Thanksgiving Day and Plymouth Rock in 1924
John Dickinson Sherman reflects on Thanksgiving traditions and Plymouth Rock, noting scientific challenges to the rock’s authenticity, a 1920 relocation, and a state exam of the site. He recounts Massasoit’s role, the Mayflower Compact, and national gratitude for American institutions while citing large economic figures and national growth.
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Plymouth Rock
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John Alden
Fafr Priscilla
Rockies
George Frederick Kunz
New York City
New York
Massachusetts
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Kunz
Toronto
Ont
British Association For the Advancement of Science
A. P. Coleman
W. H. Collins
T. L. Walker
H. M. Amn
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Pilgrim Society
National Society of Mayflower
New Engeland
Boston
Old Bay State
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Canada
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Commonwealth Reservation
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Mexico
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Europe
Doerpfeld Heads to Constantinople for Troy Graves Hunt
Archaeologist Professor Wilhelm Doerpfeld successor to Heinrich Schliemann sails to Constantinople to pursue Troy dig plans He seeks the graves of Achilles and Patroclus drawing on Homeric ideas Doerpfeld worked with Schliemann in the 1880s when Troy was first uncovered
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Wilhelm Doerpfeld
Henrich Schilemann
Troy
Constantinople
Patroclus
Professor Doerpfeld
Schliemann
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Health for Women Readers
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble and may not suspect it. The ad claims Swamp Root restores kidney health and helps related symptoms, offering a sample bottle for ten cents and listing full-size bottles at drug stores. It urges readers to send ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co for a sample.
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Kilmer
Ten Scent Kind Grocer Soup Request
A witty exchange from The Progressive Grocer features a grocer and a boy asking for the soup with the strongest perfume. The humorous dialogue highlights a playful street scene and consumer banter.
Be good. Be kind. Be charitable. Others may see your faults.
A concise edict urging virtue and humility. The line emphasizes goodwill toward others and self-awareness of faults, framed as moral guidance rather than a report of events.
Old Roman Mint Found Near Portishead
The site of a Roman mint was uncovered near Portishead in Somerset by R H B Godwin. He unearthed about 4000 coins dating from 22 A D to 400 A D, preserved well. The field had been an ancient Briton camp later used by Romans.
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R. H B. Godwin
England
Britain
Stop that Cough Fresno Patient Uses Pierce's Remedy
A testimonial from Mrs. Jippen of Fresno describes a head cold turning into chest tightness and a persistent cough. She reports two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery loosened chest tightness, cured the cold, improved appetite, and restored natural health. She offers a trial kit from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo for 10 cents.
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Dr. Pierce
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San Antonio
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