Train ride with Jay Gould ends in scramble
Jay Gould demanded speed on the Texas road trip. A special train, driven by Jake Lauer, was pushed to 45 miles per hour through dangerous, failing track as Gould demanded a faster pace. After a close call at a bad bend, Gould relented, praising Lauer and saying the engineer should drive the rest.
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Jay Gould
Mexico
International and Great Northern Railway
San Francisco Chronicle
New York
Jake Lauer
Lauer
Gould
Marshall
Galveston
Disease in Paper Money and Its Health Implications
A Congress funds bill by Outhwaite to frequently redeem soiled United States currency and national banknotes. Eminent bacteriologists warn paper money harbors filth and bacteria, noting bills often lie in greasy wallets and are handled by diverse classes, highlighting cholera prevention concerns for spring and summer.
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Congressman Outhwaite
United States
Kew
Patents of Monopoly in Elizabethan England
Before the Stuarts monopolies were common in England. Patents granted to control goods like salt, leather, and coal were sold by courtiers to merchant syndicates. Rival parties fought not to redress people’s grievances but to gain profits. Essex and Raleigh held monopolies in sweet wine and cards, among others, illustrating abuses of patent power.
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England
Elizabeth
Essex
Raleigh
The Comic Scrap Book in School Life
A commentator argues against labeling children as vicious and suggests viewing them as comic rather than purely malicious. The piece contends teachers should laugh with children, not scold, and that educator training should include lessons on the comic’s usefulness in school and beyond.
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Puck
Judge
Needles of Europe Traced to East Manufacture Origins
The article notes needles were produced in Europe early on, with Nuremberg leading in the 14th century. English manufacture began under Queen Elizabeth, growing so that a guild formed, the Pinners and the Needlers petitioning in 1597 to ban foreign pins and needles.
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Europe
Nuremberg
England
Elizabeth
Origins of the Great Seal of the United States
A historical overview of how the Great Seal evolved from 1776 to 1885. It details committees led by Franklin Adams and Jefferson, early designs with a multiple quartered shield, the Eye of Providence, E Pluribus Unum, and the eventual 1782 adoption of the eagle shield with olive branch and arrows while noting the rarely used reverse side and later art updates.
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Republica
France
Republic
United States
Department of State
Gaillard Hunt
Blaine
Continental Congress
Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Adame
Jefferson
Congress
England
Scotland
Ireland
Germany
Holland
Liberty
Justice
Providence
United States of America
Red Sea
Israel
Moses
Pharaoh
Boudinot
New Jersey
Charles Tomsom William Barlow
Philadelphia
Touison
Adams
Horton
There are so many things to make a man tired
A reflective line notes that life holds numerous burdens that exhaust a person beyond half measure, underscoring fatigue as a persistent human condition.
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Texas
London
New York Press
Neollen
Uncle Sam
W. N. McKeehen
Fremont
Ind
Ered A. Walter
Philip Michael
Oliver
E. C. Shupp’s
E. C Shupp
Geht
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