National Anthems Across Nations From Motifs to Choices
A Paris Globe correspondent notes that national anthems arose mostly in the modern era and cites cases from Britain, Prussia, Russia and others. The piece discusses shared melodies, German roots of La Marseillaise, Haydn’s Austrian anthem, and Emperor Nicholas I’s Russia selecting a native hymn by Glinka over Lyoff, highlighting imperial taste and musical politics.
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Switzerland
Prussia
Great Britain
Paris
London Globe
Rouget de l'Isle
Castile Blaze
Rouget de Misie
Francis Joseph Haydn
George I
Lord Halifax
Henry Carey
Russia
America
United States
Nicholas I
Thuringia
Nuremberg
Cremona
Glinka
Lyoff
Nicholas
Conscientious Chinese Judge Seeks Public Reform
A Ftongkong correspondent reports Ham Hol magistrate Chan Pak Hau as a vigorous official who has installed two letter boxes at his yamen entrance. One box bears a call for the public to report faults of officials and servants, and the other urges reform of all public matters affecting the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ftongkong
Ham Hol
Chan Pak Hau
Yamen
Tere
An Awful Possibility
An old gentleman recalls a prior era at Gorham academy in Maine where Rev. Caleb Bradley spoke during Polk’s presidency. Bradley urged that shaping good boys yields good men, noting some could become Washington or Jefferson or even Polk, highlighting higher political feeling in those days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham Academy
Maine
Caleb Bradley
Scarboro
Mags
Polk
Washington
Jefforson
Korean currency through ages and counterfeit eras
The piece outlines Korea's monetary history from shells used as early currency to later nickel coins. It notes counterfeiters in various grades, mentions Japanese rivals as skilled forgers, and reflects on civilization's uneven impact on Korea. It cheekily contrasts daylight counterfeiting with those that pass only after dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Wild Goose Deas and the origin of the famous goose bean
Lumbermen of Maine credited with discovering the goose bean after Colonel John Goddard and a work crew shot wild geese during a harsh 1846 winter. A cook’s goose provided crops from three beans found in a goose crop, yielding the first supply that nourished lumber crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
John Goddard
Goddard
Orth Ward
Yule Log Customs and a French Banquet Tale
The piece recounts the old English Yule log ritual lit on Christmas Eve to ward off evil spirits with family gathering and songs. It also tells a Paris banquet anecdote about M. Fallieres feigning a two franc coin by dropping a copper, then revealing a real two franc piece for the waiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Old Country
Fallieres
M. Fallieres
Agen
M. Pallieres
M. Falkeres
Paris
The Popes Golden Jubilee and A Rent Notice
The Pope remains hale with youthful spirit yet plans for his priestly jubilee in two years. Italy starts preparations for fitting recognition while he trims papal ceremony. A Boston Traveler item notes a Weed Store for rent in the Checkered Front building, now James Speedy, with possession April 1. Inquire of D OC Mack, Indiana, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pius X
Italy
Holy Fathers
Boston
James Speedy
Mack
Indiana
London beat em all at holiday theatres say London manager
A. J. Small reported the holiday crowds at his province theatres were largest in London. He cited higher receipts for The Fatal Wedding at the Grand and Majestic than at Hamilton Kingston or Ottawa venues, noting London had a strong town turnout. The Fatal Wedding arrives at Library Hall Thursday with reserved seats 60 cents, general admission 35, children 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longton
London
A. J. Small
Grand
Library Hall
Public sale of farm personals near Indiana on March 28
Auction notices describe a sale at the Jacob Litz farm three miles northeast of Indiana in White township on Wednesday March 28 at noon. Items include cows, a mare, wagon, harness, tools, produce, lumber, a Bridgeport organ, and various farming implements with credit over five dollars and cash for smaller sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Bell
Jacob Litz
Lutz
White Township
Indiana
Bridgeport Organ
Gronan M
Brit
W. P. Lorine
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the Grand
Hanasome Prom
H. B. Enetn
Indiana, Pa
Tribune Farmer
Post Office Department
Father Taylor
Hub
Uptown
Simmer
Oshaw
George N. Biggs
The
Travelers Inurance Company of
Hartford
Forn Formation
J. Willis Wilson
Indiana Electric Supply Co
Philadelphia Street
Rossmoyne Flouring Mills
Frantz Bros
Rossmoyne
Penn’a
Plumville Roller Mills
Ashbaugh Mill
A. J. Pollock
Plumville, Pa
Shaffer & Keller
Oxford
Vogel Bros
North Sixth Street
R. W. Wehrle & Co
Penna
J. L. Orr
Syracuse
Propr
Kepples
Johnston Harvesters
York
Buckeye
Albright Corn
Altman & Taylor
LR. F. D. No
S. Vv
Home, PA
Neff
New American House
Pennsylvania
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