The Liberty Cap Symbol Across History and Modern Jewelry
The liberty cap links Roman slave manumission to Venice rulers and early republics, symbolizing freedom in American iconography. It notes a shift in display versus Adriatic power, and mentions jewelers considering ivory settings to better preserve diamond brilliance over gold or silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Venice
Republic
Txse
Frederick Fabarossa
Andrea Dandolo
Constantinople
Ioand
Corfu
Colauxbus
America
Zante
Cyprus
Massachusetts
Christendom
Adriatic
Equine Tenant of the White House
The White House houses a plain everyday horse with a white star who shares the executive mansion with the President. He is paired with Edgar R. Beckley a loyal mail carrier for twenty five years delivering and collecting all White House mail regardless of weather. Beckley’s duty is constant and precise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Edgar R. Beckley
Beckley
City
Tle
United States
Globe- Democrat
Sword Fish Fights Sailors On Outbound Voyage
Capt Amery of the schooner Orig in reports an attack by a swordfish while sailing from England to Labrador. The fish pierced the hull with an eighteen inch sword and broke off as it attempted to retreat. The ship took on water before Newfoundland, and the crew feared a withdrawal would have caused foundering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amery
Origin
Plymouth
Labrador
England
Newfoundland
London Daily News
English as She Is Taught in Child Speech
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a young mother frustrated at her son Bertie’s slow speech progress. She lists words in a playful domestic tone while attempting to coax language from the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Those Clever Chinese Sign Narrowly Noted in Stars
An old Washington Star fragment shows Mr Dolan remarking on a laundry sign and the phrase fur learning to speak their own language. The dialogue reflects playful mispronunciations and curiosity about Chinese language in a light, dated newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dolan
Phwat
Washington Star
Founding of Marseilles Traced to Phoenician Roots
The article notes earliest dating of Marseilles to 1200–1000 BC with Phoenician settlers establishing trading ports. It cites Phoenician origin theories reinforced by archaeological traces found during 1865 street work, mentions Herodotus and Horace, and highlights Marseilles rapid rise to a major Mediterranean power capable of challenging Carthage.
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Marseillles
France
Ligt
Massila
Asia Minor
Cyrus
the Mariner
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Promised Relief For Many Ailments
A vintage ad extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as tiny remedies for liver stomach and bowel derangements. It claims toning effects on intestinal lining, relief from jaundice biliousness dizziness indigestion and fatigue, and promises satisfaction or money back. Also touts use against colds fevers rheumatism neuralgia and exposure symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Danish Missionary Arranges Greenland Marriage
A Greenland wedding tale shows a Danish missionary guiding courtship. The man proposes, the maiden resists, and the missionary nudges with a proposed husband who, after doubts, proves his worth by whale hunting. The couple wed with the pastor blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Salt in Sea Waters Exceeds Lard in Weight
A Berg und Huettenmaennische Zeitung computation estimates global sea salt if extracted would exceed lard in mass. Seas cover 75 percent of Earth's surface about 9 260 000 German square miles. With average depth about half a mile, 3 400 000 cubic miles of sea water hold roughly 25 kg salt per cubic mile, totaling 85 000 cubic miles of distilled salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg Und Huettenmaennische Zeitung
Globe
Mystery of the Theatre Actor Returns to England
Rose Smedley pursues a lead that a touring actor named Mr Wilson may be her long lost husband Jack Smedley. Tom Yarborough reports hearing Wilson’s voice and follows clues from a theater stage door to lodgings, while Rose travels to verify the claim, uncovering a vanished couple and a possible reunion or final truth.
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Tom Yarborough
Rose
Tom
Jack
Rose Smedley
London
Jack Smedley
J. Wilson
England
Wilson
Mr. Yarborough
Missing husband mystery drives Rose Smedley
Rose Smedley seeks her missing husband actor Mr Wilson and suspects his life with a younger woman. She uses a photo of Mrs Wilson as a clue and pursues leads through a theater manager and a Scotland Yard detective, hoping to locate him while avoiding alerting their rival. The pursuit continues with contact at a Strand agency and a returning photo hint.
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Rose Smedley
Mr. Wison
Mrs. Wilson
John Wilson
Rose
Wilson
Scotland Yard
Jack Smedley
Yarborough
Tom Yarborough
Hounds of Justice
London
Aes Bees
Interesting Events Of The Week In Minnesota
A weekly digest from Minnesota items lists a St. Cloud grand jury indictment for Bernard Smiths on indecent assault and George Wood ruff on second degree larceny. S. A. Thompson leaves the Duluth chamber of commerce to become associate editor of the Evening Commonwealth. A Mille Lacs reservation settlers relief bill passes the House. Duluth Library distributed 8,000 volumes last month with 13,000 volumes available. An unknown man forged a $15 order on Perry Farwell and used it to buy an overcoat at Red Wing store. suspects sought. Nordseth vs Mille Lacs Lumber Co. settles with a $500 verdict paid. The body of John Johnson, a Lake Prairie factor, was found frozen near St Peter after his wagon tipped in a ditch. coroner investigates.
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St. Cloud
Bernard Smiths
George Woodruff
S. A. Thompson
Duluth Chamber of Commerce
Evening Commonwealth
Mille Lacs
Minnesota
Duluth Public Library
Perry Farwell
Belle Creek
Wing & Olson
Red Wing
Nordseth
Mille Lacs Lumber Company
John Johnson
Lake Prairie
St. Peter
McMaster
Rebekah
Asa Tans
Cambridge
London
David
Aberdeen
Wierix
John Wierix
Dives
Lazarus
Fire destroys Kleiner's meat market in Little Falls
Friday December 8 a blaze swept Kleiner's meat market on First street Little Falls with $1,000 insurance from Commercial Union. Also reported Elias Hines jailed at Cassel for assault on John Cassaday over alleged insulting letters to his daughter. Consolidation of First National and Citizens banks in Princeton to form Citizens bank on January 1. Jury convicts Thomas Fleary in St Paul bank robbery case. four co defendants await trial. Charles Baker at Stillwater prison attempts suicide again with sharpened steel. non fatal. Stearns county tax roll shows total property value 10,611,580 up nearly a million with St Cloud assessments rising 1–2 million.
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Kleiner's
First Street
Little Falls
Commercial Union
Elias Hines
Cassel
John Cassaday
Hines
Cassaday
Princeton
First National
Citizens
Citizens’ Bank
Thomas Fleary
First National Bank
St. Paul
Charles Baker
Hennepin County
Stillwater
St. Cloud
Stearns County
St. Cloud City
Local disasters and crimes ripple through Minnesota towns
The Manterville Creamery fire destroys the creamery. Catherine Chambers wins $5,000 in Winona court against a Kansas City road for her husband Patrick’s death. Arrests loom for a Cheney shooting near Albert Lea. A Red Wing grandchild’s dynamite accident injures several in a schoolhouse five miles away. Mason Hicks dies after leaping from a windmill. A Faribault confidence man targets merchants at bank closings. White & Conant sue Sken over a contested store account due to unsealed scales. Venue changes in Luverne court.
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Cheney
Albert Lea
W. Gilmore
Red Wing
Were
Mason Hicks
Byron
Faribault
Ife
White & Conant of
Beaver Creek
E. A. Sken
Adams
Webber
Luverne
Red Wing River Rescue and Twin Theft Reports
Reports show a team fell through ice on the Red River at Red Wing and was rescued after danger. O B Terrell of Redwood had over 100 bushels of wheat stolen. Will Burch and O S Smith suffered similar losses. A shed burglary yielded stolen machinery with no suspects identified. The Little Falls coroner ruled John Welter killed Kosanke, with blood evidence and a hair comparison linking Welter. Mrs Carolina Hall, Center City, was acquitted of poisoning her mother-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Wing
O. B. Terrell
Redwood
Will Burch
O. S. Smith
Little Falls
Kosanke
John Welter
Welter
Carolina Hall
Center City
Johanna Hall
Minnesota News Briefs Include Death and Theft Reports
Mrs. Sylvia Dunham of Faribault dies at ninety one after forty years in Minnesota. A Crookston man is shot by an officer during arrest. Roth & Smith liabilities 8751.03 with assets 8624.12. Mrs. Bertha Johnson of Northfield seeks 2000 from the city for sidewalk injuries. Thieves steal Milwaukee track bridge timber near Brown's Valley. a half breed railroad worker Lawrence helped track them to a ravine where over a hundred timbers were found stored. They admitted the thefts and said they took claims due to lack of money to buy wood. Operation began Nov. 5.
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Sylvia Dunham
Faribault
Minnesota
Crookston, Minn
Milwaukee Track
Brown's Valley
Lawrence
Park Rapids sells water bonds for new works
Park Rapids sells 6000 dollars of 7 percent water works bonds to N W Harris Co Chicago and will start installing a water system. A young man named George Atchinson near Montevideo accidentally shot himself while removing a rifle from a buggy. F M Trace dies suddenly in Sauk Center and is buried at Little Falls. his brother Dr O C Trace serves as local surgeon for the Northern Pacific Railroad. State Geologist Winchell has a plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Rapids
N. W. Harris & Co
Chicago
George Atchinson
Montevideo
F. M. Trace
Sauk Center
Little Falls
O. C. Trace
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Winchell
Museum Plan Converts Old Exposition Building
The idea calls for transferring the obsolete structure to university authorities to create a Northwest regional museum highlighting science art education and politics for the benefit of the state.
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Northwest
Noted Granite Falls Resident Asa Weaver Dies
Asa Weaver, a long time Granite Falls resident, has died. He leaves a son in Minneapolis, another who is mayor of Mankato, and a third who serves as station agent here. The report notes Weaver’s prominence in the community.
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Asa Weaver
Granite Falls
Minneapolis
Mankato
George Atchison
Montevideo
Gund Brewery Company
Marshall
Dennis Flaherty
Flaherty & Lies
General Merchants
Shakopee
Flaherty
Scott County
Red Wing
Hired to Be Discharged A New Occupation In Stores
A manager uses a bell and call board to identify staff fault, discharging Jackson after a silk goods error and a ribbon short measure dispute. He notes the system works well as the employee is shown the door while customers plead for mercy.
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Jackson
Tolarant
Dissecting Society on the Stage and Public Morality
A writer argues the theater should serve the people not a male gaze. He opposes Ibsen and Pinero slipping into pessimistic themes and insists stage topics mirror open dinner table discussion accessible to families including women and daughters.
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Desperately overflowed court remark ends in Mississippi tale
A Washington county Mississippi resident Jesse D- tells a Harper's Magazine anecdote about floods and overclaiming water. He explains being overflowed means too much water for wagoning and not enough for boating, defusing a lawyer's question with a drawn out reply.
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Washington County
Mississippi
Harper's Magazine
Mississippi Valley
Waters
Jesse D
Obed Jenkins Seeks Seam-Needle Free Knitting Aid
An amused Berryville shopkeeper hears Obed Jenkins request a seam-needle free knitting set for his wife who endlessly knits. The storekeeper explains such a thing cannot exist, leaving Obed crestfallen and muttering that he cannot outpace women.
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Obet Jenkins
Berryville
Obed
Tunkett
Curious Printing Blunders in Famous Bibles Across Ages
A Brooklyn Eagle list catalogs notable misprints in historic Bibles. Examples include the Breeches Bible 1506 with fig leaves, the Bug Bible 1561, the Treacle Bible 1568, the Vinegar Bible 1717, and the Wicked Bible 1631 for omitting the seventh commandment. Other items note phrasing errors, misplaced headings, and ill-phrased passages.
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Mary
Brooklyn Eagle
Young boarder cures theft by toxic cologne mischief
A New York boarder sets a trap after repeated thefts. He suspects his Cologne and whisky were stolen and uses emetic and nitrate of silver in the bottle. The maid drinks from the whisky and bathes in Cologne, becoming ill and blackening her face. The plan forces her to stay away several days.
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New York
Herbal bitters advertised for liver and nerves
An old advertisement extols Drastic ecatharle pills as ineffective for liver and temper. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming to ease bilious symptoms, purify the bowels, and aid malaria, kidney ailments, dyspepsia, and nervousness.
Constitutional Remedy for Catarrh and Blood Cure
A fragmented medical note states catarrh is a constitutional disease rooted in the blood. It argues nasal symptoms do not reveal the disease and calls for a constitutional remedy and thorough blood treatment.
Blind Man Requests Coin and Gets Rude Reproof
A beggar asks a passerby for a few cents. The man, fully blind, replies with a curt insult about the beggar’s appearance, comparing him to a recently electrocuted figure and calling him a “long legged, red-headed galoot.”
Hungry Higgins Seeks Food Neighbor Gossip
A clipped Indianapolis Journal snippet records Hungry Higgins asking Mrs. Wickwire for food. He mentions a neighbor who would hand out grub if he learns how she keeps her complexion, then asks if she likes sugar and cream in coffee.
England makes 100,000,000 needles and lifeboat station opening
The piece notes England producing vast needle numbers and the United States printing efforts. it mentions Massachusetts Humane Society establishing America’s first lifeboat station at Co Bassett, Mars, and lists various products and firms including glycerine cures and park company references in New Haven and Connecticut.
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England
United States
Massachusetts Humane Society Erecto
America
Cobassett
Mars
Amber Fossil Gem Sells As Insect Specimen Material
Amber is described as a fossil product often classed among gems. Insect specimens shown are mostly manufactured from gum coral, and bronchial troches for sore throat are sold only in boxes.
Men of Millions Near Death in Remarkable Escapes
A Wall Street source cites a string of near fatal incidents involving prominent magnates. George Gould avoided a premature discharge, Russell Sage escaped a bomb, and William K. Vanderbilt’s yacht sank at night. Cornelius Vanderbilt, John W Mackay, C T Yerkes, Eddie Gould, George Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor, and a Vanderbilt Jr. heir all faced peril in trains wrecks, drownings, shootings, and yacht collisions.
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Wall Street
New York World
George Gould
Adirondacks
Russell Sage
Norcross
Mr. Sage
William K. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John W. Mackay
California
Rippey
San Francisco
C. T. Yerkes
Chicago
Mackay
Yerkes
Eddie Gould
Buffalo Railroad
Seventh Regiment
George Vanderbilt
Newport
John Jacob Astor
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
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Ivory
Paris
Continental
Drugzits
Bottie
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
Healy & Bigelow
New Haven
Benton-Waldo
Northwestern
Union ST
Uncle Sam's Monogram
Marseilles
North
New York Evening Post
Moons
Africa
Australia
ST. Jacobs Oil
Will
Grea Baron
ELY Brothers
Warren &T
North Star
Manterville
Robert Muir
Red We
Aorse
Roth & Smith
Bertha Johnson
Northfield
Joseph Cehlitz
Pabst Brewing Company
Duluth
Schlitz
Dissecting Society
He Meant
Gilead
Jeremiah Vilii
Japan
Boston
Jersay
Hood
T. M
Park Co
New Haves
St. Petersburg
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J
Qsung & Co
C. B
China
James T. Durette
Earlysville
Boschee
Thompson
Frpreeirm
S. Tewte
Manupactu
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Aliham
Masa
Scott
Scott £ Bowne
Aldruggista
Taz Swift Spectro Co
Avanta, Ga
Shiloh
Walter Baker & CO
Dorchester, Mass
D & Locks
Man Wilsow
Sverre
Cairo
California Fig Syrup Co
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Northwestern Newspaper Union
the Globe
Iu Metal
Sentinel
Tinel
Fairmont Sentinel
Minn
S. Dakota
Newspaper Union
Aberdeen S. Dak
N. Dakota Newspaper Union
Fargo
N- Dakota
Piso
Isis
N. W. ON
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