First Mention of Hand Guns in Early Firearms History
The text traces the emergence of hand guns from early ordnance, noting the first clear mention in Italian records and an English 1328 inventory. It discusses construction materials, projectile types such as garrot bolts, and the spread of quarrel guns through 16th century inventories. It also covers origins, Byzantine and Chinese references, and preserved early examples like a 1339 fortress find in Vesta Tannenburg now in Nuremberg's Germanische Nationalmuseum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coltman Cleppae
Henry IV
England
Italy
China
Vesta Tannenburg
Hesse
Germanische Nationalmuseum
Nuremberg
Newspaper Advertising Showdown Sways Theater Marketing
A New York theater tested ad methods by mailing 15 000 circulars postcards and hiring sandwich boards. After a week, 76 percent of patrons credited newspaper notices for their visit, underscoring the power of print ads alongside billboard space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The Ahkoond of Swat Death News and a Surgery Story
A Swat king’s death is reported with elegiac verse and notes of mourning from Swat. The second item covers Mrs C Lee Williams surviving a severe head injury after an Atlantic City to Philadelphia automobile crash and successful surgery at Jefferson hospital. Also included is a brief Fisk anecdote about moral honesty and a peddler’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Review
C. Lee Williams
Grand Opera House
Jefferson Hospital
Dra. Melville W. Franklin
J. C. DaCosta
8. L. Olsho
Atlantic City
Egg Harbor
Williame
Notable Washington Star anecdotes and old mules and money
A collage of quotes and vignettes from the Washington Star includes a mule named Corporation born of study and papers, local taunts in a township, a calico price at 12 2 3 cents a yard, and a founder Jamen Jr who rose from peddler to merchant with $64 000 before 1865, ending with a mention of hammocks and Lippincott's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Corporation
Fink, Jr
Jamen, Jr
Wall Street
Unnatural Conclusions From Town Topics
A spectator recalls a wedding scene on a piazza with whispered confidences between bridesmaids. Observations shift to social jokes, wealth, marriage, and gender norms, citing playful quips and reflections on love, money, and power.
Police Dogs in Europe Battle Crime with Belgian Shepherds
A detailed review of a Washington Bureau monograph on police dogs in Europe describes Belgian shepherds as prime police partners. It covers training, services such as guarding, tracing, and non biting deterrence, and notes success in Ghent and Rotterdam while highlighting limitations in dense urban areas.
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Europe
Washington
Diederich
Antwerp
John
Liege
Common Council of Paria
Ile
Rotterdam
Belgium
Ghent
Mistakes and Results In Corporate Reform
A Circle Magazine essay recounts a factory overhaul where a new superintendent bans discharging workers for mistakes and requires reporting errors openly. Private graveyards of failed work are cleared, dividends resume, and a culture of transparent error handling emerges, rewarding learning over punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Collina
Circle Magazine
Mouthe Full of Money From The Philadelphia Record
Wilbur Wright recalls early aviation days at Pau and Dayton when offers and prominence were strong but money proved elusive. He recalls a Dayton barber joking about a purchase, illustrating how financial reality tempered ambition during his formative years.
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Philadelphia
Wilbur Wright
Pau
Dayton
Owell
Simmons
Beattle’s Agricultural Advice From Summer in the Country
Beatt, cited as an authority on agriculture, notes in a Success Magazine passage that milking a cow should be done from the aide farthest from the animal and nearest its soft spot in the pasture. The quote reflects practical dairy guidance learned during a country summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bummer Beardera
Beatt
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Ast
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Browning
Giles Baker
Pennsylvania County
United Arew
Alaska
Buren
Boomerang
Swat
Lonpers
Ahkoond
Ap Hwe
Kansas City Journal
Fisk
Moody's Magazine
James Fiske, Jr
New England
James
Allus
Gladnean
W. Foley
Tommy
Imimom Jere
m—Lippincott's
Deb
Patent Bank
Tenai ES Ois
Baltimore
Henry VII
Royal Study
Caesar
Federal
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