Pitchoune the Captain and the Loyal Terrier
In Tarascon a young Cavalry captain Sabron and his loyal ordonnance care for a dying terrier named Michette and a stray pup Pitchoune. The captain consents to keep the last pup while the orderly warns Pitchoune may soon die as the captain contemplates attending a dinner invitation at the Esclignac estate with Miss Redmond.
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le Comte Dé Sabron
Brunet
Tarascon
Capitaine
Mon Cassitaine
Sabron
Monsieur le Capitaine
Sabron Rose
Madame Michette
Sabron's Paris Sojourn and the Night at Esclignac
In a memory of the Chateau d'Esclignac Sabron recalls the moonlit Rhone view the gracious welcome of Miss Redmond and the Marquise. He remembers her song the lullaby for a sleeping puppy and later a second invitation as he admires a tapestry scene and a white dress near the rose terrace.
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Sabron
Chateau d’Esclignac
Rhone
Brunet
Pitchoune
Brynet
Chateau
Miss Redmond
Julia Redmond
Rene
Marquise d’Esclignac
Sabror
Madame d’Esclignac
Capitaine Contends With Puppy On the Road to Survival
Brunet argues with a captain as Sabron tends Michette's one surviving puppy. The month-old pup shows bright eyes and a pleading manner while it remains on a table beside a basket. Pitchoune must live, despite the harshness of the journey and the creature’s precarious fate.
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Brunet
Sabron
Michette
Pitchoune
Modern Warfare Turns on Motor Power in WWI
The text notes the vast scale of WWI forces and the shift to motor transport. It cites speeds that outpace troops, with motor wagons delivering ammunition and food, reshaping command, supply, and movement as highlighted by Charlee L. Freeston in Scribner's Magazine.
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France
Charlee L. Freeston
Scribner's Magazine
Stamps Ready for Storage Suggest Hair Rub Trick
To prevent stamps from sticking together, the guide advises rubbing them with hair before storing. The tip claims this mild friction reduces cling and preserves stamp condition.
King's Pantry Treasures Worth Over A Million Pounds
The article tours the famous royal pantry of Queen Mary at Windsor Castle. It highlights two rooms filled with plate, gold and silver artworks, including a yard long solid silver table bearing royal emblems and a celebrated Nautilus vase by Cellini, plus antique pieces from Elizabeth I to George IV.
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Windsor
Elizabeth
Dazsling
Benvenuto Cellini
Nuremberg
Nicholas Schmidt
Nell Gwynn
Charles II
George IV
Wall street broker seeks gold brick deal after odd encounter
A broker with a rare English surname recalls meeting a working class man with a similar name who asked for five dollars, hinting at a possible scam. He doubted the claim but woke up thinking to share the tale with fellow traders and asks readers to relay any gold bricks for sale.
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Wall Street
Canada
England
John
Dinotherium Fossil Found in Staten Island Clay
The fossil unearthed 15 feet below street level in St George Staten Island resembles a dinotherium says the discoverer while the foreman notes elephant like bones. The coroner is expected to comment later. The find offers a distraction from wartime headlines.
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St. George
Staten Island
New York
On His Dignity and Military Misunderstandings
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney praised the new English army and shared a humorous war anecdote. An English colonel repeatedly saluted a recruit who kept omitting the salute, until the sentry explained that they had fallen out the day before, prompting a quiet understanding.
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Harry Payne Whitney
America
New York
Fragment of First Bomb Offered for Auction by Times Fund
A donor offers a fragment of the first bomb that fell on English soil as an enduring war relic. The piece will be sold to the highest bidder with the sale proceeds added to the Times fund for the sick and wounded. The purchaser will receive the authentic history of how the fragment was obtained.
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Times Fund
The
London Times
For Love of the Work in Russia Women Train as Healers
The Russian world War era notes that women have no social leisure and devote themselves to national service. In London, a Russian attaché’s wife says Russian women study medicine and nursing widely, especially among educated and rural classes where daughters aid the sick when doctors are far away.
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Rusesla-of
London
Russia
Note from Cousin John Proves Worthless to Him
A Detroit Free Press quotation shows a character dismissing a note from Cousin John after claiming six notes are all useless. The exchange highlights a suspicious or futile collection effort and a casual, noir tone in dialogue.
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John
Detroit Free Press
Horses and storms race home in tall tale recalls
A Yankee boasts of a mare Maizypop outrunning an express on a 30 mile run to Chicago. A Canadian farmer recalls a pony racing a fierce storm for ten miles toward home as his dog swam the distance behind. Both anecdotes appear in the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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Maizypop
Chicago
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Retiring Disposition Sparks Banter in Room
Miss Weereigh and Mr. Boreleigh exchange playful lines about being inclined to retire at eleven forty in a humorous domestic moment. The dialogue centers on a teasing remark and a self aware confession of a tendency to withdraw.
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Boreleigh
Miss Weereigh
Mr. Boreleigh
Yale Seal Flub Delivers Blasphemers and Farmers Motto
A historical note claims Yale University’s official seal was mistakenly engraved with the motto Blasphemers and Farmers instead of Light and Truth due to a misread Hebrew lettering. The error, if kept secret, might have gone unnoticed by most readers.
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Yale University
Interesting Discoveries From Agriculture Dept on Bird Populations
The Agriculture Department reports bird density findings in the United States noting robins as the most common, with sparrows close behind, and observes birds favoring populated centers. The census, to be repeated on a larger scale, relies on volunteer contributions with no funds allocated.
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Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
United States
Chevy Chase
Safety device for aviator parachute unfolding auto
A parachute is strapped to the aviator around the waist and shoulders and folded against the body. It unfolds automatically to act against air in a fall, with a balloon-shaped canopy and wings described.
New Synthetic Resins Open Market Trade
A Scientific American writer reports new synthetic resins recently discovered and marketed under many trade names. They replace bone horn ivory and other materials in items like artificial amber pipestems beads and buttons. The resins do not melt or soften at any temperature and char slowly when heated to high temperatures. They are insoluble in common solvents.
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Scientific American
Weather study hints at winds triggering West forest fires
The weather bureau reports a study of meteorological conditions that favor forest fires and proposes a special warning service for hot dry winds common to timbered West regions.
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Winda
Weather Bureau
Scientific American
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