War Correspondents Through History and Myth
The piece traces war correspondents from Homer to 19th century journalists. It notes Homer’s extended siege tellings for Chronos and recounts 1831 37 Carlist War coverage by Times and Morning Post reporters Heningsen and Grunelsen. It discusses press roles shaping public opinion and the idea Grunelsen as early British war correspondent.
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Homer
Manchester Guardian
Sutherland Edwards
Chronos
Troy
O'Maher
Ulysses
Rothschild
Wellington
Europe
Spain
Queen Christina
Don Carlos
Times
Morning Post
Henningsen
The
Charles Gruneisen
Post
Grunelsen
The Flivver Airplane Takes To The Air
The twenty five foot eight inch span single seat monoplane weighs 350 pounds empty and uses a twin cylinder opposed engine. It aims for affordability with a purchase price and upkeep within the reach of the average man and attains a maximum speed of seventy five miles per hour with a 260 pound load.
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Europe
America
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Recollections of General Peel at a Paris banquet
Lady Georgiana Peel recalls General Peel at a Paris dinner failing to speak French well. He speaks to a neighbor and later tries a French line. A French gentleman leans in and corrects him with a pointed local quip about their guild.
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Georgiana Peel
General Peel
Paris
Iked Alring
Woman Question Again
One day Karl Edwin Harriman visited General Wes ton's Connecticut farm and rode a jitney. The driver’s wife collected the fare on the front seat. They spoke of the author Ike George Weston and his writings about women. Mrs Jehu challenged whether the writer knows women. The driver sighed that perhaps he knows too much to marry.
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Karl Edwin Harriman
General Weston
Connecticut
Harriman
Ike George Weston
Destruction of a Town Wagon in a Fire Sale
William Funk of Win sted Conn a truckman attempted to auction his wagon once worth 350 dollars but none bid more than five. He towed the vehicle to the city dump dismantled it scattered bolts stacked wheels burned the remainder with kerosene and left believing no one would profit from a bargain.
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William Funk
Winsted
Conn
Anyhory
Bungeye Jackson Finds Religion in a Big Bible Joke
In a rambling grocery-store revival tale, Bungeye Jackson, famed for stealing, breaks down while testifying about a Bible brought into Hard Cider’s circle. Lunkett hypes the scene as locals react to the comic, sermonlike moment and a ledger of liquor-laced distractions.
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Bungeye Jackson
Bill Brundage
Bungeye
Mike Donavan
Alludin
New York Evening Post
Confederate Leaders in the Postwar Senate
The Senate after the Civil War included many prominent former Confederates such as Hampton Butler Matt Ransom Gordon Colquitt Walthall George Gibson Eustis Coke Berry Harris Cockrell Blackburn Mahone and Daniel among others. It combined strong debating ability and representative sectional balance with leaders like Reagan and Vance also serving in high Confederate roles. The period’s Senate was viewed as more conscientious and capable than today, with capable Northern leaders as counterparts.
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Senate
South Carolina
Hampton
Butler
North Carolina
Matt Ransom
Georgia
Gordon
Colquitt
Mississippi
Walthall
George
Louisiana
Gibson
Eustis
Texas
Coke
Arkansas
Berry
Tennessee
Bate
Harris
Missouri
Cockrell
Kentucky
Blackburn
Virginia
Mahone
Daniel
Florida
Pasco
West Virginia
Kenna
Faulkner
West
Confederate Congress
Reagan
Confederacy
Vance
North
New York Tribune
Slay Man-Eating Beasts Expedition Sets Out
F S Little, a noted scholar and traveler, will lead a spring expedition of sportsmen to southwest of Kuling, China, to eradicate man-eating tigers blamed for killing twenty Chinese and numerous cattle and livestock. The region, about 1,000 feet above the plains, has caused terror since last summer with villagers abandoning homes and five tigers reported.
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F. S. Little
Kuling
China
Brooklyn Eagle
Film to Ease Euclid Fright for School Children
London Daily Mail reports a forthcoming film to clarify geometric concepts for students. The production promises simple pictorial demonstrations of straight lines triangles and dissected shapes, showing how squares fit into larger figures with buildable models.
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Euclid
Tke
London Daily Mail
Shrews Triumph in Madrid Observer Remark
The Imparcial (Madrid) notes a woman nearing political power and remarks that every man knows how to manage a shrew, but the man who has her remains a puzzle. The quote highlights gendered humor amid political potential.
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Imparcial
Madrid
Brainy Youngest Colonel Seeks Post in London Papers
A striking recruitment ad from London newspapers features the youngest colonel in the English army claiming five years of war service and extensive travel as credentials. He presents himself as possessing brains enough to hold the rank and seeks a suitable post.
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London
Consistency Quip on Prohibition Raids
A witty exchange features Uncle Bil Bottletop arguing that consistency would force prohibitionists to use hoses when raiding moonshiners. The remark highlights heightened enforcement logic with a humorous tone.
Lucky Pig and the Calumet Copper Mine Discovery
A whimsical tale credits Old Man Royale and his pig with guiding the discovery of the Calumet lode, a copper vein that yielded 145 million in dividends and 500 million in wages. It notes pre Columbian Native use of copper and large Lake Superior masses, highlighting copper as America's premier metal.
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Old Man Royale
Calumet Lode
Michigan
Lake Superior
Plan to Irrigate Egypt and Nile Basin Projects
A long term plan proposes controlling upper Nile waters to boost Egypt's agriculture and protect against floods while enabling Sudan development. The generation long program would cost tens of millions of dollars and reshape irrigation across the Nile basin. The commission would include an Indian government irrigation engineer as president, a Cambridge nominated British publicist, and an American irrigation engineer to ensure expertise and independence.
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Egypt
Nile
Sudan
India
University of Cambridge
America
Suill
United States
Et EG Poo
Aerial Game Laws Prompt Plane Bird Netting Ban
Canadian sportsmen urge government to bar flights over marsh lands and prohibit use of aircraft in pursuing shooting or netting wild fowl. They warn rapid fire guns and nets under planes threaten bird extermination and seek safeguards.
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Canada
Unkempt News Stand Operator Confounds Court in Lively Claim
A ragged news stand vendor, self‑styled lawyer, was brought to court over a minor charge. He defended himself with wit, stating he earns about $12,000 yearly selling newspapers while admitting his untidy appearance. He says dressing well would scare away customers.
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Winter Garden
Magstrate
New York Times
Taking the Sting Out
An exchange in a Birmingham Age-Herald column notes a buyer paying 75 for a readymade suit while a seller claims the same suit may cost 100 next year. The old fashioned man questions the price as excessive though the purchaser finds the transaction painless.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Sense of Delicacy in Political Courtesy
A heartless friend questions the value of a presidential boom for Senator Sorghum. He asks why cultivate one when it offers no practical gain. Sorghum replies that courtesy prevents appearing to court publicity by being different from others.
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Senator Sorghum
Looking to South Pacific as next colonial frontier
Columbus Dispatch warned that amid European unrest in Europe the South Pacific islands, already under colonial reach, attract expansionist corporate activity. The piece traces white footholds, plantations, mines, and missions, predicting further emigration and settlement beyond Africa as the empire extends into distant seas.
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Europe
South Pacific
Africa
Columbus Dispatch
Prince Feisal Recites Koran Verses At London Dinner
During a London Guildhall dinner the Prince Feisal of the new Syria kingdom was helped by Colonel Lawrence to respond to the health toast. The prince spoke in Arabic and was praised, while the interpreter later disclosed the whispered message about reciting verses from the Koran about the cow.
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Prince Feisal
New Kingdom of
Syria
London
Colonel Lawrence
Oxford
Lawrence
Munsey
Country holds edge in motive energy of industry
Robert G Skerrett notes in Scientific American that a nation's motive energy largely determines industrial strength. He argues modern nations use far more energy than human and animal labor, with mechanized power enabling work equivalent to thirty servants per person in the United States.
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Robert G Skerrett
Scientific American
United States
Why Orchids Were Caged At Westminster Show
Visitors at the Royal Horticultural Hall Westminster were surprised to see rare orchids confined in a heavy wire cage. The grower feared theft of pollen by competitors who might use it to fertilize their own plants.
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Royal Horticultural Hall
Westminster
England
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Monument Cornerstone Sealed Peace Between Ecuador and Colombia
On the Rumichaca Bridge at the frontier the cornerstone of a commemorative monument was laid in a ceremony attended by Ecuadorian President Alfredo Muguerizo Moreno and Colombian President Fidel Suarez. The two leaders greeted amid artillery salutes and cheers, calling the monument a symbol of peace and friendship between the nations.
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Ecuador
Colombia
Rumichaca
Alfredo Muguerizo Moreno
Fidel Suarez
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