Tragic history and modern Jewish progress in a graduation address
Peter Miller in a graduation oration extols Jewish resilience from ancient persecutions to modern achievement. He cites the Inquisition in Madrid, the Nazi era, and waves of scholarship in music, finance, philosophy, literature, and statesmanship. The speaker praises unity, religious devotion, and intellectual power as the driving force behind Jewish advancement and future hope. The address contrasts past torments with enduring faith and communal solidarity.
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Israel
Marshal Massena
Napoleon
Mendelssolom
Haley and Rubinstein
Moses Monteface
Isader Straus
Gambetta
England
Daniel O’connell
Tom Reed's Insinuation and Choate's Deflection
A reminiscence recalls Thomas B. Reed with Senator Wolcott and Joseph Choate. When asked to drink, Choate claimed he never drank, never smoked to excess, and never gambled. Wolcott sighed that he could not say the same, prompting Reed to quip that Choate did.
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Tom Reed
Thomas B. Reed
Senator Wolcott
Colorado
Joseph Choate
Choate
Wolcott
Reed
Sayt
Four New Bridges Planned Over Little Eau Pleine River
Marathon county towns Day and Bergen and the county roads board awarded three steel bridge contracts to Wausau Iron Works for crossings over the Little Eau Pleine River, with another bridge already let by Day. The region, once roadless and sparsely settled, gains access and drainage to spur settlement and land value, transforming Day and Bergen into prominent parts of the county.
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Macbeth
Sago
Richard III
Napoleon
Europe
St. Helena
Joan D'Arc
Abraham Lincoln
Holy Land
Palestine
Free
America
Day
Bergen
County Board Committee On
Rice Lake
Eau Pleine
Wausau Iron Works
Marathon County
Little Hall Plaine
Wausau
The Japanese Baby name changes through life
The item explains a boy’s name evolution in Japan starting with a ceremony at one month, adulthood at fifteen, then new names with each life step. It notes name changes on public duties, marriage, and at death, with the tomb bearing a final name. The excerpt appears as a Home Notes observation on traditional naming.
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Monsy
The Truly Good Life Promotes Growth and Awakening
A reflective piece extols the good life as great with goodness, enriched resources, daily growth, and fuller living. It urges awakening dormant selves, lifting lagging lives, and guiding others toward a life that is truly meaningful.
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E. F. Haebig
Cherry Street
Corner Eleventh Street
Peter Miller
Spain
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Germany
France
Pistot
Sam
Massachusetts
Statistical Bureau
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