Brief Span Accorded Even the Most Famous
The narrator recalls the immortality of objects while people fade, noting the House of Commons box endures despite names such as Gladstone Disraeli Asquith Campbell Bannerman passing away. An old aunt’s quip about a dead husband and fluted glass adds a wry moral. The reflection appears in T. P. and Cassell's Weekly in London.
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House of Commons
Gladstone
Disraeli
Asquith
Campbell-Bannerman
Treasury Bench
T. P
Cassell
London
Play in His Joints Sparks Quiet Comic Portrait
A humorous description presents a big, good-natured man as loose jointed and full of playful energy. The dialogue suggests he will have fun with himself, highlighting his easygoing nature and lighthearted temperament through concise, character-driven phrasing.
London wax disc records noises like music from street sounds
A London recording tests noises and their causes by gear shifts on basses and street vibrations. A wax disc captured a perpetual shudder from pavement and buildings as heavy wheels rolled by, human voices indistinguishable.
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London
Bavaria Extends School Injury Insurance for Students and Teachers
A ministerial decree in Bavaria provides insurance against injuries for teachers and pupils of all higher state schools, elementary and advanced agricultural schools, and all technical schools. The coverage begins with the 1925 1926 school year.
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Bavaria
England Workhouse Inmates Choose Shingled Hair Trend
The Biggleswade guardians approved a barber’s offer to shingle all the women in the workhouse at a yearly cost of 17.5 pounds. The move follows a fashion trend where shingled hair has become popular among English paupers.
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England
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
Steam pressures in power plants exceed locomotive limits
Enormous pressure locomotives run at 306 psi max. Turbines in Boston and Milwaukee operate at 1,200 psi to generate electricity, a fourfold increase over locomotive steam pressure.
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Boston
Milwaukee
Cooperative Lime Purchase Sets New County Record
Reports from county agricultural agents indicate New Hampshire lime use last year reached 5,655 tons about 250 carloads, nearly double the amount in any prior year and reflecting a large cooperative purchase.
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New Hampshire
Co-Operative
International treaty urged to save whales from extinction
Dr A Gravel at the Pan Pacific Science congress in Tokyo warns that whale hunting by various national companies threatens extinction. He notes France protects whales more than others and cites a French Antarctic park around Crozet. without an international pact, poaching in international waters could wipe out large Cetaceans.
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Tokyo
A. Gravel
France
Doctor Gravel
Crozet
Kerguelen
Pacific
Europe
Kansas City Star
Petrified Giant Trees Discovered in Texas
Geologists Dr. O. Gaither and Prof. Cade report a petrified forest in the Big Bend region of Texas. Upright trunks reach 100 to 150 feet, with prostrate trunks as large or larger, including a trunk measured at 896 feet. The site lies in a remote valley near the Rio Grande, buried under volcanic ash from the Chisos mountains.
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Texas
O. Gaither
8S. I. Cade
Big Bend
Gaither
Cade
Rio Grande
Chisos Mountains
Sigma in House Association charter petition in Lumpkin County
Georgia petition for incorporation of Sigma in House Association to operate a chapel and home for Kappa Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity in Dahlonega. Group seeks twenty year term with renewal and corporate powers to own real and personal property, sue and be sued, contract, adopt by laws, create liens, and amend charter. Filed April 18, 1927. clerk attests true copy.
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SIGMA
Dahlonega
Kapp
Georgia
Garmann
F. Crmistiax
Clark
Lumpkin County
Caritas
Forest Fire Fighting Efforts Planned in Adirondacks
Government and New York state agencies along with Syracuse University and Lumc and Lum Bermen associations collaborate on observations in the Adirondack mountains. They aim to gather humidity and inflammability data across forest types to predict fire risk, guide pre drought preparations, and optimize firefighting deployment.
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State of New York
University of Syracuse
Lumcher Products Association
Lumbermen’s Association
Adirondack Mountains
Miss Sweet Declines Reggie in Jestful Exchange
The dialogue features Algie and Reggie in a playful banter, asserting Miss Sweet will not dance with Reggie. The tone hints at social amusement and lighthearted teasing in a parlor setting.
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Algie
Reggie
Miss Sweet
Slightly Mixed Aunt Jane and Sunday Rest Confusion
Aunt Jane, a devout member of a southern Indiana Methodist church, attended morning services then washed early believing Wednesday was the weekly day. Neighbors were astonished to see laundry blowing on her line before Sunday school bells rang. Investigation found she misread the service schedule.
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Aunt Jane
Indianapolis News
Pigeon's Death Marks End Of An Era In Verdun
The carrier pigeon Pamoane Pizreon, famed for delivering 1916 Verdun news under shellfire, died of old age. Despite a leg wound, the bird kept lines open to the front when humans faltered, earning high praise from Capper's Weekly.
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Pamoane Pizreon
E Verdun
Republic
Vroideterre Hill Fron
Capper
Resourceful Cuss Dashes Snow With Carpeted Steps
A Fall River resident cleverly blocked his doorstep with old carpet strips to trap snow during the storm. After the snow ceased, he removed the mats and dumped the gathered snow onto the lawn, presenting a practical workaround to shoveling.
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Fall River
Boston Globe
Saxophone Lessons End Plan At Alameda Jail
An inmate at Alameda County Jail sought mail lessons after burglary charges. The kangaroo court held an extraordinary session and quickly halted the plan with a quietus.
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Alameda County
Calif
Condor’s slow breeding linked to near extinction
George Ek Shaffer in Liberty explains the California condor lays one egg every two or three years. This low birth rate is a major factor driving the species toward extinction.
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California
George Ek
Shaffer
Liberty
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