Belgium Builds a More Ready Belgian Army
Paris reports Belgium now fields a larger better equipped force than at the war’s start. Since Oct 1914 King Albert’s plans revived units in Normandy and Rouen with French and British aid. Training depots and officer schools multiply while Belgian recruits gain arms clothing and hospital support en route to the front.
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The
Yser
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M. de Broqueville
Antwerp
Furnes
de Selliers de Moranville
Dunkirk
Normandy
Wills Estate Bequeaths Funds to City of Sacramento
Philip Miller of Sacramento dies leaving an estate valued at about $22,000. The will directs more than $12,000 to be placed in the city's general fund to reduce local taxes, with the residue to be shared among several other beneficiaries. Miller, a longtime, unmarried pioneer resident, left no single heir.
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Sacramento
Cal
Philip Miller
City of
Miller
Man hid as woman dies in Ohio county home
In Wheeling West Virginia an elderly resident at the Ohio county home identified as Sarah Hamilton aged eighty six was found to be a man after death. The individual had lived as a woman for years and served as a domestic for a prominent family for six decades before entering the home.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Sarah” Hamilton
Ohio County
Farmer Harry Walls Killed in Truck Fall at Camden Ferry
Harry Walls of Beverly New Jersey, 35, died when he fell asleep at the Philadelphia market route and slid from his truck. The horses, left without a driver after the jolting fall, continued along to the ferry and halted in line for Philadelphia.
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Camden
N. J
Harry Walls
Beverly
Philadelphia
Philadelph
Will Open Coffin Daily At Forest Lawn Cemetery
For two months the caretaker of Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles will daily open the coffin of William C. Kipp a retired LA capitalist. The ritual follows Mr Kipp's will and his fear of premature burial as a haunting motive.
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Los Angeles
Forest Lawn Cemetery
William C. Kipp
Kipp
British Capture of Ovillers in Bitter Somme Fight
In the Somme battle of Ovillers the garrison of the Third Prussian Guards surrendered after a siege marked by desperate fighting and brutal house to house warfare. British troops breached cellars and ruins, using bombing and machine gun fire to isolate the defenders until they yielded nearly 140 men.
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Ovillers
Jong
Hen mothers woodpecker with eleven chicks in Federalsburg
Iva Cordrey reports an odd case near here where a hen that had been missing for some time returned with eleven chicks and a tiny woodpecker. The woodpecker appears to have hatched from an egg laid in the hen’s nest while the bird searched for food, and the hen treats it as part of her brood.
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Federalsburg
Ind
Iva Cordrey
Compromise Ends 20 Year Litigation in Gilbert Hopkins Case
After twenty years of multi state court proceedings the Gilbert Hopkins timber land dispute in North Carolina and Tennessee settles for 1.5 million dollars in a federal court decree filed in Agisis. Dennis Hogan fifteen was killed in Castle Grove township when kicked by a horse while trying to uncheck drinking horses. his neck was broken and he died at once.
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N. C
Gilbert Hopkins
Fitle
Thuber
North Carolina
Tennessee
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Agigis
C. A. Henry
Ida Weir
Doron
Frane Herrick
Dennis Hogan
D. M. Hogan
Castle Grove Township
Nature Provides For Birds On Northern Tundra Ice
A Siberian natural storage system allows Arctic birds to feast. Nexry Seebohm notes the Petchora region where snow preserves last year’s berries beneath the tundra. Spring melts reveal ripe fruit ready for migration passages and nourished flocks.
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Sberia
Nexry Seebohm
Petchora
Ural Mountains
Aretbe Ocean
Nova Zembla
Sahara
German coffee customs and early milk mixing history
The piece notes Munich coffee houses empty when mill sale is banned and traces coffee’s arrival in Europe. It cites 1087 as the start of coffee with milk and sugar, referencing Mme de Sevigne and early European practices before mixing with mill. It also mentions Mrs. Bishop and unrelated tea habits in Manchester Guardian context.
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Europe
Mme. de Sevigne
Mme. de la Sabliere
Japan
Alnus
Remarkable Bread Baking Experiment in Marylebone
In April 1854 in Marylebone England two French bakers demonstrated the ability to bake 184 loaves from a flour sack while English bakers produced 90 loaves. The Marylebone guardians lent their bakery for a sealed test with health safety checks and left the process to the French men.
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Marylebone
England
Dreams of Henri and Nora Shake Helen in Sleep
Helen awakes from a dream of Henri mauling Nora as Nora sings softly. She fears the union of Henri and Nora, recalls a prior kiss, and then hears Nora’s voice in the hall. A sudden silence follows and notes of Henri’s singing echo a frightened, torn moment.
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Henri
Nora
Nenri
Metropolitan
Tlelen
Nota
Monsieur Thenri
Faithfulness of Christ as Guide to Salvation
A devotional essay compares Jesus Christ to Moses, praising faithfulness as key to salvation. It stresses Christ as the faithful high priest over his house, able to complete redemption, and urges believers to trust his ongoing support in temptation and trials.
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Mason
Jesus Christ
Moses
Jesus
Redeemer
Paul
God
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