Names of states reflect ancient rulers and native tongues
The article surveys how the forty six states and four territories got their names. It traces origins from kings such as George II and Louis XIV to Indian words, Spanish terms, and French influences, noting meanings like bright water noisy river red land and home for all Indians, with a focus on accuracy and historic ties.
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Alabama
Arkansas
Marquette
California
Cortez
Mexico
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Lord de la Warr
Virginia
Maryland
Florida
Ponce de Leon
Georgia
George II
Idaho
Illinois
Illini
Indiana
India
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Towa
Kansas
Kentucky
Prairies
Louisiana
Louis XIV
Maine
France
Henrietta Maria
Connett
Charles I
England
Massachusetts
Great Hills
Great Hill
Blue Hills
Bone Hills
Old
New England
Michigan State
Minnesota
Mississippi
Gulf Ami
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Sierra Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
George Carteret
Isle of Jersey
New York
Duke of York
New Amserdam
Carolinas
Charles
Carolus Rex
North Carolina
South Carolina
Dakota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Lincoln
Ohio
Oklahoma
Forty Sixth
Indian Territory
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Commonwealth
William Penn
Penn
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Narragansett Bay
Roode Eylandt
Red Island
Rhodes
Tennessee
Taensa
Watchesaw
Texas
Lone Star
Vermont
Green Mountain
Green Mountain State
International Ventures and Regional Developments
Reported in The Times of India and other outlets, Chinese merchants form a 1,000,000 tael syndicate on the Yalu for forestry rights, with Japanese partners. Germany seeks a Singapore coaling site. India expands western Tibet trade and pays Tibetan indemnity. Calcutta opens a crematorium for Europeans. Sind, Bombay area experiments with 6,000 acres of cotton. Burma cotton prospects dim. Japan builds rail links in North China. Celebes Trading Co gains sole pearl shelling rights in Straits Settlements.
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Tientsim
Yalu
Hong Kong
Germany
Singapore
Tibet
Times of India
Calcutta
Suez
Sind
India
Government of
Burma
Japan
Hsin Min Tun
Mukden
North China
Celebes Trading Company
North Australia
Straita
Manchuria
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Japanese Steamship Company
Yokohama
Bangkok
Siam
China
Shu Wei-Yao
Hankow
New Zealand
Deutsche Asiatische Bank
Victoria
Australia
Queensland
Poshan
Tsingtau
Those We Love Best: A Personal Ode on Pain and Love
Poem reflecting on how friends and family cause the deepest hurt. It contrasts kindness shown to strangers with sharp wounds dealt by loved ones, noting true affection survives sorrow and time. The speaker laments that love is scarce and fragile, yet enduring for those who suffer together.
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Thia
Taormina on Etna slopes a traveler’s vivid portrait
A banker describes Taormina Sicily from Catania harbor to the Greek amphitheatre. He notes sea panoramas, lemon groves, and sub tropical flora with Etna looming. He recalls the arena’s lion pits and martyrdom legends tied to ancient drama and Christian trials.
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Europe
Taormina
Sicily
Catania
Etna
Euripides
Sophocles
Aristophanes
Mmartyr
St. Paul
God’s Love in David Elginbrod Excerpt
A dialogue between David and Hugh from George MacDonald’s David Elginbrod explores divine mercy and love. Hugh questions if God is only love while considering justice and punishment. The debate frames God’s goodness as overarching, suggesting punishment serves benevolent aims.
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George Macdonald
David Elginbrod
David
Hugh
Fragmentary Sermonic Rhyme Reflects Moral Debate
The excerpt echoes a debate on justice and purity before God, asking if a man can be more just than God and challenging moral thresholds. The archaic phrasing and religious diction suggest a 17th or 18th century voice reflecting conscience and divine judgment.
Reincarnation of Christ as daily discipline
A brief meditation on making every thought submit to Christ to become like Him. The text urges transforming opinion, judgment, ambition, and hope by Christ's will, describing this inner change as the true Christ birth beyond the Bethlehem event. Commentary from Hugh Black in Listening to God.
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Christ
Bethlehem
Hugh Black
God
Two Sisters Slain in Italian Village Theft
A thief strangled two sisters aged fifteen and thirteen in Squinzano near Lecce, Italy. A money box with 60 francs was robbed. the killer fled as locals fear the motive and details may never be fully known.
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Squinzano
Lecce
Tsome
Italy
How to Manage Him from a Miserable Irish Home
A deaconess nurse tends a newborn in a shabby home and overhears a mother reveal a harsh method to control her drunken husband. The mother explains giving him a dose of audanum to keep him asleep until morning, arguing it avoids worse outcomes.
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Darling
Jim
Christian Guardian
When Exercise Is Drudgery
The British Society for the Advancement of Science concludes exercise cannot cure braining by mere muscle work. Physicians who prescribed constant physical work as a remedy are contested. Exercise that entertains and distracts helps, it redirects blood flow and stimulates new brain areas. When exercise becomes drudgery it is performed mechanically or sullenly and may be harmful.
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British Society For the Advancement of Science
Milkman Pleads For Best Effort In Substandard Article
A milkman testifies before the court that he did his best to deliver an article below standard. He argues there was no pure adulterant available and asks leniency for the imperfect product.
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Elizabeth
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Washington
Potomac
White Mountains
Washingtonville
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Badger
Wyoming
Alaska
United States
Russia
Arizona
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Montezuma
Arizons
Cleveland
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