Death of King Arthur Told in Tennyson Tale
The article recounts King Arthur's final days as Sir Modred rebels and Excalibur is cast into the lake. Sir Bedivere carries out the duty but hides the sword, prompting the king's rebuke as the battle ends in tragedy. The piece cites Lord Tennyson's poem The Death of King Arthur as the source of the tale.
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Arthur
Tennyson
Modred
Bedivere
Lord Tennyson
King Arthur
Sir Bedivere
Beautiful Life of Alfred Lord Tennyson and His Legacy
A concise portrait of Alfred Lord Tennyson detailing his romantic and unreal life, the 1833 drowning of friend Arthur Hallam, the creation of In Memoriam, his marriage to Emily Sellwood, his Poet Laureate tenure after Wordsworth, and his later move to the Isle of Wight where he died in 1892 at eighty three.
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Alfred
Tennyson
King Arthur
Arthur Hallam
Emily Sellwood
Wordsworth
England
Queen Victoria
Isle of Wight
The Old Order Changeth as Arthur Fades
Sir Bedivere returns Excalibur to the lake as an arm rises to reclaim it. Arthur commands Bedivere to help him to the lake shore where a barge arrives with three weeping queens. As the king departs, he tells Bedivere the old order changeth and prays, ending the era of the Round Table.
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King Arthur
Bedivere
Sir Bedivere
Round Table
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Stolen Overcoat Found in Maysville Church Theft
J H Clarke reported his hat and overcoat stolen while at church in Maysville. The worn apparel turned up days later with another person wearing it. The alleged thief was handed to police for further action.
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Maysville
Ohio
J. H. Clarke
Clarke
Doctor owns odd ring collection in Baton Rouge
Dr. Lester J. Williams houses a 67 ring collection featuring wishing rings, poison rings, flat-faced Egyptian pieces, and a ring of a thousand teeth. The set spans world origins from France to California with a 26th epoch BC artifact and an Egyptian scarab ring linked to Setus I. Williams has not valued the collection and has yet to use any ring for a wish.
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Baton Rouge
Lester J. Williams
Setus I
Dr. Williams
California
Watchers Spot Illegal Brands at Omaha Yards
In Omaha stockyards a group of brand spotters, drawn from Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Montana and South Dakota, inspect cattle using an identification system tied to F B I fingerprint records. They spot illegal overbrands and verify thousand marks ensuring owners can recover sale prices if deceptive brands pass or stolen livestock is sold through the livestock exchange.
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Omaha
Wild Bill” Hickok
Plains of Nebraska
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
South Dakota
Livestock Exchange
Sons Operate With Ax to Save Life of Father
A Cree trapper named George Methat is crushed by a tree near Little Ghost river James Bay. His sons amputate his foot with an ax to save him then trek seven days to Albany Ont for help leaving the mother with the wounded man. A priest and three Indians head toward Ghost River to assist Methat.
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Albany
Methat
Ont
James Bay
Ghost River
Macaws Break Out of Perth Zoo Enclosures
American blue and white macaws at a Perth zoo have escaped after gnawing through 18 gauge wire. Despite efforts to deter them, the birds bit through the cages and returned to freedom.
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Perth
Australia
Freedom
Hen Lays Goose Egg in Hagerstown Posting
G A Green reports Plymouth Rock hen in Hagerstown laid her second huge egg in a month. The egg was as large as a goose egg and weighed 4% ounces.
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Hagerstown
G. A. Green
Plymouth Rock
Carefree Cotton Fashions Summer Daytime Styles
Two Barbara Bell sewing patterns offer easy house dress and jumper frock designs for girls and women. Descriptions note fabrics like gingham and seer sucker, with darts, tucks, pleats, and puff sleeves. Sizes range from children to adults, with yardage guidance and a Spring-Summer Pattern Book available for 15 cents via The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. in Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Safe Gardening Tips from National Safety Council
Do not get hurt while gardening. Replace split or sharp edged handles and avoid splinters. Carry cutting tools with blades downward and cut away from you. Never store tools head up and hang scythes or sickles heads up. Store tools on shelves or racks in sheds and get first aid for any cut or scratch.
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National Safety Council
Fire Rain on the Sun Shown by Spectroheliograph
A Britannica Junior summary describes a rain of fire on the sun recorded by a spectroheliograph. Dr. Robert R. McMath’s solar films, shown in Philadelphia, reveal flames and spirals in the sun’s atmosphere while scientists ponder the source of this heat rain and its unpredictable nature.
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Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
Robert R. McMath
Britannica Junior
Quiz Qs on continents and history
Ask Me Another questions cover geography conquest of Minnesota the first perfect game in baseball the meaning of Minnesota how many planes on US aircraft carriers whether hari-kiri was practiced in battle the original state of Kentucky and a massive Rhode Island sized ranch.
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United States
Minnesota
U. S
Kentucky
Rhode Island
Fragmentary WWII notes on planes and territories
The excerpt lists figures about US Navy carrier planes and mentions Japanese officers' responses to injury. It also notes geographic data comparing Virginia and the King Ranch in Texas, with Rhode Island's size for contrast.
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Sky Blue Water
Navy Department
United States Navy
Virginia
King Ranch
Texas
Rhode Island
Perfect Game Record: Cy Young’s 1904 May 5 Feat
The Answers reveal Africa, parts won by the Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase, and under modern rules Cy Young pitched the first perfect game on May 5, 1904, with no runs scored.
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Africa
Revolution
Louisiana Purchase
Cy Young
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