The Bowie knife origin tale goes in circles
Elmo Scott Watson surveys conflicting claims about who invented the Bowie knife and how its name arose. He traces variants from Rezin Bowie and James Bowie to Black, Jesse Cliffs, and John Lowell, noting rival stories tied to Natchez, Gonzales, and legends around the Alamo and frontier life.
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Ikesin
John
James
James Bowie
Natchez
Philadelphia
Edward S. Ellis
Davy Crockett
Rezin
Bowie
New Orleans
Rezin P
Opelousas
New York Star
Arkansas Gazette
James Black
Dan W Jones
Arkansas
Black
New Jersey
Washington
Ark
Jones
Alamo
H Bowie
Damascus
John Lowell
Jackson
Missouri
Gonzales
Texas
Lowell
Mr. Sowell
Sowell
Ming Tomb Treasure Hidden in Nanking Tunnel
A seven foot high and three foot wide stone lined tunnel near Nanking is linked to a legendary treasure buried 500 years ago with the coffin of the first Ming emperor. Reports say 13 gates and 13 tombs were created at as many sites to deter foes and robbers.
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Nanking
China
Mouse Causes Fatal Fall in Scottish Threshing Mill
In Garlleston Scotland Mrs. John Shillan was frightened by a mouse and stepped back into a threshing mill where she was killed. The incident occurred recently and the local community mourns.
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John Shillan
Garlleston
Scotland
Eruption of Volcanoes Attributed to Tides Theory
Volcanologists explain Etna and other eruptions by lava viscosity and steam release. The theory links tidal forces twisting the earth to kneading lava, prompting explosive activity near coastlines. Dr. William Bowie and others advance this tidal influence on volcanic eruptions.
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Mount
Etna
William Bowie
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Girdle of Green Around London Proposed by Loudoun
Landscape gardener John Loudoun proposed a permanent green girdle around London by widening Euston Road into a tree lined boulevard. The plan would pass Marylebone Hyde Park Sloane Street to the Thames Vauxhall Bridge Kennington Camberwell Deptford and Greenwich Park, looping back to New Road. Only the Oxford and Cambridge terraces off Edgware Road were built due to cost.
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John Loudoun
London
Isn
Londoun
Euston Road
New Road
Marylebone
Hyde Park
Sloane Street
Vauxhall Bridge
Kennington
Camberwell
Deptford
Greenwich Park
Bertie Baxter Engaged as Braxton Hearts Break
Bertie Baxter recently became engaged to a Braxton woman whose short three-year influence has broken the hearts of many local suitors. At a tea-dance his fiancé’s admirer mentions a new lipstick flavor, prompting a humorous exchange noted by London Answers.
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Bertie Baxter
Braxton
London
Perplexing Poiret Seeks Fitting Gown in New York
Perplexing M Poiret, famed Paris fashion designer, had just opened a New York branch when he lamented to an American friend that he cannot master the language and asks how to handle a gown that does not fit and causes a patron to have a fit.
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M. Poiret
New York
Houses for the Soul by John Ruskin
Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us have been taught in youth what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought. Bright fancies, satisfied memories, noble histories, faithful sayings, treasure house of restful thoughts which care cannot disturb. Houses built without hands for our souls to live in.
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John Ruskin
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