The Story of Our States Overview of Illinois history
A compact chronicle outlines early Illinois settlement from Jesuit missions and Marquette to La Salle, Kobly Clark, and the Northwest Territory formation. It traces French contact, fort ruins, Iroquois conflicts, and statehood as Illinois entered the union in 1818 as the Prairie State with 29 electoral votes.
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Hinois
Father Marquette
Hinois River
la Salle
Great Lakes
Chicago River
Illinois River
Montreal
Tonty
Mssissippi
Louisiana
Hitness
France
Cogland
George Rogers Clark
Ohio
Kas- Kaskila
Union
New York
Pennsylvania
McClure Newspaper
Save and invest your weekly savings in government securities
A call to readers to save a fixed amount weekly or monthly, aiming to reach about $80 per person in the US. It promotes purchasing United States Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps, and Treasury Savings Certificates, stressing safety, guaranteed value, and easy resale at guaranteed prices through the postmaster.
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United States
United States Liberty
Treasury Savings
Treasury
Thrift Catechism on Wealth and Investment
A compact set of definitions: wealth is value used for food shelter and luxury, capital is wealth saved for future use, money is a medium of exchange, credit is a promise secured by wealth, and an investor is one who prioritizes safety earning power and easy redemption before investing.
Fisherman Quips About Land Claimed Under Water
A humorous exchange notes a clerk in a shop bragging about owning forty acres of underwater land sold as good farming area. The remark highlights a perception of misrepresented property in a quaint local scene.
Too Industrious. A Stranger Keeps Busy
A terse dialogue notes a mysterious stranger described as an indefatigable investigator. The speaker asks who he is and suggests he may work for the government, though another says the degree of activity hints at a private or unknown operator.
Treasury helps Copeland man seek hidden wealth
A Copeland Kansas man asked the United States Treasury for instruments to locate buried treasure. The Treasury official dismissed literal treasure hunts, saying real wealth lies in safe investments. He praised savings stamps as the true tool to uncover wealth and aid owners and the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Department
Copeland
Kansas
Washington, DC
Sayings Division
the Treasury
United States
Captain Kidd
Treasury
United States Treasury
Postmaster at Scrooby A Pilgrim Link To Mayflower Era
A 300 year old postmaster, William Brewster, led Scrooby village mail on horses rather than letters. He lived at Scrooby manor, supplying horses to travelers and earning a handsome daily salary plus fees from guests, while Pilgrims gathered in the manor hall before sailing to Holland and then America.
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England
New York
William Brewster
Scrooby
Great North Road
London
Berwicd
Scrooby Manor
Holland
America
Infamous railway encounter ends with gold matchbox
A crowded English carriage provokes a rude passenger who elbows others and hauls luggage onto a hat. A stranger beside him, once insulted, hands him a gold matchbox as a joke from a society that planned to reward the rudest man, deeming him worthy.
True Art Selects and Paraphrases in Novels
A compact reflection on fiction by Thomas Bailey Aldrich arguing that realistic detail can bore readers. He suggests authors should select and paraphrase facts rather than reproduce life verbatim, likening true art to a Chinese tailor patching old trousers.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Ike Produces Like Principle Exceptions Discussed
London Answers notes that everyday procedure includes exceptions to the principle that Ike produces like. Dyer adds that many cases involve obtaining hard cash for a soft job, highlighting practical anomalies in common practice.
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Mealing
Ike
Dyer
London
Indian Giver Expression Origin and Potlatch Practice
The term Indian giver originates from potlatch practices among Northwest Coast tribes. It describes a gift with expectation of return and interest, often settled in blankets. Among Kawakluts the debt equals 100 percent, enabling borrowing and lending within tribes.
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Northwest Coast
Puget Sound
Alaska
How Toasts Originated at Ancient Feasts
The article traces toasts from ancient Greece and Rome when hosts bowed to Bacchus and poured wine on the ground. Emperors and aristocrats were toasted, then wealthy people and women joined, and finally the custom evolved to drinking the liquid rather than wasting it.
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John Smith
Robert Brown
Bacchus
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Johnson
Mtvin & Johnson Fablighers
Jonathan Brace
Illinois
Thrift Catechism
Eteretet
Wanpa Perad
Washington
Martyrs
Herbert Johnson
Burley Flavor
Mullin's Home
Wilmington
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Incorporated
Annapolis
Claiborne
C. B. Howard
Denton Ice and Fuel CO
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Cate
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
School of Engineering
College of Arts and Sciences
Civil Engineering
Homewood
Lawn of Maryland
Baltimore City
Cecil, Harford
Howard and
Queen Anne
Act of Assembly
Anne Arundel
Calvert
Kent
Montgomery
Prince George’s
Somerset
Loyola College
St. John’s College
Washington College
Western Maryland College
University of Maryland
Maryland Agricultural College
Mount St. Mary's College
Rock Hill College
ARC
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
At Paint and Varnish
Denton, ‘Md
Weslay Collagiate Institut
Repar and
Henry G. Budd
D. D
Dover
Delaware
Preg
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