Mottoes of States and Their Meanings Across Union
A discussion of the origins and meanings of U S state mottoes. The piece notes the English designer of the Great Seal and the adopted motto E Pluribus Unum, recalls other proposals for mottoes from Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson, and highlights state examples such as Minnesota’s French motto L Etoile du Nord and Maryland’s Italian motto Fatti Maschi Parole Femme. It also mentions the Confederacy’s seal, California’s Greek motto Eureka, and Washington’s Indian motto Al Ki.
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John Prestwich
Franklin
Jefferson
Adams
Lovell
Scott
Houston
Moses
Red Sea
Hercules
Israel
Confederacy
England
Richmond
Lost Cause
Washington
South Carolina
Minnesota
Origin of Lincoln's Gettysburg phrase traced to Parker
Review of Reviews traces Theodore Parker's influence on Lincoln's famous line Democracy is direct self government over all the people by all the people for all the people. Parker's antislavery sermons and speeches helped shape the phrasing and its dissemination through Herndon's accounts and Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
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William H. Herndon
Lincoln
Theodore Parker
Boston
Parker
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Music Hall
Seward
Samuel J. May
Northern Wisconsin Railway Farm Lands for Sale
The Northwestern Line offers about 350000 acres of prime farm lands in northern Wisconsin at low prices and easy payment. Early buyers gain access to lands beside streams and lakes with ample water for stock and family use. Timbered land with fertile soil supports a growing cattle and sheep region with markets in Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Duluth and other Northwestern Line towns. For details contact Geo W Bell Hudson Wis or G H MacRae St Paul Minn.
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Northwestern
Wisconsin
Northwest
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Ashland
Geo. W. Bell
Hudson, Wis
G. H. MacRae
Man in Mackintosh Reveals Cold Wardrobe Cure
In a Chicago Tribune anecdote a man explains he stopped his wife from giving his old clothes away by inventing a fictitious letter in a coat he hadn’t worn for weeks. He notes the lie was effective and final.
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Chicago Tribune
Evidence to the Contrary Note from Chicago Record
A Chicago Record item quotes a tense exchange where a speaker tells Uncle Simon he is too old to run affairs and is dismissed from the office after the rebuff. The fragment implies family business and friction within a late 19th or early 20th century context.
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Simon
Chicago Record
Travel plans amid early American fires quoted in Tribune
The Chicago Tribune quotes a conversation discussing departure timing for the south, with a remark about likely leaving Tuesday and spending the rest of the week away. The article notes Boston’s first great city fire on August 8, 1679, destroying 150 buildings and costing over £200,000.
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Boston
Prehistoric Man Antiquity Estimated at 238000 Years
A science review of De Mort tillet notes twelve chapters argue precursors more intelligent than living apes existed in tertiary times. Pithecanthropus erectus is seen as the immediate precursor, Calaveras skull rejected, paleolithic linked to early quaternary, totaling 238000 years for mankind's antiquity.
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Science
de Mortillet
Calaveras
Photographer Questions Statue Law In Washington Star Quote
A policeman denies a tourist permission to photograph a statue stating it is against the law. The tourist agrees that people prefer not to reveal their troubles, calling it decenter to advertise them nationwide.
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Washington Star
Puzzle Way Older Generations Fared Without Modern Knowledge
A witty remark from the Boston Transcript questions how many older people navigated the world without the vast array of modern knowledge. The quip points to the contrast between youthful insight and past experience.
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America
Boston Transcript
Low Rates to California This Summer From Chicago
The Chicago & North Western Railway announces a round trip rate of 50 dollars from Chicago to California for the Epworth League convention in San Francisco this July. Tickets from other points also reduced. sales Tuesdays through April 30. Free copy of an illustrated travel book available by request.
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San Francisco
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Illinois
Tur
Victor J. Evans & CO
Washington, D. C
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