Discovery of Edward the Confessor palace site at Windsor
In Windsor Great Park Captain Vaughan Williams unearthed moats and tiles resembling Norman work suggesting a palace site tied to Edward the Confessor. Berkshire Archaeological Society notes Windsor forest hosted a pre castle palace with a defensive tower, with monastic endowments and royal hunting links shaping Windsor’s ancient history.
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Windsor
Great Park
Edward the Confessors
Vaughan Williams
Queen Victoria
Edward the Confessor
Berkshire Archeological Society
Williams
Windsor Castle
Windsor Forest
Old Windsor
Edward
Rome
Westminster
William the Conqueror
Dakar’s Rise to a Major Trade Hub in Africa
The article portrays Dakar in South Africa as rapidly developing from primitive beginnings to a potential Africas Liverpool. Fresch investments expand the dry dock and harbor, boosting cargo transfer. Dakar now hosts 25,000 residents, a technical school, hospitals, and workshops, with a native population of about 3,200 Frenchmen and a history tied to Gen. Faidherbe’s 1862 conquest.
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Dakar
South Africa
America
Europe
Fresch
Trin
Mediterranean
Faidherbe
International Date Line and the 49 Hour Day Explained
Dr. Willis B. Johnson explains in Mathematical Geography that portions of three days can exist simultaneously between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm London time. The International Date Line at the 108th meridian causes days to stretch past 24 hours, with Christmas spanning across regions from Alaska to England. The irregular date line makes some days last 49 hours and 12 minutes.
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Willis B. Johnson
London
Cape Deshnef
Attu Island
England
United States
Alaska
Best method to wake a heavy sleeper with odor
A physician notes that odor is the quickest way to rouse a heavy sleeper. Shaking may only partially wake, while a noticeable scent like perfume or ammonia can alert the sleeper instantly without a violent awakening if not too strong.
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Kansas City
Navy to Build Great Airship Hangar in New Jersey
The Navy plans to purchase its first rigid airship in England for 2500 dollars and erect a vast hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey. The structure spans about 800 feet long 265 feet wide and rises over 200 feet to the peak with a 6000 ton steel frame and multiple arched roof trusses. It will house one airship of 170 000 000 cubic feet capacity plus two smaller slips and will include shops elevators and rail tracks running the length of the building.
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Navy
England
Lakehurst
SN. 1
Acientifice American
New Yo
Felix Nieto del Rio
New York
el Diario Ilustrado
Santiago
Chili
New York Herald
Talcahuano
United States
Electric Boat Company
Chill
Germany
New London
Chacabuco
Luis Gomez Carreno
Charleston
Angamos
Havana
Kingston
Colon
Balboa
Ecuador
Arica
Valparaiso
Lord Cochrane
In Defense of Old Belief About Rain From Explosions
In defense of the old belief that explosions induce rainfall, Willian F. A. Ellison argues in the Figlish Mechanic that World War I gunfire caused heavy rains in southeastern Pegland. He cites dust particles from explosions seeding cloud formation, while noting chimneys and airplanes may also influence cloudiness in clear weather.
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Willian F. A. Ellison
Pegland
Mr. Ellison
Sense of Taste as a Complex Multisensory Phenomenon
Taste is not a single sensation but a complex formed by tongue input plus heat or cold, slight pain, astringency or acidity, and above all smell. Even the keenest taster can misidentify substances when blindfolded and with a blocked nose, showing how temperature and olfactory cues alter perception.
Where the Steak Went
A diner recounts a rainy day misadventure in a Chicago Tribune piece. After a tray slips, the steak vanishes from view and reappears later in a surprising way as the patron reorders amid a shared embarrassment.
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Checker's
Chicago Tribune
New Neighbor’s Daughter Keeps Same Name After Remarriage
A Chicago Tribune item notes a family surprised to learn their new neighbor’s daughter kept her birth surname as she played with local children. The girl explains her mother remarried but she remained the same person, maintaining her family identity.
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Chicago Tribune
Brave Chilean Crew Survives Submarine H-3 Sinking
A Chilean Navy submarine H-3 sinks in Talcahuano harbor after a broken ventilating pipe and chlorine leak. Crew, trapped 17 meters deep, maintain discipline as divers and tugs coordinate a harrowing rescue. After hours of darkness and peril, all 21 crew members are brought to the surface alive.
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Talcahuano
del Solar
Stoica
Prat
Chill
Clever sculptor hides lifelike image by stream near Californi
In Quakertown Pennsylvania Coroner Howard P. White investigated a staged scene by a stream at Californian a village near town. A lifelike sculpted girl figure smeared with red paint lay hidden by leaves with a knife placed at its side. Finders mistook it for foul play and alerted officials. The coroner and undertaker confirmed it was a sculpture rather than a crime.
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Quakertown
Howard P. White
Californian
Doylestown
White
Crewsome
Dementia Praecox Dominates State Hospital Population
A Modern Hospital analysis notes over half the patients in the state hospital suffer dementia praecox. It describes loss of interest, withdrawal from home and social life, delusional behavior, and gradual deterioration without physical decay. Treatment remains empirical due to unknown causes.
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Minois
Stepping Stone to Success Imagination as the seed of progress
The article argues imagination fuels progress and invention, citing Edison and common technologies. It explains imagination arises from applying knowledge, studying subjects deeply, and combining knowledge with thoughtful foresight to develop new ideas.
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Lorbes Magazine
Origin of the Blue Stocking Term in Bath Society
The term blue stocking arose when a Bath hostess quipped a literary gentleman should wear blue stockings. Mrs. Thrale shaped Bath coteries as a witty, gifted hostess admired by Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole. Her house hosted famed literary evenings that defined the era.
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Bath
Thrale
Samuel Johnson
Horace Walpole
Copper Protects Steel Says Minor Copper Prevents Corrosion
The Ameriego Society for Testing Materials heard a report by D. M. Buck noting that small copper amounts reduce steel corrosion. Open-hearth steel with 0.912 to 0.254 per cent copper was tested, rolled into sheets, and exposed in Connellsville coke region. Copper-free samples corroded faster giving a clear preventive effect from copper.
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Tne
D. M. Buck
Ameriego Society For
Connellsville
Why Pictures Must Be Right in Mexico Trade
The author argues that Mexican consumers buy items by brand pictures such as rose brand cotton deer knives donkey bread soup and star brand hatchets. He warns that altering recognizable color cues like wheel color could ruin a trader’s business by confusing buyers who rely on familiar visuals.
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Mexico
Peroxide Boosts Light From Acetylene Lamps
A snippet from the Bleethen Experimenter notes that adding ordinary hydrogen peroxide to the water in an acetylene lamp generator yields brighter light without harming the purifier. Gernsback asserts no injury to the apparatus.
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Gernsback
Bleethen
Gathered Briefs of Quips and Whims from Daily Life
A collection of witticisms and observations on human behavior work and luck. Nonsense about trousers, loafer patience, and the value of kindness sits beside notes on a large New York company, sea water disinfectant apps, and housing fire safety. The tone is light and moral, with quips on happiness and merit.
Real Thoughtful Of Him on the Train Car Seat
A youth moves a handbag from an opposite seat provoking a stout gentleman who declares the seat taken. The youth apologizes and leaves then returns as the train moves and drops the bag on the platform explaining he saved his friend from losing his bag with a lost train.
Working Around to It
A farmer avoids town by having his man John pull a tooth at the barn. John uses large rusty pincers and extracts an oversized tooth, the farmer groaning at losing the wrong one before declaring he can reach the other.
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John
Kept Him Dry in Rain Safe Livery Tale
A liveryman warns two girls about a calm horse and trap. They hire it and report no real danger after riding, having shared a light shower while shielding the horse’s tail with a improvised cover.
The Cartoonist Outdone by Changing London Fashion
Jones notes a tattered man who was once a top grotesque fashion cartoonist in London. Banks explains the artist’s decline is not talent loss but evolving styles surpassing his pictures as new fashion art arrives.
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Jones
Banks
London
Italy Grants Exclusive Coffee Monopoly in Italy
Consul General David F. Wubur from Genoa reports a June 4, 1919 decree by the Italian government that assumes for itself exclusive right to supply and sell in Italy coffee of all kinds and qualities.
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Italy
David F. Wubur
Gonoa
Twenty Five to Twenty Seven Story Buildings teased
A cartoonish dialogue jokes about plans for building twenty five, twenty six, and twenty seven story structures. The quip notes the escalating heights as a playful mockery of ambitious construction schemes.
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Crewitt
Cartoons Magazine
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