True Geology and the History of Earth
The excerpt argues geology rests on Earth’s long history rather than a 6000 year model. It notes Buffon’s early ideas, Comte’s 1820 classification, and Le Conte’s view of geology as life history through time. It then shifts to political analysis of executions including Stafford Charles and Laud, advising restraint from romantic halos around figures.
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Buffon
Sorbonne
Comte
Prof
Joseph le Conte
Popular Science Monthly
Execution of Archbishop Land in 1645
The article notes Archbishop Land, over 70, jailed in the Tower for nearly five years, was executed on January 10, 1645. It frames his downfall as a stark example of the era’s rigid temper and stern justice affecting the church and its leadership.
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Jerusalem
John Morley
Archbishop Land
Land
White House Dinners and the Lincoln Kitchen Economy
The article recounts Pastry Cook Braemer’s role in the White House under President Buchanan and early Lincoln years. It notes dinners costing $10 per plate, Mrs. Lincoln’s later rule that state dinners must not exceed 3 per plate including wines, and Braemer’s shift from Washington to Brooklyn life.
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Brooklyn
Times
Lincoln
Braemer
Broadway
Conway Street
Washington
Buchanan
White House
Herr Braemer
Trust Fund for New Orleans Dispensary Established in 1864
4 Trust Fund in New Orleans received in 1864 as a bequest from Simon V. Sickles, a druggist, a fund of $16,844 for a dispensary to furnish drugs and medical advice free to the poor. Until 1877 income funded the service, but the city council found expenses outweighed receipts and voted to crop the distus-
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New Orleans
Simon V. Sickles
City Fund Aims Free Dispensary On Reaching 100000
The fund has grown to $83,053.61 and will support a free dispensary once it reaches $100,000, fulfilling the testator's intent. The city intends to implement the plan after the target is met.
Multilingual treaties and diplomatic communications rules
The article explains that treaties are printed in parallel language columns of the signatory countries, while ambassadors use English for formal communications with their accrediting nations. It notes that official communications between states are written in the signing country’s language.
Cash Will Does Well
A brief quote notes that a poor man on the decline needs a substantial check, attributed to the Chicago Daily News.
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Cash Will
Hill
Chicago Daily News
Thinking for Oneself and American Self Reliance
The piece argues young Americans should think for themselves to grow independence but warns this requires knowledge and restraint. It cites youths’ presumption, parents’ guiding role, and a need to preserve reverence for age and experience while maintaining the American habit of mind.
Young Americans Reject Hard Studies in Favor of Pleasing Courses
A Baltimore San editorial argues that youths eschew rigorous subjects like mathematics and languages in favor of easier courses that please them. The piece warns this independence without foundation erodes future judgment and urges guidance until students gain real knowledge to form sound thinking.
Boy’s Remark Highlights Twin Names Tradition
A clergyman’s son recounts a baptism scene where a six year old boy was named Benjamin Joseph. After the ceremony the father tells him to be good, the boy explains they were twins and the other died. The exchange preserves a family anecdote about names and loss.
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Benjamin Joseph
London Lord Mayor Entertains Record Guests
The present London lord mayor has entertained at least 22 000 guests during his year in office, a figure reported as a record for the office.
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London
Election Ordered on Hog and Sheep Township Vote Milam County
The Milam County Commissioners order a special election for January 1, 1901 to decide if hogs sheep and goats may run at large within a subdivison. Tyson and twenty freeholders petitioned this action to determine boundaries as described by metes and bounds. Conaway Tyson is named clerk of the election. the county judge R. B. signs the order November 26, 1900.
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Tex
Milan
Tyson
Milam
Follo
Foster
Braz
Th Bridge
Cam Calvert Road
Dick Ward
Cannon
Cameron Road
Harrell Creek
Tom Perkin
Perkin
Allen
N. BE
Looney
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Charles
Laud
Dr. Johnson
Mrs. Lincoln
America
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San
Geo. A. Thomas
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Crescent
Cameron, Texas
W. A. Nason
R. H. Johnson
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