The Three Disgraces and a Night of Mystery
Crichton Emlay wanders Chelsea Embankment on a warm summer night and encounters the masked Princess Marie, who is really Princess Vassili in disguise. She explains their father’s political danger and their plan to stay safe by public ridicule, seeking Crichton’s sympathy and possible aid while fearing discovery by enemies.
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Chelsea Embankment
M Ereran
Emlay
Moscow
Marie
Thera
Crichton
Epis
Tondon
Paris
Goa
Mane
Toose
Stah
Tennyson Terrace
Robert Browning Gardens
Batterten
Mary
Petersburg
London
Vassili
Sauk
Russia
Crichon
Prince Vassili links to Marie promise amid exile tale
A tangled London scene shows a young man courting Princess Marie as political shifts unfold. The Czarewitsch’s ally is restored to favor, and society pages hint at Mr Crichton Emlay’s marriage to Marie, daughter of Prince Vassili, in Petersburg and Moscow.
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Marie
London
Battersea
Newspeace
Assisi
Crichonne
Russia
Vassili
Society
Crichton Emlay
Mnreter
Prince Vassili
Petersome
Moscow
Feeding Dairy Cows and Individual Ration Needs
The article explains dairy cows vary in how they use feed, stressing observation of each animal. It covers digestion, manure, and the role of nitrogenous matter, albuminoids, fats, and carbohydrates in forming feeding units, advising feeding according to milk yield and digestive capacity.
Ration Adjusts Food Weights and Fat Tokens
A fragment describes adjustments to rationing as the shoulder of the ally compels weighing of food into flesh and fat. The text indicates a recalibration of portions to balance nutrition with available supplies.
Oxygen and tillage in soil bacteria study
The article argues that soil bacteria require air and that tillage depth and drainage control oxygen levels, influencing bacterial activity and crop production. It emphasizes rational tillage and drainage as essential to support plant needs and microbial processes in various soil moisture conditions.
Cows Show Milk Yield Peaks By Fifth Calf In Breed Tests
Experiments find average milk per cow rises each year up to the fifth lactation, from 389 gallons to 719, then declines. Calving time strongly affects total yield with cows calving March to August averaging 516 gallons and those calving September to February about 686 gallons per head.
New American Torpedo Aims for Guiding Magnetic Target
Report describes a torpedo patent using a magnetic electric device that detects large metal masses to steer toward a ship. A nickel silver top with two arms and four inch coils enables high frequency current to induce relays that steer the rudder toward the target. The design claims accuracy at ranges of two to five miles regardless of target maneuvers.
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Pattena
X Ray Method to Detect Hidden Contraband on Cotton Bales
British inspectors in New York use a Seay X-ray system to uncover guns, ammunition, copper, or other enemy aids in cotton bales bound for Germany. Bales are scanned by X rays. metal blocks the rays, revealing hidden items on fluroscope screens, allowing rapid multi bale screening.
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New York
Germany
Ane
Segmented Scientific Note on Mercury Tubes and Calibration
A fragment discusses mercury tubes and calibration methods. It notes a correction for dilation, sensitivity of the apparatus, and how increasing reservoir volume or reducing the cross-section of the graduated tube affects readings. Names and precise details are unreadable in places.
Marine turbine construction output and horsepower figures
The report outlines total horsepower in marine turbine construction reaching about 17 million across company and lessee works, with roughly 10.5 million used for warships. It notes a year’s rise of about one horsepower and indicates over 1 million horsepower in mercantile vessels and yachts.
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Marines
Mercantile Marine
Marvels of Suez Canal and its enduring widening
Since 1896 about £72 million has been spent on widening and improving the Suez Canal. On opening the channel had a uniform depth, but it has long since been widened and deepened to keep traffic flowing. Last year over 9 million cubic yards of material were removed to maintain the waterway. By 1865 shares were valued at £5,976,582 with 176,608 held by the Khedive, and the British Government won joint control with France.
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Buez
France
Russia builds monster sub for government use
A 400 foot long submarine with 34 foot beam and 5400 ton displacement is under construction for the Russian Government. It would cruise at 26 knots on the surface and 6 knots submerged, with a 18500 mile range. Armament includes sixty torpedoes five 4.7 inch guns and 120 mines, designed to slip into enemy harbors at night and withdraw unseen.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
Quotes on Beauty Morality and Friendship From Various Thinkers
A collection of aphorisms and reflections from Emerson Richter Avebury Jones Coleridge Novalis Rousseau and Arnold. The passages explore originality adversity pride vanity kindness piety and the reformer’s view of labor. It presents varied insights on human character and society in compact form.
Interesting War Notes MILITARY FUNERALS
Fragmentary notes describe full military honours funerals with a coffin borne on a gun carriage and the Last Post sounded by a bugler. The text mentions soldiers and a sword, but parts are garbled, leaving unclear names or locations.
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Buglerx
Origin of the DoqreateR Goose Step Tale Reflects Army History
A humorous peer recounts the origin of the goose step as a German army practice. Geese from Pomerania walked to Berlin with glue and gravel to protect feet, evolving into a marching style. The passage then shifts to a wartime warning about the white flag as a potential prelude to deception and cautions against disguising in enemy uniforms.
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Feri Peer
Pomerania
Berlin
You
Ted
Millions Spent On War A Century Ago And Now
A discussion notes the United Kingdom’s rising national debt and population growth since the Napoleonic era. It compares historical costs of wars to modern figures, citing debt totals on February 1st, 1816 and June 30th, 1915, and considers the longterm fiscal burden and national revenue trends.
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Ernest Woods
Institute of Actuaries
Icera
Emden’s Last Stand at Coral Island Cocoe
A fragmentary account recalls the Emden threat near Cocoe, a palm clad coral island in the Pacific under King Ross. It notes a lease to Eastern Extension Cable Co and a boat crew serving as cable station operators, plus local outbreaks and a joss temple incident before the Emden’s defeat and wartime cable repairs.
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Emden
Pacific
Dutch East- Indies
Ross
Hoss
Eastern Extension Cable Company
Joss
Japan
Germany
Deep Sea Soundings and Piezometer Innovation
A. Berger discusses a new piezometer to remove errors in deep sea soundings. The device uses a water-filled reservoir connected to a mercury side vessel, with a narrow silvered tube calibrated for pressure, aiming for uniform sensitivity with depth.
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A. Berger
Awake to trace God in every face by Mary E Coleridge
A short verse urging awakeness to find the divine minuteness in nature and in human faces. It laments blindness that makes streets hell and meadows paradise by ignoring God in creation and calls for perceiving His touch in all beings. Mary E Coleridge.
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Hell
Tricks in War and Red Cross Rules
A discussion notes that deception is common in warfare but international law forbids dishonorable tricks. It highlights the Red Cross flag’s strict use for medical supplies or wounded soldiers only, forbidding its placement on wagons carrying cans or other nonmedical items.
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Red Cross
Beautiful Ypres and Its Ruined Hall and Churches
A brief sketch of Ypres in West Flanders describing its medieval streets and notable sites. It notes ruins and historic halls, guilds, churches, burgher houses, and the Market Hall with a facade that once stood proud, reflecting a rich Flemish past.
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Frere
West Flanders
Belgium
Heminders
St. Martin
Feeding the Hung. German Army Ration Details
The article outlines German military daily rations as 260 g of fresh bread or 17 oz biscuits, 130 g fresh meat or 10 oz smoked meat, 60 g flour or 52 g potatoes, 10 g coffee or sugar, and a bacon side weighing 18,090,000 rb. It notes these are standard rations for a German soldier, with flex during major formations.
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Eitetig
Caine
Peek of Sond
Horseshoes as Military Mascots Across History
A historic note on horseshoes as symbols of luck and protection among soldiers and sailors. From thirteenth century warfare to Royal gifting, Nelson era ships, sailors, and the Crown Prince are cited, with horseshoes attached to masts, guns, and vehicles for safety and fortune.
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Fay
Oakham
Valchelin de Ferreis
Asone
Edward
Tommy
Germany
Jack
Nelson
Trafalgar
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