Recall Old Colonial Days at Quincy Mansion Attic
In the historic Coddrington house known as the Quincy mansion the Colonial Dames preserve a double attic with a secret staircase. Mary Northend notes Wheelwright and Anne Hutchinson were among free thinkers present before banishment, and John Hancock reputedly hid there from the British with his initials J H carved as proof.
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New England
Coddington
Quincy
Mass
Quincy Mansion
Colonial Dames
Mary Northend
Boston Transcript
Edmund Quincy
Wheelright
Anne Hutchinson
Parkans
John Hancock
Dorothy Quincy
J. H
Germans and drafts linked to ancestral habitats
A German professor argues genetics and ancestral forests explain draft sensitivity, citing animals preferring shelter and open habitats. The piece notes objections that all humans originated in forests and that migrations could erase such susceptibility.
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Doktor Th. Zell
Wassische Zeitung
Doctor Zell
Teta
Champion Father Reuben Bland Buys War Savings Stamp
Reuben C Bland known as champion father of North Carolina, with thirty four children, visited the Dobersonville post office where the postmaster explained War Savings Stamps. He replied that a poor farmer must feed his large family before buying stamps, but then he still bought one in Uncle Sam’s name.
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Missouri
de Soto
Mississippi
Joliet
Father Marquette
St. Louis
Spain
France
Louisiana Territory
Northwest Territory
Louisiana
Rocky Mountains
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Reuben C. Bland
North Carolina
Mr. Bland
Dobersonville
Alek
Uncle Sam
Sprucehurst Doctor Wins Susan Jane Gift Shop Bride
After returning to Sprucehurst Doctor Lester Clark pursues Susan Jane, owner of a violet blue gift shop sign. A lease dispute lingers before a quick courtship leads to marriage and her refusal to give up the shop, shaping his new medical office plans.
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Lester Clark
Susan Jane
Lester
Clark
Quick & Snell
Spracehurst
Mr. Quick
Miss Jane
Tomorow
Dr. Clark
Quick
Oly
Sprucehours
Ike
Finte
Making Shoes in China Women Weavers’ Endless Task
The passage portrays Chinese women making shoes from youth to old age, plying threads between cloth and paper layers to create soles up to two inches thick. Shoes are sold to shops when surplus exists. footwear is quiet and comfortable, but absorbent in rain. Women work in seclusions, even husbands barred from watching.
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China
Four Kings and a Royal Joker at a Wild West Show
Col Willian F Cody while traveling in Europe in 1801 with the Wild West show was on intimate terms with royalty. Emperor William entertained three German kings as Cody and the show performed in Berlin. A Deadwood coach rescue scene drew the Kaiser and guests to ride in the vehicle. The emperor quipped about Cody holding four kings and the royal joker simultaneously.
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Willian F. Cody
Europe
Buffalo Bill
Berlin
William
Cody
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Jonathan Brace
Old
Nlewstarpe
Susan Jane’s Lease
Jane Osborn
Mwccture Newspaper Syndicate
Susan Jane Gift Shop
Beverly Avenue
Sprucehurst
Lght
Susan
Hochschild,kohn & Co
Liu
Harriet Knight
United States
Baltimore, Md
Victor
Victrola
Victrola Instruments
M. K. Newnam
Denton, MD
Brick Hotel
Denton Auto Company
George A. Deakyne
THE
Treasu
Gordy, JR
Wicomico County
Robert L. Long
Baltimore City
Oliver Metzerott
Prince George’s County
Clarence H. Taylor
M. Bates Stephens
Lawrence B. Towers
House OF Delegates
J. Raymond Charles
Kellwood C.orrell
Arthur G. Smith
Gootee
Todd
Sherman L. Tribbett
Martin C. Voss
Joseph J. Garris
Willard CG. Todd
J. Alda Jackson
Thomas H. Everngam
T. Frank Seward
William C. Andrew
Clarence E. Beauchamp
J. Walter Noble
Caroline County
Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland
C. Leslie Walls
John K. Lynch
Everett H. Gale
Harry B. Mason
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Walter Sparks
New York
Life Man
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