Portrait of Mary Washington Ties to George Washington Legend
The article recounts the search for a surviving portrait of Mary Washington, George Washington’s mother, and notes Middleton’s painting as a rare, life-like version. It covers Grant’s interest, Edwardes’s ownership, and the plan to return the portrait to America, stressing Mary Washington’s beauty and influence on her son.
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Mathop
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Cary
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England
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Mary Washington
Miss Edwardes
Northamptonshire
Robert Cary
London
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Middieton
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Sukey
Madame Ball
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Molly
Max
Lawrence Washington
Chotank
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Rappaluoeck
Fredericksburg
George
Charles Thomson
Congress
Arount Vernon
Thomson
New York
Sie
United States
Virginia
George Washington
Amelia
War Memorial in England Planned as Swiss Chalet Style
Fragmentary notice describes a memorial in England titled War Memorial de videe at Helge Bnd in Tehire Ungland. It mentions Swiss chalet style design and service by a county or state authority, with references to a memorial for World War I dead and leisure to the Peny WNY months, including figures and names that remain unclear.
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de Videe
Helge
Inscriptions of Royal Navy Warship Crests on Ceiling Fragment
The fragment describes eight hundred wooden diamonds bearing regional events colors ribbons and the crests of ships in the British navy. It mentions inscriptions and medals and a Europa model on the ceiling.
Be Positive Positive resolutions be better than negative ones
A brief editorial note from the Boston Transcript urging optimism and steady resolve, emphasizing that constructive, positive goals yield better results than negative approaches. The text advocates consistent effort and steadfast improvement.
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Boston Transcript
Mallein Plant Traced From Ancient Uses Across Civilizations
The plant commonly called a weed is a foreigner with a long history. Romans used dried stalks for edible grit in processions, Greeks soaked leaves as wicks for lamps, and Spaniards reportedly used seeds stupefying effects.
Otter Mother Teaches Playful Lessons at Night School
Mother Otter leads her children through diving without splashing and hunting skills as core lessons in Otter school. She stresses eating variety, escaping enemies, and travel tricks while balancing discipline with evening play and a lullaby bed time song.
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Mother Otter
Not Good Friends Tack Three-Year-Old Verbal Mixup
A child named Not Good Friends Tack, age three, is sent to the barter site and arrives at a barber shop where a barber asks in a teasing tone if he and a friend are still good. The child responds in a displeased, practiced manner, saying the other is not.
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Tack
Jack
Porcupine Corrects Class On Sharpest Quills
In a Botany and Zoology lesson the teacher asks which animal has the sharpest quills. A student answers by declaring the porcupine is the one with the finest quills, resolving the classroom moment.
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Aimer Ten
Green's August Flower remedy claim and humorous cartoon
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a fifty eight year proven remedy for nervous dyspnea indigestion and other digestive complaints with worldwide usage and 80 90 cent bottle pricing. A humorous exchange with a child and father appears in the latter portion of the clippings.
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Andy
Cuticura Promises Easy Hand Care From Soap Ointment
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for soaking and drying hands with Cuticura Ointment and tissue removal for toilet purposes. Claims the trio aids general toilet care in retirement suds.
Snow Crystal Size Range In Fresh Air Conditions
Snow crystals vary in size from minute forms barely visible to plates about a quarter inch in diameter. When the air is filled with large crystals, frequent rollions occur.
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