Deadliest war weapon: from mitrailleuse to Gatling described
The article traces the mitrailleuse as an early rapid fire gun, notes Gatling’s crank gun as its successor, and cites Gen Bullard calling the machine gun the deadliest weapon of the great war. It contrasts old and new firearms and mentions the World War era’s devastating siege guns. A humorous quip follows about baby diet regimens.
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France
Richard Jordan Gatling
Robert Joe Bullard
Seek Bones of Attila Arouses Hungarian Interest in Grave Site
Hungarians urge the return of Attila the Hun’s supposed arms from an Austrian museum and seek the legendary burial site. Legends say Attila rests in three coffins bronze silver and gold with suspected burial places at Steiermark near Hausmannstätten Huehnerberg Hunnenberg and along the Theiss in Hungary. Excavations have failed so far.
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Attila
Budapest
Steyermark
Austria
Hausmannstetten
Huehnerberg
Hunnenberg
Hungary
Theiss River
Big Suspension Bridge Opens July Fourth 1926 Across Delaware
The suspension bridge linking Philadelphia and Camden under Ralph Modjeski will open on July 4 1926 the 150th anniversary of the Declaration. It will carry a 57 foot roadway two promenades four train and trolley lines and span nearly two miles at an estimated cost around 37000000 with state of the art electric highway lighting.
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Delaware River
Philadelphia
Camden
Ralph Modjeski
Helen Modjeska
France patent for fish refuse used to make new food product
A French patent covers a process to convert Boulogne sur Mer fish refuse into a beeflike extract for food. Rights have been secured for the United States, after fertilizer traders previously hauled away the material without payment.
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Boulogne sur-Mer
France
United States
Foolish Veteran and Young Woman in Quip About Great Dane Role
A judge quips that a veteran and a young woman should have known better than to intrude in a dog fight, referencing a prior stage role as the Great Dane. The exchange frames a courtroom moment with a sharp, period-voice line.
Question Mother to Sylvia From London Punch
A light dialogue shows a mother urging her child Sylvia not to cry after a fall. Sylvia questions the reason for crying, highlighting a humorous exchange in a London Punch vignette.
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Sylvia
London
Teach Home Economics A Course For Boys In Los Angeles
A home economics course at Manual Arts high school in Los Angeles offers nutrition food prep and service plus conduct dress partnership home management parenthood and child nurture. Adapted to boys needs it carries graduation credit and enrollment has doubled.
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Manual Arts High School
Los Angeles
Hand Weaving Revival Boosts Indian Textile Mills
Reports from Bombay indicate a revived hand weaving industry in India centered near Sholapur with many cotton mills. The revival has raised yarn cotton consumption by 16 percent over the last two decades.
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India
Bombay
Sholapur
Baseball play by play in fieldcenter mischief
A brief cartoon caption from the Allston Recorder describes George hitting the ball to center field and a spectator asking why he runs as another man may get the ball first. The exchange captures a humorous sideline moment at a ball game.
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George
Allston Recorder
States show highway debts as major share of total
Nearly half of the Union's total indebtedness last year came from road construction. The states carrying the largest debts are also among the most prosperous in the country.
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Union
When Its Easy It Isn t Difficult to Be Liumite 2
Article fragment from the Duluth Herald mentions ease and importance but lacks clear events. No identifiable people or organizations are provided to form a fuller summary.
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Duluth Herald
Oriental crowds flock to elephants in captivity show
Richard Bell of Shanghai notes that elephants on exhibition draw crowds in India and Java as in America. He tours the Far East with a vaudeville feature saying Chinese interest differs from Hindoo and Japanese tastes, and that Oriental shows rely less on side shows and ballyhoo than American ones.
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India
America
Richard Bell
Shanghai
Eest
Los Angeles Times
Bell
Java
Hamston Circus
Orient
Made Own Way to Fame Doctor Gye
Doctor Gye, English physician and investigator linked to the cancer virus discovery, rose from poor working-class roots. He trained as a railway porter youth, saved to study, became a schoolteacher, then funded medical education, served in the medical corps, and joined the Medical Research Council Youth's Companion staff.
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Gye
Medical Reearch council—Youth’s Companon
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