Sothern Brings War Stage To Front Line Audiences
World War I memories recount famed Shake spherean actor Sothern performing for British and American troops on the front. He endured air raids and shelling while staging Hamlet and Lear sketches with dogs and tea breaks, ending with a sharpshooter’s clue to a colonel. French engineers display grit and compassion caring for a fallen comrade.
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Sothern
Endangered plants listed by region in United States
Rapid thinning endangers several species including columbine in Colorado trailing arbutus in the Midwest trillium and fringed gootian across the nation holly in the South and dogwood mainly in the eastern and middle Atlantic states.
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United States
Middle West
Eastern
Middle Atlantic
Shrine Blesses Dog Hero Who Ended Japanese Flood
A shrine atop Tamaokiyama honors a dog that barked for three days amid a flood and sacrificed himself by entering rising waters, saving nearby provinces Kii and Kink. Legends say the dog’s act prompted the flood’s end, and the area offers a famed panoramic view.
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Japan
Kii
Kink
Tamaokiyama
Tamachiyama
Washington Star
Milk of Magnesia touted as fast relief for excess acid
An advertisement promotes Phillips' Milk of Magnesia as the quick remedy for sour stomach, indigestion, and heartburn. It claims instant stomach relief, a sweet taste, and that the product has been standard with doctors for over 50 years, priced at 25 cents a bottle.
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Magnesia
Bayer Aspirin Promises Quick Relief For Pain
An ad touts Bayer Aspirin as a fast relief for headaches neuralgia and rheumatic pains, advising one tablet to head off headaches and two or three for colds. It urges travel use and home comfort and warns against cheaper imitations, urging readers to order from a New York address.
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Bayer
Maryland seeks historic Fort Frederick hinge pattern
The state of Maryland searches near Hagerstown for an old hand made hinge once used on Fort Frederick doors erected in 1755 on the Braddock path to Pittsburgh. Officials aim to restore the fort and may use a hinge as a pattern to craft others.
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Maryland
Hagerstown
Fort Frederick
Washington Star
Castoria for Colic Pain in Infants and Children
A vintage note promotes Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy for colic and digestive discomfort in babies and young children. It claims quick relief for stomach issues, constipation, and diarrhea, with a mild taste favored by infants and a doctor’s signature on the wrapper.
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Castoria
Anne H. Wane
Bagpipes Face Abolition Threat and Backlash
In Scotland and Ireland supporters repel moves to ban the bagpipe blaming hearing loss. Musicians counter that pipe music aids marching and war efforts, describing critics as primitive and barbarous while claiming bagpipes strike terror into enemies.
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Scotland
Ireland
Incomplete Riddle About House Hain Thickness
A fragment hints at a riddle about keeping house in half inch thickness. The wording remains cryptic with no clear subject or resolution provided.
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