Sufferings of a Soldier Promotes Cerizane Remedy
Mr Gottfried Relnerdee of Pawtucket Rhode Island recounts a long cough from Camp Devens. He credits Cerizane Balsam with curing a three year cough within two days. The remedy is advertised as part of Winsol products from the Boston Wilsons family for ninety five years.
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Gottfried Relnerdee
Monroe Bt
Pawtucket
Camp
Devens
Cenzane
Cenzane Co Balsam
Wilsons
Boston
Study of the Golden Rule Promotes Self-Discipline
Grit argues that studying the Golden Rule reveals guidance for proper conduct. The author notes people often fail to treat others as they wish to be treated, making self-improvement the path to better behavior.
Prussia Seeks Drainage to Tackle Barren Land
The barren land in Prussia is estimated at no less than 3,705,000 acres. By 1918 about 1,970,000 acres were brought under cultivation, and a further 2,705,000 acres of rich soil await drainage to be obtained.
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Prussia
Our Country’s Motto First Suggested by Founding Figures
The motto In God We Trust or its variant B placidus unum was first proposed as the United States motto by Benjamin Franklin John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in August 1776 when a committee chose a design for the Great Seal. Some claim inspiration came from The Gentleman’s Magazine. It appeared on New Jersey copper coins in 1786.
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United States
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomes Jefferson
Gentleman’s Magazine
New Jersey
Excellence in Art and the Path of Mastery
The passage argues that true excellence in art comes from active effort and perseverance. It credits artists who overcome difficulties through patient struggle and disciplined labor rather than passive impressions, noting that greatness is earned without travel to distant cities.
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Rome
Paris
London
Hilliard
Immortal Living Creatures Questioned by Hydra Idea
The New York Herald reports that proponents suggest some organisms could avoid death through perfect regenerative processes. It cites Protozen and Welsmanon as arguing stable mortal parts can be reduced and rebuilt, and hints Hydra may share immortality through similar mechanisms.
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Welsmanon
New York Herald
Difference in Minds and the Nature of Thought
The quotation contrasts the living affirmative mind with the negative mind. Difficulties and unintelligibilities are likened to dross that rises to surface and dims truth, yet are cast away until only molten silver remains. The negative mind is described as barren, leaving nothing after brass formations are skimmed away.
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Cavontre Potmara
Potteries China Families in the 1910 Amalgamation
The chief seat of the pottery and earthenware industry centers on Hanley Stoke and Burslem with the Wedgwoods and the Mintons among the most famous families connected to the china business. The districts merged in 1910 into a single municipal borough named Stoke-on-Trent.
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Enic
Thencht Sfanes Sanenware
Hanley
Stake-on-Trént
Wedgwoods
Mintons
Nine Tailors Digression On Parish Death Tolls
An old note explains the saying Nine tailors make a man arising from parish church bells. It details how three tellers signaled a child’s death, six a woman, and nine a man, with villagers remarking Nine tellers make a man as the bells tolled.
Bank Without National in Name Receives Special Act
The only national bank in the United States without National in its title is the Bank of North America in Philadelphia. A special act of Congress is needed to authorize a bank to operate as national without naming the word National.
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United States
National
Bank of North American
Philadelphia
Congress
Moisture From Ice Sustains Early Tanana Valley Crops
In the Tanana valley Alaska crops rely on melt from underground ice for moisture during initial years after cultivation. As land is developed the ice retreats deeper and ceases to supply water to the plants.
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Tanana Valley
Alaska
Genteel Father Draws Pansy Pyotin's Protest
The Old Gentleman is defended by Pansy and Pyotin who object to his use of English. They criticize his grammar as flawless evidence that he does not attend theaters or cabarets or frequent any such places.
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Pansy
Pyotin
Father
Ben the fire horse and the station cats
In Our Dumb Animals a big bay horse named Ben fears rats. When a mouse appears in his corner Ben climbs two feet to grail and pauses until danger passes. Cats from the station help defend Ben and restore calm as the rat is driven away.
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Ben
The Jolly Paper Hanger Folio Fragment
A fragment from Charles S Brooks quotes a paper hanger who sings in an empty room and slaps his work. The narrator recalls the sticky, sloshing sounds and the way the hanger settles in, with playful, reflective language about his trade.
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Niagara
Mlance
Charles S Brooks
Measuring the Moon and Its Ocean Birthplace Idea
The text compares the moon to Earth noting its small size with a diameter of 2,160 miles. It discusses an old belief that the moon originated from the Pacific Ocean, framing the Moon as a solitary island in that vast sea.
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Great Circle of
Pacific
Belief in Water Cures Draws on Ancient and Modern Lore
The article surveys water cure myths from ancient Greece to England. It notes tales of healing springs and cave pools, the role of offerings or sacrifices, and the belief in nereids protecting mineral waters. It also cites 1102 church canons condemning wells worship while acknowledging biblical naming of wells by Abraham and Isaac.
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Greece
England
Hany
Abraham
Isaac
Martha Jefferson Nearly Becomes Catholic Nun at School
Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter near entered a convent during the French Revolution period while at Abbaye de Saint Mont. She feared revolutionary infidelity and sought a cloistered life, writing to her father who then ordered her to return home and assume duties as mistress of his household. The topic was never spoken of again.
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Martha Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Abbaye de Santhemont
Church of England
Caue
Jefferson
Stratford-on-Avon Historic Sites Highlight
Historic Stratford on Avon traces 1100 years as Shakespeare birthplace. Notable sites include the Guard House Sha ke's birth, Shoftery where he courted Anne Hathaway, Charlotte Park, Sir Thomas Lucy’s deer case, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, and Shakespeare’s Monument. The Shakespeare Hotel, dating to the 14th century, sits near Harvard House, early home of the Harvard family.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare
Guard House
Shoftery
Anne Hathaway
Charlotte Park
Sir Thomas Lucy
Shakespeare Memorial Theater
Avon
Shakespeare Hotel
Harvard House
Harvard
Harvard University
How to Know Poetry Says Crothers on Poetic Taste
A Crothers quotation satirizes readers who rely on critics and grammarians to define poetry. He notes that education in poetry can confuse and urges readers to avoid rigid rules. The quote ends with an amusing test based on capitalization.
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Samuel McChord Crothers
The
Atlantic Monthly
India’s Fertility and Varied Climates Across Regions
The piece contrasts India’s vast geographic diversity from the arid Jacobabad to the Himalayan cold, and from Cochin palm groves to Lyallpur wheat fields. It notes three production zones tropical, sub tropical, and temperate, shaped by varied elevations.
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India
Europe
Great Plain
Milgir
Putney Hills
Jacobabad
Himalayas
Cochin
Lyallpur
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