Four star admiral rank set in U S Navy history
The piece traces the rise of flag rank from Commodore to Admiral, detailing the evolution of rank flags from blue with stars to the striped Red White and Blue ensign, and notes Dewey’s 1899 revival of full admiral status with Fletcher Howard and Cowles as fleet commanders sharing the privilege and Dewey keeping the blue flag if present.
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United States Navy
Fai
Farragut
Porter
Ater
George Dewer
Lavid Gilasgow Farragut
Continental Congress
Esek Hopkins
George Washington
Hopkins
Philadelphia
Alfred
John Paul Jones
Homme Richard
Congress
George Henry Preble
David Porter
Essex
Thompson
Isaac Toucey
Mizzen
Richard H. Dana
Franklin
Secretary of the Navy
David Dixon Porter
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Dewey
Secretary Daniels
Admiral Dewey
Frank Friday Fletcher
Atlantic
Thomas H. Howard
Pacific
Walter C. Cowles
Cause and Theory of Italian Earthquake
Scientists debate quake origins after the 34 second Italian tremor that devastated Abruzzi and Avezzano. They link axis wobble and polar drift to seismic activity while noting some quakes lack volcanic causes and spread shocks to France and Switzerland.
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North Pole
Italy
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Abruzzi
France
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Avezzano
Rome
Doctors With the Armies In wartime Britain
The piece notes England's medical schools are depleted as students join the front and Red Cross efforts. It highlights doctors aiding in camps by preventing disease and improving sanitation, with French doctors seeking combat roles and English students serving on the front lines.
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England
Red Cross
Ing
The Mountain’s Lesson Mirrors Steadiness and Duty
A valley and a mountain form a calm landscape where farms and roads lie below. The mountain stands watchful and unchanging as arbutus, redbud, and laurel bloom around it. Its steadfast persistence serves as a rebuke to flippancy and infidelity to duty.
Head Wounds Show Great Increase in French Army
Doctor Sendral reports a marked rise in head wounds among French troops due to trench fighting and shell fire. Many men are described as struck blind by shock.
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Sendral
Farmer Corn Tessell Explains Egg Valuation Mystery
In a conversation about finance, Farmer Corn Tessell concedes limited understanding but notes a surprising idea. He asserts that an egg may gain value after cold storage compared to a freshly laid egg, prompting curiosity and explanation.
Mix of foreign birth and descent in U S up to 1910
Professor Albert B. Faust of Cornell estimates 32,248,382 Americans were of foreign birth or descent in 1910, about 35 percent of the white population. Germans, Irish, and English-Scot-Welsh are the largest groups, with Canada Austria Hungary Russia Italy and the Scandinavian bloc contributing major shares. Other nations total 1,177,093.
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United States
Albert B. Faust
Cornell University
America
Canada
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Italy
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
The
Christian Herald
Device wedges doors and rings a bell on move
A compact metal wedge device places under a door to seal it and trigger a bell via a mounted mechanism. The base includes small points to grip carpet or floor, preventing slippage, and the tool can be carried in a pocket, useful for travelers.
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Scientific American
Drop-Light Shade Practical Bedroom Lighting Trick
A simple drop light shade idea from Good Housekeeping to ease eye discomfort for sick people. Cut a slit in a box to insert the wire cord and encase the light on three sides. The setup makes one half of the room dark and the other half bright, with the light directed by turning the box.
Surety sale rumor halts at corner safety razor sale
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports a brisk corner sale of safety razors prompting chatter about a limit in Gall. A head barber named Mr Allgalli thanks an elderly man for a dollar and notes the event as a passing moment in a bustling market scene.
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Gall
Whitewash the ceiling green in honor of the old flag
At a society meeting of Irish origin a member proposed in period style that the ceiling be whitewashed green to honor the old flag. The moment captures the lively humorous tone of the group as they debated a playful gesture.
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Emerald Isle
San Francisco
Istria and Pola Fiume and Trent Coast of Austria Hungary
Across the Gulf of Venice lies Istria, Pola, and Fiume with Trent in Tyrol. Istria is an Austrian crownland rich in ports, shipbuilding, and fisheries while Pola is a major war port and Austrian naval center. Fiume serves as a Hungarian water outlet with modern harbors and quay facilities. Trent stands on the Adige, a fortified county of about 600 square miles with a scenic capital at Trent. The piece notes strategic value, population mix, and cross-border ties with Italy.
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Adriatic
Austria-Hungary
Trieste
Istria
Fiume
Trent
Italy
National Geographic Society
Gulf of Venice
Pola
Histria
Monte Maggiore
Peninsula
Venice
Austria
Istrian
Europe
Brionian Islands
Admiralty
Genoa
New York
United States
Adriatic Sea
Gulf of
Mediterranean
Quarnero
Istrian Triangle
Croatia
County of
Tyrol
Adige
Verona
Doss Trento
Relics of Old Persia Shuster City of Iran’s Wonder City
Shuster once the Persian capital on the Kur river hosts ancient irrigation dams and a grand bridge built by Shapur. The long deterioration leaves a broken quarter mile span, yet water still flows through channels and tunnels to fertilize lands once spared by invaders.
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Persia
Shuster
Iran
Shapur
Kurun
Valerian
Travel Tale Tipped by Royal Tone in Cornwall Castle
During a tour of England an American couple visit a ruined Cornwall castle whose custodian is a relative of the noble owner. After viewing the grand old pile they hesitate on how to offer a gratuity, mindful of the guide’s blue blood. The narrative hints at etiquette and decorum in ancient estates.
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England
Cornwall
Boxed Donation Pleasantry in Quiet Exchange
A polite exchange centers on a requested donation, with the reply revealing a collection box already in place. The comforting humor ends as a gentleman bows and curtsies, inviting the donor to view the box. The scene highlights social etiquette and charitable giving in a formal setting.
Umckaloabo tale of Liberia plant and a libel suit
A ship's doctor claimed to have found a vegetable remedy from the umckaloabo plant in Liberia and sued the British Medical Association for libel over a pamphlet. The remedy was advertised as a cure for consumption.
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Liberia
United States
British Medical Association
Indian Creation Story From Mountain Tribes Shared With University
An account of creation told by mountain Indians living between Brazil and British Guiana was sent to the University of Pennsylvania from Dr. William C. Farabee. The tale centers on a magical tree with fruits and vegetables and two gods Tumin kar and Duwid who shape humanity and provide food. The Indians say the tree was cut down and only a stump remained, photographed by explorers in Philadelphia.
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Brazil
British Guinea
University of Pennsylvania
William C. Farabee
Amazon
University Museum
Farabee
Tuminkar
Duwid
Dawid
Philadelphia
Politicians and Letters From the Van Buren Era
The piece notes President Van Buren as the sage of his day and his son Prince John as warned not to write on politics. It discusses how politicians often write letters despite cautions to burn them and how some letters survive to cause public exposure.
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van Buren
Kinderhook Fox
Prince John
Good Ground From Garbage Plan Turns Swamp Into Fertile Lot
Seattle lawmakers adopted a novel disposal method that saves incineration costs and raises property value. A swampy ground near the city was used to dump garbage, sprayed with antiseptic, topped with porous sand, then grass seed sown to create a fertile plot instead of a decaying swamp.
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Seattle
Washington
Hairy Tale Ends in Dash From Hairdresser’s Chair
A young man awaiting a haircut laments rapid hair loss and cites heredity. The humor turns when a witty barber quips he is heir to baldness, prompting the man to flee the scene up an alley.
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Knight of the Shears
There Is No Luck There Isn t Such Thing as Luck
A brief, wry quote without concrete events or people, noting disbelief in luck and a judge’s remark about an inkstand.
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Bal Blom
Ness
Breeders’ Gazette
Farmer Corn Tessel
Hungary
K. Ahlborn
Hygienic Institute
University of Munich
Journal of
American Medical Association
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