Romance of American expansion in early national growth
A long critical passage discusses a mural in the National Capitol by Emanuel Leutze portraying westward expansion. It praises exploration from the Atlantic to the Pacific, highlights figures like Daniel Boone and Jefferson, and frames territorial growth as a natural extension of American character, citing the Louisiana Purchase, Florida, Texas, and the drive to the Pacific as pivotal milestones.
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Lrith
Wendime
Asia
Eutrope
Europé
Atlantic
Pacific
H. Addington Bruce
United States
Fuuta
Daniel Boone
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Sam Touston
Thomas Hart Benton
John Charles Fremont
William Henry Seward
William McKinley
West
Alleghenies
Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
Jackson
Spain
Florida Coast
Sam Houston
Sam
National Capitol
Alaska
McKinley
Mew
America
Mexico
Allechantes
Genesia
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Was Thaw Kin novel teased amid a literary review swirl
A fragmented 19th century style notice surveys Allee Dust Miller bestowing a humorous central motive on Was Thaw Kin and traces reception of Trollope and Kipling letters. It notes forthcoming editions of Trollope works, praise from Swinburne and Kipling, and a letter from Miss Welch praising a future husband’s qualities.
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Allee Dust Miller
Finn
South Acwwrton
New York
Etringore
Alfred Noyve
Mr. Noyes
Lila
Rudyard Kipling
Clement Shorter
Trollope
Mrs. Proudie
Man of Trollope
Mra Prouille
Mr Bhorter
Anthony Trollope
Heme Dies and Reflections on Love and Divorce
A fragmentary exchange explores disappointment in love and personal choices. The Mald speaker recalls a divorce as a turning point while the Man questions labor and outcomes, underscoring themes of self-knowledge and social scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heme
Multitude of Facts From 1900s Newswire Snapshot Amhurst Notes
A survey of varied tidbits covers river power in Amherst N S three million horsepower daily potential harnessing wind airflow through tiny crevices, and a Burma railroad bridge in Asia. It recalls Ragman Rolls 1296, Tectorium glass substitute, and a 163 barrel cottonseed oil shipment to Seacoast Canning.
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Petitcodiac
Amherst
N. S
Asia
Burma
Edward I
Scotland
Kentucky
Seacoast Canning Company
Haatport
Kennebec Journal
Paris Crittc
Martin
Cafe Foy
Regence
Argentina Sees Record Immigrant Influx in 1908
Argentina welcomed 255,750 immigrants in 1908 versus earlier years, outpacing U S arrivals of 1897 98 in proportion to population. The report notes Brazil and Chile show declines, while Argentina offers government assisted settlement with food shelter and ten days of support, plus travel tickets to final destinations.
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Argentina
Europe
Canada
United States
South America
Brazil
Chile
National Bureau of Labor
Captain Zalinski Dynamo Gun Inventor Dies in New York
Naval officers and artillery experts note the death of Captain Edmund Loula Gray Zalinski, inventor of the pneumatic dynamite gun. Born in Prussian Poland in 1849, he grew up in New York and served from Civil War volunteer to regular army, then pioneered pneumatic artillery and range finding.
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Edmund Loula Gray Za- Moski
New York City
Zalinaki
United States
Zalinski
Poland
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Nelson A. Miles
Second
New York Heavy Artillery
Hatcher's Run
Fifth United States Artillery
Zalinsk
Lee
Milk and Its Care and Use in Early Home Practice
Instructions from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on cleaning vessels and bottles for milk, proper covering with muslin, and storage in a cool place. It details pasteurization, spore concerns, and occasional orange juice aid, plus a method for making altered water for babies.
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St. Louise Globe-Democrat
The New Bonnet Dundee Advertsier snippet
Positive reasons The Minister Mackintosh why don't you come to church now. Three reasons first I dinna like yer theology second I dinna like yer singing and thirdly it was in your kirk I first met my wife.
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Mackintosh
Pirstiy
Dundee Advertiser
A Connecticut Boy And His Black Dog Go To Work
A 14 year old New York City born boy named Frank, with only one dollar and twenty five cents, wanders Connecticut towns seeking a home and a job. He keeps his mongrel dog with him, even at the hospital. After repeated refusals, a well to do farmer hires him, outfits him, and Frank proves capable and diligent, showing a boy can rise with grit despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Connecticut
Frank
New York City
Dog
Boy
Boston
Wark
Beavers' Homes How Ingenious Little Builders Construct Dwellings
The beavers before dam completion form small companies to build oval two to four room cabins along the bend. Dwellings are two to four stories high with 2 to 3 foot thick walls of dam material. Interiors are smooth but exterior rough, waterproof, with waterborne access via underwater doors for winter.
The Sycamore It Known As Egyptian Fig Tree History
The sycamore tree, called the Egyptian fig by some, was planted in England very early. Mary Queen of Scots brought a young sycamore from France and planted it in Holyrood gardens, from which many fine groves of sycamores in Scotland are said to have arisen.
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Barchester Towers
Dr. Thorne
Trollope
Harvhoeter Towers
England
Saya
Hose
Mias Walsh
Carlyle
Mise Welch
Germany
Nuremberg
Cawega
N.Y
Washington
Aristophanes
Lucania
United States
New York
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Maine
Minnesota
Tlinois
Iowa
Ohio
New Jersey
Indiana
Mixsouri
Colorado
California
Nebraska
Kansas
Montana
Texas
Strout
Bucks County
Gambia
Wier
Cour
Mary Queen of Scots
France
Holyrood
Scotland
James
Fragmented Courtship Exchange Transcript Note
A partial transcript shows a conflicted exchange over marriage after four years of courtship. Remarks reveal sarcasm and surprise at a proposal, reflecting relationship tension within a Boston context.
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Emanuel Louise
Bishop Berkeley
Utah
Mark Twain
Mark
Edrund J. G.zalinsie Daventor
Dynamite Gun
Vesuvius
Santiago
Cervera
Vesela
United States Navy
Bt, Nicholas
Beavers’ Homes
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