Georgia joins the Union as the fourth state
The 1788 entry notes Georgia accepted the Constitution, becoming the fourth state. It recounts James Oglethorpe’s 1732 grant to establish a colony for the poor, the Savannah settlement of 1733, and Georgia’s growth with rice and plantations. It mentions Georgia’s 59,265 square miles and representation of 11 presidential electors.
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Georgia
South Carolina
South Cuaro-gan
James Oglethorpe
George II
Oglethorpe
England
Savanah
Ecoust
Georsi
LcClare
Freedom Must Be Bought The Price Of Freedom
The Minneapolis Journal argues freedom is earned not given and comes from mastering passions and desires. Inner discord signals an incomplete personality and lack of free will. A person must desire freedom enough to pay its price through self mastery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Journal
Origins and hazards of early rubber galoshes
The piece recalls early American galoshes introduced in Boston around 180 and notes they were ugly yet popular. It describes manufacturing ignorance of rubber use, winter freezing, and thawing, summer stickiness, and the need to store them on ice. It warns of rotting smell if they began to decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Boston
Plan War on Halr Seals
Report from Vancouver B C notes fishermen urging the Canadian fisheries department to hunt halr seals by airplane and machinegun fire. The idea follows a prior spring attempt to trap seals at Fraser River mouth with nets and hooks, but seals remain elusive. The new plan envisions attacking from heights as seals rest on sandbars and firing bullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Fisheries Department
Vancouver
B. C
Fraser River
Mamabinila
Welding Optical Glass at Standards Bureau
The improved method of welding optical glass from the United States Bureau of Standards yields a perfect union with minimal distortion. It suits glass cells hollow prisms rolling lenses and closing glass tubes with flat ends. The shaped object is heated to the annealing point and a small blowpipe edge-welding technique produces a quick seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Standards
Economy Carried to Excess
A fragmented note describes a cafe encounter with a MP and a rude exchange about personal space and eating habits. The writer claims policies were ignored and quotes a bizarre exchange about meals and digestion amid concerns of timing and restraint.
Past the Academic Stage Should Women Smoke
A fragment from an era column questions women smoking and insurance costs. The quoted musings by a theorist named Mr. Gadsfi ee touch on gender and risk, while the piece hints at public debate on smoking and premium hikes in the insurance industry.
The Unattainable and the Scratching Tale
A retired merchant laments an itch he cannot reach and recalls a doctor’s bed side rules that backfired. The tale pivots to Silas Furbecow, a wealthy man with a vanity for whiskers, chasing elusive facial hair across the nation.
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Silas Furbecow
Tie
United States
Weary of Whirrrlwinda in a Cyclone Cellar Tale
Farmer Corntessel resists the idea of a whirlwind campaign saying he hates the mere mention of it. He recalls living in a region where escaping to a cyclone cellar is a familiar necessity.
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Farmer Corntessel
Bright Lad Prefers Waiting Before Presidency
From American Legion Weekly a playful exchange shows a pupil named Bobby declining immediate political ambition. The teacher asks if he wants to be president, the boy replies he would rather wait after a couple more elections.
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Bobby
The
United States
American Legion Weekly
Not Really A Deformity Duck Tale Surprises
A wife orders a replacement duck after a dinner where roast duck was the main dish. She claims the bird is deformed because a hard growth on its windpipe makes it look odd. The butcher asks where, and reveals the growth makes the duck quack. The tale ends with the butcher laughing at the misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lim
Tolua
Prague Palaces and Diplomatic Legations in Bohemian Capital
The article paints Prague as a city of palaces along the Mulduya and Charles Bridge, noting legations housed in grand mansions. It mentions the Buguoy palace, the Schonborn palace bought by the U S minister Crane, and the Hradcany acropolis now occupied by the president and ministers, with Masaryk hosting in the former Emperor Charles’s drawing room.
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Prague
Qozecho-Slovakia
Mulduya
Charles Bridge
England
America
France
Italy
Saymond Reeouly
Scribner's
Buguoys
Bohemia
la Montague Binneche
United States
Crane
Schonborn
Buguoy Palace
Hradchany
Uimself
Charles
University of
Livers
The
Republi
Masaryk
Emperor Charles
Amethyst Peodles From Uruguays North West Field
Unearthed amethyst geodes in Uruguay's northwest yield plentiful crystals. Mules and carts haul geodes to railheads then barrels to Salto, river boats to Montevideo. A notable nine-inch flatnette of blue quartz from Uruguay showcased at the American Museum in New York.
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Uruguay
Salto
Mountevideo
Morgan
American Museam of Natural History
New York City
President sanction for bullfight charms Mexico City crowd
President Obrezon of Mexico attended a Sunday bullfight where Rodolfo Gaona and Ernesto Pastor fought together. As Pastor delivered a death thrust the President stood to leave while the band played the national anthem. The bull halted before finishing the charge and died moments after the hymn ended. Veteran fighters called it the strangest spectacle seen in the arena.
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Obrezon
Mexico
Rodolfo Gaona
Ernesto Pastor
Pastor
Mexico City
Brooklyn Engle
Stoke Poges residents gift Port Gray monument to public
Two Stoke Poges residents purchased a monument to Port Gray from the Penns and present it as a free public gift. They plan to keep surrounding land undeveloped and expect the national trust fund to hold the property. The piece is described as of international importance, an heirloom for those who imagine “the lowing herd wind slowly o’er the sea.”
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Stoke Poges
Port Gray
National Trust Fund
Stoke
Christiin Selence
He'd Been Well Advised Admits Breakfast Habit
A Kansas City Star snippet notes Mrs Benham quips about Wile delaying bathing until after breakfast while Benham jokes that Nol ia insists his face should not be shown on an empty stomach.
Where to Draw the Line in Jud Tunkin Sees Lines
A garbled quotation from Jud Tunkins hints at a debate over boundaries or propriety in conduct. The fragment suggests humor about personal restraint and public perception, noting a clash between self control and professional behavior.
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin
Ben
Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Uncle
Walt
Walt Mason
Nature’s Jewel Boxes
Jud Tunkins
HreerIn
L. J. Knotts & Sons
West Denton
Goldsboro Bank
Golosbo
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Robert Jarrell, JR
Wesley BE. Thawley
William W. Mitchell
Greensboro Meat Company
Circuit Court
Caroline Een
Equity
Chy
Caroline County
Nquity
Greensboro Meat Co
Wesley FE. Thawley
Maryland
W.oe Adicins
Lawrence B. Towers
Sloan
Henry R. Lewis
J. Qwen Knotts
Mary E. Henry
Caroline
T. Pliny Fisher
Peruna
Denton
Grand Union Tea CO
Bio King St
Wilmington
Del
Calvert C. Merriken
Denton, Md
O. & 8. Milling CO
Telephonits NO
Greensboro, MD
J. Virgil Moore
Owl
Hughes Lumber and Goal Co
Wasuby Gallagiate Institute
Henry G. Budd, D. D
Dover
Delaware
Bilfore
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
James J. Ross
WM. Denny
Y Trens
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Ohtlaware
Irving Jones
Agt
Buea
W. Payne
Agh
Carter & Deen, Ag. Denton
Ald
Ireensboro, Md
Preston, Md
Ford
Denton Auto Company
W. PL Cannon
H. J. Naver
P. R. Fisher
Horsey, Roe & CO
Greensboro
Irvin Brumbaugh
W. T. Jarman & Bro
Homie Insurance CO
N. Y
American Eagle Fire Insurance Company
the Grangers’ Mutual OF
Middletown
Farmer
G. Nutile
I Too
Fr. Wright
Denton, Maryland
Waterman
Smith
Jones
L&m
William B. Chambers, Hobbs
Ridgely
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