The Herring Fishery and the Fall of Charles I
The piece links the herring trade to England’s rise and fall, detailing how Dutch fisheries shaped policy and power. It cites royal ventures like the Royal Fishery Company and taxes such as ship money, arguing that tensions over fishing rights helped spark civil war and the monarch's execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Stafford
Duke of Norfolk
Douglas
Duke of York
Company of the
Royal Fishery of
England
North Sea
France
Scotland
Prince of Wales
Kingdom
James Oglethorpe
Georgia
Charles I
Holland
James
Charles
Commons
Council of
Plymout
Neck bones explain birds flexible necks at Bronx Zoo
A writer notes flamingoes in the Bronx Zoo display dramatic neck contortions as ornithologists explain neck flexibility stems from many cervical bones. He compares swans with 23 neck bones to giraffes with seven, and cites a tiny sparrow with fourteen bones, illustrating varying neck anatomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx Zoo
New York
Noted Forger of Historic Manuscripts Exposed in Edinburgh
A Scottish forger who crafted a long string of forged autographs and letters fooled experts worldwide. He sold items by Cromwell, Mary Queen of Scots, Burns, Scott, and Byron, with Lenox Library in New York and Edinburgh receiving prized ensembles before a Burns poem tied his deception to a pseudonymous origin. The scheme collapsed after a reader linked a Burns verse to Simon Hodge, exposing the fraud and ending his career with imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidor Mercator
Rome
Ireland
Chatterton
Edinburgh
Cromwell
Mary, Queen of Scots
James VI
Prince Charlie
John Knox
Rob Roy
Burns
Scott
Thackeray
Carlyle
Salisbury
Gladstone
Lord Nelson
Abbotsford
Lord Byron
Lenox
New York
Robert Burns
Europe
London
Earl of Chatham
Simon Hodge
British Museum
New York Press
Plebeians win first tribunes in early Rome democracy
A summary of the plebeians in ancient Rome, their harsh rights, and their 497 B C secession to Mons Acer leading to the creation of tribunes. Over two centuries their disabilities faded, culminating in political offices and a shift toward a democratic form of government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
B. C
Mons ®Acer
Roman Republic
New York American
Perspire Supplants Sweat in Language by 1791
A London Gentlemen's Magazine writer notes that by 1791 the elegant term perspire displaced the crude sweat across Great Britain and Ireland. By 1770 perspiration meant insensible moisture, while sweating referred to the grosser form. Wesley joked a healthy man sweats less than when he perspired during sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gentleman’s Magazine
Great
Britain
Ireland
Carters
Wesley
Queer Sort of Borrow
A speaker recalls a silver dollar kept as a pocket piece and security for loans. He jokes the coin is a trusted friend despite poverty, using it to borrow another dollar when in need. The anecdote, attributed to the New York Globe, plays on humor and sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Globe
Woman Outwits Bank Cashier Over Identification
A Harrison woman attempting to cash a check at an unfamiliar bank faces standard demands for ID. She calmly replies she can be identified by a mole on her cheek, illustrating a humorous contrast to caution and formality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Newark
Dining hours at the club clarified by rule 5
The club states dining hours are from 6 to 8 for all. the committee has an exception. Rule 5 permits the committee to fill any vacancy in their body at any time. The exchange parodies governance and access within a club setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Troublesome Teeth
Cartoon caption joke about teeth causing trouble with a quick exchange between a young person and an older speaker from Yonkers Statesman noting a humorous misplacement of teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
A Mistaken Cure Lapses Into Song
A brief dramatic exchange shows a composer urging his wife Jennie to keep quiet as he struggles to think while singing one of her lullabies to a poor child, as described in Lippincott's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Lippincott’s
A Potential Difference Between Ideals and Realism
An old transcript quotes a quip about idealism and realism and adds a French proverb about social ladders. The dialogue contrasts lofty thought with practical outcomes and notes unequal life trajectories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston ‘Transcript
Great trees give more shade than fruit proverb
A concise German proverb notes that large trees provide lasting shelter beyond their fruit. It emphasizes the value of enduring benefits over immediate yields.
Atmosphere and moon comparison on airless world lessons
The piece explains how life and light rely on air, imagining a moon without atmosphere. It outlines dangers to living beings and structures if air vanished, plus how motion and visibility would cease and daylight would fail. It concludes with a contrast to Earth and a brief quoted anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector
Chicago Record-Herald
Watts and the Mayor's Wife A Suffragist Joke
A brief items quip appears: “What’s Watts?” contemplates the mayoral couple and jokes about a suffragette. The line echoes a satirical exchange, labeling the colonel’s wife as “A sufferer” in a witty exchange from Smart Set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
Those who attain excellence pursue a single common path
The quote notes that true excellence stems from long dedication to a single goal rather than easy routes. It emphasizes perseverance, focus, and consistent effort as the hallmarks of mastery across disciplines.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Attorneys At Law
Drs
Chalk & Gray
Veterinary ‘Surgeons
Patterson's Drug Store
Grand Hotel
BIG Timber
Montana
P. J. Sheeran
Mont
Lewis Sts. Livingston
R. J. Northern
Osteopath
Stella
Elliot & Coit
D. Claiborne
Richard
M.W. Barr
Bigtimber, Montana
A. K. Wearne
A. G. Hatch
Biogtimber, Mont
J.T. Vaughan
Elliot and Coit
Bie Timber
B. J. Klein Hesselink
Alexander Fyfe
A. D. Knowles, D. V. S
Livingston
M. J. Foley
Frank Larson Mfg. Co
Big Timber and
Billings
John G. Ellingson
Hugh M. Smith
National Geographic Magazine
United States
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Wales
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Russia
Germany
Belgium
Japan
Siberia
Iwitz-Greene Halleck
Plebeians
McLeod Street
J. A. Lowry & Co
C. N. Skrniman
U.S
J. A. Bailey
Notary Public
Skillman & Bailey
Choice
H. M. Allen & Company S
Montana Trading C
E. Steensland
John Watt
Harper
the Club
Electrician and Mechanic
Sampson Pub. Co
Peacon St
Boston
Mass
Americas Photography
Beacon St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!