Picturesque Inertia Describes Casamarca's Unfinished Churches
A Wide World Magazine portrait of Casamarca in the Andes notes the town’s old colonial churches remain structurally incomplete by design and tradition. The upper class pays for status while the poor endure poverty, preserving a picturesque but static townscape. Alternatively, visitors sense a stagnant culture, with no sign of growth or modernization on the horizon.
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Casamarca
Andes Mountains
Harry A. Wravck
Wide World
Cajamarca
Ume
Salamanca
Early English Lexicography and London Listings
The article traces landmark works in language and reference from Dr. John Williams 1668 dictionary to Roger Crab 1655 on frugal living and Butler 1698 on phonetic spelling. It notes London’s first directory 1077, Saxton maps 1573–79, and the growth of early print culture cited by Bookman's Journal.
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Dovier Johnson
John Wiliam
London
Roger Crab
Butler
Oxford
Polygraphia
England and
Wales
Christopher Saxton
Elizabeth
Bookman's Journal
Types of stage humor in French critique
A fragment discusses three French stage humor types from Brander Matthews via Mooney's. It cites the epigram or mot de esprit, a second form tied to timing in the story, and a third that reveals a character’s inner side as a mot de carne tere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brander Matthews
Mooney
Medieval love filters and charms tell of marriage fate
A 19th century note explains medieval beliefs in love charms including water rituals and tokens to predict marriage. It notes that a girl could splash water or throw tokens to foresee her future spouse, while omens from animals or occult signs supposedly foretold outcomes for bridal parties and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fragmentary Exchange on a First Travel Note
A gray haired passenger recalls keeping a five dollar note he wrote. A traveling acquaintance comments on the value and passage of the note, while others discuss its imperfection and the effort of passing it along.
Annapolis founded in 1604 and Acadian history in North America
The passage argues that Annapolis, originally Port Royal, was founded in 1604, three years before Jamestown, with a brief French settlement interruption until 1610. It traces Acadian resilience amid English conflicts, their expulsion, and spread to Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Louisiana, noting 800,000 descendants.
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Nova Scotia
North America
St. Augustine
Fin
Port Royal
Annapolis
Jamestown
Deep Sabbath Observance in Western New York Village
A reminiscence recalls strict Sunday observance in a western New York farm village over fifty years ago. Families gathered for Bible lessons and prayer, with church services in the morning and afternoon, and a Sunday rest that began at sundown Saturday. The author notes a mother once forbidden to walk beyond the cemetery on Sundays and to read only the Bible and Fox's Book of Martyrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoitt
New York
New York State
Fox
Christian Herald
Rebuilding Guatemala City After Historic Earthquakes
A National Geographic bulletin notes Guatemala City’s gradual rebuilding after the 1917 1918 quakes and recalls Guatemala as home to Maya Quiche Indians. It highlights Quirigua ruins with monoliths and towering faces, plus excavations revealing a grand ancient temple plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala City
National Geographic Society
Guatemala
Alpine Grisons Switzerlands Largest Canton Described
The Grisons in Switzerland is portrayed as an Alpine paradise with over 150 valleys, rushing torrents, roaring waterfalls, transpicent lakes, dark fir forests and green meadows. It notes widespread emblems of peace and goodwill at places of worship greeting visitors far and wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grisons
Switzerland
Debert
Ancient schemes echo ancient woes in temple building tale
The fragment recalls 520 BC and Haggai taunting residents over sown yet wasted wealth. It mentions Ungeal's platform and HL . L. as a plan to reduce that HL by constructing a new temple, framing a historic critique of wealth and effort.
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Darius
Haggai
Ungeal
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