Go West and the editors who popularized it
Curiosa Americana traces the origin of the saying Go West, young man, go West, crediting John L. B. Soule with first publishing a Westward advice piece that Horace Greeley later popularized. It also notes Charles A. Dana is often credited with a famed news maxim, which actually came from John B. Bogart of the New York Sun. Western Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Greeley
John L. B. Soule
Terre Haute
Richard Thompson
Navy
Soule
Thompson
West
The Patriotic Hen IM FITCH Trains and Plymouth legends
A former Manchester resident recalls a Boston and Maine locomotive ride with Uncle Ira where a gray and white hen crossed the track and vanished. At Plymouth a brakeman calls the town name, the hen exits the train, and later returns at a Fourth of July event producing three colored chicks. The tale blends local places with a patriotic motif rooted in Plymouth Rock lore.
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IM Fitch
Manchester
N. H
Boston and Maine Railroad
Ira
Concord
Jim
Plymouth
Plymouth Rock
Western Newspaper
Usion
Charleston’s claim as America’s most historic city
Charleston presents a compact history of its claims to historic status. It notes 1774 provincial congress independence, Sullivan’s Island victory in 1776, Civil War artillery in Charleston harbor, 1784 cotton shipment to Europe, 1830 Best Friend locomotive, 1735 first fire insurance, 1822 first fireproof building, and Hunley’s submarine in 1863, highlighting a long lineage of notable events and figures connected to the port city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
America
Sullivans Island
Fort Moultrie
Peter Parker
Europe
Hunley
Fleet Street and Fleet River History and Decline
The article traces Fleet Street in London from its bridge origins to its Elizabethan prominence for shows, taverns, and coffee houses, noting its association with the Fleet river and historical violence. It also touches on India debt, describing how subnormal rainfall drives farmers to money lenders due to lavish ceremonies and high interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleet Street
Fleet Bridge Street
London
Vadzate Hill
Strand
Fleet River
Elizabeth
India
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Derton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
Elmo Scott Watson
Frank E. Hagan
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
aNo
J. Dyer
Aurora
Kathryn Marlowe
Henry Goldkuhle
Brooklyn
Bermuda
Supreme Court
Willis van Devanter
Jooks
Maryland
Lott Park
Ier Rad
Blade
Porkr
Grice
Lara
Boston St
le Butty
Boston
Ponbrolt
Holt Ham Shank End
Simmer
CRC Luis
Roe Pettit
New Sea
M. K. Newnam
Furnisher of Homes
Denton, Md
Legrande Food
Oop
McKay Coffee
Goa
Harff
Homestead
Hurf’s Pork & Beans
le Sweet
Sweet
N. B.C
N. B.C. Ritz Phe
Horff
Johnson
Popeye
Octagon
Pkg
Nko. Be
Sunsweet
Prunes
Jek
Messel
Museel
Life Buy Soap
Rinso
Willard L. Swann
Denton
G. C. Cohee
Denton Harvey Fleetwood
T. L. Trice, Jr
Preston Arnie’s Cash Grocery
Preston
Milford Kline
Hillsboro
Fiarry Stedman
Ridgely
J. Calvin Butler
Greenebere
J. W. Sylvester
Goldsbers
J. P. Lane
Goldsbere
H. A. Porter
Burrsvile
R. H. Gibson
Queen Anne
Bill
Dodgers
Business and
Denton Journal
Caroline
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