Salesman Tuttle and the Crofton romance
Howard Tuttle uses sales tactics to woo Dora Scott on a Crofton veranda. He weighs six prospect types then abandons them, realizing Dora may be the only true offer. He kneels to ask her to marry, confessing he has little to offer but a plea for partnership.
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Dora Scott
Dora
Fred Yates
Crofton
Soward
Howard Ion
Howard
Steward
Glie
New England
Dorn
Lloward
Traward
Sabbath and Sunday in Christian observance history
The piece reviews the shift from seventh day Sabbath to the first day Sunday as a Christian festival aligned with rest traditions. It notes ancient roots, Imperial edicts, and civil Sunday laws from Rome and early American colonies, highlighting the distinction between Sunday as civil and religious practice.
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Indianapolis News
Barbados Hurricane of October 1780 Toll Records
The Barbados hurricane of October 1780 was the second of three severe Caribbean cyclones that year and the most disastrous of modern times. It approached Barbados on October 10 and devastated numerous islands including Martinique, St. Lucia, and St. Eustatius, with vast loss of life at sea.
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Lesser Antilles
Porto Rico
Bermuda
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Martinique
St. Lucia
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Courtroom Etiquette Sparks Collar Fines in Swiss Trial
In a Swiss Palais de Justice scene several defendants faced trial. The first was acquitted yet fined heavily for not wearing a collar. Their lawyer said the client needed shaving before entering. Fines prompted others to rush to buy collars, but many neglected neckties and were warned of harsher punishment.
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Palais de Justice
Montreal Herald
Custom Welcomes Spring In Thuringia Observance
In Eisenach Germany a pre Christian rite marks the fourth Sunday in Lent with a procession from St. Nicholas. A herald leads a band then three straw mantled men, the Wagon of Winter bearing an old man amid snowy firs, followed by a herald and the Sunna festival. The crowd feasts as Winter retreats and Spring is celebrated.
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Germany
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Turks Solomon Island Vanished in 1715 Earthquake Mystery
The Montreal Vernia reports a curious 1715 earthquake event in the Greek Archipelago. A small island named Turks Solomon's disappeared during a calm night, leaving neighbors shocked as morning revealed its absence and timbered houses still endangered seaward months later.
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Montreal Vernia
Turks Solomon's Island
Monument to German Sailors Erected in Asheville NY
A blue granite marker on a sloping hillside along the French Broad river near Asheville honors eighteen German sailors who died in World War I while interned as enemies. The German ambassador notes it is the first monument in America to German sailors.
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America
Secret method to break an apple in half in seconds
A Washington Star reader describes a step by step trick to break an apple cleanly in half. Grip with both hands set elbows outward then roll shoulders forward and back to twist the wrists and separate the fruit into two halves.
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Washington Star
Halcyon Word Tale From Holmes on Kingfisher Roots
The article notes Oliver Wendell Holmes and etymology buffs savor the origin of halcyon. It explains halcyon originally named the kingfisher Talcyon, and that seven days before and after the solstice were deemed calm seas by sailors, giving the word its peaceful sense.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Portland cement origins and early U S production
English stonemason Joseph Aspdin patented Portland cement in October 1824 after calcining limestone and clay. The first U S producer was David Saylor in 1872 at Copley, Pa, followed by Thomas Milten in South Bend, Ind. U S cement output in 1028 reached 178,051,977 barrels valued at 278,883,042 dollars, reportedly surpassing all other nations combined.
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Leeds
Portland
England
David ©. Saylor
Copley
Thomas Milten
South Bend
Ind
United States Bureau of Mines
United States
The American's Creed Authored by William Tyler Page 1917
The American's Creed states belief in a government of the people by the people for the people with powers derived from the governed. It proclaims a democratic republic, union of states, and a duty to love defend obey and respect the nation and its symbols.
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William Tyler Page
House of Representatives
United States of America
Historic Wales attractions and medieval relics listed
Historic Wales offers sites from Hafod where Handel wrote the Hallelujah Chorus to St David’s Cathedral and the Druid remains. Visitors can see Temple Gardens at Lindower Wells, Roman camps near Ivy-clad ruins, Llandovery castle earthworks, Church Stretton, Keddegelert, Llewellyn’s hound burial site, Conway and Garharvon castles tied to Welsh princes.
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Wales
Masnaachusetts
Hafod
Handel
St. David's
Liandrindod Wells
Llandovery Castle
Church Stretton
Llewellyn
Conway Castle
Edward I
Gar Harvon Castle
Prince of Wales
Cheerful but Dumb Goldfish Watched by Detroit Expert
A Detroit expert argues a black molly is always cheerful yet dumb, blundering about like a pully wog. Clever fishes that can read and play the utelele fail in community tanks, while the jewel ish displays cunning. Among peaceful fish the scalara is noted as intelligent.
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Detroit
Detroit News
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