One Thrill of War
Alma Waite faces peril as war drives her from Belgium to Paris with her uncle’s diamonds in hand. A smuggler, a loyal servant turned ally, and a daring escape across the border secure the jewels and reunite Alma with her family in Paris.
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Alma Waite
Adrian
Commonwealth
Paris
Alma
America
Zephern Dacre
Mr. Dacre
Dacre
Parla
Madamoiselle
Bayard
France
Boyard
Barnum Preached Sermon Near Rocky Mount Falls
P T Barnum famed showman preached a sermon at Rocky Mount Falls Primitive Baptist church in late summer 1836 near Rocky Mount Mills North Carolina. Two versions exist one with Barnum filling in for a missing pastor and another with the pastor finished. He quotes a line about divine laws and virtue. Raleigh News and Observer notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Barnum
Rocky Mount Falla Primitive Baptist Church
Tar River
Rocky Mount Mills
Barnum
Raleigh News and Observer
The Outcast in a Northern Maine Country Store
A traveling man notes loafers in a northern Maine store ignoring an old man who boasts of lifelong labor. They dismiss him as a braggart and claim they cannot stand a fellow who is forever talking shop, reflecting local vs. boastful pride.
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Maine
Forbes Magazine
Vision in a World Painted by Individual Eyes
A reflection on subjective perception by William Blake, noting that different people value objects differently, from a miser valuing a guinea to a bag of money, to how some see beauty in nature and others see only a hurdle, in a view that the world is one continuous vision through varied senses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William "Blake
World Court
United States
Drafting Committee
America
Coastal hurricane devastation prompts nationwide relief drive
The West Indian hurricane blasted southern Florida from Miami to Pensacola causing thousands of deaths and extensive property damage. Red Cross mobilized doctors, nurses, and supplies. Miami Beach and nearby towns face rebuilding as Pensacola and Mobile report multimillion losses.
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Paeers
Florida
Miami
Gulf
Pensacola
Mobile
Fort Lauderdale
Hollywood
Moore Haven
Atlantic Ocean
Miami Beach
Biscayne Bay
Coral Gables
United States
Dade County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Davie
United States Navy
Downe
Charleston
Cassin
Generc
Henry M. Baker
Lake Okeechobee
St. Petersburg
Bahama Islands
Bimini
Buenos Aires
Encarnacion
Paraguay
Parana River
The Deadly Fly and Public Health Warning
The National Safety Council warns that the common house fly is a health menace rather than a mere nuisance. Flies carry typhoid cholera infant diarrhea dysentery and other diseases, and have killed more soldiers than bullets in past wars.
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National Safety Council
Chickamauga
X ray treatment discussed for heart disease
The article notes that since Roentgen’s 1896 discovery X rays penetrate the body and can aid diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Levy suggests proper doses of X rays may benefit valvular heart disease by reducing infection and inflammation, softening scar tissue, and improving valve function in some cases.
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Roentgen
R. L. Levy
Bulletin
The
New York Academy of Medicine
Levy
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W. G. Chapman
Doctor Stresemann
Germany
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
San Diego
Edward Ww. Pickard
Jacob Islamof
Igor Sikorsky
Sikorsky Manufacturing Corporation
Riand
Stresemann
Europe
Briand
Berlin
Rhineland
George Kondylis
Greece
Athens
Bucharest
Red Army
Canton
China
Peking
Malta
Marshal Wu
Henan
Feng Yuhsiang
Wuchang
Ueen Marie
Romania
Ferdinand
Rlaidens Coolidgh
Charles P. Summerall
John L. Hines
General Summerall
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa City
Robert Leh Howzeh
Fifth Corps
United States Army
Columbus
Ohio
Northwest
Ene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Philadelphia
Dempsey
Tunney
Frederick R. Green
Health
Western Newspaper Union
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