Eton Boys Use Historic Munitions Pen at Wedding
aristocratic English war nurse Lady Bangor aids wounded in Egypt and uses a historic Vienna treaty pen at her 1905 wedding. The pen, once signed by ambassadors, belonged to Lord Bangor who was secretary to Lord Castlereagh and kept as a keepsake at Cattle Ward beside Strangford Lough.
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Lady Bangor
Egypt
Royal Artillery
Jiss Agnes Dacre Hamilton
Cornacissa
Monaghan
Vienna
Lord Bangor
Lord Castlereagh
Cattle Ward
Strangford Lough
Do You Think That Man Is Insane
A terse quote questions a man’s sanity in a dramatic aside. The fragment implies tension and possible courtroom or social scrutiny. No additional context or names are provided.
Chinese Admiral Wei Han Visits U S Naval Bases
Vice-Admiral Wei Han, a top Chinese naval figure, travels to the United States on a government mission to buy submarines. He tours major naval stations, witnessed the Boston naval review from the Wyoming, and observed a flotilla of destroyers attacking battleships.
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Wei Han
China
Forest Fire Prevention Efforts by Forest Officers
Forest officers earlier year made a notable sowing effort to extinguish fires before they reached national forest boundaries. Such fires accounted for more than one sixth of all fires fought by rangers and guards, with about nine tenths stopped before touching forests inside the forest boundaries.
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Galicia
ETON
England
Persian Gulf
Balsa
The
Alps
National Conservation Congress
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Norman C. McLoud
Cleveland
Conservation Congress
EB. L. Worsham
Atlanta
Thomas R. Shipp
White House Conference of Governors
Henry S. Drinker
Lehigh University
Russia
Princess IN Red Cross
Princess di Bagnio
Italy
Rome
Deitle Somaglia
Italian Red Cross
Captaina Guglielmi
Daniels
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