Pilgrim settlement and Plymouth rock history
New Year of 1621 marks the start of Plymouth Colony in New England. The Mayflower arrived in 1620 and the settlers built homes near Plymouth Rock. Samoset and Massasoit established peace, Governor Carver died in April, Bradford led the colony, and the Fortune brought new settlers and a royal patent.
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New England
Republic
Mayflower
Provincetown
Pilgrims
John Carver
Cape Cod Bay
Clark's Island
Plymouth Bay
Plymouth Rock
John Alden
Mary Chilton
Burial Hill
Peter Brown
Savage
Samoset
Maine
Pawtuxet
Narragansett Bay
Massaseit
Carver
William Bradford
Fortune
London
Plymouth
Bay
Aun Aupiscops Pal Bishop
Philadelphia
Magic in Zuni Tribe Raise Feather Lifts Water Jar
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer account describes Zuni priests in Arizona performing a ritual where two tied eagle feathers lift water from a jar and suspend it in the air. The witness notes hours of chants, audience excitement, and suspected tricks he could not uncover.
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United States
Arizona
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bone Structure Compared to Oak in Strengths
The article details two bone types compact and spongy and notes compact bone is twice as strong as oak. It explains hollow pillar design in long bones and arch-like spongy bone in the thigh. skull curvatures resist pressure with outer and inner tables and a middle buffer layer.
His Apostolic Majesty and Hungarian Royal Title History
A note from the London Standard outlines the title apostolic majesty borne by the Austrian emperor as Hungary’s king. It traces origins to Vaik and Geyza, Christianization by Adalbert, and Stephen I. The designation was renewed by Clement III in 1758, abolished, then revived in 1851 and limited in 1868 to the Austrian emperor as king of Hungary.
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Austria
Hungary
Vaik
Geyza
Adalbert
Prague
Sylvester II
Stephen I
Clement Niii
London Standard
Ancient Bankers in Babylon and Nineveh
Excavations reveal letters of credit, bills of exchange, and money obligations from 600 B C, indicating a Babylonian bank with substantial business. This evidence shows that capital drove industrial activity long before modern times.
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Babylon
Nineveh
B. C
Pardonable Ignorance in Rome Visits Coes Team
A young American woman author travels to Rome and plans a first visit to the tami of Coes, meeting a local resident during her tour. The encounter highlights cultural impressions and a sense of curiosity about local life.
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Rome
Coes
Tomb location in the inner west identified by embarrassed man
A man in the inner west speaks in fluent English and apologizes in a desolate tone saying Caesar has been dead so long, while indicating the location of a tomb.
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Signorina
Caesar
Boarding house talk reveals wary confidence
A tense exchange between a boarder and a landlady shows the boarder claiming familiarity with the tricks of the trade after twenty years in housing. The landlady responds with cold suspicion, implying distrust and experience.
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Boarder
Age claim sparks a terse schoolyard exchange
Tom asks Maud her age. she replies it is none of his business. Dick records the moment as a curious, terse exchange reflecting youthful privacy.
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Tom
Maud
Pick
England and Arbitration in a World of War Fears
The piece argues for using The Hague tribunal to prevent needless wars. It recalls Lansdowne’s warning against temper and popularity driving conflict and notes Britain’s mixed record in South Africa. Arbitration is praised as a path to peace from a nation with global influence.
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England
Lord Lansdowne
Lansdowne
Guildhall
Transvaal
Publi
North Sea
Russia
Hague Tribunal
France
Hague
Candid Portrait Casts Czar Nicholas in Harsh Light
Dr. Andrew I. White, former U.S. minister to Russia, presents a stark inside view of Czar Nicholas. He argues the autocrat is indifferent to people and public affairs, surrounded by an incompetent court, and ruled by a corrupt clique.
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Nicholas
Andrew I. White
North
Hague
Russias
Citizens urged home as foreign doctors sue Americans
A German physician sues an American for 2000 dollars for one consultation while a French doctor seeks 100000 dollars from another American for not curing his invalid wife. The commentary argues citizens should return home to be sick.
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George Keating
City Drug Store
E. A. King
A. A. Tholin
Postoffice Building
The
Tumwater Light & Water Company
OPERA
Seattle
Spokane
Tholin & Smith
Leavenworth Drug Co
Bjork
J. E. Shore
Echo Office
City Drag Line
Law
Turner
His Apostolic
Hazlitt
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