Oklahoma Becomes State After Land Rush Of 1889
The piece recalls Oklahoma opening to homesteaders on April 22, 1889 when 100000 boomers surged to stake claims. Troops guarded the process as settlers crowded land offices in Oklahoma City and Guthrie. Oklahoma joined the Union in 1907 with ten presidential electors, after Indian Territory was folded in.
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Oklahoma
Klahoma
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Indian Territory
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Oklahoma Territory
Congress
Union
State of
New Mexico's Fusion of Spanish and Native Histories
The narrative traces New Mexico’s history from early Spanish exploration by De Vaca and Coronado to pueblo civilizations, Onate’s conquest, mission era, and Santa Fe’s founding. It covers Mexican rule, the 1846 Kearny expedition, 1848 treaty, 1851 territorial changes, 1863 Arizona split, statehood in 1910, and its 122,634 square mile size with three electoral votes.
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New Mexico
Old Mexico
de Vaca
Coronado
Juan de Onate
Santa Fe
Mexico
Spain
Kearny
Fort Leavenworth
United States
Territory of
Texas
California
Arizona
Colorado
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Carter De Haven Stars In The Girl In The Taxi
Friday program features The Girl In The Taxi with Carter De Haven and Grace Cunard. King Baggott Otis Harlan and others co star in a mix of serials and features as the Victory Theatre presents Isobel and Wikiners of the West plus an Arrow heart tale Ten Nights in a Bar Room with John Lowell and Jane Novak includes matinee at 2 30 and evening show at 8.
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Carter DeHaven
DeHavens
King Baggott
Grace Cunard
Frederick Smith
Marietta
Otis Harlan
Tom McGuire
Margaret Campbell
Lincoln Plumer
Freya Sterling
John Gough
Arrow
John Lowell
Joe Morgan
Victory Theatre
Providence
Cow in a China Shop Exits Untouched in Tipperary
A cow spent about fifteen minutes in a China shop on The Mall street, Tipperary, entering while the owner was away. It wandered behind the counter and into a back room, then reemerged and exited without damaging any article, much to the crowd outside.
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Tipperary
London Daily Mall
Asbestos In Great Demand and Varied Uses
Asbestos is described as essential in manufacturing woven fabrics for theater curtains and wall linings, fireproof clothing, and fireproof rope. It also serves in roof shingles, stucco, plaster, pipe coverings, furnaces, locomotives, insulating materials, heat resistant paints, table mats, and tempering gas stoves.
New Use for Old Clock
Restored clocks that no longer keep time can become picture frames. Remove the glass crystal, insert a photo, and reassemble to create a decorative mantel piece. The transformed clock retains its charm as a frame on display.
Fole Gras Industry in Toulouse Lets Geese Swell Livers
Toulouse touts a famous industry of fattening geese for foie gras. Birds are confined in coops, fed to maximum capacity, then processed into four forms: foie gras au naturel, pate de foie gras, terrine de foie gras, and foie gras sausage.
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Toulouse
France
Local historian dimly seen beside mighty scholars
In the arts and sciences pageant the local historian is treated as a lesser figure, tolerated as a poor relation to the great chroniclers of parliaments and armies. The idea: a writer of small sections cannot rival one who writes of nations and the world.
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Dixop
Ryan Fox
Philosopher's Advice on Bodily Needs and Luxury
Epictetus urges focusing on essential bodily needs like meat drink clothing house and servants while rejecting what is merely show or luxury to avoid excess. The fragment emphasizes restraint and practical living.
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Epictetus
Serb Women Labor and Marriage Customs
Serbian women perform much farm work and weave clothing, valued by families. Wives are often older than their husbands, leading parents to resist early marriages.
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Serbia
Embarrassing Moment Over a Toothbrush Incident
A friend and I bought a toothbrush then left the store. The shopkeeper asked if we wanted more, we said no, and outside he questioned my friend about paying. I felt foolish realizing his earlier vague remark referred to the purchase.
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Enbarranginga
Woo
Niosey
Reading with focus and rapid comprehension
Sydney Smith suggests building a habit of severe attention to a book’s content to keep the mind fixed on the single object. Once this habit and prior knowledge are developed, one can read and react rapidly. otherwise hasty progress leads to more errors.
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Sydney Smith
Pheasant Stoppage Delays London Express Near Welshpool
A pheasant collided with the air brake pipes of a Great Western railway express near Welshpool causing sudden braking and an unexpected stop. The engineer, discovering the dead bird after dismounting, noted the bird struck the air brake mechanism during flight.
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Great Western Railway
London
Welshpool
They Insure Anything From Island Visitor
An English visitor describes a versatile local insurer offering unusual policies. The firm will insure a fond mistress for three years against loss of her pet poodle and garden shortfalls, and even insure a girl against spinsterhood with life-long income if premiums are paid for ten years.
Cape Cod Named by Gosnold in 1602 on New England Coast
The piece recalls Francis Drake as the first Englishman to land in New England on Cape Cod. It notes Gosnold in 1602 surveying the coast for colonization and naming the cape Cape Cod after initial attempts to rename it Cape James failed.
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Cape Cod
Francis Drake
New England
Cape
Gosnold
Cape James
Two and Two Make Four Or Twenty Two
A famous logician Archbishop Whitelevy discusses premises in a playful exchange. A friend challenges his willingness to admit truths, prompting a quip that two and two could become 22 if misapplied. The exchange hinges on logical acceptance versus concatenation.
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Whitelevy
Respect for Authority In Liberty’s Balance
A concise defense arguing that liberty requires enduring respect for authority as a necessary counterpart. The piece emphasizes that freedom and order must coexist for a functioning society and highlights the role of authority in protecting individual rights.
Bull Gores Farmer John Hobbs inCounty Incident
An Eastern paper reports John Hobbs, a county farmer, was badly gored by an infatuated bull yesterday. The incident occurred in the county and was noted by local reporters.
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Eastern
John Hobbs
Boston
Gnanty Doggie! Little Boy Consoles Nervous Lady
A humorous exchange in Boston where a boy reassures a frightened woman about his dog. He insists the dog never bites, only nibbles, highlighting a cheerful street scene and public sentiment.
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Boston Transcript
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