Virginia Leaders Clash Over Stamp Act Crisis and Washington's Calm
In Virginia, a young advocate rouses the House against Parliament as leaders like Randolph Pendleton Wythe Bland and Henry Lee push for rights. Washington watches quietly, Mason and Mason’s circle guiding him toward united opposition. Fauquier dissolves the assembly as the Stamp Act roils colonies.
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Colony
Coinside
Virginia
Old Dominion
England
John Robinson
Richard Bland
George’ Wythe
Randolph
Pendleton
Nicholas
Edmund Pendleton
Robert Carter Nicholas
Peyton Randolph
Dinwiddie
Randolphs
Sir John
Henry
Caesar
Charles 1
Richard Henry Lee
Duke of Gloucester Street
Fauquier
Cornel
Washington
New York
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Georgia
Congress
Virginia Assembly
Cavalier County
Westmoreland Association
Washingtons
Lord Rockingham
George Mason
Mason
Wythe
Bland
Lee
King
Commons
Williamsburg
Fairfaxes
Fairfax
Growth of ostrich breeding in South Africa
Fifty years ago only 82 tame ostriches were known in South Africa. In that year exports totaled 16 pounds of feathers mostly from wild birds killed by hunters. Last year about 300000 domesticated ostriches existed and exports reached over 900000 pounds of feathers valued at more than a million and a quarter dollars.
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South Africa
Physical Defect and Crime Linked by Dr Richards
An extensive study by Dr William Martin Richards argues physical defects correlate with crime, urging prison and school health reforms. He cites cases from Iowa and Sing Sing, recommending eye, ear, tooth checks and treatment, sobriety programs, and physical entrance exams to curb crime and guide juvenile reform.
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William Martin Richards
New York City
Scott
Empire State
Dr. Richards
Iowa State Prison
Dramatic Ruling Sparks Curious Legal Quip
A terse magistrate remark unsettles observers as a cryptic exchange hints at truth and consequence. The line about not getting drunk unless one accepts an observed reality suggests a broader philosophical point on accountability and finality.
Miners and engineers trek old Mexico from Texas border
A 4 percent party of American civil and mining engineers travels by rail from the Texas border to Mexico City and Puebla, then traverses to Oaxaca and Miahuatlan. They hire servants, survey timberland, clash with locals, and learn peons and mountain life as they pass Tehuacan Springs, Mitla ruins, and colonial towns along the way.
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Montezuma
Texas
Mexico City
Puebla
Etla
Oaxaca
Diaz
Juarez
Mexico
Miahuatlan
Plains
Mitla
Cortez
Humboldt
Bulgars as a People and Ellen Terry's Sixty-Fifth
Professor Rosler notes in Encyclopaedia Britannica that Bulgars stem from Finnish or Samoyede stock and are not related to Teutonic peoples. Amid age tributes in Chelsea, Ellen Terry defies time as she quietly marks a sixty-fiveth birthday with telegrams and gifts.
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Rosler
Europe
Elfen Terry Defies Birthday Claims and Time
Miss Elen Terry responds to an Express inquiry by stating she does not reckon her age by birthdays. She questions the importance of calendar claims, suggesting age matters little to her regardless of a purported sixty five years.
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Elfen Terry
Elen Terry
Express
Efen Terry
Novel match preservation method from Outing described by Welch
Jack Welch describes a method in Outing to keep matches dry by coating a box with waterproof palladium like substance until a solid cake forms. A match can be broken off to strike when the coating on the match and box is exposed, igniting with waxed wood fuel.
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Jack Welch
FBI
Walking club for longevity gains in New York's mature citizens
A group of notable New York men form a walking club to extend life and improve health through long walks and shared pedestrian memories. The piece warns modern reliance on motor vehicles risks reducing walking, especially for older adults who need it most. A humorous cartoon caption contrasts waiting for a barber with a gray-haired victim.
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New York
United States
Resinol Cured Worst Eczema Case Says Mrs Hellmuth
Philadelphia story from September 20 1912 details Mrs C Hellmuth who suffered eczema twenty five years and was cured after using Resinol Ointment and Soap. She reports dramatic relief from itching burning and facial pimples and urges others to try Resinol with a free sample offer.
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Philadelphia
Dept
Resinol Chem, Co
Baltimore
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London Express
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J. W. Wilkinson
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Buffalo
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