Proclamation Recited in Brattle Street Meeting House
Edward Everett Hale recalls a mid November Sunday in Brattle Street Boston when a four year old boy listens as Mr Palpey reads a governor proclamation about the poor fisheries and home. The scene ends with the formal blessing from Levi Lincoln and Edward D Bangs, marking a ceremony of Massachusetts dignity.
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New England
Brattle Street
Boston
Palpey
Dr. Palpey
Massachusetts
United States
Levi Lincolk
Epwanp D. Banas
God Save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Edward D. Bangs
Edward Everett Hale
A Remarkable Death From Fear and a Snakeskin Dog
A Victorian tale recounts Pentman, a Dutch painter from the Seventeenth century, who died after fleeing a room filled with skeletal props causing a nervous tremor. The incident followed a warning of a slight earthquake amid ghostly surroundings as he slept while sketching death heads. A Germantown manufacturer owns a setter named Brave who skins snakes and pins trophies on the woodshed as proof.
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Pentman
Dr. Elder
Washington Star
Germantown
Brave
Perry County
Philadelphia
English Tours and American Civility Clash
The Youth's Companion notes that brusque English visitors surprise reserved Americans and cites an eminent scholar who, dressed in a flannel shirt, quipped at a Philadelphia dinner that Americans had not advanced to evening dress, illustrating class and cultural snobbery.
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Philadelphia
English Justice Denman Translates Classic Works in Leisure
Justice Denman, famed British judge, has spent recent years translating Gray's Elegy into Greek elegiac verse and rendering the first book of Pope's Homer into Latin elegiacs, as noted by the New York Press.
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Justice Denman
Pope
New York Press
Four Hints for Writers From Youth’s Companion Letter
A brief, reflective note advises writers not to fear early failure. It argues that posthumous fame is unreliable and cites a parson’s preface about Archdeacon Travis. The piece emphasizes rejecting delusional belief that current readers will vindicate genius after death.
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Archdeacon Travis
Woman Receives Threatening Letters and Manifold Evidence
A young woman endures menacing typewritten letters from a man. She finds manifolding evidence, justifying her role as only a sister and prompting concern over family dynamics and potential secrecy.
Man Claims Past Life Knowledge From Reincarnation Trance
A St Louis Globe Democrat report quotes Robert Senteng describing memories of former lives. He recalls living as a Greek soldier at Marathon and a farmer in an unknown land, knowing landscapes, places, and events with uncanny certainty. He cites Tower of London changes and unfamiliar landmarks as proof of reincarnation.
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Gautama
Robert Senteng
Rotunda
Lindell
Marathon
Willian of
Orange
England
Tower of London
Greece
Earth
William of Orange
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Forgetful Groom Turns Engagement Into Laugher
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a bride recounting her fiancé’s memory lapses. She quits the engagement after he forgets a task, yet he vows to forget nothing. Her anger softens, and the engagement unexpectedly remains intact, to her bemusement.
Big John Wins Unanimous Town Marshal Vote
In a rugged frontier tale from St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a character named Big John is elected town marshal by unanimous vote. He steps forward, pockets the voting slips, declares the votes to one side, and assumes the post as the community settles a fledgling town before moving on to the railroad’s next terminus.
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Big John
Creation
St. Louis
A Useful Song by Mme Antoinette Sterling
The London Tit-Bits notes how a singer can heal hearts with a simple performance. Mme Antoinette Sterling recalled singing Darby and Joan at a concert and a remark that a quarrelbound couple were reconciled after hearing the song, ending months of household strife.
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Mme
Antoinette Sterling
Darby
Joan
London
Let Well Enough Alone Colum bus Day Orator Error
An Hancock town audience, including scholars and parents, heard a local orator confuse Columbus voyage by placing Plymouth Rock in the tale. A gentleman quietly suggested correction, but a woman urged silence, saying they do not know the difference, per the Ellsworth American.
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Hancock
Plymouth Rock
Ellsworth
Cell Division and Heredity Discussed at Toronto Meeting
At a meeting of the Natural Science Association of Toronto University T McCrea BA presented a paper on Cell Division in Its Relation to Heredity. He noted a shift from chromatin as the active agent to a view that chromatin is passive while the archoplasm is the dynamic active factor.
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Ain
Natural Science Association of Toronto University
T. McCrea
Weekly Herald 1803 Promises Best Family Journal
The Weekly Herald pledges in 1803 to be the best and cheapest family journal in America. It will feature profuse illustrations by top artists and serve as a magazine of literature satire and news unrivaled in excellence.
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Herald
America
Tue Sun
Weekly Herald promises practical agricultural praise and fiction
The paper announces awards for original agricultural articles and a page of practical and scientific turning. The Woman's Department will offer home making suggestions. Weekly features include notable authors such as Jerome K Jerome and Marie Corelli among others.
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Weekly Herald
Jerome K. Jerome
Stepnink
Mrs. Grinwood
Edwin Arnold
John Strange Winter
Marie Corelli
Helen Mathers
Florence Warden
Hume Nisbet
Nunilten
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Ridgely Post Office
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N. Calvert St
F. M. Eccles
Hillsborough
L Mason
Bricklayer and Plasterer
Duxter, Md
Brice Douglass
Hobbs’? Corner, Md
Alex
Nardcastle
Denton
Maryland
Denton and Vicinity
Orricy Houns
Fchilip
W. Downes
Denton, Aid
James N.todd
Pliny Fisher
Attonney-Atslaw
Denton, Mo
R. H. H. Kuhn
Rip
George M. Nussum
Hnenrty R. Lewis
Russum & Lewis
Attorneys AT Law
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Queen Anne
James Swann
Denton, Maryland
Souel Griffin
Henry Irwin
Denton , MD
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Easton, Maryland
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Wilmington
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Ange, Mass
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Atusto
George
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Joan Covey
Uurlocks
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Saormer
Chicago
James Gorden Bennett
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Taka
Republican Journal
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the Press
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Tite Press
Park Row
Charles H. Shields
Main St
Danton
James T. Cooper
Cooper
Cart
D.S. Buockway
Masten
Greensborough
Baltimore
Maltimore
George F Dile
Agryt
DLS
Brock Way
Harry A. Ror
Allent
Tilghman Harvey
Burrsville, MD
Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad
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Harper
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Tiverside
Royal Oak
Kirkham Bloonield
Easton Tarher
Bethlehem
Oo EN Wood
Turlock
Eunalls
Rhodesdale
Vienna
Vai Barren Ck
Nebron
Rockawalkin
Salisbury
Ts Ocean City
Pr. Om.ey. Med A. M.A. M
Wintanp Thossey, Gen'l Miumiver
Priges
Blackiston’s
W. Jennings Demorest
East 1Th St
American B.H
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SW. Cor
Washington Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio
Scientific American Agency For
Munn & CO
Droadway
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Kent Co, Mutual Insurance Go
Dover, del
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Joan D. B. C.S. Pennewill
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George B. Money
Hrearndan
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C. C. Briggs
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Wilcox & White
A.B. Chase
Ferrand
Votey
George T. Mosselman
Marydel
Gay
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Western Union Wirks
Otoio AM
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Moses Gottlieb
Dentox
Capital
Housexkerren
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Tolstoi
Housekeeper's Weekly
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C. W. Byrn
J. H. Coulbourn
Livve Stock Commission
South and Market Sts
Philadelphia, PA
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Joseph HW. Carroll
Chester River Steamboat
Emma A. Ford
Chestertown
Ralphs
Bookers
Quaker Neck
Queenstown
Kent
Aland
Bay
Light St
Baltimiore
Gratitude
Centreville
George Warfield
J. W. Kerr
Tc. Carte
Denton, Md
Maryland Steamboat CO
Third Haven
Joppa
Lyford’s
Williston
Two Johne
Turkey Creek
Kingston
Dover Bridge
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Pier 4
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