Butterfield’s musical innovation changes taps in Civil War camps
In July 1862 General Daniel Butterfield sparked a tempo change for taps after refining a new call with his bugler at Harrison's Landing on the James River. The modified tune replaced the regulation Extinguish Lights, first in his brigade then Army of the Potomac, while western armies kept the old version until 1868.
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Army of the Potomac
West Point
General Butterfield
Washington Star
Obsolete buttons tied to colonial coat and breeches gear
A Cleveland Plain Dealer correspondent notes old fashion details like lace cuffs and knee breeches fastened with buttons. Buttons along coat tails and near the hips aided horseback riding and serving cake. Connecticut still shows coats and breeches with intact lace and tail buttons, some with sewn button holes.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hickem
Connecticut
Barrel Organ Once Admired by High Society Declines
A Manchester Guardian writer notes the barrel organ once popular at society events with figures like Lady Jersey and Augustus Tate, highlighting its past fashion in drawing rooms and royal circles before its decline.
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Darrel
Manchester
England
Lady Jersey
Berkeles Square
Augustus Tate
Lord Exeter
Godod Rosalty
Napoleon II
Eugenie
Village Life in Brittany on a Brittany Visit
A fragmentary description portrays Brittany as a distinct people within France. It highlights that language and customs differ, with thatched cottages, beaver hats, and embroidered waistcoats marking village life near St Mato and Nantes. The piece mentions travel from Kansas and seasons of blessing.
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Brittups
Kansas
France
St Mato
Nantes
Lowestone
Fistian
Arrest of tubercle growth described in medical study
The article explains arrest of tubercle growth by connective tissue buildup around lesions. It notes scar tissue forms encapsulated nodules and that limited movement and rest reduce strain, making spread harder though containment is not absolute. It cites Tiswela Magazine as the description source.
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Pew
Tiswela Magazine
Decorated Hands Of Moeracce Women In Society
The Vrobbon belles of Moeracce decorate their hands rather than their faces as occidental sisters do. Faces remain largely hidden. Hand decorations follow schemes using vegetable dyes, often applied by street artists along highways. Designs vary by social status.
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Moeracce
Hapsburg Traits Linked to Lip Shape Across Dynasties
The article discusses a hereditary pattern linking the Hapsburg family's facial features, notably hanging lips, to later generations. It cites Philip the Handsome and Johanna, mentions Mendelism and Darwin on hereditary transmission, and notes the dynasty’s influence ending with Alfonso.
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Hapsburgs
Austria
Spain
Philip the Handsome
Johanna
Ferdinand
Isabella
Alfonso
Malaria Mosquito Behavior Sparks Odd Insect Trick
The United States Public Health Service notes that some Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes imitate Santa Claus by entering homes through chimneys. A hanging basket of naphthalene at the chimney top is said to repel them, driving them away despite other bites indoors. The exact effectiveness varies, and not all mosquitoes behave this way.
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Santa Claus
United States Public Health Service
The evolution of the title Mr from Master to Mister
The text traces how the term Mr originated as Master in medieval times for leaders and the educated, later widening to denote any educated man. By the 17th and 18th centuries the form Mr emerged with vowel slackening, becoming a distinct word. It notes Muster and 3fr as separate by 1700 and that Mr only recently became a general title for all English speaking males.
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Muster
Romance of the Cocktail Tale and the Cock
A squire with a famed tailless fighting cock offers his daughter’s hand as reward when the bird goes missing. A brave soldier returns the bird intact, and at a celebration guests christen the mixed drinks a cocktail as the couple’s betrothal is announced.
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Dauhter
Canvassers Notice for Bristol Special Financial Town Meeting
Bristol Rhode Island town clerk announces a canvass of property voters lists on Sept 15 1931 at 7 30 PM in Memorial Building Bristol for the Special Financial Town Meeting to be held Sept 21 1931 Personal property taxpayers must settle taxes before canvassing to vote John W Church town clerk 9 4 8 1 15
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Spteen
North Atlantic
Springfield
Mass
Cub
Haverhill
Rhode Island
Camp Vail
Maine
Bristol
Memorial Building
John W Church
Mortgagee Sale of Bristol Rhode Island Lands
Public auction planned for September 16 1981 at 1 PM under a mortgage deed from Edward R Tramonti and Rose G Tramonti dated December 18 1928. Property includes numerous lots 3 through 44 on Colonial Terrace Bristol with Waterman Engineering Co plat July 1928. Subject to a recorded mortgage and 1931 taxes with Clifton I Munroe attorney for Mortgagee.
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Edward R. Tramonti
Rose G Tramonti
Bristol
County of
State of
Rhode Island
Colonial Terrace
R. I
Waterman Engineering Co
Clifton I. Munroe
Creature Found Buried Alive in Red Rock Corridor
Digging near Aberdeet Washington state workers unearthed a red rock embedded creature, alive and coated in red rock color. The animal lay fixed within the rock and could have blocked an entrance had it fractured.
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Abérdéet
Washington
Atate
Iava Roth
Just a Suggestion in a Bridge Anecdote
A husband interjects during his wife’s long bridge anecdote asking to insert a comma and lead a small spade, illustrating a lighthearted domestic moment at a game. The exchange shows a team dynamic and gentle humor between partners.
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United States
Canada
Jersey
Shropshire Ram
Hereford Young Herd
Chester
Ivestock
Brittany
Bristol, R. I
Young” Young
Union Street
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co of
Boston
E L Watson Co, Inc
Weybosset Street
Providence
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Con
Peter Bonvicin
Burton ST
Tel
Octave Leclair
Miason
D. J. Gladue
Cottage Street
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street
Freeborn
R. Cole
Cook Street
Charles M. Connery
FE. W. Weaver
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martha Graham
Thyra Carlson
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