National Apple Show Aims to Aid Fruit Growers at Spokane
Seventh National Apple Show and Fruit Products Congress in Spokane November 16 to 21 outlines three cost finding plans for orchards and 100-tree and single-tree contests plus an orchard accounts competition for 1914 data. The event will award over 10 000 in gold and merchandise and features 60 by product contests for pies jellies cider and other items.
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Walla Walla
Public Library Hours Notice
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Human Bodies Changing and Teeth Vanishing
A New York American piece argues humans are rapidly shedding body parts such as teeth, nails, and hair as outgrown traits. It claims smell diminishes and tail remnants fade, suggesting this signals progress toward greater efficiency and minimal anatomy.
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New York American
Napoleon's Eagles Emblems of Imperial Power
Edward Fraser traces Napoleon's eagle standard from concept to conquest. The eagle replaced the cock as the army’s symbol, copper gilded, eight inches tall, nine inches wingspan, reserved for emperors to award and never replaced without permission. The Champ de Mars ceremony marked enthronement of the regimental banners and oaths of sacrifice.
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Edward Fraser
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Isabel
Josephine
France
Champ de Mars
We Swear It Amid Sabers as France Flies Tricolor
A dramatic shout proclaims resolve as the scene honors France with the tricolor. The imperial eagle symbol vanished with the empire and its brutal record, leaving reverence for the flag at home and abroad.
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France
Belgian professor praises yawning as beneficial practice
Dr Naegeli of Liege University recommends yawning to exercise throat and chest muscles and improve breathing. He cites cases where persistent yawning alleviated sore throats, noting there is an art to yawning just as there is to breathing. London Chronicle reports.
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Naegeli
Liege University
London Chronicle
Four artillerymen study Meissonier painting in gallery
In a New York Sun illustrated moment four artillerymen explore a picture gallery. Two pause before Meissonier's Friedland 1807 with the sergeant noting the Old Guard in the background and remarking on the old fashioned Springfield rifles.
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Meissonier
New York Sun
The Ruling Passion Scene With a Midnight Intruder
In a tense bedroom scene Lucy wakes husband a famous baseball star to report a man downstairs in the dining room after the plate. The player dismisses the intruder with a quip about sending him out at third as he sleeps.
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John
Lucy
Ready Courage in Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne
The Duchesse de Berry is praised as one of the most courageous figures in the memoirs. While her carriage horses bolted, she maintained calm speaking tone as her husband, the Duc de Berry, urged her to react. The carriage overturned without injuries.
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Duchesse de Berry
Charles X
France
Comtesse de Boigne
Duc de Berry
Caroline
Extinct Bird Question Leads to Pigeon Interruption
A teacher tests James on the meaning of extinct. He names one extinct bird as Chipper, then reveals his pet pigeon was caught by a cat that morning, prompting a humorous misunderstanding in London Answers.
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James
London
Mutton Birds Support Furneaux Island Inhabitants Each Autumn
For six weeks in autumn the 400 residents of the Furneaux islands earn enough by catching fat young mutton birds. The birds hatch locally and migrate in huge flocks, providing food and oil. The oil serves lubricating needs and as a substitute for cod liver oil.
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Australian Furneaux Islands
Bible Proof In Court Cited By Father Of Defendant’s Daughter
In juvenile court a colored girl's father testified he knew her age from the family Bible and agreed to produce it in court. The defense attorney asked if he would present the Bible, and the man replied he was willing to bring the Bible and was not ashamed to show anything in his house.
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Indianapolis News
Very Old Custom Of Saying God Bless You
The custom of saying God bless you after a sneeze dates to ancient times when sneezes were feared. Early mentions appear in Homer and Jewish rabbis. Polydore Vergil links the practice to the plague around year 558 when many died after sneezing despite seeming healthy.
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Jupiter
Polydore Vergil
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