Anne Royall and the Potomac Stone Interview Legend
A compact retelling of Anne Royall the journalist who demanded a presidential interview from John Quincy Adams. The tale centers on Royall sitting on the “Anne Royall stone” during Adams's Potomac swims and her confrontational exchange over the Cherokee bill, culminating in her printing the first presidential interview in Washington history.
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Potomac Park
Washington
Natonal
Anne Royall
White House
John Quincy Adams
Steele
Addison
Paul Pry
Huntress
Adams
Anne
Potomac
Answers to Miscellaneous Historical and Biographical Queries
A compiled Q and A referencing the origin of the phrase Ananias club, notable titles like Great Commoner, Boston’s capital history, Buff Cochin weights, chewing gum materials, cubist meaning, Weyler’s Cuban command, birthplaces and dates of major authors, impeachment attempts, Sarah Bernhardt’s marriages, the Battle of Leipzig dates, U S presidential salaries and travel allowances, and the Greek royal title king of the Hellenes. The response preserves naming and concrete facts with concise explanations.
First Gas Tubes and the Lantern Inventor
William Murdock a Scottish mining engineer proposed gas in tubes to replace lamps. He built a gas lantern lantern that lit his path on the Cornish moors. Carrying a gas bag under his arm he lit the way and when meeting people he squeezed the bag to emit a flame.
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William Murdock
Murdock
Farmer’s cautionary tale at the pondside
A farmer comforts his son by the water, urging steady work at the potato patch. He reassures that the fish are not dangerous and to keep covering the taters as he drops a seed or two, a hopeful moment from a New York Sun column.
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Kiverin
New York Sun
Dorset farmer greets inspectors with mockified home
A Dorset farmer annoyed by a sanitary committee notice to inspect his cow house laid Honoleum on the floor, placed hearth rugs, hung pictures and a mirror, and installed a harmonium. He invited the inspectors to wipe their feet on the doormat before entering, a London Mail report.
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London Mail
Pratt Rated Best Second Baseman by St Louis Experts
Derrill Pratt, nicknamed the young Brownlie, is praised as the best second sacker in Ban Johnson's league by St. Louis baseball authorities. He is a strong hitter and base running adept. A separate note mentions St Leonard's Church at Tivington near Minehead in Devon as a quaint thatched church with two chimneys and no steeple.
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Pratt
Derrill Pratt
Brownlie
St. Louis
Ban Johnson
St. Leonard's
Tivington
Minehead
Devonshire
England
Twelve Health Principles For Longevity From A Previous Era
The article lists twelve commandments for long life including outdoor activity and sunshine, daily baths, a meat rich diet with raw milk, regular purgatives, porous clothing, early bedtimes, very dark quiet sleep with open window, weekly rest, avoiding mental stress, marriage, temperate habits, and avoiding overheated environments, plus cautions about organ extracts under medical supervision.
Time files pun in a father son exchange
A father warns a young man that time is money and the son jokes about the phrase time files. The exchange ends with a light pun about time and similarity.
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Buffalo Express
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