Peace omen and dove at St Boniface Cathedral tied to war events
A historic story from St Boniface Cathedral describes a white dove entering the chapel amid the German drive of 1914 15 and the Marne counter-offensive. The bird stayed for days as global tensions rose, then peace moves followed, framed as an omen and coincidence by period accounts.
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Cathedral of the Divine
Fehedral
St. Boniface
Regan
Marne
Clere
Mogiand
Dean
Chateau Thierry
Ter
Sponge Fisheries of Tarpon Springs Florida boom
The Tarpon Springs sponge industry grew into a million dollar business annually. It was built by a Florida banker who promoted real estate and led to a thriving city on the Gulf of Mexico with Greek divers and deep water harvesting methods.
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Florida
Tarpon 38
Fla
Philn Ja
Beyond China's Great Wall and Mongolian frontier towns
Elizabeth Coatsworth describes the Great Wall and Mongolian frontier as seen from Kalgan. Traders with caravans, larks in cages, and a stark landscape unfold under copper mountains while the wall presses along ridges. O William Swaim notes a 1837 tradition of liquor in Montgomery cornerstones and a nearby tavern selling whiskey for eight cents a drink.
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China
Mongolia
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Asia Magazine
Kalgan
Rome
Universalist
Montgomery
O. William Swaim
Swalm
Swaim
Detroit Journal
New Insurance Idea for Woolen and Worsted Trades
British woolen and worsted industries propose employees contract out of the national unemployment insurance bill by a self devised scheme. In northern wool textile areas about 200000 workers would contribute like the state scheme plus a one tenth state share. Extra benefits could total 591980 dollars.
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House of Commons
Automatic phonograph plays up to forty records in sequence
The device, praised by Popular Mechanics, can run as many as 40 records in order with adjustable intervals from ten seconds to thirty minutes. It selects a indicated record, starts automatically, and can stop at a preset point.
European Complexities in a Quiet Moment
The fragment presents a Meggendorfer Blatter line from Munich in which a speaker asks to be taken to the station in an hour while weighing dangers of hunger and civil strife. The quotes reflect wartime anxieties, transportation worries, and the persistence of daily concerns amid conflict.
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Meggendorfer Blatter
Munich
Bayer Aspirin Trademark Claims Safety Endorsement
An advertisement asserts Bayer Aspirin tablets are genuine and proven safe by millions for over twenty years. It urges buying only from unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions for common pains and conditions. Small tins of 12 cost a few cents, with larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Knox Professor Seriously Injured After Fall From Tree
Galesburg July 3 Knox College professor H H Griffith was seriously injured when he fell from a cherry tree at his home around 10 30 this morning and was taken to the hospital. Doctors planned further tests to determine possible spinal fracture and extent of vertebral damage.
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Galesburg
H. H. Griffith
Knox College
Griffith
Sulphur and Menthol Cure for Pimples Declared Harmless
A red skin specialist promotes Mentho Sulphur as effective for breaking out pimples on the face neck arms or body. He says sulphur cannot be fully replaced and pills are harmless. Consumers are advised to ask druggists for a full jar and apply as directed.
Notable Knox College Chemist Hurt in Accident
Dr. Griffith, a prominent Knox College chemist and longtime chair, is recovering after an accident. He is well known in the Illinois Academy of Science and recently earned a degree from Northwestern University. His many friends here wish him a speedy recovery.
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Griffith
Knox College
Academy of Science of Illinois
Hut
Northwestern University
Ilis
Divercity Among Students in Glasgow Astronomy Study
The University of Glasgow experiment by T L MacDonald had six students copy Mars and lunar images with no guidance. Each produced different features, with canal, lake, or shading focus. the student best drawing the canals used the fewest shadings. Concludes planetary astronomers may be classified by canal, spot, or shade sensitivity and drawings require correction.
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T. L. MacDonald
University of Glasgow
Mars
Artontudl
Heads of Church of England Primate of All England Title
The archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of all England and holds higher authority than the archbishop of York. York presides over York’s ten dioceses and the Isle of Man, while Canterbury governs the rest of England. Canterbury crowns the king, York crowns the queen.
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Church of
York
Extraordinary checker boards from history and legend
The Columbus Dispatch notes a 1891 St Leonards Sussex concrete board 25 by 25 feet with three foot thick blocks and hooked rods for play. It recalls a Bismarck gift board with gold and silver squares, ebony base, 24 men with rubies and diamonds, valued around 150000 dollars.
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St. Leonards
Sussex
England
Columbus Q.) Dispatch
Bismarck
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