Twelve Year Old Rosa of Ramienna Gora Adored in Vienna
A twelve year old girl Rosa Zenoch fed thirsty German soldiers near her home during 12 days, carrying water from the well. She was wounded by a shrapnel shell tearing away one foot. Emperor Francis Joseph sent a gold chain with his initials. soldiers petted her, and her mother, a Russian speaker, cared for her in the hospital after the injury.
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Vienna
3A Zenoch
Ramienna Gora
Ohenegg
Francis Joseph
Berliner
Vossische Zeitung
Navaruska
Joseph
Rosa
Rose
Megierow
Fox Attack on Mount Carbon Man Ends in Ax Kill
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a huge gray fox burst into a chicken pen at Mount Carbon and leaped at Howard Cavilier while he tried to defend his flock. After three minutes the man grabbed an ax and crushed the fox’s skull. The animal proved a fine specimen and Alderman P. J. Martin approved the state bounty to Cavilier.
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Pottsville
Mount Carbon
Howard Cavilier
Howard
Cavilier
P. J. Martin
Woman’s letter uses cobweb as argument for suffrage
Mrs. George A. Ames, president of the Democratic Women of America, confronted Secretary Tu with a cobweb in his White House office. She waited to see him and wrote a letter arguing for equal suffrage, remarking that if women had the vote the cobweb would not remain.
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George A. Ames
Democratic Women of America
Tumulty
White ‘House
Duchess Victoria Louise hospital train to the front
A Berlin correspondent details the Duchess Victoria Louise hospital train of forty eight cars built by Brunswick Red Cross funds and government stock. It seats 300 wounded with a full kitchen operating room and two salon cars, then ten small staterooms for officers and nurses. The train runs from Cambrai to Berlin in 48 hours and includes a regular government hospital train with eight double deck beds per car.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
War Ministry
Victoria Louise
New York Tribune
Red Cross Association
Duchy of Brunswick
Red Cross
Niehaus
Kaiser
Katherin
France
Cambrai
Leftward lighting aids near work and reduces eye strain
A Journal of the American Medical Association note explains that illumination from the left side improves accuracy and reduces eye fatigue in tasks done at close range. It argues for applying left side light in schoolrooms workrooms and offices to ease steady close work.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Rattler Wakes Man at Tyler Ranch in Kansas
In Wakeeney Kansas S A Craig woke from sleep in a granary to the buzz of a rattlesnake. He froze as the snake crossed his body and breast. He killed the five foot long rattler after securing a lantern. It had 15 rattles and a button, the largest in years in the county.
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Wakeeney
Kan
S. A
Craig
Tyler Ranch
Bombardment Wrecks Dixmude Mansion
A shelling strike damages a palatial residence in the Dixmude district. Destruction reported in the residential area with extensive blast impact and debris around the mansion. Local witnesses describe a severe blast and broken windows across nearby homes.
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Dixmude
Actor Dies On Stage In Pottsville Play
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a actor and scene manager collapsed and died during a theater scene. Audience members watched as the performance paused and cast members carried the stricken actor to the wings while officials and fellow players investigated the death and the scene next in the play.
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Pottsville
Richard
Auto takes 1 000 foot plunge on King's Mountain road
Miss Rebecca Shreve and William Parrott escaped with injuries after an auto plunged a thousand feet down a steep slope behind Menlo Park. The car teetered on the brink as another vehicle passed and the road gave way, tumbling down rock and earth.
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King’s Mountain
Menlo Park
Botton
Canton
Shreve
Parrott
Miss Shreve
Young Parrott
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The readable fragments are insufficient to identify a person, place, or event. No clear action, date, organization, or outcome emerges from the snippet.
Sergeant Explains Sunday Gap to Troopship Crew
A Pacific bound troopship with Ninth Cavalry colored soldiers reaches the 180th meridian causing a no Sunday week. A wise sergeant jokes that they have passed the West pole and won’t have any more Sundays, due to entering heathen lands.
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Pacific
Philippines
Ninth Cavalry
Putting Him Wise
A Boston area physician living in an old suburban mansion calms his aunt’s midnight burglar alarm. He confronts a tough intruder in the back hall, offering a cheeky corrective as the thief struggles with a sliding back door.
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Boston
Fossil clues place Africa’s drift beside South America in deep time
Fossils show Africa once connected to a distant South America, with dramatic climate shifts from fiery desert to lush forest. The arsinoitherium dates to the middle of these vast geological events, highlighting the ancient world’s slow formation.
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Africa
South America
Arsinoitherium
Wealth Through Accident Reveals Florida Fuller's Earth
The article notes that Florida hosts the greatest beds of fuller's earth in the nation discovered about twenty years ago during an unrelated brick making attempt near Quincy. An employee compared the clay to German fuller's earth and testing showed similar quality, leading to mining of the deposit beginning in 1895.
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Florida
Quincy
Fuller
Testa
Labels for Jars Add Neat Appearance on Shelves
Women write and glue labels to jars for a neat look. Manufactured label books cost 25 cents for hundreds, in assorted sizes and perforated sheets. Some books group labels by fruit or item such as apple jelly peaches. Applying a label takes moments.
Taste Differences in Flavor Sensitivity Between Genders
Dr. G. Cohn reports that girls show greater sensitivity to bitter flavors while boys exhibit stronger taste for sweet flavors. The study aims to explain gender-based flavor perception with implications for dietary choices.
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G. Cohn
Constantinople Seen Through Wartime Travel Lens
A wartime travel note surveys Constantinople's layout from Seraglio Point to Beylerbey Palace, describes the waterbound city parts Stamboul Pera and Scutari, notes abstemious Turks, ancient walls, and fortified Dardanelles defenses amid the war era. It highlights the sultan’s palace precincts and imperial residences alongside coastal resorts like Prinkipo.
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Hatever
Ottoman Empire
Constantinople
Turkey
Sea of
Marmara
Golden Horn
Stamboul
Pera
Galata
Scutari
Asia
Bosporus
Levant
Europe
Abdul Hamid II
Yildiz
Seraglio Point
Marmora
Princes Isles
Coney Island
Prinkipo
Peru
Constantine the Great
Seraglio
Tschi Nili
Mohammed the Conqueror
Murad III
Beylerbey
Strait of Bosporus
Sublime Porte
Mohammed V
Dardanelles
Strait of
Sea of Marmora
Aegean Sea
Italy
Tripoli
Napoleon and Hortense at Malmaison in happy days
In the era of the First Consulate Napoleon and Josephine enjoyed cheerful days at Malmaison. They visited often with Hortense, the consul’s stepson? daughter, who would become his sister-in-law and later mother of the third Napoleon, sharing private and public moments with a brilliant crowd.
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Napoleon
Mérrrily
Malmaison
Sophine
Hortense
Population estimates of ancient Rome in early sources
Text cites two figures for Rome population: 1.2 million per Gibbon and 2.0 million in notes to Montesquieu. It notes Theodosius era city life with 48 332 inhabited houses within the walls, typically built with multiple stories.
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Rome
Ancient
Gibbon
Montesquieu
Walla
Theodosius
Our Faults and the Cost of Wrong in a Writer’s View
A fragment reflects on moral fault and repentance, echoing a great writer’s claim that seeing fault is itself a fault, implying remorse may be scarce. The terse observation hints at self judgment and cultural attitudes toward error.
The Struggle to Overcome Faults in Life
A meditation on fault and self righteousness. It argues growth ceases when one is sure of their own goodness and gains. The tough work of self improvement remains essential for life and progress.
Lesson to the Thoughtful
The calm sea speaks to the thoughtful soul offering insight beyond turmoil. It calls for understanding of eternal things and the sentiment of the infinite to feel true silence and repose, where speech and action are limited and fugitive.
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Amiel
Cookies Spark Neighborly Inquiry for Address
A young girl delivers her mother fresh baked cookies to a neighbor, Mrs Weeks, who praises the treats and asks for the delivery address. The incident highlights friendly neighborly exchange and a small moment of kitchen pride.
Queer Scenes of Warfare Across Historic Battles
The article recounts unusual warfare scenes from historical sieges and battles. It notes indoor fighting at Monterey during the Mexican War and a cavalry assault on Spaniards on ice in the Zuider Zee era. It also mentions underground combat during Haarlem’s siege and sewer battles in Paris after Versailles.
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Monterey
Netherlands
Zuider Zee
Haarlem
Versailles
Paris
Diet That Prolongs Life and Blood Pressure Tip
The article explains arteries harden with age due to blood poisons from protein. Red meat is blamed but all proteins may hurt. avoiding them lowers blood pressure. Cheese can substitute meat proteins to meet protein needs without poisonous purin bodies, potentially preventing artery hardening.
Tuxedo Rheumatism and the Colonel’s Dignified Coattails
A North Carolina colonel famed for his dressing adopts a tuxedo and after an evening at a chamber of commerce dinner walks Main Street with a hobbling stride. Asked about the change he cites tuxedo rheumatism saying a man his age needs his coattails after sundown.
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Bobzin
North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Eagle House
Novel Lifeboat With Auto Boats Doors and Air Aperture
A Popular Mechanics feature describes an unsinkable lifeboat with an auxiliary motor and a rounded bottom like a dinghy. The deck remains up top, two doors on the deck open when right side up, and after a capsize the doors close automatically for inside shelter. An air aperture and a side deck door permit air access and crew to regain balance by shifting weight.
Deer With Chair On Head Stuns Tenderfoot Hunter
An Indiana sportsman recalls a deer encounter where a rookie hunter froze at a grand buck. The observer urged the novice to shoot first, but the deer fled after the novice exclaimed the creature looked like it wore a chair on its head, leaving both amused.
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Indiana
Indianapolis News
Willing to Help Quote Sparks Broadway Plan
Beth Franklyn approached a Broadway manager last week with a plan to create a home for disabled actors. The manager replied with a chilling remark about disabling actors as soon as she is ready.
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Beth Franklyn
Making Old Mantles New
A homemaking tip from the National Magazine suggests reviving a tired gas mantle. By burning a dim light, the black spots will gradually turn white again, restoring brightness without buying a new mantle.
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Home Department
National Magazine
The Unknowing Many Note on Knowing It All
Short reflective piece on the fatigue of striving to explain everything. It suggests that claiming certainty wastes time and may hinder clear communication. The text emphasizes the value of recognizing limits in understanding.
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