Jamestown Legion Plans July Post Meeting and Sept Convention
The James River post reports a July 17 meeting date moved from the first Friday. Delegates to the Department Convention in Jamestown will attend with Rear Admiral T P Magruder as principal speaker. The Fourth of July parade invite is accepted with Legionnaires to assist. Hospitality and program details are outlined for September events and hotels stay through Sept 15.
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REDE
Glam Keithe
Latteny
Ion Rot
Selomon
Pwilliggs
Thomas
LePage -Ahd
Charles Eee
Vie
Departments
Jamestown
Post
Charle Ce Aethony
Dept
American Legion and Auxiliary
T. P. Magruder
Jamestown Post and Auxiliary
James T. Pierce
Belief and Hope as Life’s Guide, Emerson Quote
A concise reflection on belief and hope as essential to living fully in the world. The message emphasizes that giving up experience leads to disengagement from life and stifles growth.
Bristol Council wrestles with carnival funding and permits
The council debated the cost and fairness of allowing an out of town operator to run a carnival amid concerns it would burden Bristol residents. Other actions included license grants for milk sales and fireworks, sidewalk projects, and appointing a special constable. A town representative will attend Boston hearings on steamship line ownership and a $4965.85 bequest funds cemetery beautification.
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Callan
Holmes
Della "Morte
Bristol
Maetozo
Amos S. Gorhany
Francesco DeLeo
Sekla Gezebien
E. J. Girard
A. J. Duffy
Mt. Hope
Frank Perry
la Finkerty Ous Valley
Sonn Wallae
Ofc. D
O'Donnell
Boston
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven,and Hartford Railroad ,Co
Ruth A. Seldon
Earliest Hawaiian Map Found in England
The San Francisco Chronicle states the first recorded map of the Hawaiian islands was brought to light in England and identified for Hawaii Archives. It was drawn by Thomas Edgar, master of the Discovery, which sailed with Cook. Edgar, like Cook, depicted only observed land and left hazy outlines for unknown areas. Hawaiian navigators lacked maps and written language yet mastered long ocean voyages by stars.
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England
Hawaiian Islands
Archives of
Hawaii
San Francisco Chronicle
Thomas Eagar
Discovery
Resolution
James Oak
Haall
Cook
Walmea
Kauai
Edgar
Listen to the Mocking Bird composer linked to Wenner
The tune Listen to the Mocking Bird was composed by Richard Milburn. Septimus Wenner allegedly induced Milburn to whistle the piece and wrote it down. Wenner published the 1855 Philadelphia edition listing music by Richard Milburn and words by Alice Hawthorne, a Wenner pseudonym.
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Richard Milburn
Septimus Wenner
Milburn
Wenner
Mr. Wenner
Philadelphia
Alice Hawthorne
Baltic Amber From Ancient Forests Defined By Fossil Resin
The Baltic amber forms from fossil resin linked to pine species over hundreds of years. Amber washes ashore from seas near Lithuania where the government owns raw amber and collectors must deliver finds to state depots or face embezzlement charges. Artisans cut and polish amber into necklaces bracelets and brooches using lathes and friction to finish.
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Blue Earth
Baltic Basin
Artisana
New York Times
Principles of Chess Strategy in Armies Battle on Board
The article compares chess to real war, noting chess is a 64 square battle between two armies of equal strength. It argues victory hinges on skilled generals, with checkmate as the ultimate end when capture is inevitable and premature attacks often lead to disaster.
Heat measured by time and loss, not moist skin
Dr Slosson explains heat as a rate of loss, noting that rapid near closed lip breath cools the hand via evaporation, while gentler open mouth breath causes warmth. A thermometer would show similar or opposite effects since it records actual temperature, not moisture changes on skin.
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Slosson
The Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
The most famous of the four great national festivals occurred at Olympia in Elis at the sanctuary of Zeus. Celebrated every four years, dates varied from early August to mid September due to the lunar calendar. Olympia stood as a sacred site at the Cladeus and Alpheus junction, not a town.
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Olympia
Pisatis
Elis
Perfect Will of Chief Justice White Illusion of a Legal Note
A dated mock will claims to be the Chief Justice White's last will containing 51 words. It bequeaths all rights and property to wife Leila M. White and appoints her executrix without bond. The text notes proper will formalities and witnessing are required.
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White
Leila M. White
Selain
Rehearsal Tale Of Actor Manager Believed Dead
A London Tit-Bits tale recalls an actor manager thought dead by relatives and funeral planned. On the day, a colleague arrives to mourn but learns the supposed corpse revived from a coma and a quip about his terror for rehearsals echoes the past.
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Bill
London
Practical failures lecture to business people
The Advisory Brigade notes that those who fail or are merely practical at running their own business often advise others on how to run theirs. Successful people stay focused on their own businesses and lack time to manage others.
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New Albany
Tribune
Wanderlust Dreams and Distant Service for Youth and Girls
A magazine piece discusses how young men seek adventurous amusements while girls yearn for faraway service roles beyond ordinary work. It reflects gendered expectations and aspirational goals in the era.
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Amiericah
Magazina
First Indian language newspaper in Shawnee mission Kansas
The Shawanee Indian newspaper published March 4 1885 at the Shawnee Indian mission in Kansas. Dr Johnson Lyking edited and published this semimonthly paper claimed as the first to be published exclusively in an Indian language.
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Taeda Bey
Earlies
Johnson Lyking
Kansas
Aberdeen’s Silver City by the Sea nickname
Aberdeen is known as the Silver City by the Sea for its gleaming granite buildings and coastal setting, a nickname rooted in local lore and city color.
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Aberdeen
Oldest Iron Fragment Found Beneath Gizeh Pyramid
An ancient iron piece unearthed near the Gizeh pyramid complex is dated to about 6,000 years ago. Researchers identify it as the oldest iron artifact yet discovered, shedding light on early metallurgical advances in the region.
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Gizeh
Fragmentary note on ancient pipe materials and origins
The text discusses ancient pipe materials linked to a long history, mentioning impitire and primitive forms. It references German and Austrian manufacture with Vienna as a center, and notes Asia Minor as a source region for the material described.
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Ebay
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Timber vessels longer lived but modern ships not 90 long lived
A murky note discusses timber ships versus steel built vessels claiming modern ships outlive older frames. It references durability debates and contrasts old oak frames with newer materials, suggesting skepticism about modern longevity.
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