Questions and Answers Quiz from a Historic Paper
A reader quiz lists 23 items on history and general knowledge. Questions cover Stonewall Jackson's alias, Aguinaldo’s captor, mechanics, a lightweight champ, Hofman heritage, New York’s main river, top five city libraries, volcano relations, supreme court selection, astronomy versus astrotogy, Emancipation Proclamation date, Declaration signers, zoology, 220 yard champion, artistically acclaimed film, Great Lakes canal via Hudson, Nobel laureate woman, fruiting vine habitat, current Secretary of War, and hunter moon phase notes.
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Supreme Court
Great Lakes
Hudson River
Answers and facts from a varied historical prompt
A compilation of quizlike items list names, dates, places, and terms across topics. It includes people such as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle and William Henry Harrison, places like North Northwest Wyoming, and facts ranging from plant genera to legal dates and monetary amounts.
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Claude Joseph Souget de Lisle
William Henry Harrison
Winfield Scott
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Victor Hugo Childhood and Early Struggles Described
The article notes Victor Hugo enjoyed a bright youth and early romance, but faced tragedy with his mother's death. His father opposed writing, offering money to quit authorship, which Hugo refused, leading to poverty experiences that fueled later work. He married in 1822, restoring ties with his father.
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Victor Hugo
Huga
Hugo
Paris
Kansags City Times
American visitor seeks Francis Thompson at Kilburn inn
An American guest, reverent toward Francis Thompson, visited the Skidmaw Arms Kilburn to recall the poet of the Hound of Heaven. The landlord had never heard of him, and the innkeeper dismissed the lingering customer as bad for business.
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London
Francis Thompson
Skidmaw Arms
Kilburn
Boniface
Irishwoman Sophia Bird Celebrates 104th Birthday
Mrs Sophia Bird of Loughborough Ireland celebrated her 104th birthday with cheerful greetings all day. She said she felt very comfortable and would do her best to reach another birthday. She rises at 9 80 o'clock each morning and retires at 9.
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Sophia Bird
Loughborough
Ireland
Hard Luck Repurposed Tale of August Winkler
August Winkler, burned out in Wisconsin, travels south to rebuild. His wife dies on the journey, he starts anew in business, then the Mississippi flood wipes him out. He reaches Roseville with $165, deposits it in Rossville bank, which fails the next day.
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Winkler
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Kansas
Roseville
Dover
Rossville
Che Outlook
Circumstantial judgment quoted by Judge Reeve
The text quotes Judge Reeve noting that circumstances govern most cases and that restraint comes from avoiding temptation. It mentions a chronic card player who boasted no access to a game for six months, illustrating the idea of resisting risk by avoidance.
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Reeve
Carde
Windy talk and idle claims in three-nation wrangle
Wind John Halkett, president of the building trades council, remarked on the three cornered dispute involving Italy, Yugoslavia and Albania in New York. He warned that talk would not lead to action, noting windy people rarely resort to blows and that much of the pep is avarice.
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John Halkett
The
Building Trades Council
New York
Italy
Yugo Slavia
Albania
Mr. Halkett
Laxative Brom o Quin ine Tablets Advanced Preventive Use
Col ds grip or influenza warning promotes Laxative Brom o Quinine tablets as a safe remedy. The box features D W Grove signature. A quirky note mentions mayflies appearing as winged insects and vanishing by next morning.
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D. W. Grove
Hymns Remembered Stand In For Piety
A man who recalls two or three boyhood hymns and sings them believes himself pious. The notion that money travels faster than ever hints at broader commentary on wealth and virtue.
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