Lisbon’s Names Through Centuries See Moorish Last Stand
The piece traces Lisbon’s evolving names from Olisipo to Alyssippe to Lishen, linking them to Phoenician, Roman, and Moorish roots. It notes Lisbon as Portugal’s final Moorish stronghold captured in 1147 with aid from Magixt and Flemish sailors, and highlights later events including the 1755 earthquake and the city’s famed blue waters and hillside panorama.
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Lishan
Ulysses
Lisbon
Wanderer
Strate
Turdetania
Spain
Tagas
Pelicitas Julia
al Ashbuna
Tediuy
Ture
Portugal
Alfonso V
Tuniny
Maglixt
Syria
Henry Iiv
India
Africa
Caravalho
Aypres
Christian Science Monitor
Broadway Con tract Writer Fraud Exposed by Readthrough
A famed Broadway contract writer took an 81 000 advance for a book but produced nothing. He bought and read a rival opera book to satisfy his patron who rejected the work as junk. He then presented Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan as a replacement in a bid to salvage the deal.
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Broadway
Harry
Study of Eugenics at Cold Spring Harbor Office
The Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor is compiling an analytical index of inborn traits in American families. By early last year it held 584 625 cards detailing individuals by surname trait and locality, with a developed trait classification system.
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Eugenics Record Office
Cold Spring Harbor
S. 1
Two Privates in London Meet Returned Officer
Two privates in blue with war badges limp along Regent Street London when a twice wounded officer recognizes them. He greets them warmly recalling past fights and asks after their health promising to meet again if fate allows.
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Regent Street
London
Holding Fast to Religion in Modern American Life
A reflective piece contrasts Western secular drift with strong religious devotion in Cairo and Aleppo. It argues Americans inherit a sacred heritage from Huguenot and Pilgrim roots and asserts patriotism should be expressed as reverence to God, uniting faith and the flag.
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University of Cairo
Mostenis
Tirme
Arthur Hunt Chute
Leslie
Damisens
Aleppo
Emerson
Eiterson
Exelon
America
Plymouth
New England
Sabbatier
Gue
Edison Inventions Stirred War Talk in Street Banter
A New York street conversation imagines Edison inventing a magnetic bullet and a return-tie device to protect soldiers. The speakers mock the idea, joking that Edison would train these weapons to avoid harming Americans and keep them ready for action near trenches.
Fire rescue saves woman from burning Woodworth tower
Mrs Stella Totten relaxed in a third floor tub when a knock at the door announced Bill Stone of Hook and Ladder 270. Firefighters rescued her by carrying her down a ladder from a third floor window and delivering her to a nearby hotel.
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Stella Totten
Addicks
Woodworth
Mrs. Totten
Bill Stone
Mr. Stone
Solomon Language Pioneer and Palestine Metal Discovery
Professor 8 B Woelfensen of the University of Wisconsin cites Solomon as the first human to know animal language while lecturing on Archaeological Exploration in Palestine. He notes a blast furnace near Lackish shows ancient metal industry and mentions monopoly of trade tied to Solomon using the temple of Gezar in Palestine.
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Solomon
B. Woelfensen
University of Wisconsin
Palestine
Orient
Lackish
Wolfensen
Gezar
French Patriot's Letter From World War I Family
A French American Callles family story from the Petit Nicols notes that druggist Callles of Los Angeles left his wife and two sons to fight for France. His cablegram asks their sons to join, Joseph dies in France. George suffers gas attack near Armistice and returns to resume legal studies in California.
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London
Callles
Los Angeles
Cal
Verdun
Tos
Joseph
George
Pgm Dncline Ane
France
George Callles
Nice
California
Fragmented UK arrest note in Birmingham Age-Merchants
A garbled Birmingham Age-Merchants excerpt describes a townsperson’s perception of police, mentioning a man carrying a box of shoes and suggesting suspicion. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or identifiable individuals.
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Birmingham Age-Meraht
Birth of Baby Girl In Tennessee Town
Fragmentary note reports the birth of a baby girl to a family in a Tennessee town, with imperfect details about names and dates. The text references a Mrs. Frost and a growing population, but legibility is limited.
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A. M Frost
Tneon
Jimmy the Smoke and the Papa's Lesson
A seven year old named Jimmy is described as bright yet troubled. His father punished him for smoking a cigarette, and Jimmy reveals he swallowed the cigarette during the scolding, ending with a neighbor’s consoling remark about the pain passing.
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Jimmy
A Wonderful World a quoted aphorism from Ullele Joe Cannon
A humorous note contrasts past ages with modern progress. It recalls Columbus’s voyage versus today’s rapid travel and introduces a joke about human classes as motorists and pedestrians. The excerpt ends with a quip about future progress.
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Ine
Ullele Joe Cannon
Columbus
Johnny
Controversial garden duel ends with coachwhip tangle
Witness GW Robbins testifies to a springyard bout with a large coachwhip at Athinia Ga. He chased, wrestled, and finally freed the snake from his neck, then knocked its skull against a barn. The fight left damaged radish beds and an exhausted Robbins.
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Robbins
George Washineton
Dowtom Degier
Athinia
Round
Roward
Mr. Coteh
Mexican Child Stealers Exposed by National Humane Review
The National Humane Review claims a Guadalajara gang runs a regular market for stolen children on Gomez Farias Street. The article describes sales or rents of children, who are then maimed or forced to beg to support their captors in Meg Leo City and around theater doors and church entrances.
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Mexico
National Humane Review
Wigwest
Gomez Farias
Guadalajara
Childrete
Megleo
Granddaughter Appeals for Mother in Grandfather’s Care
A three year old girl, left with a respected Indiana professor, attempts to reach her mother by demanding attention with a high pitched cry. The child dismisses gifts and money, insisting she is trying to reach her mother. Her rebuke underscores the bond she seeks with her mother.
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Indiana
Grandfather
Mastery of the Air Advances Amid Transatlantic Efforts
The progress on airborne mastery advances quickly and surpasses understanding as both American and British attempts to cross the Atlantic are underway. An airplane carrying passengers reportedly landed on a hotel's roof before departing.
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Atlantic
Giant German supergun highlights mechanized folly
The article warns the supposed German supergun would be impractical despite vast size. It contrasts a 225 foot barrel and 325 ton mass with limited shell power, arguing American design favors simple, reliable Browning mechanisms over extravagant devices. It lauds American ingenuity and demystifies
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Paris
Ordnance Department
Scientific American
Fafely
Chicago
Madison
Wis
Oie
Japan’s first commoner premier Kei Hara rises to top post
In a historic shift Japan appoints Kei Hara a commoner born in northern Japan to the premiership. Hara’s career spans journalism diplomacy and high office, including ministerial roles under Count Mutsu and a term as foreign envoy to France before advancing to prime minister. He becomes the first non-aristocrat to head the government.
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Japan
Kei Hara
Tokyo
Hochi Shimbun
Marquess Inouye
France
Foreign Office
Count Mutsu
Korea
Hara
Prince Lo
Toadeo
How It Began Scout Movement Tied to Mafeking Siege
The article traces the origin of the Boy Scout movement to the Mafeking siege during the Boer War. General Baden-Powell, then in Mafeking, envisioned a character building organization from boy messengers. It later grew beyond militarism and gained global recognition. It also notes Baden-Powell's maternal Cay lineage to John Smith.
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United States
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Baden- Vowell
Cay
John Smith
Haigh Burial Follows Old Family Custom at Waith Church
In Waith England the body of Mrs G J Haigh eighty nine daughter of Sir Robert Harty was interred in the family vault after a night arrival from Penrhyndendragid Wales. The procession included a farm wagon drawn by four black horses escorted by thirty six men with lanterns and six Welsh bearers. A single evergreen cross was the floral tribute.
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G. J. Haigh
Sir Robert Harty
Waith
England
The Right Way to Reckon Matt-How does Skidney stage accidents
Comic panel summary notes Skidney avoids chains as a prewreck prerequisite while portraying a sequence of auto accidents. Patt comments on the technique, emphasizing omission of chains. Cartoons depict mischief with a macabre edge.
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Matt
Patt
Waste Paper Recycling Aims To Save Millions Of Trees
H L Baldensperser of the US Department of Commerce tells the Federation of Women's Clubs that waste paper substituting for wood pulp could save millions of trees. He cites GB waste rising from 1000 to 6000 tons weekly and notes urban centers discard about 18 tons of usable waste per 1680 tons, with the US sending at least 150 000 tonnes annually.
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Great Britain
H. L. Baldensperser
United States Department of Comerece
Federation of Women's Clubs
Never-Failing Death Test in Battlefield Medical Study
Dr A Terson told the French Academy of Medicine a new test to detect life in wounded soldiers. If life remains, a drop of a phenol compound in glycerin causes the white of the eye to turn purplish red and swell briefly, then subside. If death has occurred, no change happens.
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A.terson
French Academy of Medicine
Leard
Test Of Sanity In A Brutal Murder Case
A juror’s anger at a deed can override clear evidence of insanity, as illustrated by a historical remark about Lord Kingsburgh and a defense quote. The anecdote highlights how moral perception may influence verdicts despite medical testimony.
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Lord Kingsburgh
J. H. A. Macdonald
Jusitice Merk
Scotland
Miller
Little Prude Recounts Alfred Noyes Prude Childhood
A New York literary agent defends Alfred Noyes as prudish, recalling a childhood episode. Noyes is described as always uptight, even as a four year old, when a nurse approached him after a bath with a towel and an aunt entered. He yelled to flee thinking it an art gallery.
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New York
Alfred Noyes
1918 Cement Output Law Highlights Decline in Production
Complete 1918 hydraulic cement output figures compiled under Ernest F. Burchard of the United States Geological Survey show a marked drop from 1917 and the lowest Portland and other cement output since 1900. War restrictions on fuel, transport, labor, and private construction drove the decline.
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Ernest F. Burchard
United States Geological Survey
Indieste
Scotland Shifts From War to Peace with New Industries
In Scotland the transition from conflict to peacetime production continues with firms shifting to civilian outputs. A factory now makes internal coins using compact engines for fishing bats, while H I portedt machinery returns to chocolate making, replacing German supply lines. A toy tanking sector and other industries employ many discharged soldiers as wartime materials fade.
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Scotland
Waitton
Germany
Men Change No They Do Not Admitting Life's Entusiasms Fade
A transcript reflects an older man's enduring belief in generosity and ideals. He contrasts youth's zeal with age towards prudent, money-focused engagement, noting some causes fail yet generosity persists in many despite cynicism. He recalls a mentor who, though flagging in years, lent help and kept a sound judgment.
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Gostington
Tm Stile
Tiine
Enver Pasha Traced to Transcaucasia Among Tartars
The Christian Science Monitor reports Enver Pasha of Turkey has been traced to Transcaucasia living among Tartars. The piece notes he is unwelcome and faces government action with Britain over crimes and plunder tied to his tenure in Turkey. It adds he is described as more German than Christian in sympathy and upbringing.
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Enver Pasha
Turkey
Transcaucasia
Enver Tasha
Committee of Union and Process
Christian Science Monitor
Children Debate Who's Smarter Woman or Man
A lively argument between seven year old Dorothy and nine year old Joel centers on whether women or men are wiser. Dorothy touts maternal cleverness including mending, while Joel counters with a test about patience and skill, highlighting gender assumptions in playful domestic banter.
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Dorothy
Nan
Joel
Ian
Mother
Joe
Honor Before Ease
Meandering M1 voices disdain for work while Plodding Pete expresses similar fatigue. The dialogue hints at drawing a line between labor and danger, with a fear of being mistaken for others in a tense setting.
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Edison
Negro
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Sol
Coachwhip Snake No Fe
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Atlanta
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Pete
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