Legion of Honor Candidate Misstory of Folichon
A village pensioner Folichon is lauded as a heroic rescuer. Rumors grow into a national legend, sparking political campaigns to award him the Legion of Honor, while Paris officials dispute his past as a police pensioner and a dubious medal claim. Local pride spreads through Sologne village life and electoral fervor.
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Nanvay
Sologne
Oliver Folichou
Esteen
Felichon
Mme. Cretu
Cole
Oretu
Sorthenes
Folichon
Paris
Monsieur Folichon
Mother Creth
Sosthenes
Hesper
Mother Cretu
Oliver Folichon
Nancay
Vilage
M. Felichon
Fo Hchon
Eberniers
Oscar of Nee
France
War Ministry
Oscar
M. Folichon
Thirty-eighth Dragoons
Oliver
Vierzon
Romorantin
Sancerre
Saint Armand
Bourges
Germany
Humane Society
Legion of Honor
Police
Bercy
the Humane Society
Modest remark affirms consistency of statements
The speaker notes continued modesty and insists no contradictory claims were ever made. They question whether any such assertion existed, implying they have remained consistent and honest in their statements.
Tests of mentality in public schools show links to physical measures
Chicago Record-Herald reports findings from the child study department tests on 217 boys at John Worthy School nicknamed the juvenile bridewell. Results show general inferiority in physical and memory measures for these boys, worsening with age, while brighter pupils tend to have better muscular control and memory, and taller pupils align with higher school efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Smedley
John Worthy School
Jr. Smedley
Proverb Medley Reflects on Envy and Learning
A string of old sayings from multiple languages offers caution about envy, justice, and self-improvement. It cites upsets between appearance and reality, learning in small steps, and the perils of judging others while neglecting self-evaluation. Notable voices include French, Schiller, Persian, Emerson, and Terence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schiller
Terence
Emerson
Colton
Bulver
Ages for Marrying Across Europe and Turkey
The Chicago Chronicle notes varying marriage ages by country. Germany allows a man at least thirteen. Portugal permits a fourteen year old boy and a twelve year old girl. Greece requires a man to have seen fourteen summers and a girl twelve. France and Belgium set eighteen for men and sixteen for women. Spain requires a fourteen year old man and twelve year old woman. Austria allows fourteen. Turkey accepts youths able to walk and understand religious service for marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Portugal
Greece
France
Belgium
Spain
Austria
Turkey
Chicago Chronicle
The Oak and the Squash
A late Oberlin College president, Dr Barrows, advised a student to pursue the longest course possible. He noted God makes an oak in a hundred years but a squash in six months, implying dedication shapes the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrows
Oberlin College
Chicago Inter-Ocean
As to Influence Strong men easily swayed by unseen forces
The piece argues that powerful men are susceptible to unconscious influence often from weak sources. It notes the negative nature of such influence and warns that it can come unexpectedly, shaping decisions without awareness.
Parrot Beaks Outshine Eagles in Strength and Teeth
Science and Industry notes parrot beak muscles surpass eagle strength with macaws biting through nails and wire. It records discoveries of two seal rookeries on Karpa island and discusses nose development in humans, a Wisconsin meteorite shield shaped find, a mass air cooling experiment at St Louis fair, and Tempel’s 1869 comet reappearances and orbital brightness variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertholf
Karpa Island
Shumiagia
Pela
Algoma
Wis
University of Wisconsin
St. Louis Fair
Electric fog bell on Lombard slip rouses waterfront
The Bell Line railroad slips near Lombard Street have an electrified fog bell installation. Superintendent H B Senates ordered the experiment after captains complained about dense weather. The iron guarded mechanism rings every five seconds, audible to Goat Island and beyond, aiming to wake fogbound vessels.
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Bell Line
Lombard Street
H. B. Senates
Belt Line
Goat Island
San Francisco
The Man and His Gans Firearm Collection Heist
A man boasted of a vast firearm collection from many ages and nations. An overnight burglar entered and stole the entire trove, proving unloaded guns can still fire. Moral: unloaded weapons are dangerous, so caution is advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Various Potentials for Industry From 1901 Observations and Inventions
The article surveys vast dyestuff varieties from coal tar and planned smokeless coal from garbage in France, noting briquette production from refuse and tar. It describes river chain propulsion used on freight boats, sunspot observations by the Solar Commission, widespread potato drying for alcohol and cattle feed in Germany, a Madagascar rafia fiber used for cigarette paper, and a Shaw prize gold medal awarded to James Tonge Jr. for a hydraulic mining cartridge reducing mining hazards.
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Germany
Society of Arts
Shaw Prize For Industrial Hygiene
James Tonge, Jr
Westhouzhton
Lancashire
Benjamin Shaw
Ufe
Nose substitution surgery by Russian surgeon described
A Medical Journal report describes a radical nose replacement method by attaching a finger to the face and shaping it into a nose. The procedure includes finger attachment, then four weeks later severing the finger and final nose adjustment, with two cases cited as successful under local anesthesia.
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Vreden
Medical Journal
Edward Everett Hale Advice on Fating Experience
The piece notes Hale’s view that fasting for twenty four hours yields good experience. It remarks he is not apt to be cross if the egg is hard or the buckwheat cold in later life.
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Edward Everett Hale
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Aude
Felis N. Gerson
Lippincott
Mortjoyeux
New York Commercial Advertiser
Science and Industry
Tempel
Elbe
Rhine
The
Solar Commission of
French Astronomical Society
Madagascar
United States
Europe
Garlenas
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