Cost of killing in modern warfare and shell analysis
A historical analysis argues the true cost of taking a soldier’s life far exceeds simple gun prices. It details per man costs, shell prices, powder, and vast artillery expenditures across Franco German and other wars, noting the immense destructive power of 12 to 14 inch guns and the futility of earthworks against modern artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percin
France
Lfe
Liaoyang
Manchuria
Galicia
Liege
Namur
Europe
Bell Ringing on New Year s How the Custom Came to Be Adopted
The piece traces New Year bell ringing from ancient China and Europe to early church use. It notes bells as justice signals, temple calls, and public warnings, then as symbols of joy. It mentions Pope John IX ordering bells to ward off thunder and the devil, with churches using bell doors to scare Satan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Principe
Europe
Saya
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
John IX
New Year's Fires Across Europe Preserve Old Beliefs
In Wales bonfires mark the new year with flames kept from one year to the next and objects cast aside. In parts of Germany a yearly market bonfire symbolizes a sun god’s warmth with crowds gathering. Youth toss pipes and love letters into the blaze as bells call “Health to the New Year.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Germany
Widow Plans Quick Marriage To Hidden Nun
The Philadelphia Record recounts widow Gilroy announcing her engagement to a nun after just three weeks. A friend doubts the match, but the widow insists she can overcome objections and hopes to know him better after a couple of years of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilroy
Margaret
Philadelphia Record
Gossip on Golf and Sports Notes From St Louis and Yale
A Paris Journal contributor explains golf origins and play methods with a humorous guide. St Louis features fifty tenpin leagues, 400 teams and 5,000 players. Yale notes Walter Camp’s retirement as treasurer, praising his role in athletics expansion and facilities funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Louia
Camp
Big Lous
Yale
Walter Camp
Yale Financial Union
Fuunelal Anton
Mr. Camp
Yale Athletics
Yale Athlettes
New Year Greetings and Quotations from Various Sources
A collage of New Year salutes and jokes from 19th and early 20th century papers. Includes translations of New Year wishes in multiple languages and humorous exchanges about smoking resolutions. Mentions Boston Transcript and Baltimore American as sources.
Trent affair and the 1862 New Years eve prisoner exchange
A historical recount of the Trent affair and Lincoln era events on New Year’s Day 1862. Captain Wilkes seizes Mason and Slidell, trials and diplomacy unfold, Webster and Seward navigate demands from Britain, and the four prisoners are carried to Cape Cod and handed to the Rinaldo.
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United States
E. D. Webster
Nebraska
William N. Seward
Lincoln
Charles Wilkes
San Jacinto
Mason
Slidell
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
John Bull
Canada
Washington
Mr. Seward
Great Britain
John Hay
Young Webster
Benard
Wilkes
Trent
Sidell
Lis Wee
Great
Mason and Slidell
Webster
Boston
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Rinaldo
Ribeldo
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Hell
Paris Journal
Jimye
Rariden
Braves
Bill Bartfen
Federals
Judge
Mombarek
Japan
Walt
Boston Transcript
Black
Mr. Brown
Brown
Mrs. Parkinson
Henry
Baltimore American
England
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