The Lost Arts and Modern Progress
An essay argues many ancient crafts have faded as new knowledge renders them obsolete. It recalls claims about quarrying and shaping vast stones for pyramids, yet notes larger blocks have been moved and erected elsewhere. The piece suggests focusing on current arts over rediscovering vanished techniques.
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Egypt
Pyramids
England
France
America
Wilds
Scientific American
A Shoe That Altered History Casts Its Shadow
The article recalls a Chicago Journal piece urging daily physical mental and moral exercise to prevent rust due to idleness. It then notes a historic anecdote: during Henry VII’s negotiations with Rome, a messenger’s horse cast a shoe and delayed travel, coinciding with Henry’s marriage to Jane Seymour and a turning point in English church history.
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Nemect
Chicago Journal
Anne Boleyn
Henry VII
Rome
Calais
London
Henry
Jane Seymour
Anne
Balky Mule Decides Gettysburg Battle Legend
An offhand Confederate army claim says a balky mule blocked the southern advance to a key height at Gettysburg, allowing Union troops to seize the eminence and decide the battle. The quote ends with Rochefoucauld on the value of using moderate ability.
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Gettysburg
The River Jordan and The Gas Well Fears
A fragment discusses Dr Libbeys notes on the Jordan River and its below sea level course. It shifts to public worry over natural gas wells with warnings that curiosity would bring disaster, yet gas companies continue boring and the world remains intact.
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Jordan
Libbey
Jordan Valley
Petra
Abraham
Jerusalem
Jericho
Moab
Edom
Mediterranean
Hermon
Dead Sea
Michael Angelo Breaks Vow with Jupiter Wall
The tale claims Raphael planned to decorate Cardinal Farnesina’s mansion with a hidden work. Michael Angelo supposedly swore to stop him. Disguised as a vendor, Michael Angelo drew a giant Jupiter head on the wall and fled. Raphael, upon seeing it, cried Michael Angelo and never returned.
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Michael Angelo
Raphael
Cardinal Farnesina
Tiber
Jupiter
Marriage of the Adriatic Described in Venetian Ceremony
The Marriage of the Adriatic commemorates Sebastian Ziani's victory over Otto of Frederick Barbarossa in 1174. Alexander III granted Venice sovereignty of the sea, and the doge yearly led a state barge procession to cast a gold ring into the Adriatic with the words Desponsamus te mare nostrum. Flowers were scattered as the rite returned to shore.
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Adriatic
Sebastian Ziavi
Venice
Otto
Frederick Barbarossa
Ope
Alexander III
Bible Measurements From Ezekiel Explained
The London Globe notes ancient measures: a reed about eleven feet, a cubit near twenty two inches, a hand's breadth three and five eighths inches, a finger's breadth just under an inch, a shekel of silver two shillings eight pence, a gold shekel two pounds, a talent of silver four hundred pounds, a talent of gold about six thousand pounds, a penny or piece of silver a Lad, a farthing halfpence, a mite under a farthing, a gerah 144d, an ephah four gallons five pints, a hin three quarts three pints, an omer six pints, a cab five pints.
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Ezekiel
London Globe
Romance of a Song Tells of Royal Romance for Queen Victoria
The piece To Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree was written by a young nobleman who fell for Queen Victoria before she became queen. The poem appeared in an English magazine and was later set to music by Wellington Guernsey.
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Queen Victoria
Wellington Guernsey
Thin as the Mist Scene at misty town pub
A misty day scene in a northern town features Sandy McKay leaving a public house and meeting his minister. He remarks on the deceiving mist as he recalls wandering the previous night thinking it was the grocer's. The London Telegraph notes the exchange.
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Sandy McKay
London Telegraph
Gown Demand For New Cook Prompted By Visitor
In a Cleveland Leader item, a household requests a new gown for hosting the arriving cook, noting the need for decent dress to receive the guest. The exchange underscores social expectations and domestic priorities of the period.
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Cleveland Leader
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