Massacre at Goliad in the Texan War for Independence
A Pittsburgh Telegraph report recalls the 1836 Goliad Massacre where James D. Fannin’s 350 Texans, after surrendering at Coleto Creek, were executed by General Urrea’s 1,200 Mexican troops on Palm Sunday. Only women children two surgeons and a few escaped. Santa Anna denied orders. Remember Goliad!
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Goliad
Tex
James D. Fannin
Georgia
Texas
Brazos
Austin
Alamo
Sam Houston
Victoria
Fannin
Coleto Creek
Urrea
Urren
Santa Anna
Houston
Pittsburgh
The Self as a Grand Machine Reveals Hidden Power
A humorous dialogue frames a man discovering his own potential as a transformative machine. He notes surprise at the breadth of abilities he can activate in himself, from sight and speech to movement and writing, claiming a new path to fortune through self-use. He jokes about leaving the club and plans to monetize this discovery.
Making Things Hum In Rome
The Romans used three applause forms bombus imbrices and testae The bombus was a decorous humming noise while imbrices used hollow hands and testae involved striking flat hands Together these signs show Romans likely applauded though certainty is unsure
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Rome
Talmud Overview: Ancient Jewish Law Compendium
The Talmud is a compendium of oral unwritten law alongside the written Pentateuch. Origin traces to the return from Babylonian captivity around 536 B.C. Compilation in Hebrew began with scribes and continued to 220 B.C. It blends prose and poetry with legal and legendary elements, echoing New Testament morality and Platonian philosophy.
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New York American
A Philosopher's Viewpoint From Georgia Thinker
A Georgia philosopher remarks that he does not expect to fence in many acres of this world yet hopes to make any small ground he gains as beautiful as old Adam’s possessions were before he left the Apple business. Atlanta Constitution.
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Georgia
Adam
Atlanta Constitution
A New Broom. Gillet-How many people work in your office
Perry answers that only one person works in the office today, while the others have been with them some time, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Gillet
Perry
Detroit Free Press
Taken at His Word by Samuel Johnsoy
A compact verse fragment reflects on debt, time, and judgment with a wry twist. The speaker notes a debtor’s readiness to wait until judgment day for owed sums, while a creditor presses for payment as the day ends.
Pass to Highwaymen Tale From Law Practice
A Nevada lawyer recounts defending clients in stage robberies. He forged a note reading To AI Road Agents Please pass the bearer and oblige me, signed by him. A London mining expert used it, aiding a masked gang who spared the bearer. Months later a client offered the same note as payment.
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Nevada
Thomas Itch
London
Tere
Slow as adverb in road signs stirs debate
A Brooklyn man writes to a Manhattan paper arguing against removing slow as an adverb in signs like Automobiles Go Slow. He cites Milton, Shakespeare, and Johnson to defend long usage and urges resisting purist changes to language.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Byron
Thackeray
Edinburgh Review
Johnson
Donne
Milton
Pope
Marat’s Deadly Prescription In Memoir Anecdote
A papal envoy, patient of Marat, recalls a drug given to him that was fit for a horse, not a human. Historians debate whether Marat was a veterinary surgeon or a fashionable physician, citing the envoy's remark that Marat mistook him for a stable patient.
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Marat
Jacob
The Modest Model Jula Ward Howe Story
A Boston painter recalls meeting Jula Ward Howe a woman of notable appearance who refused modestly then consented. She said its only mercy not justice. The painter remark captures Howe's restrained demeanor and the era's social expectations.
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Jula Ward Howe
Salid
Boston
Baseball player proves old saying wrong at home
A New York Post remark notes a baseball player being out at home disproving the proverb that a man cannot be in two places at once. The line humorously emphasizes a player's double presence at home plate and elsewhere.
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New York Post
Getting What You Pay For in New York Theaters
A Yonkers Statesman quip compares high theater seating costs to streetcar fares in New York. It notes the satisfaction of purchasing a theater seat is tangible, unlike uncertain transit seating. The remark highlights cost and value in urban amusements.
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New York
Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
The Faddiat Grammercy What Gown Debut
Mrs Grammercy declares another gown must be bought for the lecture on domestic economy. The exchange reveals fashion concerns amid social duties as the conversation closes.
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Grammercy
Burke Quote on Chastity of Honor Bearer
A compact quotation notes a rebuttal to breaches of honor, asserting that chastity of honor wounds the pride and principles of those who betray it. The line embodies a stern ethic of integrity and personal discipline.
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Burke
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John Jackman
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Samuel Johnsoy
Brooklyn Standard Union
First National
Nae Graettinger
J. H. Gammon
John Bondhus
Jorgen Andersen
V. L. O’connor
Farmers’ Grain Co
G. C. Coolidge, Graettinger
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