Showed Way at Chateau- Thierry
From Maj Gen James G Harbord War Diary in Saturday Evening Post recounts the 18 July 1918 attack near Soissons Chateau Thierry. Moroccan and American divisions led a coordinated assault, capturing 50 cannons and 2,000 prisoners as they pressed the German lines and set a high Allied example.
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James G. Harbord
Iits
Soissons
Chateau-Thierry
Rheims
Marne
France
Salient
Aix
Verte Feuiile Ferme
Soissons-Chateau- Thierry
St. Privat
America
Gettyburg
Pickett
Catile Stone Wall
Twenty
Soissons-Chateau-Thierry
Hearty Louvre meals of Henry IV described in detail
The Detroit News recalls Henry IV of France dining at the Louvre with midday and evening menus that were lavish and imaginative. Dishes included four soups, four entrees, baked meat, a ten pound beef joint, mutton, capon, three chickens, and capon pastry on many days. Fast days offered lighter fare with roasted pike or carp while vegetables rarely appeared.
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Louvre
Henry IV
France
Detroit News
Killer Whale Dominates Seas in Explorer's Claim
Mack Sennett, a hobbyist marine observer, proclaims the killer whale the ocean’s unmatched force. He notes its air breathing mammal status, 85 feet length, bulldog head, immense speed, and deadly tactic of clamping the blowhole to suffocate larger whales.
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Mack Sennett
California
Sennett
New Evidence on Coal Formation Challenges Swamp Theory
Harvard professor E O Jeffrey argues that tertiary coal beds came from waterlogged vegetation washed from hills and deposited in lake bottoms rather than from plants growing in swamps. Earlier wood analyses misidentified redwoods as cypress, altering the interpretation.
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E. O. Jeffrey
Harvard University
Jeffrey
Proper Diet for Poise and Calm Nerves
A Psychology Magazine piece advises poise varies with diet. Nervous individuals should eat simple breakfasts of cereal or fruit, with warm milk or cocoa. Noon demands a substantial salad or vegetable dinner, lean meat or fish occasionally for variety, and evening fruit and nut salads with whole wheat bread and butter.
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Psychology Magazine
Cousin Meets Cousin in a Quiet Family Visit
A West visiting cousin meets two little girls at a home where their mothers fear friction. They share tea and conversation while listening for nursery noises. The moment of departure reveals the visiting cousin felt Helen was more a friend than a cousin, delighting the mother.
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Jean
Helen
New York Sun
A Child’s Surprise Brother With Teeth Disappoints
Jackie travels with his father to meet a new baby brother in a pristine, flower-scented room. The child inspects the newborn and, after hearing him cry, laments to his father that he wanted a brother with teeth.
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Jackie
Mother
Jackle
Quote on women and work from Lloyd in cookbook note
A reflective motto urges women to think plan and create rather than imitate others. It quotes Lloyd and ends with a call for the woman who sings while she works.
Dainties and puddings from a colonial kitchen list
A vintage kitchen guide provides several recipes including Best Custard Pile Ginger Cookies and Indian Pudding. It details mixing eggs milk flour and raisins for steamed puddings, a meringue-topped coffee flavored bake, and a rich chocolate layer cake with orange filling, all to be prepared in standard home pans and served with cream or sauce.
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Prince Albert
P.A
SAWS By Viola Brothers Shore
A satirical column by Viola Brothers Shore lampoons social mores and gender views with provocative quips about women's lives, dating, work, and dignity. The piece uses sharp humor to critique expectations and stereotypes through bold, risqué lines and playful metaphors.
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Viola Brothers
Patent eligibility rule on foreign patents prior to US filing
The text states that an inventor must swear under oath that the invention has not been patented in any foreign country or by a prior foreign application within 12 months before the US filing. If a foreign patent grant occurred more than 12 months earlier, the person cannot obtain entry to apply in the United States.
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United States
Man on the Wrong Side of a Case Cited in Washington Star
A Washington Star quote notes that a man who argues on the wrong side of a case is often making an honest effort to earn his pay.
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Jud Tunking
Washington Star
Wine Without Bitterness and Life’s High Ideals
A reflection quotes Elia Wheeler Wilcox on striving to reach one's highest ideals. The saying frames consciousness of effort as life’s wine, leaving no bitterness in the end. It emphasizes moral progress and personal virtue through dedicated striving.
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Elia Wheeler Wilcox
Oldest Masonic Hall on Franklin Street Richmond Va
The Franklin Street Masonic Hall in Richmond near Nineteenth is the oldest masonry hall in the United States. Gov. Edmund Randolph helped lay its foundation in 1785 and Richmond Randolph Lodge No. 19 has occupied it continuously since 1787.
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Franklin Street
Nineteenth
Richmond
United States
Edmund Randolph
Richmond Randolph Lodge
Battle of the Kegs and Early American Mine Use
On January 5 1777 American forces attempted to use floating mines called bats kegs to block the British fleet in Philadelphia. The plan failed as the device malfunctioned and did not achieve its intended effect.
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Philadelphia
oNemo Fallad
Jewish Graves Marked With Star of David During War
The War department changed grave markers for Jewish soldiers to the Star of David to distinguish them from Christian crosses. Christian soldiers retained crosses, and chaplains of Jewish faith wore a shepherds crook emblem instead of a cross.
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War Department
Illusion of Park Playday Across a Silent Sky
Fragmentary lines describe a July park scene with children romping and chasing in a sunlit area. Lingered phrases hint at a memory of lads, perhaps between ages, running near water or shadows as another sky looms. The readable text centers on a fleeting, poetic park moment.
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Acarcely
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Widder
Masonic Hall
Joseph Sweiss
Dodge Brothers
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Asda P. Whitby
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John H. Holland
Caroline County
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True So Olayton Horsey
Henry R. Lewis
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S. Lina Weaver
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Haarlem
Howard Jones
Second Street
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Jas. A. Trazzare
Denton, Md
Automobile For Hire
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Florida
AS. M. Walker
Federalsburg, Md
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Henrietta F. Smith
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Goldsboro
Maryland
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Worms
Fastern Shore
J.W. Shively
Goldsboro, Maryland
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Cecil C. Fulton
S Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover, Delaware
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J.T. Carter & Son
L. Irving Jones
Greensboro
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Preston
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Winston-Salem, N. C
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