The Defeat of the Armada and England's Rise
The article recounts how England under Lord Howard and Sir Francis Drake repelled the 1588 Spanish Armada. It notes Howard's cautious tactics, the fire ships' disruption, and the superior English sailing, enabling England to triumph while Spain sought world dominance. It highlights English loyalty among Catholics and the broader clash of empires in the channel and Calais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
British Admiralty
Rmany
Eingland
Collionel Churchill
Oward Effingham
England
Elizaeth
Spain
Pain
Herhilip
Elf
Howard
Plymouth Town
Sir Frances Jake
Hallam
Royal Navy
Holland
Triumph
Philip
Hakluyt
Dunkirk
Channel
Plymouth
Medina Sidonia
Calais Roadstead
Wallace Raleigh
Drake
Fener
Game Fenton
Sir Martin
Frobisher
Avas
Armada disaster and Drake legend loom large in old chronicle
A historic retelling describes the Spanish Armada’s doomed voyage to Scotland and Ireland, the English pursuit under Drake, and the fleet’s wrecks amid gales. It notes fewer than 50 ships returning to Spain, England’s sea victory, and Drake’s enduring legacy at Plymouth Hoe.
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Fus
Scotland
Norway
Drake
Ireland
Elizabeth
London
Philip
England
Britain
Spain
Nombre Dols Bay
Plymouth
Devon
Port of Heaven
Dogs Said to Possess a Sixth Sense
The article discusses the idea that dogs have a sixth sense beyond smell. It cites examples of dogs locating their masters in crowds and finding home after long train journeys, noting scientists have yet to identify this extra sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Albans
Highgate Hill
England's First Almanac and Early Prognostications
The first English almanac was the Kalendar of Shepardes printed in 1497, forty years after Gutenberg. Almanacs quickly multiplied and gained omens and prognostications. An early preserved specimen titled The Prognostycacyon of Master John Tubault links the moon to peas, war, and yearly illnesses with royal and princely constellations.
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England
Shepardes
Gutenberg
Mentz
John Tubault
London Mirror
Conjured Child Causes Stir in Richmond Times-Dispatch
Aunt Tildy bursts in with frantic talk of conjuring Jeems Henry as Dr Cutter struggles to distract two blood vultures from a pendercitis threat. The scene blends feverish superstition with medical quarantine concerns amid wartime anxieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Mars
John
Tildy
Semporium
Dan
Cutter
Chile
Nepro-Plumentia
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Honest Resentment. ae fellow Bliggins.
A fragmentary note mentions a person named Bliggins and a sense of honest resentment. Details are unreadable other than the odd phrasing and stray words.
Memorial Plan for Riley Hospital in Indianapolis
Indiana plans a state memorial children's hospital in honor of James Whitcomb Riley in Indianapolis. Prominent Indianapolis businessmen back an endowment near 2 million dollars with construction possibly after World War I, building cost around 600 thousand dollars, no state funds. aims to serve deformed and financially needy children with free care when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley
United States
Indiana to Enroll Boys as Working Reserve Officers
Every schoolhouse in Indiana will be a permanent enrolling office and every schoolteacher an assistant enrolling officer for the boys' working reserve of the United States plans just completed. The reserve will be explained at county teachers institutes before the September opening of school to enroll many boys who otherwise would not be reached.
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Indiana
United States
Bedford
Samuel Scroggan
Princeton
Indiana Methodist
Columbus
Roy Steenbarger
Daugher
Lawrenceburg
Trinity Episcopal Church
Edward J. Kellum
Farmer City
Ill
Warsaw
de Vere Bloom
Greensburg
Decatur County Teachers’ Institute
William Koehler
Pennsylvania
Wabash
Indiana Editorial Association
Thomas Paine
Indianapolis
W. H. O’brien
Warren
Huntington County Sunday School Association
Huntington
Samuel H. Palmer
Edward Meyer Road
William Krise
St. Lawrence Catholic
Orleans
Rowena Compton
Red Cross Society
Marion
T. P. Baker
Sheridan
Wesleyan Methodist Church Confernee
Fairmont
Grant-Madison National Farm Loan Association
Anderson
American Aircraft Company
Shirley
Harry Wheaden
Paoli
W. B. Morris
Monon Railroad
Washington
John Potto
Alexandria
W. H. Haworth
Bart
Kern
Portland
Lawrence Hartzell
Elkhart
New York Central Road
Bicknell
Fred Williams
Leland
S. Cunningham
Shelbyville
Clifford Hogue
Jeffersonville
Dan Austin
Brazil
Racing ‘Association
Hendricks
Winchester
Jesse Bird
Lewis
Robbins
Elwood Clyde
Houser
Frank J
Mrs. Stevens
Helen
Stevenses
Dora
Curtis
Subway
Gary youth earns first state Boys' Working Reserve badge
Henry J. Cecil age nineteen from Gary becomes the first in Indiana to receive an official badge from the Boys' Working Reserve. A Purdue engineering student, he served three weeks in a large Gary sheet and tin plate plant, trading a country vacation for patriotic wartime work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Cecil
Gary
Cecil
Purdue
Sam
Indiana Bulletin Debuts As Weekly State Defense Publication
The Indiana Bulletin appears as a weekly Friday issue with 16 pages. It summarizes the work of the state council of defense and its subsidiary organizations to date, largely produced by the publicity committee chaired by George Ade and headed by Ed Warfel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Bulletin
State Council of Defense
State Council
Council
George. Ade
Ed. Warfel
Indiana
Indiana Food Program Brings Defense Council To Fair
The Indiana state council of defense and Harry E Barnard federal food commissioner will run an extensive educational program at the Indiana State Fair. A large council tent on the fair grounds will host speakers addressing food conservation and related topics to inform attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Council of. Defense
Harry E
Sunday Escape Sparks Household Battle
Indiana News Tersely Told reports a scheme to cut grocery costs by self-delivery, urging volunteers to carry their own purchases to reduce living costs and support wartime effort. The piece lists local notices and a narrative about a woman named Helen balancing duty and a day out with friends, fearing her husband Warren’s needs.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Riley Memorial
Child's Hospital
Wilson
Central Indiana Hospital For the
Goodrich
George F. Edenharter
Edenharter
Department For Women
Conscription Board
Indiana News
McClure
Fieldbrook
Helen and
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