Merriwether Lewis Hero of Romance and Mystery
Emerson Hough lauds Meriwether Lewis as a heroic figure whose courage and elegance captivate, noting his roles as Thomas Jefferson’s secretary and a famed yet reticent leader. He asserts Lewis embodied frontier leadership, social charm, and enduring mystery, a life never fully told.
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Meriwether Lewis
Indies
Christoher Coluumbus
Merriwether Lewis
Thomas Jefferson
Meriwether
Lewis
Emerson Hough
Southern Woman's Magazine
Fijian Race Dying Out As Islands Modernize Quickly
The Fiji islands are described as rapidly changing with Hindus English and Samoans among the arrival of diverse groups. Fijians are portrayed as good natured, humorous loafers whose traditional practices fade, but their livelihoods rely on river fish jungle fruit and pottery. Cannibalism is said to have ended, though other facets of life persist in a shifting cultural landscape.
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Fiji Islands
South Sea Islands
Mark Twain
Hawaii
Robert Onlys Stevenson
Samoa
Heg
Navel Orange From Bahla Spreads to California
The navel orange wood introduced into the United States originated from a Bahla plantation. Trees were shipped to the Agriculture Department and grown in screenhouses. Propagated stock reached California and Florida, with California replacing most plantings from two trees sent in 1873. Florida found it unsuitable, while California produced highly valued fruit.
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Bahla
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Florda
Florida
Scientific American
Department of Agriculture
Nation's Defense and Public Virtue Unite in Strength
Horace Boshnell argues defense is not money ships or forts but public love wisdom and high command. He says enduring stability lies in patriotism attachment to home and bravery, even as absolute conquest fades, to sustain a nation and its government.
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Horace Boshnell
Night Owls Safe Describe Morning Night Microbe Peak
A renowned scientist who studies bacteria reports that breathable air contains more microbes at nine in the morning and nine at night than at other times. He finds the lowest air microbes at three in the morning and three in the afternoon.
Station agent's palls misused for home sign joke
A railroad official on a quick inspection found two wooden palls in a home and encountered a handmade sign above the utensils declaring These palls for fire and drinking water. The odd mix of supplies and the sign amused the observer.
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Indianapolis News
Suspected It Auction Slander In Flat Opposite
The fragment notes a remark about neighbors buying a piano at auction and echoes suspicion with a pun on going, going, going. The readable text hints at a gossiping exchange rather than a full report.
How Gut Strings for Violins Are Made
An overview of gut violin string production from sheep intestines to finished D A and B strings. It describes cleaning trimming splitting into seven strands or six for E and Fi strings, twisting on damp frames, drying, polishing with emery paper, and packing for shipment.
How Indians Catch Salmon
An account describes native salmon fishing using a crabhook on a long pole and a braided cord. Indians craft poles from red fir, harden tips in coal, lash broken sections, and weave pitch for strength. They fish from banks or river platforms, guiding the pole with the current and jerking to hook fish.
Great Men Died Learning Quote by Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge reminds that great men die learning and that many breakthroughs come from youths and the aged alike. He cites Pasteur and Socrates, urging humility and open minds for all ages to pursue knowledge and achievement.
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Bacon
Pasteur
Socrates
Henry Cabot Lodge
Death of the Lord or St Sebastian? at the Corcoran
A middle aged, stylishly dressed woman in the Corcoran Gallery glances through a lorgnette and asks if a painting depicts the death of the Lord. A staffer replies it shows the martyrdom of St Sebastian. The woman laughs about her memory and gratitude for art.
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Corcoran
Sebastian
Washington Star
Pay Pray and Peg Away Group Revealed in Long Island
A New York Sun piece recalls a Long Island village circle once sharing a sharp humor and a motto Pay, pray and peg away. Though described as unsympathetic at times, all members remain alive and well, with a suggestion to widely adopt their jesting creed.
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Peg
Long Island
New York Sun
Light of the Moon Misused Phrase in Seed Growth Claims
The article explains that the moon provides no light of its own and that the term light of the moon is a misleading expression. It notes this light is merely reflected sunlight with no warmth or life impact on vegetation and clarifies the period around full moon has no bearing on seed germination.
All Plants Once Wild History of cultivated vegetables
All plants started wild and became crops through cultivation. Fruits and vegetables trace their uncultivated ancestors, and today many garden varieties differ greatly from their wild prototypes.
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Denton Journal
Jefferson
Dentonational Bank
Adams
John Adams
Holland
Harvey L, Cooper
C. W. Hobbs
Tt. C. West
Cashier
J, AL Trazzare
Asst
Peale al
Hotel Powhatan
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Ave
18Th
H Streets
Washington
White House
EK. C. Owen
Jams J. Ross
Wal Denny Sececksiv
Treaeinet
The
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
Wowluawabah
Carter &Een, Agts
L. Irving Jones
Agt
Cireensbeco, Md
Alex. Noble
Presion
Denton, MD
Sarah M. Anderson
Court House
Denton
Second Street
Barnharts
Lizzie G. Redden
Clara E. Barnhart
Cursine County
Fred R. Owens
James Temple
Harvey
Meee
John W. "Pritchett
Circuit Court For
Caroline
Caroline County
John W. Pritchett
Maryland
WM. H. Adkins
Lawrence Lt. Towers
Nem Oey
Denton, Maryland
McCormick & CO
Baltimore
T. Bets
W. A. Smith
Holt Construction Co
Home Insurance CO
N. Y
American Eagle Fire Insurance Company
the Grangers’ Mutual OF
Middletown
S. G. Nutdple
Oni
Lucas Paints
Thomas & Messer CO
Baltimore St
Baltimore, MD
All the County News
Delaware & Chesapeake
Queen Anne
Robert W. Barnes
Queen Annie
Singer Sewing Machines
Parker
Wilmington Conference Academy
Christian School
Sienarary
Henry G. Budd
Delaware
Journal
Lalley Light
Electric Light & Power
Lalley
Robert D. Hutcher
Afsom Hospital
Robert D. Fulcher
Belair
University Hospital
Clinton Hutcher
Lalley-Light Plant
Den-Mar Mobile Co
Charles
Uttle Hardware Co
Lucy Jones
G. Dean
Ridgely
Mad
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