Only living descendant of Daniel Boone identified in Texas
The article notes Mrs. C. F. McCutchan, eighty two, of Prairie Lea Texas, as the only living descendant of Daniel Boone. A great granddaughter born December 21 1840 in St Charles Missouri, her lineage traces through Jemina Boone who aided Betsy and Frances Callaway captured by Indians in 1776.
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Daniel Boone
C. F. McCutchan
Prairie Lea
Tex
McCutchan
St. Charles
John Wesley Bryan
Texas
Paris
Me. Catehan
Jemina Boone
Betsy
Frances Callaway
John Callaway
X rays to inspect steel and timber for defects
X rays, long used for medical diagnosis, will be applied to testing steel and timber. They can reveal blowholes and hidden flaws in castings and allow rough analysis of steel alloys by penetration differences. Limitations include shallow penetration, about four inches in ordinary steel and less in special alloys.
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Washington Star
Famous London Stone and its storied past
The London stone, said to date from Roman times in Cannon Street, was moved in 1742 and later built into St. Swintin's church wall by 1798. Legends claim it as a fragment of London's central milestone, with Brutus bringing it from Troy and Jack Cade once striking it to hail Mortimer.
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London
Cannon Street
B. C
St. Swintin’s Church
Troy
Brutus
Jack Cade
Mortimer
Paragon Quip Reveals Aims And Rivalry
A Paragon remark explores personal ambition with a wry line about choosing between a rival suitor and a hypothetical husband. The exchange hints at social expectations and comic self awareness within a domestic context.
Reggie and Miss Keen Debate Society’s Emptiness
Dialogue from the Boston Transcript features Reggie questioning society’s value and Miss Keen asserting widespread emptiness. The exchange highlights a skeptical view of social norms in a literary vignette.
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Reggie
Miss Keen
Boston ‘Transcript
Marriage Isn’t Utopia Says Long Island Millionaire
Charles Garland told a Greenwich Village tea that marriage needs overhaul and is not life long ecstasy. He quipped that married life reduces holes in socks and trouser seats and joked about greeting a wife with flowers sparking suspicions.
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Charles Garland
Long Island
Greenwich Village
Mabel
Buried Past Restored by Orange Boys and Fathers
Fifty boys of Orange New Jersey with fathers and elder brothers cleared and rehabilitated the old Orange burying ground. The site is among New Jersey’s oldest cemeteries with burials dating to 1719. Boys were chosen by the junior city commission and many are Boy Scouts.
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Orange
N. J
Orange Burying Ground
New Jersey
Black Draught Liver Medicine Praised by Mrs Ford
In Biloxi Mississippi Mrs Alonzo Ford shares a testimonial about Thedford's Black-Draught curing nervous indigestion and constipation. She notes relief after starting with a few large doses and later reduced use, with improved liver function and color. She also recommends it for headaches and indigestion and says her mother now uses it.
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Biloxi
Miss
Alonzo Ford
Clay Street
Lost Ring and Love
A girl recounts a childhood tale of a sapphire ring gifted by her lover at her eleventh birthday. The memory turns sour when the lover’s mother intervenes, accusing James of taking the ring, leading to a whipping for James and the loss of both the gift and the romance.
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Romeo
James
Jane
Chicago Journal
Queen Mother Maria Christina’s Odd Hobby Cards
The Queen Mother of Spain, Maria Christina, collects playing cards as a principal hobby. She owns many curious packs some with little historic value and preserves several extremely rare cards from Arabian Egyptian French and Spanish origins.
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Maria Christina
Spain
Bobbed Hair Debate Sparks Standardized Looks
A Boston transcription notes a chat on hair trends where the speaker says bobbed hair standardizes women but long hair gives individuality. The remark shifts to observe that many boys now appear similarly styled, creating a counterpoint about conformity.
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Omeone
T. P
Boston ‘Transcript
Alfalfa Crop Area Grows in Michigan This Year
The alfalfa area in Michigan rose by over 200000 acres after winter campaigns by agricultural extension workers. Reports to the U S Department of Agriculture document the expansion.
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Michigan
United States Department of Agriculture
Buttons Displace Levers In Wireless Plane Flight
An American aviation expert who witnessed the wirelessly conducted airplane flight at Villesauvage aerodrome notes that push buttons replace the old levers and joystick. He compares it to the simplification from a manual car with gears to an electric car with a single controller.
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Villesauvage Aerodrome
Songs and Smiles on the Streetcar
Te, a cheerful streetcar conductor, whistles to soothe a crowded rush hour. Passengers flash peculiar smiles as the chorus of cheers grows louder before he halts the tune with a sheepish grin.
Medical aid movement aids remote NSW with radio and air ambulance
A Sydney movement aims to deliver rapid medical aid to distant parts of New South Wales using radio to summon help and airplanes to fly doctors to patients. Ten medical bases will support this network for nationwide reach.
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Sydney
New South Wales
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