Palatinate origins and a sculptor’s debut tale
A survey of the palatinate concept traces feudal districts to kings assigning master governors who taxed and judged. It notes Maryland and Maine as historic palatinates, cites the Bavarian palatinate, and recalls sculptor Made hrame Clark Mills born 1815 who created General Jackson’s statue before bronze casting lessons.
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Palatinate
Maryland
Calvert
Maine
Ferdinando Gorges
Bavarian Palatinate
Made
Clark Mills
Onondage County
N. Y
Europe
General Jackson
Mills
Lafayette Square
Washington
New Orleans
Memorial Garden Honors Lafayette Escadrille
Near Verdun a memorial garden honors the Lafayette Escadrille with most fallen members buried within its grounds. Fifty seven bodies are laid there though six pilots who died inside German lines were never recovered. The graves of the remaining members are scattered.
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Verdun
Lafayette Escadrille
Flying Corps
America
United States
Lafayette Escadrille Heroism Amid War Fronts
Before U S entry, over 200 young Americans joined the Lafayette escadrille serving in France with zeal and sacrifice. The squadron flew from Genoa to Latonica and supported the French cause, earning immortal praise among allies and fear in German lines. The project cost $50,000 and was promptly subscribed.
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Genoa
Latonica
Lafayette Escadrille
United States
France
Witty notes and sales from a local home life column
A collage of humorous observations on marriage, fashion, cars, and advertising plus a detailed record of the Warwick House Sale highlighting livestock, produce, cigars, tools, and assorted household items sold in a recent auction. Includes prices like cows at $114 and $110 and 1 bicycle at $7.00.
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Warwick House
Spectacular Oriental City Described with Dancers and Towers
Vivid tour notes describe a grand palace with dancing girls art treches sunken pools and towering turrets. It praises Proddick and Harold Lloyd for comedic antics while noting Kaipura Bhandanna and a bustling bazaar scene.
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Mahaisreks
Burkholder's Restaurant Ad Promotes Chicken Dinner
An old advertisement from Burkholder's Restaurant on E. Main Street promotes a Sunday chicken dinner with a boiled soup quart offer and a large assortment. The unreadable text suggests takeout or dining options and mentions Mrs. F. B. Burkholder.
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F. B. Burkholder
E. Main Street
Honor to Be Shared Memorial Day Honors Soldiers
Memorial day belongs to the boys in blue and commemorates Civil War sacrifices that preserved the Union. The piece notes a newer war reaching every American, with graves to decorate and heroic Americans who carried democracy and justice overseas, urging focus on the heroes of 1918.
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Atlantic
America
Vishnu in Hindu Mythology and Avatars
The article outlines Vishnu as the preserver in the Hindu trimurti with avatars count cited as ten or twenty two. It notes the two principal avatars Rama and Krishna, describes Vishnu’s blue four-armed form, and tracks his rise from a son god in the Vedas to a supreme deity in the Purana.
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Vishnu
Rama
Krishna
Pearls in History and the giant Pearl Crowned
The article notes pearls have shaped history beyond poetry. It explains nacre layers form a pearl from a grain of sand irritating the oyster. It cites a two inch deep by two and a half inch diameter pearl at the South Kensington museum and imagines the creature’s discomfort in long formation.
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Pliny
South Kensington
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Aroud
Asulu Coffee
Our
Asco Table
Mustari
ASCO
Kraft
Richland
East Main Street
Lititz
Warwick
Paramount
Harold Lloyd
Lititz Springs
Nat’l Bank
Capital Surpire
Roma
Lionel Barrymore
Farmer National Bank
Rouare
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