Soldier Zach Cartwright Writes Home From England Front
Former Jasper resident Zach Cartwright, now in Canada and serving on the French front, sends a vivid letter from Bramshott England recounting training, life at the base Y and billets, the Royal Anchor Inn chestnut tree, parades, and the morale of troops awaiting orders. He notes American prospects and a coast resort bombing with civilian casualties.
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Jasper
Canada
Carbon County
Mont
Zach Cartwright
Red Lodge
Cartwright
Zach
Bramshott
Liphook Hants
England
London
Liphook
Royal Anchor Inn
Longfellow
After the Cavee A man who maintains that he is log ical
An Atchison Globe report notes a man who claims to be logical and obstinate after an incident nicknamed the Cavee, underscoring a local dispute or sensational remark in brief.
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Cavee
Atchison Globe
Difficult to Translate Eskimo Metaphor Rendered as Bat
A London Observer note quotes a missionary and converts discussing how biblical metaphor translates into Eskimo. The phrase everlasting crown of glory was rendered by an interpreter as the beautiful old bat which will never wear out, illustrating linguistic drift in religious language.
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Bill
England
Mac
Canada
Lusitania
London Observer
Locating a Water Trouble in a 1400-Foot Well
A western town water works chief used electric sights and a fieldglass to trace impurity in a 1400 foot well. He lowered the sights and found the fault at 110 feet where loose packing let surface water in.
Education and its aims in modern teaching
The author argues that while making learning easy and interesting in modern teaching is admirable, pushing this so far that students learn only what is easy sacrifices a core objective of education.
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John Stuart MM
Tartini Dream Inspired The Devil's Sonata
Italian composer Giuseppe Tartini dreamed a demon commanded him to play the violin. He woke in fear and recorded the haunting melodies, creating the renowned piece later titled The Devil's Sonata.
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Guiseppi Tartini
Boy and girl’s future called sweet hearts in class
A visitor addressed a Sunday school about children's moral growth. He asked what the two youngsters would become as they mature. In a whispered moment a scholar nudged the teacher with the reply sweet hearts.
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