Ride of Caesar Rodney Secures Delaware’s Independence Vote
A historical retelling of the 1776 vote on independence. Caesar Rodney races from Dover to Philadelphia to cast Delaware’s pivotal yes, ensuring a unanimous colonial stance aside from New York. The scene includes the Liberty Bell chorus and Jefferson’s drafting of the Declaration.
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Philadelphia
Caesar Rodney
Congress
Pennsylvania
Delaware
McKean
Rodney
Dover
Byffeldé
Poplar Grove
Paul Revere
Philip Sheridan
Pltfalla
Thirteen
Colonies
State House
New York
Lossing
Thompson
Thomas Jeffer
Carolina
Georgia
New Jersey
Maryland
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Virginia
North Carolina
Independence
Dickinson
Washington
Borton
Toyalieta
Versailles Gardens as La Notre Masterpiece of Perpetual Beauty
The article lauds Le Notre's Versailles gardens as a flawless work of art rich with deliberate design. It highlights the Tapis Vert axis near the Parterre de Latone offering views of the Chateau Grand Canal and park, noting enduring beauty, careful balance, and exotic winter greenhouse flora.
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la Notre
Paris
France
Versailles
le Notre
Alfred de Musset
Louis XIV
Tapis Vert
Parterre de Latone
Chateau
Grand Canal
Orangerie
Brain Fatigue Causes Writers Cramp Says London Study
London researchers at the London hospital report that writers cramp and similar muscular states arise from brain fag rather than muscle fatigue. The brain area guiding specific movements tires more quickly in some individuals, leading to an inability to signal hands and fingers. Once brain cells become worn, energy restoration is difficult, overturning the prior muscle-tiredness theory.
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London
Scienlata
London Hospital
Battersea
Elders Debate Sleep During Quaker Meeting in Philadelphia
Report from a Society of Friends gathering in Philadelphia describes Eldere or Elders debating sleep during the meeting. A gentle rumble of noise from the room interrupts the proceedings as William Ban neft speaks and admonishes the audience to remain attentive.
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Chursh
Philadelphia
William Banneft
Society of Friends
Entirely Practical Quote Reveals Marriage Suitability
A father remarks on a son's intended match calling her entirely practical. The reply highlights the woman's independence driving her own car and dismantling engines as proficiently as professionals in business.
Lines on Face Poetry Sparked by Anger
A man writes a love poem to Rose but she tears it up in anger. He titles the piece Lines on Face and reflects on the romance as he recalls the scene and the objects of his affection.
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Gertle
Rose
Grant anecdote contrasts generals over military neatness
The passage recalls a tale about General F D Grant and General Sherman. It frames a conversation in which a brigadier’s slovenliness prompts Grant’s father to comment on who ends up with well kept shirts in the first week.
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F. D. Grant
G. Sherman
Sherman
Above the Laws Not Even the Rich Escape Penalty
A wealthy man consults a doctor after being told he has lived too high and violated nature's laws. He pleads for a technicality to avoid punishment, while the doctor insists on paying the penalty for his excess.
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Ture
One Fault to Find Story Told at YMCA Banquet
Lambert Kaspers a Chicago attorney related a tale of a Danish farmer named Kangas who sought naturalization. The judge asked if the farmer was satisfied with general conditions and with the government, to which the Dane replied that he was, except he would like more rain.
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Lambert Kaspers
Chicago
Kangas
Yas
First Consideration At St Andrews A Plowman Shot
A fragment from London Tit-BRA recalls an incident where a plowman at St Andrews was struck by a stray shot while sand digging from a seashore range. He cried out I’m shot and urged volunteers to stop as the scene unfolded, fearing harm to the horse as well.
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John Thompson
Journal de Paria
Jefferson
Virginia
Congress
United Colonies
Great Britain
House
Vis
New Hampshtre
Massachusetts
Rhode Islend
Connecticut
North
St. Andrews
London
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Ecome
Franklin
Loerty Bell
Versailles Park
McNob & Libby
White Indian Corp
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