Birds and petals blamed for historic rail and air calamities
A survey of odd disasters cites birds and rose petals as improbable wreck causes. It notes Nice airliner losses from gull strikes after takeoff and rail crashes in Mexico and Bulgaria caused by insects and petals, with trains halted by flock behavior and dropped cargo.
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Nice
Morelos
Mexico
France
Strasburg
Four surgeons aid birth of blue Angora kitten in Brazil
Four surgeons in Rio de Janeiro performed a Caesarian on Scheherazade the blue Angora and her premature litter. Only Al survived after two earlier kittens died. the mother, valued at $3,000, remains unconscious. In Chicago, three surgeons operated on a dog with blue baby disease, led by a famed US surgeon who has saved many infants. Doll the cocker spaniel puppy recovered well.
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Rio de Janeiro
Scheherazade
Tiny al
Brazil
Chicago
America
U.S
Savory meat and vegetable dishes for budget meals
A set of affordable recipes to stretch food budgets includes savory meat and vegetable stew with beef and pork, pork roll ups stuffed and tied, barbecued spare ribs with a tangy sauce, and short ribs with vegetables. Each method uses common ingredients and moderate oven times.
Goossens memoir recalls a life in music and stage mishaps
Eugene Goossens recounts a century of family influence in opera and orchestral life. He recalls a Carl Rosa rehearsal clash over flat notes and a future conductor's bravado, plus Parsifal mishaps with a stuffed swan and a quivering spear. The memoir highlights Debussy Casals Beecham Melba and Delius as famed figures in a vivid musical panorama.
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Goossens
Eugene Goossens
Carl Rosa Opera
Manuel Gomez
Eugene
Gomez
Drury Lane
Royal Albert Hall
Josef Hoffman
Rubinstein
Debussy
Casals
Thomas Beecham
Melba
Delius
Rossetti Encounters Self Portrait in Reincarnation Doubt
Elizabeth's features mirror a 15th century painter Angioleri whose self portrait hangs in the museum. Rossetti believes he was Angioleri in a prior life and that his wife posed for St. Agnes. Believers offer no proof and the mystery of reincarnation remains unresolved.
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Elizabeth
Rossetti
Angioleri
Ike
St. Agnes
Elizabeth Siddal
Do We Live a Second Time on Earth Reincarnation Beliefs
A meditation on reincarnation argues that souls return to Earth in successive lives as a school of learning. It cites Dante Rossetti and his muse Elizabeth Siddal, noting his belief in immortality and the connection to a painting of St. Agnes, amid questions of fact versus fancy.
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Earth
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
England
Jack Spratt and His Home Made Clock
In 1911 the Wiltshire village of Wooton Rivers planned a church clock to mark King George V’s coronation. Local postman Jack Spratt built the clock himself from scrap metal, attracting village support as his homemade timepiece took shape with help from a local foundry for large castings.
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England
George V
Wiltshire
Wooton Rivers
Jack Spratt
Jack
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