Thanksgiving's roots in Plymouth and Europe through history
The piece traces ancient harvest festivals in Rome and Europe, noting how thanksgiving days appeared in England and Leyden, and how Plymouth's 1621 harvest set a prototype for America. It covers 1605 Gunpowder Plot thanksgivings, Monhegan service debates, and the shift to national observance under Washington in 1789.
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Ceres
Virgil
Plutarch
Europe
New England
England
Martinmas
Henry I
Agincourt
Edward
Leyden
Holland
Elizabeth
Massachusetts
Church of England
Monhegan
William White
Susannah Tilly
Peregrine White
Cape Cod Harbor
Susannah White
Plymouth
Brewster
Standish
Bradford
America
Howard Winslow
Winslow
Massasoyt
William and Mary
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ambrose
Germany
Rome
Congress
Washington
New York
Opinions Differ and Rich Uncle-What! Broke Again?
A whimsical dialogue panel features a toll of aphorisms and feigned expertise. A man laments the noisy empty state while another asserts fullness causes louder noise. A fortune teller counsels wealth and folly in love. The exchange ends with a punchline about debt and Solomon.
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Solomon
Ieel Sluggard
Punt
Countess De Bourrienne Led Double Life in London
A stylish London socialite known as Comtesse de Bourrienne, Mrs. Josephine Bauer, is interned for war. She frequented Carlton and Savoy hotels, posed as a Red Cross worker, and amassed jewels and pawn tickets while claiming to support her husband in the conflict. Her arrest followed a hotel bell mystery exposing a concealed vase in her handbag. She reportedly financed her husband from the Isle of Man and kept him unaware of her alleged crimes.
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London
Josephine Bauer
Comtesse de Bourrienne
Carlton
Savoy
Stitz
Red Cross
Jung
Hotel Victoria
Bis
Isle of Man
Grieving dog leaps from hotel after owner’s death
A fox terrier named Seoxy leaped from the Hotel Morrison on the twenty first floor after George W. Lowery of San Francisco took leave. The dog was found dead on the pavement below, in a rare instance of canine attachment.
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Chicago
George W. Lowery
San Francisco
Morrison
Thieves Return for $175 Heist in West Hempstead
In West Hempstead New York thieves first took $10 from Henry Van Dohlen's home a week earlier Then the same men returned last night and stole $175 Van Dohlen told a reporter the burglars over heard about the larger sum and carried out the second theft in the same residence.
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West Hempstead
N. Y
Henry van Dohlen
van Dohlen
Library of Congress newspaper division grows in scope and value
The Library of Congress newspaper division expands with 26 miles of bound files and 8 184 periodicals now on file. Slade notes rapid growth, extensive access for researchers, and ongoing acquisition of Civil War era papers like the Chattanooga Daily Rebel.
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Ashington
Library of Congress
William A. Slades
Slade
Hmve
South
Chattanooga
Daily Rebel
Washington Cop Barbee Arrests Police Chief's Father Twice
Washington officer Barbee at the first precinct twice arrested Major Pullman’s father for parking in a restricted area outside the chief’s office on G street NW. The incidents occurred within weeks, with one case costing $2 in fines. Barbee’s daring record and nerve are praised as he pursues criminals and recovers stolen property.
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Barbeer
Barbee
Peter R. Pullman
Father Pullman
Sulimaan
Pullman
Mr. Pullman
G Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Ehief
New Inventions for Uncle Sam Fighters Show Promise
AWARD GAD a 22 year old Cincinnati inventor proposes a powderless gun projectile using compressed air and timers to avoid smoke and detonation. The shell would come in 10 12 and 14 inch sizes with greater range and penetrating power. Also described is a motorless monoplane by A V Wilson of Bar Harbor aimed at high altitude endurance with heated water vapor to prevent hydrogen freezing.
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Gad
Cincinnati
Washigten
War Department
Gaw
H.W Gau
Ohio Mechanics' Institute of Cincinnati
A. V. Wilson
Bar Harbor
Ins
National Board of Aviation
Wilson
Sat
Postmaster Chance Helps Two Lady Motorists
Postmaster Chance of Washington helps two women stranded on a hot day. He cranks the stuck car until one lady uses the self starter and the engine whirs to life. Chance collapses in relief as the car finally moves on.
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Postmaster Chance
Errity
Chance
Washington
Ile
Plymouth
Mr. Chance
Og Merrit Chance
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United States
France
Louis de Bourriennz
Napoleon
Foxy
Master
Weg
Chief
Uncle Sam
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