Mirage of Troop Movements At Sheikh Saad Battle
A correspondent describes the January 7混 battle near Sheikh Saad on the Tigris plain. Mirage and dust obscure troop evolutions, making infantry appear as trees and artillery indistinct while wounded stream in for care. The report notes heavy casualties and ambiguous shelling before a broader advance.
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Sheikh Saad
Arabia
Tigris
Sheikh Fiaad
Jodas
Mesopotamia
France
Monitor survivor John Driscoll to sail before death
John Driscoll of Hampton Virginia the last survivor of the Monitor the Civil War ship that defeated the Merrimac will ride a warship through the Panama Canal before he dies The aged sailor who met Lincoln regained a lifelong wish by asking the navy to grant him a passage voyage aboard a navy ship.
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John Driscoll
Hampton
U. S
Monitor
Merrimac
Lincoln
Washington
Driscoll
United States
Navy Department
Panama Canal
Funeral Waits For Coffin From Home Walnut Tree
The funeral of Mrs. Anton Wieneke of Edwardsville Illinois was delayed until a coffin could be made from a walnut tree chosen on their farm as a family project. The tree was cut into boards and left to season until last June when the husband, then eighty, ordered it made into coffins. Mrs Wieneke, seventy seven, was the daughter of Anton Louis a pioneer St Louis druggist.
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St. Louis
Anton Weineke
Edwardsville
Ill
Wienecke
Wieneke
Silver coin found on Fredericksburg lot dates to 1790
Arthur Kue nemann found a silver dollar sized coin on his Fredericksburg lot. It is struck under Francis II emperor of Germany king of Bohemia and Hungary and remains in fair preservation.
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Fredericksburg, Tex
Arthur Kuenemann
Francis II
Germany
Bohemia
Hungary
Scare of his life from two soot black owls in Kentucky
J T McNay of Short Creek awoke about 12 30 at night fearing a skeleton at his bed. He found two screech owls on the head of his bed making noise with their claws and jaws. The owls flew against the window when he rose. He concluded they fell down the chimney from the soot darkened top of the chimney.
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Falmouth
J. T. McNay
Short Creek
Old St. Peter
Mr. McNay
Blind Man Runs Mills In Williamsport Farm Business
O. L. Wilder a 42 year old blind man in Williamsport Pa. supports his family after losing sight fourteen years ago. He built and operates a feed mill with hands on installing bins and equipment and has since opened three more mills. He bags weighs and loads all products and runs a small grocery as a side line.
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Williamsport
O. L. Wilder
Milla
Unusual New York Chick Dies After Hatching
A chicken hatched in Brooklyn belonging to Fred Mohrmann died soon after emerging from the shell. The bird reportedly had four legs four wings and two backs.
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New York
Fred Mohrmann
Brooklyn
Boy Falls Four Stories In New York
Four year old Samuel Zacher fell from a fourth story window landing on a crate of eggs and suffering a fractured jaw.
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New York
Samuel Zacher
Little Girl Found in Trenches Adopted by British Regiment
A soldier recounts how an eight month old girl found in a ditch near La Bassee was taken into a British trench, cared for by officers and men, and later renamed Phyllis after Philip Impey. She rode with the unit between lines, received gifts from German soldiers, and was eventually taken to Bedford with the sergeant major. The parentage remains a mystery.
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London
Northampton Daily Echo
Philip Impey
Tommy
Phyllis
Philip
The
Ser
Geant
Ingland
Bedford
la Basses
Bride Killed in Bathtub by Electric Lamp
In Toledo Ohio Mrs Josephine Bellows twenty two seated in a bathtub reading a magazine as the tub filled an electric lamp toppled into the tub broke and charged the water with electricity killing her instantly Neighbors heard the commotion but found the apartment locked The husband Bertram Bellows was on a train home from a business trip Miss Josephine Clapp daughter of a retired merchant was popular socially.
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Toledo
Josephine Bellows
Bertram B. Bellows
Bathroom spring wire bracket for soap or tumbler
A bathroom novelty is a spring wire bracket clamped to a faucet, shaped to hold a tumbler or a cake of soap securely.
IS SHAVED BY AUTO LIGHT
Clayton real estate dealer Frank Tegethoff raced to a Clayton barber shop to be shaved before a train. A failed lamp halted the barbering until Tegethoff’s son Leo drove the car onto the sidewalk, directing headlight glare onto his father’s face so the shave could finish and the train was boarded.
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Clayton, Mo
Frank Tegethoff
Tegethoff
Clayton
Leo
Free Convicts Take Wages From Walla Walla Penitentiary
In Olympia Washington 15 inmates leaving the state prison at Walla Walla took with them 704 dollars earned while on road work and other public jobs. The leading man carried 92.70 dollars and the group included at least one member with 85.10 dollars and others with 60 to 80 dollars. A 30 man detachment was ordered to the honor camp which will close July 1. Twenty prisoners were selected for transfer April 1 to the Meskill quarry in Lewis county.
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Olympia
Wash
Walla Walla
Douglas County
Honor
Meskill
Lewis County
Saved by Snow In Well Rescue
A 1300 pound horse owned by Walter Nollmeyer fell 35 feet into a well near Withrow Washington and was saved by a heavy pack of snow at the bottom. Eight men used ropes and tackle to pull the animal free with no injuries reported.
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Withrow
Wash
Walter Nollmeyer
Gernhardt Leaves Lodge Members $3 Each
Yonkers grocer William Gernhardt wills $3 to each of 150 lodge members who attended his funeral to reimburse for the logs of their day. The bequest honors attendees and memorializes the veteran member in a small village ceremony.
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Yonkers
N. Y
William Gernhardt
Riddles and a Gilk Umbrella
A dialog in quizzing style features a man with a habitual conundrum, asking what is harder to keep than a heart. The response comes from a sad-eyed party who claims knowledge of the saying and offers a Gilk umbrella as the answer.
Hla Wife's Sense of Humor
A humorous exchange recalls a husband returning home late and his wife teasing him with a playful nickname query. The man quips about being greeted as if sneaking in like a lamb, while his wife comments on the odd call.
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Hla
March
Ney
Mixed Historical Clippings on War, Industry and Culture
A collage notes the diamond trade hit by war, U S dynamite usage by farmers, low drunkenness arrests at a San Francisco exposition, colonial attitudes in India toward American autos, a Mexican War song, and early works by David Shelley and Mendelssohn with a favorable nod to Shakespeare.
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England
India
United States
David
Shelley
Mendelssohn
The God of Isaac Mood and Meaning in a Quiet Life
The author argues Isaac exemplifies an ordinary life ordered by God with quiet virtues. He contrasts Isaac’s meek submission to God and deliberate meditation with modern restlessness, linking Isaac to Christ as a type and urging faithful living in common tasks.
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Isaac
Mark Guy Pearson
Abraham
Tanne
Tanae
Horace Bushnell
Mount
Moriah
Gornr
Jaane
Issac
Esau
Alexander Wright
Temperance
Christ
Paul
Aspirations and the call to a greater life
The quote by Phillips Brooks laments the day a man is content with his life thoughts and deeds and no longer feels the urge to do something larger, recognizing every person as a child of God destined for higher purpose.
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God
Phillips Brooks
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