Favorite Song of the West Point Cadets
The cadet band in 1944 produced few songs yet inspired a new tune Ora Lee from a Mississippi Valley singer. The piece spread briefly as a marching quickstep before fading, while Army Blue remained widely known across the United States.
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West Point
Cork
Benny Havens
Millard
Wiebes
Mississippi Valley
Tafterward
Ora Lee
United States
Captain King
Highest Windmill on a 190 Foot Tower on Long Island
A. J. Corcoran builds the tallest windmill tower yet on Prescott Hall Butler property in St. James Long Island. The 190 foot tower raises a 22 foot diameter mill that pumps water from a spring beached by tides to a reservoir. Construction used 20 barrels of cement 40 parcels of cement 20 000 bricks 42 000 feet of Georgia pine and over six tons of hardware.
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A. J. Corcoran
Prescott Hall Butler
St. James
Long Island
Corcoran
Amercau
Extraordinary oil from eggs heals wounds for South Russia colonists
Old column notes a folk remedy from South Russia using boiled yolks pressed over a fire to extract oil for curing cuts and bruises. A single yolk yields about two teaspoonfuls of oil, praised by colonists. The same clipping mentions that pension payments to veterans and widows this year will be set at about two dollars per month.
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South Russia
St. Louis Star-Savings
Hall's Catarrh Core Claimed Constitutional Cure
Advert shows Hall's Catarrh Core as a constitutional remedy with price seven. It notes Aventeax locomotives adopted as standard for Japanese railroads.
Felix and Drusilla Hear Paul Speak in Pompeian Palace
In a marble palace Felix trembles as Paul declares eternal judgment, while Drusilla watches. The kingly governor postpones hearing the gospel, seeking a convenient season, and the scene ends with Felix sending Paul back to the guard room. The message warns against delaying faith, urging immediate conversion.
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Poe Iz
Mount Veauvines
Drusilla
Aayato Felix
Pan
Tertalins
T'aul
Paul
Govenor
Corinth
Acropolis
Philipp
Thessalonica
Arzius
Delilah
Samson
Saome
Herod
Stata
Searis
Tams
Gol
Charles Sumner
Independi Hall
Boston
Boston Common
Senate Chamber
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tring
Heaven
Dru
Southern advice urges cotton plow up for corn and millet
The Southern Atlanta Constitution urges farmers to switch from cotton to corn and millet to feed stock, warning that this year's prices are very low and food for livestock will be scarce.
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Atlanta Constitution
Ers
Dentists Warn Of Declining Teeth Across Generations
Dentists report a rise in dental caries seen as alarming across generations. A Hospital writer notes a great grandmother possessed perfect teeth while a ten year old requires extensive work. They blame civilization and culinary art for jaw atrophy, urging a switch to brown whole meal bread to strengthen teeth.
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Hospital
French chemists race on synthetic diamond hunt
The report traces parallel work by Berthelot Friedel and Rousseau after Moissan and Acheson in producing hard substances from coal and clay. It describes silicone carbide experiments and the quest for diamond like crystals, noting a silica and salt mix and layered compositions yielding hardness between diamond and corundum.
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M. Moissan
Berthelot
Friedel
Rousseau
Acheson
Publ
Description of the piano as European beast sings
A Chinese traveler describes the piano to fellow countrymen comparing it to a four legged beast that sings when a person sits and plays. The performer presses its tail while striking its white teeth producing music, and though loud it remains tame and untethered. The account mirrors a humorous cultural metaphor from Das Neue Blatt.
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Europe
Trains Still Run Across Manitoba Snowfast Roads
The Halifax Critic notes northern Manitoba trains remain in use despite harsh conditions. A last train to Stanley covered 350 miles in four days, averaging about ninety miles daily. The railway opens communication with settled Southern Manitoba, while the dot remains the best transit for passengers and mails in sparse areas.
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Manitoba
Dot
Stanley
Halifax
Home for Truants in Boston to Open New School
A Boston home for truants and troublesome boys will open a school where about twenty five youths form a family unit under a superintendent and wife. Each group gets a gifted teacher, three hours of study daily, and four hours of city occupation training. Boys perform all housework and work on a thirty acre estate, with Sunday sessions offering moral morning lessons and denominational afternoon instruction.
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Boston
Scientific American
Epitaph in Mount Pleasant Cemetery for John Hand
Flowery inscription on a monument at the entrance of Mount Pleasant Cemetery New Jersey recalls John Hand born March 11 1842 who died July 13 1862 after a cherry tree branch fell his neck broken. Also mentions three infant children with epitaph New York Tribune.
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Newars
N. J
John Hand
New York
Syrup of Figs Ad Promises Gentle Laxative Benefits
An advertisement touts a liquid laxative claiming comfort and improvement from using Syrup of Figs. It praises kidney liver and bowel cleansing, cold and fever relief, and constipation cure, noting medical approval and that only the California Fig Syrup Co. manufactures it with the product name on each package.
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California Fig, Syrup Co
Influence of Color on Diseases Experiments
The New York Ledger reports experiments testing color effects on disease. Smallpox patients exposed to red light largely recover quickly with low fever and few scars, despite severe illness. The piece notes previous blue-glass interest and occasional revivals of color therapy.
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New York Ledger
Curious Bamboo Organ At Shanghai Jesuits Church
A Shanghai correspondent reports a bamboo pipe organ at the Jesuits' Church in Shanghai. Made by a native brother coadjutor, the instrument yields angelic tones described as incomparable and never heard in Europe by observers.
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Shanghai
China
Europe
Chicago Herald
Newark hunter nets $105 bounty for seven young wolves
Matthew Smith of Newark Wisconsin accomplished a notable day by hunting seven young wolves. The bounty awarded under Wisconsin law totals $105.
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Matthew Smith
Newark
Wic
University College OF Medicine
Richmond
Virginia
Hunter McGuire
J. A. White
Treas
J. Allison Houges
Ec'y. Hichmond
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