Lonely grave recalls Captain Stephens at Crawfordville hill
A veteran Jacobite turned Georgia pioneer Captain Stephens rests in a solitary grave near the old Stephens homestead, three hundred yards northeast of the Crawfordville burial ground. The piece recounts his escape from 1746, service with Washington, and emigration with family to Wilkes and Elbert counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Beazley
Crawfordville
Hillman
Stephens Homestead Place
of Homestead Burying Ground
Alexander Stephens
Alexander H. Stephens
Charles Edward
Chevelier
Edward
Culloden Moor
Duke of Cumberlind
Balmerino
Earl of Kilmanock
Loval
Stephens
Hadritas
America
Pennsylvania
Baskins
Captain Stephens
Juanita
Georgia
Elbert County
Kettlecreek
Wilkes County
Andrew B. Stephens
Little River
Ruth
Homestead
Homestead Burial Ground
Daily Thought on Frugality and Generosity
Quote by Willliam Penn on frugality joining with liberality. The first means trimming unnecessary expenses, the latter means sharing with those in need. Without the second, covetousness or prodigality can arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willlaw Penn
Arizona man burns self after cleaning with gasoline
An Arizona man poured gasoline on his trousers, cleaned them, wore them again and struck a match on his leg. He was badly burned and wiser, with no meals from the mantle board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Age-Herald
Duty and Resolve Inspire Steady Action
A concise inspirational note quoting Emerson urges doing one’s assigned task with steadfast duty. The message emphasizes effort, restraint, and commitment as paths to worthy achievement.
CHIEF OF LINDSAY CLAN BECOMES EARL OF CRAWFORD
The Lindsay clan welcomes its new head Lord Balcarres as he becomes the 27th Earl of Crawford and 35th Lord Lindsay after the death of his father. He is noted as a popular, athletic lawmaker with ties to Magdalen College and East End settlement work, and as a boxer and chess aficionado.
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Lindsay
Lord Balcarres
Earl of Crawford
Lord Lindsay
Bal
Earl
Scotland
Chorley
Lancashire
House of Commons
Treasury
Eton
Magdalen College
Oxford
London
Magdalen College At
Magdalen
Prince of Wales
Bethnal Green
Lord Crawford
Bishop of
Henry Pelly
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
Mortimer Durand
Cairo
Martha Cameron
J. Donald Cameron
United States
Pennsylvania
Lindsays
Clan Lindeay
Kinross
Loch Leven
Mary Queen of Scots
Earl of Lindsay
Gon. Lord Wantage
V. C
New World
Atlantic
King George's North
David
Montrose
James
House of
Graham
Peevish Pedagogue at Oxford Scolds Student Littler
An Oxford don, after a viva voce with undergraduate Littler, critiques his Greek and Latin prose as well as his translation and even calls his name ungrammatical, illustrating purist sensitivities to surnames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Littler
The Real Danger
A father warns his son about marrying for money in a sharp exchange. The boy asks if the father would advise the marriage for wealth, and the father replies he would not but urges secrecy if he proceeds.
Birthright of Happiness
Ti wan laments unhappiness, but learns that God made all men to be happy and that his own fault lies in his mood and choices. A reflective line from Hpictetus echoes the idea that joy is a personal responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juniata
Susquehana
Baskin’s Ferry
Hpictetus
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H. B. Wilson
P. O. Box
Clayton Street
Bradoden
Andrew Basking Stephens
Margaret Grier
B.F. Hardeman, H Phipsey
Hardeman
Phinizy
Emerson
Ern
Normandy
Hastings
England
Hamiltons
Stuart and Bruce
Lairda of Lindsay
Bourbon
Hapsburg
Tindsays
New Jersey
Ticonderoga
George II
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Athens
Alex Stephens
Aaron
Palmeri
Earls of
Crawford
Queen Victoria
J. W. Ellsworth
New York
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Washington Post
McDuffie
Jee
Brandt
Brandt's
Brandt’s Jewelers
Absolutely Reliable
Clayton St
Athens, Georgia
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