Drummer Boy Hero of Custoza Siege
In the Battle of Custoza a young Sardinian drummer, barely 12, delivers a vital message under withering Austrian fire. He reaches his regiments with the note despite leg wounds and fatigue, later losing a leg to amputation. The captain, moved, proclaims him a hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custoza
enplain
Villafranca
leutenant
Nol
Mincio
Goito
saarah
hana
iferior
Francis Joseph at Sixteen A Royal Education Profile
A portrait of Francis Joseph as a precocious youth, detailing austere Habsburg upbringing and rapid mastery of languages, science, and diplomacy under mentors Pilgrams, Rauscher, and Metternich. It notes his coronation symbolizing Habsburg Hungary unity, the ritual throne rites, and royal duties shaping the young emperor. Also includes a separate account of Dr. Arthur Stradling feeding a boa constrictor by hand and the dangers of handling venomous snakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia Joseph
Hapsburgas
Maria Theresa
archduke
Masimilian
Charles Louis
juriet Pilgrams
Cardinal Rauscher
Metternich
Pest
house of Hapsburg
Esztergom
England
Arthur Stradling
himsalf
Moose calling methods differ among guides and cultures
The article surveys experienced callers who imitate the cow moose with varied calls. Maine and New Brunswick guides use rasping roars to lure bulls, while Montagnais in Quebec employ short sequences. Soviet Miemac and Milicete traditions feature dramatic long calls and abrupt choking sobs, with caution advised as proximity rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New Brunswick
Quebec
bho
Frank H. Risteon
Noneconductor and Glass in trolley line interview scene
A brief scene in Brooklyn Life where a manager questions an applicant named Glass about becoming a conductor. The manager asserts the applicant cannot be a conductor, presenting a skeptical job interview dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glass
Brooklyn Life
The Indian Woodpecker in Bombay Birds
A Times of India correspondent describes a common woodpecker in Bombay. It runs up trunks rather than perching, uses a hammer like a gun, delivers rapid blows, and probes with a chisel beak and a hooked tongue. The bird’s aggressive foraging and distinctive features make it easy to recognize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times of India
Bombay
New Year Beliefs On Records Of Life And Charity
The article recalls Rosh Hashanah beliefs that fate for the coming year is written in heavenly books and judgment is rendered, with doom avertible by repentance prayer and charity. It notes heightened charity during the period when Jews freely give from weekly earnings to the needy, embodying compassion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Thady O Dowdas Bride A Connaught King and Sea Lady Fable
A legendary tale from New Ireland recounts Thady O Dowdas a king's son who finds and abducts a sea lady by a coral comb in a tide ruffled pool. She bears him four daughters and four sea cows before vanishing with a necklace, leaving a razor fish lore across Connaught's coast.
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Ireland
Legorra
O’Dowdas
Connaught
Thady
craature
province of
sea lady
O'Dowdas
New
Skipping rope proves weight loss aid says physician
A physician cites success with skipping rope for slimming, recounting a nervous patient who shed ten pounds in a month and continued light exercise for six months. The account from Youths Companion notes gradual, safe training and nerve relief as weight declines.
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Hreshah
Francis James Macbeath
Harper's Magazine
DRUMMER BOY
FRANCIS JOSEPH
W.H. GOT
P. H. DENNY
S. N. SMITH, JR
W. F. PENNINGTON
EUGENE LYNCH
W.H. ANDERSON
H. C. HOBBS
W. R. PETERS
M. L. BLANCHARD, W.S. LORD, J. CULVER
CUSTIS BURTON, E. W. INGRAM
Wye
Denton
Greenwood
Hilendale, Milton
Lewes
Q. A. BR. ER
Queenstown
WILLIAM M. CONN
QUEENSTOWN, MD
WM. HOPPS & CO
BALTIMORE, MD
Hines
United States
Canada
W.W.TUNIS & BROTHER LOMBENCO
TUNIS’ MILLS
TALBOT COUNTY
ater salaaeto
North Carolina
UHLER & HUGHES
LITNIC
ELASTR & C
R. M. COLLINS
DELAWARE AND
CHESAPEAKE
assenger
A.M. POM
Oxford
Trappe
Ruston
Chapel
Cardava
Queen Anne
Nidgely
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Hendrson
Muarydel
Slaughters
Hartley
Kenton
Clayton
Sour Mail
A. Sf
A.M
hbo
P.M
DEWIE
TEave
OSBORNE COLUMBIA
Columbia
H. M. THOMPSON
HILLSBORO, MD
JAMES T. COOPER
Undertaker
Mus
Wr. Cooper
gmbalming
hia
calla
Main street
stura
WAM. McKOWN
D. D
Smithville
Tam
Pennsylvania
West
CHARLES BE. STEVENS
Maryland
A. R. WRIGHT
Denton, Md
THADY O’DOWDAS
Kings of Connaught
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