Empress Eugenie and a Windsor Bloom of Drapery
The narrative recalls Empress Eugenie visiting Windsor Castle where she noted the imperial purple hangings with Napoleon green, remarking Always those frightful curtains. Separately in England women are barred from piloting passenger ships due to assumed nerves and physical disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie
Windsor Castle
Napoleon
Eugland
Passen Trphines
Airy Ministry
London
Minist
Senator McCumber Dines Elbow Room Cafeteria Lunch
A North Dakota senator, McCumber, forgoes the senate restaurant after night sessions and dines in a nearby cafeteria. He collects his tray, napkin, and utensils, then spreads out his bacon and fried foods on the tray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCumber
North Darkets
Senate
Curious clubs and a monument at Zwolle
The piece recalls the Bald-Headed Men's club in England since 1916 and the Fat Man's club in Paris in 1897. It notes the Society of the Pointed Beards in New York and lists quirky club criteria. It also mentions a Zwolle monument to Thomas a Kempis with Van Royen family funding and Queen Wilhelmina among subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
Thomas A Kempis
Zwolle
van Royen
Christ
Wilhelmina
Lead Coating Proposed For Iron Sheets And Wire
Charles Baskerville described a process to coat iron with lead as a tin substitute for sheet iron and wire products at a Buffalo meeting of the American Chemical Society. He showed rust free iron shingles tested for nearly three years and said treated chicken wire rivals galvanizing in quality while costing less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
American Chemical Society
Charles Baskerville
Steamer Buried at Burbo Bank Identified as William Huskisson
Dredging near Burbo bank on the Mersey uncovers a centuries old steamer remains. Believed to be the William Huskisson, a City of Dublin police steamer wrecked on 12 January 1840 en route from Liverpool to Dublin with 120 aboard. 95 saved by the Huddersfield while Captain Clegg was later honored by Liverpudlians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mersey Docks
Harbor Board
Burbo Bank
Mersey Entrance
William Huskisson
City of Deblin Company
Liverpool
Mersey
Huddersfield
Perister
Clegg
Manchester Guardian
Remains of Forest How Bloomery Unearthed by Antiquarian Find
A Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society member discovers what is believed to be a Roman bloomery near Forest How. Moles exposure and whin burning revealed a large twelve yard diameter hearth, cinders, slag, ore, Roman tiles, pottery, slag and hematite. Further exploration may attract funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian Society of England
Fler
Moles
Forest How
See a Pin and Pick It Up Says Old Man of Luck
An elderly man in rusty brown clothes and beard struggles with a pin he finds on a flagging. A younger man offers help, but the old man declines. Persisting, he claims a superstition about pins will bring luck and clings to the habit despite his frail condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Flax in the War and the Rise of Cotton
The article notes a postwar shift back to cotton for industry as flax loses its wartime dominance. It describes flax’s historical primacy, wartime revival of linen in uniforms sails and wings, and cotton’s resurgence as the leading fabric in ordinary use, restoring its aristocratic position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inen
iHnen
Boy Answers In Obscure Dialect In School Prayers Lesson
A teacher tries to emphasize prayer during class and shows a picture of an Arab man with head in hands looking upward. A boy named Billy Cubbs responds with a garbled claim that the man is “lookin’ for er phines Blighty,” highlighting dialect humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Cubbs
Do Women Swear More Than Men In Census Inquiries
A Philadelphia Press column cites a New York law view that swearing by women is not proven by a high yes tally in a girls seminary survey. It notes differing state rules on swearing and cites a veranda scene with seventeen women drinking and seven smoking. The piece asks why women imitate men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Grant
Girls’ Seminary
John Barleycorn
Stereoscope’s Role in War Photo Accuracy and Tactics
Wartime photo work relied on stereoscope to add depth to air reconnaissance images. Lenses spaced two and three quarters inches apart created true height, correcting flat airplane pictures. Photographers learned to interpret distortions as real terrain features, enabling accurate mapping and safer ground moves.
Czech Bible History and Rights for Biblers
The Czech Bible narrative notes that Czecho-Slovaks gained national independence and the right to read the Bible in their language. The British Bible Society plans Czech Bibles at 50 cents. Printing and reading in Czech were forbidden under Austria and smugglers risked burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Bible Society
Austria
John Huss
Americans Eat Little Mutton in Meat Usage
American per capita meat consumption in 1918 averaged 150 pounds with only 5 pounds from mutton and lamb. Britain Canada and France show higher sheep meat shares, while the United States relies mainly on cattle and hogs with pork and beef far exceeding mutton and lamb usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Canada
United States
British raft invention aids long sea voyages
A British invention for relief of sailors on long sea voyages features nine circular gas bellows with heavy fabric at center. The raft is carried by an airship in a deflated state and can be inflated in minutes to a serviceable raft, with separate air valves for each section, oar locks, and oars for propulsion.
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Fletcher
Lways
Castoria
Z Rye
CIG
Gnot & A
England
Stereoscope
the “Biblers
OWL Drug Store
Willard
Greencastle Battery Company
Blue Front North Side
Souare
Jones
National School of Auctioneering
Robert M. McHaffie
Stilesville, Indiana
Evens & Moffett U. S
Aegis Sue
Evens & Moffett
North Side Square
Free Air
Indiana Loan Company
Donner Mack
Greencastle
Ind
Aan Loan Company
Ws Bashavene
Terre Haute
Chichester
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