Odd Wills Drawn During Black Plague Archive at Somerset House
The London Daily Mall reports on wills stored at Somerset House, many filed after probate grants. Notable pieces include a plague era will sealed in a spirits bottle to guard against infection, a shorthand will with a Pitman-like key, a sea wreck parchment that shrank but remains legible, and a four poster bed leg containing a hidden will.
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Somerset House
England
Probate Registry Office
London
Pitman
Shakespeare
Nelson
London Daily Mall
Canada’s Flag Questioned as Unofficial National Emblem
A historical note argues that Canada lacks a formal national flag. The 1882 British Admiralty flag with a quartered shield of Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is said to be unauthorized ashore and not representative of all provinces or the Canadian people.
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Canada
British Mercantile Marine
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Dominion
Ite
Joke on the Bank From an Indianapolis Reader
A story about a local woman who believed blank checks meant available funds leads to a bank overdrawn notice. Instead of visiting the bank she sent a self described letter with a miswritten amount claiming to pay her account.
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Indianapolis
Inelamed
Fragmentary interview with office staff and monographers
A fragment of a quote from the Dirwingham Agetierald describing office workers at Grabeolo’s office. Clerks rest with feet on desks and three monographers were making dates by telephone. The line questions Grabeolo’s whereabouts and return.
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Grabeolo
Nnl
Shwe Dagon Higoda Sanctuary in Rangoon Aglow With Gold
In Rangoon I visited the Shwe Dagon Higoda shrine with Maung Hkin. The temple rises 368 feet among gilded pinnacles and green trees, housing relics from four Buddhas and images from China Tibet and other lands. Visitors buy flowers and light tapers for offerings, then receive gold leaf on their hands as part of worship at Burma’s famed golden pagoda.
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Maung Hkin
Siwe Dagon Higoda
Rangoon
Kawkathan
Gowangong
Kathapa
Gautama Buddha
B.C
China
Tibet
Buddha
Burma
Shwe Dagon
Asin Magazine
Young Jimmy a Philosopher and a Storm Warning
A boy named Jimmy, seven, amuses nurses at a Swedish hospital with insights from report sheets about deaths and births in adjacent rooms. The piece blends a humorous hospital vignette with a separate storm warning noting sunset colors may precede tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf stream region.
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Jimmy
North America
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf Stream
Passing the Buck
An aged reader offers a cryptic note praising a kind boy and a young friend while expressing concern about a small boy. The telegram fragment hints at gratitude and tension but lacks clear events or identifiable names.
Lander notices and land claim continues in 1921
Public notices from the U S Land Office at Lander Wyoming announce a filing of intent to prove a three year claim on homestead land in Section 30 Township 33 North Range 93 West by Hisso Schoottlin Nieman widow of Fred Schouttlin with witnesses listed Herbert Bawden John C Aner James Hurley and F D Freeburgh all of Lander Wyoming. Also ads for property sale rental and bake sale by local residents and groups including Neighbors of the Woodcraft bake sale at Delevan Cafe on December 31.
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Department OF the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Lander
Wyoming
Hisso Schoottlin Nieman
Fred Schouttlin
Township
Range
Meridan
United States Land Office
Laimant
Herbert Bawden
John C. Aner
James Hurley
F. D. Freeburgh
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Lander Coal, Feed and Auto CO
Jasper Carr
the Motor Inn
L. E. Pierce
General Automobile Repairing
Rexall Store
Fremont Hotel
John Downs
Lessee
Ryfe
White House
Solitaire
Sunkist Coffe
Buddha's
Dagon
Life Boats
Tia Sine Wae
Botherta
Ma —Toungsiowo
Lander Evening Post
Fremont County
Noble Caliding
Lander, Wyo
J. Hoes
Advan
Bell Telephone
American Press Association
New York City
Irving W. Wright, Cat
Aale
Madson
Main Street
Vocational High School
Mt. Hope
Hudson
J. P, McKenna
Wyo
Woodcraft
Delevan Cafe
Court House
Bath
Josef F. Replogle
Baldwin Block
Office
E. H. Fourt
Adams Building
Sidney Swett
Baldwin Building
A. H. Cooper
John Dillon
Orchard
E. Hardin
Viest National Bank
Benson-Coolidge
Kramer Kleaning
Geiser
Uae
Erie
Poposia Coal
Hudson, Wyo
Noble Hotel
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