Vermont’s Republic Era and Free Vermont Heritage
The Chicago Chronicle recalls Vermont’s colonial status as a republic before joining the Union, noting Vermonters’ independence and kinship with the original thirteen states. It highlights rural, agricultural life, minimal foreign admixture, and a notable Northern judge’s response to a slaveholder seeking a reclaim, declaring only a God Almighty bill of sale would suffice.
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Ethan Allen
Republic of
Vermont
Green Mountain
John Stark
Canada
Theophilus Harrington
God
Chicago Chronicle
Bolivia Misconceptions Prompt Feathers Question
Col. Suarez of Bolivia in London recalls a country house party where guests asked him to write his homeland. After he wrote Bolivia and was pressed for more, they quizzed his continent, debating whether Bolivia lay in South America or Bohemia, while expecting him to appear in feathered attire.
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Bolivia
Col. Suarez
London
England
South America
Bohemia
Invention meanings in early festival and science
A concise historical note explains that invention once meant finding or discovering. It traces usage from St Helena's cross festival on May 3 to Hooker describing invention of truth, Burton’s invention of a geometrical problem, and 17th and 18th century references to discovery in medicine and anatomy.
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Jerusalem
St. Helena
Hooker
Burton
Willis
Scholastic Record in Coylton Celebrates Long School Service
Scholastic notes record three long serving schoolmasters in Coylton Scotland. John Smith celebrates jubilee as schoolmaster, predecessor John McClymont served fifty two years, prior holder Hector Walker served fifty four years, totaling one hundred fifty years across the three tenures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
ton-by-Ayr
Scotland
Coyston
John McClymont
McClymont
Hector Walker
Coylton
Romans Fixed Our Railway Gauge Says British Publication
A London publication cites a British speech arguing that Roman road widths influenced the present railway gauge. The speaker recalls an old man connected to Stephenson who explained the gauge matched Roman ruts along the empire’s roads.
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Britain
Newcasstle
Stephenson
Rome
Be Alone Sometimes in a Quiet Hotel
A nervous woman, a well known business figure, asks for a private room at a family hotel to find solitude from constant work calls and domestic duties. She explains she must be alone to rest after a demanding office and home life, as quoted from Weekly Scotsman.
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Weekly
Scotsman
Farmers Embrace Automobiles as Labor Saving on Farm
The farmer, once wary of noisy cars, now adopts the automobile as a labor saving device. Wealthier farmers invest in small electric light plants and durable trucks, replacing horses for light and heavy loads. The rise of the auto wagon and auto truck brings distant farmers closer to markets, improving efficiency and reducing field absences.
The Crows In Winter Observation Across Birds
Crows shrink in number in northern New York and other cold areas during winter while still finding food from spilled corn along rail lines and along river banks and spring runs. They are early nesters, building nests and laying dark green eggs before the last snow. Their vocalizations offer rich material for study and amusement.
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New Yor
St. Nicholas
Terms of Payment Suite and a Worcester tale of a shirt theft
The late J Warren Bigelow, longtime Worcester county commissioner, recalled a winter day tale. A man seized a shirt outside a store and fled, the owner chasing after him. The thief quipped that if the shopkeeper missed payment in this world he would still collect in the next.
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J. Warren Bigelow
Worcester
Mass
Jewish Coinage Through Revolts Shows National Hope and Suppression
Jewish history on coinage tracks revolts under Vespasian and Hadrian. First revolt coins bore The Deliverance of Jerusalem. Roman issues after the rebellion show a weeping woman and Judea capta. Hadrian’s reign ends Hebrew nationalism as coinage vointage expires.
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Simon
Vespasian
Jerusalem
Rome
Judea
Bar-co@ia
Religious symbols on coins through medieval heraldry
Religious symbols appeared on coins across Christian nations with a ruler bust on the obverse and a cross or temple on the reverse. As classicism faded, heraldic devices replaced simple designs, imparting national and individual character to coinage.
Morning Song and the Path to Happy Gardens
A brief verse noting that night gives way to morning song and a visit to gardens with rare roses. It suggests self-critique over blame of weather and echoes a line from the Atlanta Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Gardens
Atlanta Constitution
American Tourists Hide Behind English Accent
The article notes Americans abroad feel marked as foreign and sometimes adopt a British accent. Otis Skinner and wife endured shopkeepers classing them as Americans, prompting her suggestion to perform a stage English accent to learn prices. The scene ends with a shopkeeper estimating four shillings as about a dollar.
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England
America
Ethel Shackelford
Lippincott’s
Otis Skinner
Mr. Skinner
Warwick
Pulse Rate Records Reflect Heart's Response to Muscular Work
University of Michigan research reveals an instrument that records the pulse continuously, showing rapid pulse acceleration almost immediately after muscular work begins. Three stages appear: primary rise, sustained acceleration, and secondary rise, with declines after work stops. Speed and resistance influence pulse changes, and cessation provides immediate heart relief.
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University of Michigan
Motor Car Delivers American Baby in Breton Coast
A new car and young couple leave a baby in a rural cottage on the Pritany coast. The road mender’s wife abandons the child. A peasant woman finds the 8 day old infant with $10,000 in bank notes on its clothing. She plans to raise the child while the wife rages at the deed. The tale, told as parish correspondence, may be true to Breton character.
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Pritany
Mender
Brest
Labor Shortage in Arizona Drives Wages Up
Willan E. Curtis, Superintendent Drake of the Santa Fe rail line, cites high demand for labor across Arizona with wages from 3 to 4 dollars daily. He notes ballast on right of way hinders track work and that crews mainly come from Mexico and Indian reservations as new mines and smelters rise, including a million dollar smelter project observed recently.
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Arizona
Willan E. Curtis
Drake
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad
Mexico
Artistic Licenses and a Melodrama Hero Reborn
A vivid caption notes a melodramatic performance where the hero seemingly rises from the dead thrice after being declared dead. The exchange highlights a striking stage effect and the audience’s reaction to the revived character.
Tapped heron swallows trout weighed by the birds
A four pound heron was found to have eaten two trout weighing two pounds and one and a half pounds. A four month old chick consumed three small trout totaling two pounds and a quarter in a single meal.
How to Be Popular and Kind in Daily Manners
Advice encouraging unselfishness active listening and helpfulness. Emphasizes genuine interest in others remembering faces looking for good in people and radiating strength through health. Urges respect courtesy across ranks female respect chivalry and avoiding hurtful jokes or wit.
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Man
Watchwords on debt and self‑control from antiquity
A caution on debt cites Emerson and Julius Syrus, stressing that small debts grow into enemies and that wealth grows by reducing desires. It urges mastering oneself, avoiding servitude to creditors, and warning that debt paralyzes energy and self‑respect.
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Jublius Syrus
World laughs at a lover in a restaurant scene
A young man in a restaurant showed he was struck on the girl with him, and the audience did not fall in love with him, but laughed. The remark about the world loving a lover is noted as a blunt judgment on public affection.
Hammock Humor: Men Alone in Quiet Rest Stirs Curiosity
A quip wonders why lounging in a hammock seems common for men yet seldom shows a man with his wife sharing the same seat. The joke plays on social expectations about couples and leisure time.
Is the Mule Doomed by the Zebrula Horse
A historical piece argues the zebrula, a cross between horse and zebra, signals the mule’s fall as a work animal. It praises the zebrula’s intelligence, durability, and suitability for transport tasks currently done by mules.
Didn't Get a Key in the Kitchen Clock Mystery
A humorous New York World item depicts Mr Slimpurse failing to get a kitchen clock key as Mrs Slimpurse refuses, citing a jeweler’s visit and an awkward scene with Mrs Stuckup. The punchline: a question about how long to clean a diamond necklace leads to an absurd outcome.
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New York
Just a Trifle Confused Elevator Mistook House for Shaft
A friend returned home and after reaching the top step pressed the bell. The landlady questioned why he used the door key. He replied with surprise that he thought the building’s entry was an elevator.
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Shades of Johnson
Boston Post
Hair of Rabbits Used in Russia for Tableware
Hair from rabbits and other animals in Russia is processed into bowls dishes and plates valued for strength durability and lightness. The items resemble varnished leather in appearance.
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Russia
Artist Hatha way at Peak's Island studio remark
Patrons of Peak's Island in Maine recall artist Hatha way whose studio near the steamboat landing reflected the resort's transient crowd. When a patron doubted sales, Hatha way replied with a mournful shake that most visitors come with only two dollars and a shirt and keep both unchanged during their stay.
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Peak's Island
Peak’s Island
Hathaway
Mr. H
How She Won Wealthy Husband By Her Extravagance
A Washington Post reader recalls Mattie a cousin who inherited about $4000 from a bachelor uncle. She spent four months in California on a grand wardrobe, then found a very rich husband after candidly explaining her money. Her frankness and sense appealed to him, ending in marriage.
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Pension Office
Washington Post
Mattie
California
Gov Colby and the Orchard Hill Guest Ozzy Whittier Tale
The late Gov Anthony Colby of New London New Hampshire freely helped locals by hosting them at his Academy Hill home. One visit by a simple minded man named Ozzy Whittier ended in chaos as he toppled a table spilling oil and destroying items, then pleaded for leniency and a reduced gift.
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Anthony Colby
New London
N. H
Academy Hill
Ozzy” Whittier
Charles
Ozzy
Talleyrand Wit Echoed in Madame de Stael
The Montreal Herald recounts Talleyrand’s famed wit as cited by the author of Juniper Hall. He admired Madame Recamier and Madame de Stael for beauty and wit, joked on saved lives with Stael on a plank, and teased Stael’s Delphine as possibly himself in Vernon.
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Talleyrand
Juniper Hall
Madame de Stael
Madame Recamier
Delphine
Madame de Vernon
Montreal Herald
Maintaining Ocean Cables Frayed by Typhoon Damages Submarine Network
A typhoon in East China seas disrupted at least six submarine cables, complicating the global telegraph grid. About 46 specialized vessels repair and lay cables worldwide as 225000 miles of undersea lines traverse depths up to 5.68 miles, with British messages totaling 100000000 words annually.
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East China
Nort Padge
Rail timetable for copper country routes and locals
Daily and excursion schedules listed for rail services including Scoot Passenger Nos. 19 23 21 34 20 28 54 and No. 55 Way Freight, with connections at Saxon for copper country and Eskanaba, times ranging from early morning to evening. Local South Round and No. 32 34 24 20 28 54 lines shown with daily and Sunday expections.
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Son’ Rh
Sun
Saxon
Copper Country
Jisgg
Escanaba
San
Naba
Liaily
Way
Dulath
West
Calumet Honaghton
Ishpeming
Marquette
C. M
St. P
Sault Ste Marie
Montreal
East
Lower Michigan
N. Bessemer
Duluth
Negaunee
Olson
Bessemer
No. 6
North Bessemer
Joan A. O'Hara
Mich
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Skinner
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Emerson
Ayer
J. UC. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
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Wisconsin Central Railway
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Witanave
Chivavo
Minneapolis
Wehland
Wilwaukee
Chicago
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Shore
Atlantic
R’y E. W. WePherran
Marquette, Mich
E. C. Dewitt & CO
D. MacFarlane
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