Grandmother's Courage Amid Northern Cape Storm
Old Mrs. Doherty stands as a beacon of love as a coastal storm strands Larry Doherty. She braves a broken bridge to reach him, while Myrtle Downing fumes about the age and virtue of the grandmother. Larry’s rescue by the grandmother proves the strength of family bonds over social snubs.
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Larry
America
Falmouth Cape
Mrs. Doherty
Chronicle
New England
Downings
Myrtle Downing
Myrtle
Liis
Cape
Falmouth Town
Falmouth
Cape Shore
Doherty
Gallipoli Hand to Hand Duel Ends in Unarmed Respect
An English officer and a Turkish counterpart, both unaimed, fought tenaciously for ten minutes amid Gulf of Saros bombardment. When the Turk recovered a pistol, he returned it and the two shook hands, ending their encounter as comrades.
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Gallipoli
Gulf of
Suros
Land of the "Great Unwashed" described in World Outlook
A World Outlook note describes Alaska as the land of the great unwashed with water sold by the bucket in some regions and people washing clothes in rivers. It also mentions women treading blankets in water cold enough to redden feet and ankles.
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Alaska
Then It Came Home to Her
Thenrietta Weird checks a conductor’s change of a quarter and five nickels. Tempted to keep the extra coin she wrestles with guilt, imagining the driver’s hardship, and finally drops the quarter as it slips away, crying out against dishonesty in the world.
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Thenrietta
Zirconium in the Arts and Industrial Uses
The mineral zirconium appears in Brazil in large quantities and is mined under various names. Zirconium is a silicate used mainly as refractory material. zirconia indicated for crucibles and tubes resists temperature fluxes. New alloys include zirconium steel for armor and copperite with nickel for cutting tools.
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Brazil
Enduring Bravery of Aging Sages in War and Letters
The Spokane Spokesman Review cites that veteran leaders like Clemenceau and Joffre remained powerful figures into old age. It contrasts their longevity with classic writers who produced great works late in life, noting Cato, Chaucer, Goethe, Sismonides, Sophocles, and Theophrastus all achieved feats after seventy or eighty years.
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France
Joffre
The
Marne
Lloyd George
Woodrow Wilson
Osler
Spokane Spokesman Review
Cato
Chaucer
Spy System Origins in Venice to Paris Police Bureau
The Marquis D Argenson, Venetian by birth, founded Paris municipal secret service and detective bureau after reforming the city police in 1637. He pioneered espionage abroad targeting nations likely to wage war on France, inspiring Carl Streher to model Prussian spy operations on his system and deploy thousands abroad before early wars.
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D’argenson
Venice
France
Paris
Carl Streher
D'Argenson
Austria
Howells Quips on Lunch with Millionaires in Miami
A young author at a Miami reception asks William Dean Howells about a financier. Howells jokes that lunch with millionaires ends with the guest paying, noting his alienation from wealth. The exchange ends with the author laughing.
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William Dean Howells
Fionor
Miami
Asterbilt
Mr. Howells
Euclid In British Army Def theorem in hospital item
The London Globe notes a war hospital publication With the Wounded from Brondesbury Park military hospital. It features Euclid in the Army with humorous definitions such as regimental sergeant majors equal to anything but three sergeant majors together less than three brigadier generals. a major has the shortest temper between meals.
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Euclid
Brondesbury Park Military Hospital
London Globe
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