Macaulay Speech Ignites House With Historic Oratory
In Whitty's Parliamentary Retrospect a vivid account describes Macaulay rising to speak, doors opening as members rush toward the chamber, wigs and gowns appearing, and the press filing in to witness a masterful torrent of eloquence. The speech unfolds with rising tempo and polished rhetoric, ending with ministers and fathers offering eager praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillarious
Macaulay
Che Ft
Whitty
Corporal punishment in English schools a curious tale
English schools reveal two odd facts about corporal punishment. The working and lower middle classes resent flogging, while the aristocracy tolerates it. Public school boys often feel affection for the masters who punished them most, a paradox seen in the Busby South tale at Westminster Abbey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Nuybody
Westminster Abbey
Dr. Busby
Westminster School
South
Westminster
Busby
Fire insurance limits on payout and actual value
Fire insurance does not guarantee full payout to the insured. The sum insured is a maximum premium guide, not the property’s value. Recovery equals the actual pre fire value, unless reinstatement rights are exercised, which are rarely pursued in practice.
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Lfe
Insurance Campuy
Pennsylvania Fire
Philadelphia
Home
Hanover
New York
ST. Paul
St. Paul ,Minn
Patents and Inventor Names in Patent Grants
Law requires patents issued to the actual inventor. Grants in a president or officer’s name risk invalidation if the invention was conceived or worked out by an employee without their help. Companies should patent in the true inventor’s name to avoid later litigation and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin J. Prindle
Engineering Magazine
Sam
Congress
Winte Capitol Building
Bliss
Ins
Aa 20 O. Iliss Company
Department of Agriculture
Gold and Silver Gospels in Upsala Library
A strange book titled The Gold and Silver Gospels is preserved in the Upsala library in Sweden. It is printed with metal type on violet vellum, letters silver and initials gold. Questions about its origin and printing methods remain unanswered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upsala
Sweden
The Bin Weevil A Remedy For Destroying Insect Life
A remedy to kill grain weevils in damp bin wheat advocates bisulphide of carbon. Use one pound per 3000 cubic feet, seal cracks, vent after 36 hours, and avoid flames due to flammability. Do not harm grain. remove stock or ventilate, with possible repeat fumigations every 6 weeks. Ohio Experiment Station entomologist A Gossard notes thorough bin cleaning before harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Gossard
Ohio Experiment Station
Popular Apple and Peach Trees Demand in New England
Wholesale nurseries report rising demand for large apple and peach trees from Boston and New York. Baldwin dominates but McIntosh Red, Spy, Northwestern Greening, Rhode Island Greening, Ben Davis, Bartlett, Seckel, and Rose are cited. Peaches see strong western New York sales, with Corn Grown For Fodder noted as profitable. Rhode Island station reports cover crops boosting profits in continuous corn culture.
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Enghand
Tomestead
Boston
Snr
New York
Walt
Neal
New England
Spy
Tam
Rhode Island
Rhode Ista
Ben Davis
Baldwin
Bartlett
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed for Stomach Ailments
A vintage promotional piece claims the formula, which contains glycerine and a mix of herbal extracts, cleanses stomach disorders and indigestion. It cites Dr Finley Ellingwood and several medical professors endorsing its efficacy for dyspepsia, heartburn, and constipation with Pleasant Pellets as a related remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Medical College
Chicago
Pierce
R. Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Phila
Hobart A. Hare
University of Po
Laurence Johnson
University of New York
Voin M. Hale
Hahnemann Medical College
John M. Scudder
John King
Lane
Assignee's Sale for Ra in Denton Maryland
Assignee Henry R. Lewis will sell at public sale in front of the Court House door in Denton MD under a mortgage dating March 1, 1898 and assigned January 10, 1907 by Octavia G Russum to Lucy WIlson W. Wesley Wilson and George M Russum. The sale details follow in the mortgage record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Wilson
W. Wesley Wilson
George M. Russum
Caroline County
C. W. HL
Henry R. Lewis
Octavia G. Russum
Denton
Maryland
Denton Maryland Mortgage Auction on Dry Street
On Tuesday February 5 1907 between 2 and 4 p m the mortgaged real estate on the north side of Dry street Denton Maryland is offered for sale The lot fronts about fifty feet with a two story frame dwelling and kitchen attached in fair repair The sale is cash on day of sale Henry R Lewis assignee of mortgagee John W Char auctioneer
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Dry Street
Denton
Maryland
Thomas Dyer
John Kk. Fountain
Gore Saulsbury
Lucy Wilson
Henry R. Lewis
Jons W. Char
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Howard Melvin
Denton Journal
H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson
Rnbt
Pepys
Rhal Hstath
W. R. Wright
W.R. Wright
Cheagi
Wikton Velvet
Axminster
Ali
Belfast
Paris
Cannon Club
Real
White
Real Lines
Lise
Deriton
R. Wright
Market Street
Denton, Maryland
Denton National Bank Savings Department
Resnofrighune Unger Nepe Feng
Pafaapen Po
Denton National Bank
Savings Hanks
Board of Directors
Harvey L, Cooper
Keystone
F. J. Wright
Remesprr
Henry Disston & Sons
Tolle Eee
LW. Gunby CO
Salisbury, Md
Steel Range
Nuttle Hardware Company
Smith
Optical and Jewelers
Denton, Md
T. W. Smith & Son
Delawar
Wavet
Tyre
Lillendale
Greenwood
Hillsboro
Queenstown
Ballimore
East Bounn
Virginia
Iuc
Baltimore
HillsSora
Tewes
Centreville Brandil
Utta
Entreville
Love Point
Charles Z. Matthews Co
Pratt and Hanover Sts
Bauldlhnore, Maryland
Talbot Savings Bank
Maston
James T Cooper
Undertaker
Dom, Mary Toactic
Redden & Downes
Journal
Dehton
Oscar Clark
BRO
James Swann
Scottish Union and National, Insurance Company
Granghas Mutual Insurance Co., of
Middletown, Md
Wikroughby Nowells
nShaas
Mr. Nowell
The
Commercial and Farmers’ National Bank of
Citizens Central National Back of
A. P. Whitby
WM. A. Smith
Hollis Meat Store
Carter Block
Uncle Sam
Secretary OF Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Alonzo O. Bliss Medical CO
Agricultural Department
United States
Buss
Smith Good
Caroline
Queen Anne's
Kent Counties
Sussex
Denton,md
Del
Dorchester
T. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission Mencuamts
Light Street
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