Thanksgiving reflections on war and peace across a world family
The piece contemplates Thanksgiving as a season of gratitude tempered by war’s toll. It traces the holiday’s origins from Plymouth to Lincoln and Washington, notes 1915 as a peaceful moment, and echoes Dr. Carleton Simon on collective hope for Europe's and the world’s peace. It contrasts rural scenes with war-torn hardship and celebrates the turkey’s symbolic meaning.
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United States
Europe
Carleton Simon
Sam
Turkey
Arna
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Roumania
Bay of
Varna
National Geographical Society
Dedengatch
Aegean
Dobrudja
Bucharest
Shumla
Rustchuk
Silistria
Danube
Sofia
Burgas
Devna
Austria-Hungary
Dedeagatch
Adrianople
Nedengatch
Nis
Enos
Nort
Maritza
ALL GO BACK TO THE GREEK
The article traces the origins and evolution of the Greek alphabet and its influence on modern scripts. It notes the early 19 letter set, later additions like u, v, w, x, y, z, and the shift of u and v to vowel and consonant roles by the 10th century AD. It explains the introduction of w, the z lineage, and old typographic symbols once used in schoolbooks.
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Abdul Hamid II
Enos
Gulf of Enos
Maritza
Dedengatch
Constantinople
Sofia
Bourgas
Saloniki
Aegean
Black Sea
Bulgaria
England
Thanksgiving Feast Ahead A Family Kitchen Poem
A nostalgic poem set before Thanksgiving shows Nell Margaret and Rose preparing a feast in a farmhouse kitchen. The scene shifts from stormy weather to warm, fragrant cakes and amber jelly as three cousins anticipate joining the family gathering and church hymn sharing tomorrow.
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Nell
Margaret
Rose
Nelly
Mabel Earle
Global curiosities from 1900s science and industry
The article notes that American mountain sheep are top leapers, Jamaica to host a powerful wireless station, Virginia leads soapstone, Vermont second. US Bureau of Standards probes platinum purity, German inventor's wheellike device measures irregular lines, a frog leg muscle helps record wireless signals, peat sheets replace cork insulation in Germany, and education and radio advances appear.
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Jamaica
Virginia
Vermont
United States
Bureau of Standards
Germany
England
Wales
The Sacred Spare Rib Opinion Rages Over Stuffing
The Ohio State Journal mocks adding stuffing to spareribs as sacrilege and insists the cut is perfect as is. The passage elevates spareribs above any culinary alteration and condemns attempts to improve their taste as unthinkable.
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Ohio State Journal
Composer's Rebuke to Violoncellos during Romeo and Juliet rehersal
Hans Richter chided the cello section for lacking warmth and passion in rehearsal. He urged the players to sound like lovers rather than married men, emphasizing expressive intensity in Tschaikowsky's Romeo and Juliet.
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Hans Richter
Tschaikowsky
Richter
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W. 27Th St
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Egerton Pres
North Hieventh St
Philadelphia
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Buffalo, N. Y
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Piaruser Bed, Co
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Parker
Allentown
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Dept. B
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Parcel Post
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Winthrop
Indi
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