Sacred Crops in Japan manians Georgians and Servians
The article describes Mount Athos historic governance under Constantine Monomachos and the patriarchs of Constantinople, noting strict bans on women and animals on the peninsula. It details monastic life, two orders idiorhythmic and cenobitic, and the monks’ persistence through Ottoman rule with common property and daily prayer.
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Constantine Monomachos
Constantinople
Aga
Karyaes
Balkan Peninsula
Mount Athos
Church of
Rome
Grapes For Winter Storage Warned Not To Pile
A writer in Green's Fruit Grower advises keeping grapes in a house cellar without artificial heat. Varieties like Warden Concord Delaware and Niagara decline quickly. Mills keeps best, Gaeri ner resists, and Barry lasts well. Grapes should be in single layers and water methods are costly and imperfect. The Catawba is noted as a strong keeper among hardy northern grapes, though even it challenges holiday condition.
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Green
Concord
Delaware
Niagara
Brighton
Barry
Gaeri
Mills
New York
Tomb of Rachel Visited by Pilgrims at Bethlehem
The text notes Rachel wife of Jacob daughter of Laban and mother of Benjamin was buried at Bethlehem. Pilgrims to the Holy Land visit the Tomb of Rachel or Rabbet Rachel, a structure dating from the twelfth century likely on an earlier burial site.
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Rachel
Laban
Jacob
Benjamin
Bethlehem
Holy Land
Funeral Tortoises Freed At Meiji State Funeral
In a little known ritual for Emperor Meiji's demise, three large tortoises were released as a mark of mourning. The largest shell measures three feet five inches with engraved characters expressing deepest regret. They were freed at sea near Ogasawar a island on September 13, 1912, signed by Hiroshi Abe, governor of Tokyo.
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Meiji
Ogasa‘wara Island
Hiroshi ‘Abe
Tokio
Girl Boots Shine Tour Hits Capitol in Alabama
Miss Evelyn Altofair of Nashville who began a six month shoeshine tour from Mobile to win 1500 dollars and prove a woman can do anything she sets her mind to called on Montgomery officials to shine their boots. She plans to visit every state earning her living by shining shoes.
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Capitol
Montgomery
Ala
Evelyn Altofair
Nashville
Tenn
Mobile
United States
Clergyman's First Plane Trip to Aid Dying Soldier
Father Andras, a French priest with troops in Morocco, becomes the first clergyman to travel by aeroplane to minister to a dying man. He was at Laghouat hospital when a young Beronaut needed aid amid ongoing Moroccan service.
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Father Andras
Morocco
Laghouat
Beronaut
Priest by air to give last rites to dying officer
Lieutenant Bregard asked to fly with him to bring a priest to a wounded officer shot by the enemy. The two men were cheered by soldiers as they landed in the French camp. The officer, told he would die, spoke that dying without religion was sad. The priest arrived by air, heard confession, gave communion, and the man died minutes later.
No Females Allowed Here Mount Athos Monastic Republic
Mount Athos in the Chalcedice peninsula remains a male monastic republic with ancient roots and extensive autonomy granted by Constantinople. Since early medieval times it hosts fortified monasteries and hermitages, with diverse monk residents including Greeks Russians and Bulgarians totaling thousands in the early 20th century.
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Mount Athos
Chalcidice
Aegean Sea
Zeus
Jupiter
Dinocrates
Alexander the Great
Constantinople
Rude Idols Of New Guinea
The tribes of New Guinea consult their idols before hunts or fishing. Two idols are pictured and the natives say the idols answer by tapping their feet. The number of taps signals expedition success.
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New Guinea
Rabbit Hunt Nets $133 Hidden in Tree Hollow
Two hunters from Upper Montclair after a rabbit hunt near Great Notch N J found a worn pocketbook in a tree hollow containing one hundred dollar bill five two dollar bills three five dollar bills and eight one dollar bills totaling 133 dollars.
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Great Notch
N. J
John Lyons
Robert Dodd
Upper Montclair
Morse tree insulator for waterproof wire pruning
The Popular Electricity describes a wooden Morse tree insulator that clips onto a wire via crosswise grooves and a face groove. The waterproofed wood holds the wire against the limb or tree without nails or other fasteners, helping linemen keep wires clear of branches.
Watering Guidelines for Plant Types
Different plants need different water amounts. Soft-stemmed plants with large leaves require more water than hard wooded slow growers. Water sparingly when not actively growing and avoid evening watering to prevent fungal diseases.
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Crouth
Cool the Ashes for Safe Vine Fertilizing
Guidance notes that ashes used as fertilizer for grape vines must be cooled before use. Apply so they enter the ground and reach the roots, avoiding contact with the vine itself.
Aged Suitor Seeks Refinement and Freedom in Marriage
Mrs Merriwid recounts a chiffoned courtship with Mr Wellalong a well to do widower who proposes a liberal settlement and a refined wife yet aches for intimate domestic companionship. The humor centers on his age his health and the idea of a durable marriage.
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Hilda
England Approves Aero Planes for War Use
After testing, England orders sixty aerial machines for military use with plans to raise to one hundred as pilots are trained. France, Germany, and Britain together budget $11,250,000 for aviation, reflecting rising costs in modern warfare.
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England
France
Germany
Britain
On Manliness and Fortitude in Temptation
The text argues fortitude follows manliness, detailing the need to remain steady amid temptations. It praises valiant anger managed through resisting, restraining, and fleeing, claiming only the valiant achieve glory after trials like fire and winter.
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Aelred
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