The Full Story of the Stars and Stripes
The piece traces the flag’s evolution from medieval crosses to a distinct American banner. It covers British roots, colonial flags such as the Cambridge flag, and early American designs including the Pine Tree mint coin, Rattlesnake flag, and Betsy Ross legend, leading to the 1777 flag with thirteen stripes and thirteen stars.
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South
Cambridge
Washington
Mass
Betsy Ross
Continental Congress
United States
Vermont
Kentucky
Congress
Union
Tomb of Tusitula: Stevenson’s Samoan Grave Kept Bright
In December 1894 author Robert Louis Stevenson died at Vailima near Apia Samoa. Natives tend his tomb on a lonely mountainside, calling it the tomb of Tusitula and keeping it fragrant with flowers. His self epitaph is etched on a brass tablet: Dig the grave and let me lie.
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Stevenson
Vailima
Apia
Upolu
Tusitula
Scot
Samoa
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Troglodytes of Tripoli Visit by Miss Braun
In Gharian near Tripoli a hidden town of 7000 Troglodytes lives undergroundyea rns rich dwellings with surface reception rooms. Miss Ethel Braun recounts their customs and a curious visit from an Italian lady among female prisoners. They serve sugared tea and treasure hairpins as souvenirs.
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Gharian
Tripoli
Ethel Braun
Miss Brann
Miss Braun
Caring For the Piano Rescue Improvising Player Noted
A skilled pianist in a village stepped in when a concert faced collapse as the main artist failed to appear. He steadied the performance with improvised accompaniment while privately criticizing the piano. Afterward a caretaker, quoted as a “lady,” dismissed concerns about the instrument. She claimed she scrubbed all parts of the piano that morning.
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Glasgow News
George Bernard Shaw
Her Candlestine Courtship Turns Candles Cloak tale
A servant and a mistress discuss a late love affair. The mistress urges meeting the suitor's parents. The servant protests clandestine courting while the mistress misreads candlestine for clandestine, revealing a playful linguistic mix-up noted by the Manchester Guardian.
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Herbert
Manchester Guardian
Fragmented verse and jokes from Cleveland papers
A collage of quoted lines includes Gene Stratton Porter prose on forest lore, a joke about an amateur elocutionist wife, a double entendre about marriage age, and a witticism on rising quickly after a fall. The scrambled OCR yields literary snippets and quips rather than a single news item.
Waiting for Emmeline in a City Sleep Scene
A fragmented reminiscence contrasts a Belshazem court to theater district ride with Emmeline’s cloak ritual and late arrivals. The piece weaves reflections on sleep from science and poetry including Shakespeare and the Kansas City Star, prompting a debate on which yields the truer sleep idea.
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Kansas City Star
Euler's Wonderful Memory and the Mathematical Virtuoso
The article recounts Leonhard Euler born 1707 died 1788 in St Petersburg as a prolific teacher and writer. He authored over 200 manuscript treatises and much of the academy's output from 1727 to 1783. Blind in old age, Euler memorized a table of first six powers of natural numbers to 100 and solved a converging series mentally after two students disagreed by a unit in the fifteenth digit.
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Euler
Leonhard Euler
St. Petersburg
Printing error turns pamphlet into elephant misprint
A London weekly notes a compositor blunder in a John Stuart Mill address where the word pamphlet was incorrectly printed as elephant. Editors admit the misprint slipped through despite proofreading.
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London
John Stuart Mill
University of St. Andrews
Real Scrap in the Ring Draws Mixed Opinions
In New York two muscular fighters hammer at each other while onlookers debate the spectacle. A tender spectator calls it terrible, a regular patron insists it is a real scrap if the purse is split. A Detroit Free Press note recalls paying five dollars for two dollar seats at a show not worth half that.
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Philadelphia Ledger
New York
Detroit Free Press
High Finance Debt Exchange In Spokane Note
A brief Spokane Review item shows a dispute over small loans with one party asking for 109 dollars and another offering 5 dollars on account. The exchange hints at casual debt collection between individuals in a local setting.
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Asker
Spokane Review
Who Tells the Neighbor History Repeats Itself
A brief line from a 20th century column reflects on history repeating itself and private memory tied to neighbors, with a nod to a women's publication. The fragment hints at social history themes and domestic insight.
Life in the Long Ago A Look at Saxon Huts and Straw Beds
Youth's Companion describes English past dwellings from one room huts to larger Saxon halls. It notes thatched roofs, central fires, straw beds, and improvised ship-like frames for straw bedding. Wealthier residences featured large halls with benches, trestle tables, and communal sleeping on straw.
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England
Curious Mexican Trees and Their Remarkable Fruits
National Geographic Magazine notes Mexico hosts diverse vegetation including parrot fruit trees that mimic green parrots, a dynamite tree whose fruit bursts. papaya or melon zapote known for digestives benefits and tenderizing meat when rubbed on.
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Mexico
National Geographic Magazine
Mexico’s Monte de Piedad Nation’s Pawnshop History
The Monte de Piedad in Mexico City, one of the capital’s oldest buildings, dates to Cortes 1520. Acquired 1744 by Count de Regla Terreros, it cost 300000 to organize to aid the needy by offering goods at one third value and low interest. If payments fail, pledged items are sold and any surplus returned to the depositor.
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Mexico
Monte de Piedad
Cortes
Count de Regla Terreros
Monstrous Newspaper Item On Display In Aix la Chapelle
A museum in Aix la Chapelle houses the sole surviving copy of the Illuminated Quadruple Constellation, issued in New York in 1850. The massive opus measures eight and a half by six feet, with thirteen 48 inch long columns per page, far surpassing ordinary papers.
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Aixla-Chapelle
New York
el Telegrama
London Chronicle
Stoats Hunt In Packs Across Autumn Hunts
Observers report stoats gathering in dozens and hunting in packs following scent and full cry. The pattern mirrors other predators like weasels, observed in multiple sightings, as the Geator comments on influencing public thought with his words, noting a service to make people think.
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Geator
Buffalo Express
Silent Service in the House Sparks Debate
The Baltimore American notes a heated exchange about silent service in the home with a jab at adding four dumb waiters as a clever domestic fix. The remark illustrates household design humor and practical innovation in mid century parlance.
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Baltimore American
Making Connections in a Hard Knicker-Life
A playful fragment notes family rules about food and the doctor arriving, reflecting a New York Sun style of social commentary with terse, ironic humor. The sketch hints at parental limits, childhood hunger, and the looming presence of medical scrutiny.
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Booker
New York Sun
McGrath enters race for New Jersey 12th district
Ex Assemblyman Arthur A. McGrath of Hudson county announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination to Congress from the Twelfth district. He currently serves in the state auditing department and will oppose Congressman James Hamill. McGrath pledges effort to secure Jersey City shipyard and riverfront rehabilitation.
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State
Trenton
N. J
Arthur A. McGrath
Hudson County
Hill
James Hamill
McGrath
Jersey City
Chattle Chips Reopens For Term And Summer Moves
Chattle School will reopen for the next term on Wednesday September 9. Miss L M Danielson a former English teacher at Chattle has an article in the June English Journal. She now teaches at Killingly High School Danielson Connecticut. Miss Enright and Miss Walters will spend the summer in Europe. Mrs Christopher Gregory will also spend part of the summer Abroad. Report cards will be given out at 3 pm Friday June 19. G Olcott West Jr resumes his summer position as moving picture operator at the Ocean Avenue Airdrome. this is his third summer in the post and he is well liked by his employer.
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L. M. Danielson
Chattle
Miss Danielson
Killingly High School
Danielson
Connecticut
Miss Enright
Miss Walters
Gregory
Europe
Ove
G. Olcott West, Jr
Ocean Avenue Airdrome
Olcott
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