O Conor Endorsed In Two More Counties
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Herbert R. OConor gains petitions pledging county convention votes from Howard and St. Marys. Howard County's 278 signers include state and local officials and well known Democrats. St. Marys listings feature J G Nuthal and other county leaders backing OConor. Other local leaders across multiple towns aligned with the slate.
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Herbert R.o’conor
Howard
St. Mary’s
O’conor
State Central Committee
Howard County
Democratic Party
Howard Bruce
Maryland
Joseph L. Donovan
Frank Shipley
Raymond L. Pickett
Register of Wills
H. Grafton Penny
Robert H. Mercer
C. Ferdinand Sybert
Jerome A. Loughran
Charles Carroll, Jr
House of Delegates
Daniel H. Gaither
Board County Commissioners
DeWilton Parlett
John Hardy
Humphrey D. Wolfe
Edwin Warfield, Jr
Daily Record
Howard T. Downs
Charles Downs
Isaac H. Taylor
P. A. Sybert
Murray Talbott
Stanley P. Harman
William L. Hasting
George L. Gardiner
W. P. Maloney
A. V. Weaver
Eureka-Maryland Assurance Corporation
Milton W. Baxley
Mortimer D. Crapster
Philip H. Dorsey, Jr
Democratic State Central Committee
St. Mary’s County
Adam T. Wible
St. Mary's County
Charles A. Heard
Henry Camalier
B. Harris Camalier
Board of County Commissioners
George B. Cecil
Peter H. Thompson
M. C. Thompson
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Mr. O’conor
James C. Johnson
Morganza
J. A. Norris
Great Mills
H. W. Hewitt
Valley Lee
Roy Guyther
Mechanicsville
T. King Clarke
California
John A. Cecil
James H. Roach
Ridge
B. F. Herbert
Dynard
W. H. Mattingly
Abell
John F. Gardiner
Leonardtown
Gilbert Hooper
Stanley L. Raley
St. Inigoes
Johnson Mattingly
First American Librarian Timothee Pomethe Revealed
Curiosa Americana recounts Timothee Pomethe, a French Huguenot refugee who learned printing in Holland and moved to Philadelphia. Hired by Benjamin Franklin, he helped establish the Junto era’s first public library with scheduled hours for subscribers and civil gentlemen's access. He later Americanized his name to Timothy, moved to Charleston, and built a leading Carolina Gazette printing shop.
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Loula ‘Mmothee
France
Holland
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Niame
United States
Timothee
Charleston
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Carolina Gazette
South
Western Newspaper Union
Stockings in Elizabethan England and a Patent Promise
In Queen Bess's reign English ladies wore little hosiery as skirts were long and shoe protection mattered less. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the knitting industry thrived and a Sunday wearing law emerged. Rev William Lee invented a woolen stocking machine, gifting a pair to Elizabeth I but she refused a patent over unemployment fears, delaying silk hose patent and prompting Lee to seek France.
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England
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Elizabeth
William Lee
Nottingham
Lee
France
World languages count 2790 says Academie Francaise
Paris correspondent notes 2790 languages exist, making six language fluency seem small next to vast linguistic diversity. Cardinal Mezzofanti is cited as a top polyglot with knowledge of about 60 languages and acquaintance with over 100. Byron called him a walking polyglot and a master of many tongues. He reportedly spoke French in both Parisian and provincial forms and could switch to German dialects and Dresden’s classic vocabulary.
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Academie Fran‘caise
Paris
Cardinal Mezzofanti
Byron
Faubourg St. Germain
Toulouse
Black Forest
Dresden
Cloth use traced to traditional practice in China
Historical note describes cloth adoption evolving from a custom where women carried children in fiber nets, reflecting how practical nurturing practices influenced textile usage and cultural adoption.
Satan Gets Credit in Temptation Tale
Uncle Eben asserts that Satan gets credit for temptation because some men yield to their own impulses without interference. The remark frames a moral view on vice and responsibility in a colloquial voice.
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Satan
Eben
And March Marches On Traditions And Superstitions
A concise note on March as a month steeped in tradition from Julius Caesar to the Roman ides. It recalls March as the Roman calendar start, England’s 1752 calendar reform, Mars’s link, March winds, and the proverb if it comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb. It also mentions the March hare and March beer lore.
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March
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Europe
England
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