Germans Save War Art in Maubeuge Museum
A German magazine claims to have packed and moved France’s art treasures from towns like Peronne and St Quentin to Maubeuge where wrecked houses became a museum. It asserts the gallery serves soldiers and the public, soon to be transported to Germany, describing a clash of war and culture under fire.
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Peronne
Bapaume
Lens
St. Quentin
France
Germany
Indianapolis
Stas
Letters From Home Move Doughboys to Trade for Tobacco
A war correspondent from Trance notes doughboys eagerly await home letters. Soldiers pay high prices for paper and tobacco when supply lines are hit. Captain Hull received 44 letters—six from his wife, one from his son, 87 from mothers—seeking care for their sons and prayers for safety.
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Hull
Jimmie
Jimmy
Heavenly Father
Copper Toe Boots A Canadian Pioneer’s Odd Invention
The piece recalls copper-toed boots from decades past, noting Canadian Newman Silverthorne sparked the idea while traversing wild terrain. Boot makers resisted the costly innovation, yet he marketed it through advertising and gained early family approval before losing patent exclusivity after six years. Silverthorne lives on with family care.
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Toronto Star
Newman Silverthorne
Silverthorne
Lost Wife From Motor Car Near Seattle Park
Mrs. B S Eberhart of Seattle vanished from the rear seat during a drive on the outskirts. Police searched four hours until she reappeared herself after her husband stopped to repair the car near a park and she wandered into the woods. She found her way back to town by trolley.
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Seattle
Wash
B. S. Eberhart
Leave His Golf on the Links Joke Reveals Husband’s Habit
In a light exchange a wife notes her husband keeps business at the office, and a second wife adds he also leaves his golf at the links. The quip highlights shared complaints about spouses juggling work, sport, and home life.
Romantic Sicily: myth and history in a vibrant island
National Geographic Magazine portrays Sicily as a vivid, fiercely creative land where nature and humanity shape a dramatic tapestry. The piece extols the island’s beauty and contrasts myth with science, naming figures from Pindar to Garibaldi to emphasize its storied past.
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Sicily
Island
Elysium
Titans
Pindar
Aeschylus
Theocritus
Thucydides
Archimedes
Hierons
Cicero
Vérres
Diodorus
Hamilcar
Hannibal
Roger the Geant
Roger the King
Belisarius
Richard of the Lion Heart
Louis the Saint of
France
Charles of Anjou
Frederick II
Garibaldi
National Geographic Magazine
Lengthen Tire Life By Keeping Free Of Oil And Grease
The article explains how gasoline, grease, and oil damage rubber tires by softening treads and causing separation from the fabric. It notes greases in the differential and on brake drums worsen sidewall damage and advises using gasoline sparingly to remove oil or grease. Regular cleaning prevents common tire injuries and blistering during use.
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Vulcanizati Monthly
Writing on a Moving Train
The article explains how a moving train makes legible writing hard for the unaccustomed. A railroad conductor writes best standing with the right elbow pressed to the side to suppress body motion. This minimizes trunk and joint movement, leaving only precise wrist action to control the pen.
Cautious juror and lawyer share a wary exchange over a cigar
A lawyer who knew a juror in a petty civil case meets during court recess and contemplates offering a cigar. Both weigh potential bias, the juror saying a good cigar wouldn’t affect him but a poor one might prejudice him, and the lawyer ends up lighting up.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Typhoid and Filth: Lessons From Prince Albert Death
A New York Mail story exhorts cleanliness to prevent typhoid fever, tracing Prince Albert s death to filth and detailing transmission by discharges, flies, and contaminated food. It stresses that sewer systems, pest control, pure food, and vigilant care can end the disease.
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Prince Albert
Queen Victoria
New York Mail
Free high grade coffee sample event in North Window
Free percolated coffee this week presented as Mar tindale's famous blend. View roasting demonstrations and explore cabinets, coffee sets, urns and percolators at the North Window location.
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Martindale’s
Audacious Westminster Schoolboy Carvings Under Abbey Clock
Dundee Advertiser notes two bold schoolboy feats at Westminster Abbey. Warren Hastings carved his name beneath the western tower clock. In a separate wager, another pupil hid in the abbey to sleep there despite ghostly lore and carved I Peter Abbott slept in this chair on the coronation chair.
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Warren Hastings
Westminster
Abbey
Bradshaw
Charles I
Peter Abbott
Dundee Advertiser
One Sky Over The World Spanning All Nations
A reflective meditation on a single universal sky uniting people beyond borders. The quote emphasizes shared natural surroundings despite diverse weather and cultures, implying a common human perspective under the same heavens.
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Dickens
Call to Individuality Quote Emphasizes Self Reliance
A quotation from Jacob Gould Schurman laments that people follow crowds and public opinion, losing self reliance. It condemns conformity and urges individuals to be independent, self asserted, and original, arguing society copies routines while true progress rests on original thought.
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Jacob Gould Schurman
Hidden tensions in engagement linger in Baltimore tale
A couple's conflict unfolds as a fiancé proclaims willingness to die for his bride while she asks about his life insurance. The Baltimore American frames the scene revealing strain in a young engagement.
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Fje
Baltimore American
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