Capt Karl Spindler Details Casement Plot And Irish Guns
Captain Karl Spindler, a German naval officer, recalls aiding Sir Roger Casement's plan to land arms in Ireland with a submarine and 20 000 Russian rifles amid a failed harbor landing at Tralee. He describes Casement as visionary but impractical, the submarine voyage, and his own two year prison stay after the Queenstown incident.
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Karl Spindler
Ireland
Roger Casement
Germany
Captain Spindler
Spindler
Casement
Arctic
Tralee
Queenstown
The Echidna and Fiddler Crabs in Australia and Cape Cod
A children's piece describes the Echidna or Porcupine Ant Eater with its prickly spines long tongue and conservative teeth display. It then moves to Cape Cod fiddler crabs that move in a living beach crowd with one claw enlarged as the fiddle and the other as the bow, plus the humorous stage name Signor Uca Gelasimus Pugitator.
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Australia
Cape Cod
Signor Uca Gelasimus
How It Started Hackneyed Expression
The term hackneyed derives from hack a hired horse tied to abuse and fatigue. A writer who rehashes stale tales earns the name hack. Hackneyed thus means a worn phrase or tale with little freshness, tracing to 1921 usage cited by Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Home Care Tips From Old Advice
A reader shares dated household hints including storing Dreserves in darkness, using turpentine on enamel to remove stains, cooling water for cleaning flour and egg mixtures, and soaking dry lemons in cold water to rehydrate them.
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Western Newspaper Union
Convulsive Dress Confusion Sparks Weekend Laughter
A lighthearted exchange centers on a dress that proves too small for a woman. Her husband jokes the outfit causes convulsions as he helps her attempt to fit into the garment, prompting the room to burst into laughter.
Hannon Begins Sixtieth Year at New Britain Brass Foundry
Patrick 4H Hannon, seventy four, marks sixty years of continuous service at a brass foundry in New Britain Connecticut. He remains strong and active.
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New Britain
Conn
Patrick
Hannon
Cause of Waves On Pavement Arises In Conversation
In a humorous exchange a couple notes the pavement appears wavy. He attributes the effect to flagstones laid beneath, while she questions the craft.
Kitchen Cabinet Recipes for Light Desserts and Dishes
The Kitchen Cabinet offers Lemon Whipped Cream Sauce for cottage or sponge cake, Cream of Pea Soup using pea soup with milk and onion, Half and Half a citrus punch with orange and lemon juice, and Brownie Orange Toast topped with orange zest. Serves eight in the dessert spread.
World’s oldest triplets celebrate 72nd birthday in Milford
Milford Alabama hosts triplets William Understock Mrs Josephine Understock Blessing and John Understock who are believed to be the oldest triplets. They were born in Napoleonville in 1859 and William and Mrs Blessing live in Kankakee while John resides on a South Dakota farm and makes annual visits for the birthday celebration.
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Milford, al
William Understock
Josephine Understock Blessing
Kankakee
John Understock
Conde
South Dakota
Naperville
Stranded German Count Seeks Work in Kansas City
Count Eric Josef Chmielewski, heir to a $7 million fortune lost due to Europe’s politics, hitchhiked to Kansas City after car trouble and an Oregon campaign stint. He says he is stranded and willing to work for meals, sharing a tale of noble lineage and a past lobster hunt with the Kaiser.
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Kansas City
Eric Josef Chmielewski
Europe
Poland
Germany
Kurt Chmielewski
Republic
Frank Sheldon
Pacific Coast
Goebel
Ore
Oregon
New York
Sheldon
California Fig Syrup praised by mother for children
A Western mother from San Antonio touts California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative and health booster for her daughter Dorothy. She claims it made bowsels regular, improved appetite and energy, and helped with colds and setbacks, urging buyers to insist on the California label for authenticity.
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California
J. G. Moore
Cliff Ave
San Antonio
Texas
Dorothy
Dreiser Quotes on Soviet Manners at Lenin Grad Meal
Novelist Theodore Dreiser recalled dining in a Lenin Grad restaurant in Russia where a pair of militants debated manners. One asked the other what he was eating and mocked his response with a quip about deafness.
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Nottingham
Spindler
Theodore Dreiser
Russia
Leningrad
Forty years old but looks twenty says Mrs Johnson
A promotional note touts Mrs Johnson as living in town for years and still appearing youthful. It credits Fellows' Syrup with iron and salts as her secret to beauty and health and urges readers to ask their druggist for the tonic to feel younger after a few doses.
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Fellows
FELLOWS SYRUP All Close
A terse, humorous cri de coeur about money and family ties set amid a small town scene. The speaker denounces relatives as poor sources of aid while lamenting residents’ indifference to a nearby fire.
Indigestion Remedy Ad Claims Milk of Magnesia Cure
An ad explains sour stomach follows two hours after eating due to over-stimulated nerves and excess acid. It recommends Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the tasteless, efficient neutralizer, claiming instant results and lasting superiority. Bottles cost 50c at drugstores.
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Boyaidane
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