Maryland Women Endorse Rural University Plans
A Maryland conference of 237 women from 20 counties at the University of Maryland College Park urged support for the governor appointed agricultural committee and for making the Rural Women's Conference an annual feature of the university program. They praised home demonstration work and urged expanded facilities for educating young women, with a legislative committee to back the program before the next session. The gathering highlighted university leaders and county representation, and the event is to become a regular part of the annual program.
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University of Maryland At
College Park
Maryland
University of Maryland
Mary Risteau
Harford County
A. F. Woods
T. B. Symons
University Extension Service
H. J. Patterson
Agricultural Experiment Station
Norment
Hagerstown
M. M Stewart
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation
House of Delegates
Annapolis
State Board of Education
Lavinia Engle
League of Women Voters
Carroll County
Frederick County
Washington County
Kent County
Talbot
Somerset
Calvert
Venla M. Keller
Dante Gift of Rhyme and the Italian Tongue
Thomas Nelson Page praises Dante’s mastery of Italian rhyme and language. He imagines rhymes as maidens seeking Dante’s service, noting Dante’s boundless facility with the tongue. The passage argues this musical command gives Dante unique charm to Italian, resonant to the Italian ear.
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Dante
Benvenuto da
Thomas Nelson Page
Widow recalls Henry’s half painted chicken house
A widow reflects on her late husband Henry and a distant relative’s condolences. The joke lands as she asks what he left behind and the widow quips he left only a half painted chicken house, just as she had warned.
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Henry
Made Scholar Of Idler In His Shoemaker’s Bench
A twenty year old shoemaker’s apprentice Samuel Drew loses his brother and begins self training through reading and thinking. He becomes a preacher writer and editor, publishing works on religion and immortality, earning recognition as a leading English thinker before his death in 1833.
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Samuel Drew
England
Sam Drew
Bells Through History From Clay to Church Towers
A concise history of bells tracing their origins from early clay vessels that resonated when struck to their roles in savage adornments, Roman civic life, and Christian worship. It notes Paulinus of Nola introducing bells to worship and the pope's 600 AD decree for bells in church towers, along with famous bells like St Mark's.
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Bella
Moses
Isaiah
Zachariah
Paulinus
Nola
St. Mark's
Venice
Snakes in Queensland Bush Captures and Tales
A report cites Miss Paxsey author of Wanderings In the Queensland Bush describing crude animal traps using a frog decoy or poisoned milk to catch snakes in houses. She recounts a friend who killed a venomous black snake after blocking its doorway. She notes snakes cannot stop swallowing once begun, causing two snakes to share a meal to the middle.
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Queensland
Paxsey
Misa Puxley
Insects Hear With Antennae Like Radio Antennas
Dr Porter Felt New York state entomologist explains that insects such as the gall midge use antennae resembling indoor radio loop antennas to catch faint air vibrations. He notes male insects carry the audible receive mechanism while females remain silent, aiding long distance mating calls.
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Porter Felt
New York State
Doctor Felt
Galmidge
Carry Shoes on Their Heads in Oporto Porters
In Oporto Portugal porters are all women who carry heavy loads on their heads. They routinely lift 100 pound trunks a quarter mile and balance items like babies and umbrellas atop their heads while walking barefoot with a swinging gait.
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Oporto
Portugal
Washington DC in history under territorial rule and later government
The piece describes how during the territorial era DC had two governors, Cook and Shepherd, with President Grant backing Shepherd amid fierce attacks. It notes Congress ended the territorial form, created three commissioners, and mentions the diverse, cosmopolitan yet American character of Washington with embassies, government workers, and a mix of nationalities.
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District of Columbia
Cook
Shepherd
Grant
Congress
House
Senate
Washington
North
South
Wash- Ington
Elaine of Astolat and the Lore of Lancelot
The tale follows Elaine the Lily Maid of Astolat who loves Sir Lancelot but is spurned. Dying of a broken heart, her body is placed on a white bed on a barge, a lily and love letter in hand, carried to King Arthur’s palace. The king consoles her memory in a royal burial. The story comes from Malory and is echoed in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King.
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Elaine
Hly
Astolat
Sir Lancelot
Guinevere
Arthur's Palace
Palace Wharf
Thomas Malory
Prince Arthur
Tennyson
Early U S Geographers Mock United States
Benjamin Davies in 1813 criticized the United States in Manners and Customs in the United States. He notes a lack of urbanity in Philadelphia and capital cities chasing wealth through commerce, land speculation, banks, insurance, and lotteries. He warns that inns, taverns, and dram shops are a national evil needing legislative action, while schools are widespread yet youth discipline is lacking.
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United States
Benjamin Davies
Philadelphia
Red Coral Trade Through Ages Across Eurasia
The article traces red coral trading from remote times to Han dynasty era. It notes Y'ung Pai’s poem death in 117 B C and a later Chinese report on Mediterranean coral fisheries. Reinach links pre Roman Celtic trade, Romans halting exchanges, and coral’s role in Indian exchange for incense and gems.
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Far East
Y’ung Pai
China
Mediterranean Sea
Britain
Ireland
English knowledge of America in small oxford book
A New York Evening Post correspondent cites passages from a small Oxford Press edited collection of essays for use in American schools. It notes American college literary societies as Phi Beta Kappa and describes Cape Cod as a 635 mile long peninsula ending at its promontory in Massachusetts.
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America
Blackwell and
Makower
Oxford Press
Phi Beta Kappa
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
New York Evening Post
Not Exactly Piety At Morning Service
A mother sees her son Albert behave with apparent piety during a long prayer. On returning home she praises his reverent attitude, but he reveals the joke that a fly visited his hands exactly 250 times, explaining his distracted humor.
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Albert
Odd Disposition of Dead in Solomon Islands
Natives elevate their dead on pedestals with ritual details. The more respected the departed, the more elaborate the structure. They believe each person has an active ghost in life after death. Cremation occurs at times and gifts of food are left nearby. It is taboo to pass behind these burial platforms.
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Solomon Islands
Ship Inn at Canterbury to close over compensation
The Ship Inn near St Martin's church Canterbury is to be closed and has been referred by the Canterbury licensing Justices for compensation according to the London Daily Telegraph. The inn dates to Queen Elizabeth I's era with a lease from 1587 shown in court, indicating the house was leased by the corporation to an alderman for a nominal rent of fourpence.
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St. Martin's Church
Canterbury
England
London Daily Telegraph
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