Desolated French Villages Chronicle Destruction Across Alsace Front
Edward B. Clark reports from Sommeilles to Frignicourt on the wreckage of French villages—burned and shelled by the front lines. He describes ruined churches, shattered cemeteries, and displaced residents, noting incendiary claims, battlefield smoke, and lingering questions of responsibility as he travels through Hurion Glennes and Vaubecourt.
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Edward B. Clark
France
Marne
Aisne
The
Republic
Cour-de-Miunges
Glennes
Cour-de-Manges
Cour-de- Manges
Frignicourt
Faremont
Farresses
Blesme
Maurupt-le-Montoy
Veronica
Christ
Vaubecourt
Vaudecourt
Perrenot
America
Belgium
French Republic
Argonne Forest
Meuse
Orne
Desolation
Vanity the Fever That Inhabits Men and Women
A humorous sketch on vanity as a social disease with Jo Henry recounting "Peaches" trying every fad to slim down. The tale follows her failed diet schemes from tonics to weight machines to electric blankets, ending with a comic electric mishap and a wary truce with the double chin. The narrator muses on vanity’s futility and jokes about surgeons removing vanity.
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Victor Herbert
Mrs. Godfrey
Peaches
Bronx
Whale attack spooks New York tourist off Santa Barbara
Frank Jaamer, a New York tourist, neared a rock he mistook for a shell when a whale surfaced. He fled in fear as the monster lashed with its tail, later rescued by fishermen after a waterspout soaked him and his boat.
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New York
Santa Barbara
Cal
Frank Jaamer
Hamer
How One Man Got His Start in Life
A wealthy retired hardware dealer recalls his youth when he dreamed of becoming a writer. He saved stamp money for five years to fund that attempt, then used his capital to buy into a hardware store after a partner died. He credits his eventual success to that early ambition and the time spent saving.
Apple Orchard Awakening at Green Pastures
In 1915 fiction, Stan ley Inslee and Gwennie work together in the colonel’s apple orchard, sharing lunchtime and laughter. Inslee admits a mistrust of women but growing warmth for Gwennie challenges years of quiet memory and heartache.
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Peter
Gwennie
Monsieur
Stanley Inslee
Gwen
Inslee
So-Called Humane Bullets Involve Narcotics For Animal Capture
In Pittsburgh inventor Alexander Foster Humphrey markets a narcotic and antiseptic bullet to ease wound pain and aid healing. Two patents target narcotizing bullets for animal capture: 1910 patent to James Francis O Byerne and Thomas A Flood of Salt Lake City for a narcotic bullet. 1911 patent to K Burgsmuller of Kreiensen Germany for a capsicine gasifiable cartridge to narcotize animals.
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Alexander Foster Humphrey
Pittsburgh
James Francis O’byrne
Thomas A. Flood
Salt Lake City
K. Burgsmuller
Kreiensen
Germany
Tall Hats of the Past Prizes At Tottenham School
A Pall Mall Gazette note recalls Mr Toft of Tottenham who died in 1767 left £50 to Tottenham free grammar school for three tall hats as prizes. Hats bought from Greenway in Bishopsgate with rising duties 24s to 2s 6d by 1813, then duties repealed and governors bought Bibles instead.
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Toft
Tottenham
Tottenham Free Grammar School
Bishopsgate Street
Greenway
Pall Mall Gazette
The Devils Own Nickname Of Legal Officers
The Inns of Court Officers Training Corps are proud of the name the Devil’s Own linking it to Napoleonic era patriots. Washington era tale notes George III bestowed the title after a reviewing of volunteers. The lawyers accepted the epithet with humor as titled by the king.
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Inns of Court Officers’ Training Corps
Four Inns
George III
London Chronicle
Stationary Science Anecdote About Anatomy
A medical student asked Prof. Parker Cleveland if newer anatomy works exist. He replied that very few new bones have been added to the human body in the last twenty years.
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Parker Cleveland
Generally Worst Kind and Uncle Eben Quip on Sympathy
A humorous remark from Uncle Eben warns that excessive self pity can mislead friends into thinking one shows real sympathy. The line echoes tongue in cheek social observation about egotism and perception among peers.
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Eben
Nests Worth Weight in Gold in Chinese Trade
Edible Chinese bird nests fetch high prices in silver terms, with the finest varieties selling up to 30 dollars per pound. The trade highlights nests prized for quality and scarcity, reflecting strong demand in luxury markets.
Arkansas River Length and Variations Noted
The Arkansas River runs about 2 170 miles in length though its width varies widely along its course becoming quite narrow at several points.
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Arkansas River
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Union
Sommineilles
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Sommeilles
Car
Gerard de Gunay
Six
Fuins
Hurton
St. Martin
Mary the Virgin
Hurion
Tormb
Jexson Boulean
Jesson
Farry
Glenaes
Vitry-le-Francois
JO Henry
George V. Hobart
John Henry
Himalaya Mountains
Hep Hardy
Battle of
Embowpoint
Lassie
Louisa Mif
Paterson
N. J
Fendale
Dreamland
Mike
Dante
Winnipeg
Paris
Bossy
Hibbing
Minn
M. Garber
McClure
Mr. Inslee
Green Pastures
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