Marseilles Named Key Allied Naval Base in War Geography Primer
The National Geographic Society primer ranks Marseilles as the principal Allied naval base on the Middle Ocean with strategic weight as the war shifts east toward the Balkans and Mesopotamia. It notes the city’s ancient Genoa rivalries, Phoenician roots, and its role as the New York of the ancient world. The article places Marseilles 534 miles south of Paris, details 12 miles of quays and capacity for 2,500 vessels, and highlights its modern public works and rich hinterland.
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Marseilles
France
Rome
Carthage
Middle Ocean
Balkans
Turkey-in
National Geographic Society
Europe
Genoa
Triest
Sidon
Tyre
Athens
Corinth
Ragusa
Pisa
Venice
Mediterranean
New York
Gulf of the Lion
Republic
Paris
Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee
Lyons
Rhone
Poising on Nothing in Soaring Condors
A vivid description of condors and other birds of prey perched motionless in the air above the mountains. The passage notes their long stillness while surveying the ground for prey, followed by a slow wing tilt and sudden dash to strike or glide away. Includes eagles and hawks with the same poised behavior.
The Spanish Moors in the Tenth Century Culture
The passage notes that while much of Europe was barbarians, the Spanish Moors fostered a splendid culture by the tenth century. It highlights their libraries schools arts sciences luxurious refinements and intellectual progress as a clear differentiation from other European peoples.
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Europe
Greece
Giant armored dinosaur showcased by National Museum
A Boston Transcript description recounts a Stegosauria skeleton unearthed in Fremont County Colorado in 1885 and a lifelike papier mache replica at the National Museum. The creature, about nineteen feet long and over eleven feet tall, bore back plates and tail spines, weighed seven to ten tons, and was a plant eater with a tiny brain relative to its body.
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United States National Museum
Fremont County
Canon City
Colorado
Boston Transcript
Grasshopper Weather Vane Tells Sir Thomas Gresham’s Tale
A London Royal Exchange weather vane features a grasshopper. The tale recalls a boy who saved a foundling infant, later famed as Sir Thomas Gresham, whose legacy includes the Exchange built in his honor and the grasshopper memory.
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London
Royal Exchange
England
Thomas Gresham
Richard Newton
Laurel May Displace Briar In Pipe Making
Scarcity and high price of French briar drive pipe makers to laurel roots from southern Appalachians. Officials report large mountain laurel root sales and a 1916 value near 300000 for blanks shipped to the U.S. Forest Service experiments seek hardening methods and alternative woods, including chaparas, as substitutes for briar.
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Appalachians
Forest Service
Light of the Firefly
Historical note explains that glow producing organs from fireflies can be dried and stored for long periods without losing light. Experiments by Kastle and Mc Dermitt showed renewed brightness when rehydrated, and even more light with hydrogen peroxide. Scientists have not yet found how the fly generates light without heat.
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Kastle and
McDermitt
Stories of boys and millionaires spur virtue in youth
Bishop Wilberforce of Omaha cites a Y M C A talk criticizing selfish tales of rich lad legends. He recalls a sandwich tale where a hungry traveler offers a dime for two sandwiches, the boy returns one dime and the traveler loses nothing, illustrating generosity.
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Bishop Wilberforce
Omaha
California Ocean Surprises Visitor in San Francisco
A traveler, after arriving in San Francisco, is shown to a hillside home and gazed upon the Pacific from a porch. She wonders at its vastness and is told the water she sees is the Pacific Ocean, prompting a quip about its size.
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San Francisco
California
Pacific Ocean
Drinking and Smoking in Korea
The Koreans are inveterate smokers of green tobacco used in long pipes with tiny bowls. They store pipes by slipping them down the back of the neck when idle. Sympathy costs nothing unless you sympathize with a widow.
Window Washing Efficiency Cuts Costs at Bethlehem Mills
Bethlehem Steel operates 3,000,000 window panes with standardized, scheduled washing. Previously paid day laborers worked variably. now charts determine time and crew size per building. One large shop costs about 443 dollars for washing, about one fifth of prior per unit window space, improving light and production.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Servia Death Mask stamps commemorate King Peter coronation
The Servia death mask stamps honor King Peter's coronation. The design features two heads, Peter and Kara Georgevitch founder, with Peter offset slightly. Inverted, the image resembles the murdered king's profile, a point some observers cite as a grim coincidence.
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Servia
Peter
Alexander
Draga
Footwear through the ages from Carian to biblical times
The article traces footwear origins from the Carians and Homer to Grecian women who wore twenty two types. It notes shoes and sandals date back thousands of years with eastern roots and frequent biblical mentions from Exodus to Acts, including Abraham's era.
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Abraham
Kum Persia City of Corpses and Revered Shrine Fatima's Sepulture
The London Chronicle notes Kum in Persia as a famed burial city with more illustrious dead than most towns except Meshad. It highlights Fatima sister of Linam Riva as a rare honored woman with a shrine nine hundred years old. The piece ends with a reflection on the first and last shots in an appeal to arms.
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Kum
Persia
Meshad
Fatima
Linam Riva
Rum
London Chronicle
False Eyes for Animals in Taxidermy Work
Taxidermists face the challenge of crafting glass eyes for mounts. Each eye is hollow and painted to match the animal, with no two eyes alike. Lions require a brownish black iris with chrome yellow streaking, while giraffe eyes show a brownish black base with a distinct purplish sheen, both difficult to imitate.
Fielding’s Lisbon Grave and London Critique
The note recalls Henry Fielding dying in Lisbon on October 4, 1754 and his tomb being erected in the English cemetery in 1830. It quotes his view that London’s white stone houses and lack of ornament spoiled nearer inspection. It notes a fifty day voyage to Lisbon marked by foul weather.
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Lisbon
Henry Fielding
Fielding
Portugese
London
St. James
Sewing machine origins and reclamation service funding noted
The first authentic sewing machine patent was issued in England in 1755, 71 years before the first American machine. The U S reclamation service began the fiscal year with an approximate net investment of 100 million dollars. W C Condit completes 50 years as pastor of Ashland Kentucky Presbyterian Church, succeeding his father and holding no other pastorate.
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England
United States Reclamation Service
W. C. Condit
Ashland
Presbyterian Jehurch
Rogue entry and character books guard German households
In Germany a domestic servant must obtain a dated character record from the mistress at entry and exit, then present it to the police for an official stamp. The system aims to deter rogues by creating a verifiable service history.
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Germany
Singularity of Life in Mle Reflections
Hawthorne notes the paradox that opposition seems to fade when one confronts it, asserting the singular nature of life as experienced through grappling with opposing forces. The quotation frames life as uniquely clarified by struggle.
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Hawthorne
Mortgage History From Babylon to Modern Banks
The text traces ancient lending back to 2100 B.C. under Lanemurabi and notes the Ege family banking house from about 600 B.C. investing heavily in farm and city property. It mentions bricks as mortgage records and storage in earthenware jars in vaults.
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Ancient
Pabyton
Lanemurabi
Ege Family
Brazilian snake as a household pet
Brazilians train a fifteen foot harmless gibola to catch rats. It roams at night hunting rodents, killing them by twisting necks. By day the snake is lazy and the family drifts through rooms with slippers for safety.
Goats and Laws in Switzerland
A Swiss rulebook describes penalties for cruelty and nuisance to goats. Boys placating goats risk fines and jail while motorists who move goats off paths may be arrested. Hitting a goat entering a yard could incur a 30 cent fine. Rail engineers must halt trains to coax goats away from tracks.
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Switzerland
There Should Be Victrola Music in Every Home on Christmas
M J Soukup states a vision that every household should own a Victrola for Christmas music, underscoring mass appeal of playing records during the holiday season.
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M. J. Soukup
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