The Great Seal History and Franklin’s Views
Franklin’s 1784 letter and Gaillard Hunt’s sketch trace the Great Seal's evolution to today. It notes initial broad acceptance, debates over the eagle, and Franklin’s blunt critique, plus official use rules and Marshall’s 1803 ruling on affixing the seal to presidential commissions and state documents.
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Washington
United States
Fathers of the Republic
Selec
Order of the Society of the Cincinnati
France
Benjamin Franklin
Cincinnati
America
Marshall
Supreme Court
Senate
The Banyan Roost Rescue on a Daring Island Trek
An excerpt from a 1910 era adventure tale follows Miss Genevieve Leslie English Lord Winthrope and Tom Blake stranded on a lifeless island. Blake earns hero status by guiding the pair through a thorny jungle to a banyan tree roost and fashioning a rope lift to haul Leslie to safety as mosquitoes gather and danger looms.
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Genevieve Lesiie
Lord Winthrope
Tom Blake
Blake
Mills Leslie
Winthrope
Miss Leslie
Jungle peril and a perilous night on a fig branch
Blake, Miss Leslie, and Winthrope shelter in a hollow of a fig branch after a rescue. They shade themselves with reeds, endure the jungle sounds, and mistake a fruit bat for a beast. Night quiets creep in as they sleep, mosquitoes absent after the cyclone.
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Jenny
Blake
Winthrope
Miss Leslie
Creenine
Beast beneath the dawn leaves travelers wary by cliff
In a jungle hollow Blake Miss Leslie and Winthrope endure a brutal night as a beast roars below and scavenges a victim while fog veils the scene. They debate hunting fire and shelter, plan to escape toward Pike Peak, and assess injuries as dawn reveals a scarce food supply and a risky way forward. The group contemplates bows, flints, and a river crossing, delaying action until safety improves. (TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Miss Leslie
Blake
Winthrope
Pat
Leslie
Winarope
Pike Peak
Bust
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised
A Minneapolis reader urges publication of a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female health issues. The letter claims many unsolicited messages support the remedy’s efficacy and notes Mrs Pinkham offers confidential, free advice from Lynn Massachusetts for two decades.
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Lee Naas
Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
Jams G.G. Moldax
New Second St
North
Minneapolis Minn
Lydia E. P
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mre Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Good Work Among Children and Tuberculosis Education
National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports that over 2.5 million of 17 million U S school children were instructed on consumption dangers and cure methods in the just closed school year. An additional 1 million have learned via tuberculosis exhibits or separate classes countrywide.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States
National Association
Fire Report Reflects on Vanished Attic Treasures
An annual Kentucky fire marshal report evokes pathos as it notes odds and ends left in attics such as grease smeared rags and oils that ignite, painting a somber image of children grown and gone and toys long forgotten.
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Kentucky
Doctor tests Grape-Nuts on patient cases in Kansas
A physician notes improvements in a four year old after starting Grape-Nuts and similar success in an elderly patient with stomach illness. The elder gained 22 pounds in two months and both cases recovered, prompting the doctor to claim many similar results with the cereal.
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Kansas
Wellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
GREAT
Franklin
Gaillard Hunt
Lighthouse Board
Marylebone
London
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