine dust from road traffic and trolley sparks. Lead, carbon, iron, manganese, nickel, and magnesium lines also detected, but in smaller amounts.
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Hartley
Dublin
Christian Science Monitor
Cuba Establishes Home Management School for Women
Cuba opens a nine month home management course for girls aged fifteen to twenty five. Of thirty graduates, eighteen were selected to pursue further studies to become assistant instructors at the school.
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Cuba
Privilege of Maturity Story Noted in Child’s Whimsy
A young boy named James endures a rough start with hammer and nails, crying out that he wishes to be a man so he could swear. His mother responds with a joke about gender and restraint, highlighting an old fashioned view of growing up and language.
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James
French physique improves as 75 percent fit for service
Reports from the French military class of 1921 show more than 75 percent of youths two years of age are fit for service. The rise in effectiveness is linked to reduced alcohol use, better living on farms, and the spread of sports in France, according to The Argonaut.
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France
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