Boston Street Names Tied to Historic Past and Changes
The article notes Boston streets named from early history and geography, including Tremont Street from Tri-mountain and Shawmut’s Indian origins. It cites Mary Harrod Northend on street layouts by stray cattle, post Revolution name changes from Queen to Court and King to State, and explains names like School Street Creek Lane Flag Alley Corncourt and Summer Street once known as Seven Star Lane.
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Boston
Tremont Street
Tri-mountain
Shawmut
Mary Harrod Northend
Century Magazine
Queen Street
Court Street
King Street
State Street
School Street
Creek
Stagecoach Ufe
Custom
Flag Alley
Corncourt
Summer Street
Seven Star Lane
Frugal Living Legends Across History
The piece contrasts Thomas F. Curby, Massachusetts’ famed eater who argues dyspepsia comes from under and over eating, with Roger Crab, a 17th century vegetarian who reportedly lived on 75 cents a year. Crab, once a prosperous Chesham haberdasher, abandoned excess, gave up wealth, and lived austerely in a hut.
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Thomas F. Curby
Massachusetts
Roger Crab
Chesham
England
Diet of Bran and Water Supposed to Prolong Life
A curious claim from a historical autobiography depicts a man living on a meager diet of bran and water while drinking little strong drink. He recounts enduring repeated cudgelings and imprisonment for witchcraft, yet allegedly aged to a ripe old age on this regimen.
Moths Take Big Chances In Mountain Hunts
A survey in American Forestry Magazine notes moths and morphos in western mountains are hard to capture and risky. A naturalist in Togota broke an arm after a fall and spent three days on horseback to reach a doctor. Another collector in Bolivia risked rope-lowering to reach a blue morphogodartis Guer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Forestry Magazine
Washington
Togota
Bolivia
Franklin's Court Harmonica: Early American Instrument
A mouth harmonica crafted by Benjamin Franklin while minister at the French court impressed Marie Antoinette. She admired it greatly, and Franklin gifted the instrument. After the queen's execution the harp faced sensational fate until owned by two American musical amateurs who reportedly hold it today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Louis
France
Marie Antoingue
Franklin
Marie Antoinette
America
The Horse of Thirty Five Studied Maturity Timeline
The study compares total length of life with time to reach maturity, drawing a notable parallel between humans and horses. It notes a horse maturing around five years, offering insights into growth patterns and development timelines across species.
Equine Age Comparisons Parallel Human Ages
A New York Evening Post citation notes that an eight-year-old horse is like a twenty-year-old man in behavior, a ten-year-old horse resembles a forty-year-old, and a thirty-five-year-old horse aligns with a ninety-year-old man in age and experience.
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New York Evening Post
Cambridge chair of applied physics appears
A tongue in cheek item cites a Cambridge professor claiming the chair of applied physics while a rival quips his seat is in Sing Sing for applied electricity, reflecting a Mass Tech cartoonish jab at academic prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Sing Sing
Massachusetts Tech
Easy Part Chorus Girl in New Revue
Stage Director tells a chorus girl she has nothing to sing nothing to say and almost nothing to wear in the new revue highlighting backstage tension and comic warning about expectations.
Rats Overrun English Town in Abertillery
Millions of rats invade Abertillery Monmouthshire England swarming streets and churches. Black rats linger in sewers while brown rats climb telegraph poles pipes and walls. A local council defers to its staff and may call in expert rat destroyers if needed.
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English
Abertillery
Monmouth
England
Tillery Street
Bailie Smith
Playground in Prague First Municipal Play Ground in Czech
The first municipal play ground of Czecho-Slovakia in Prague sits on a terraced hill. It provides space at the top for tennis courts and ball grounds, a pavilion, band stand and open-air theater on a lower terrace, a running track further down, and children's grounds with sand, wading pools and swings. Mothers can use pavilions in the children's section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
Czech government and American group open first children's playground
A cooperative project to run a new playground for children is led by the Czech government and an American group with the city supplying the site. The M C A funds equipment and the W H A provides leadership. Plans exist for additional playgrounds elsewhere in the city. A new process converts wood cellulose into a durable imitation silk that is waterproof and silk like in feel, with finer threads and velvets noted.
Load Up Right Grit and Personal Growth
The passage urges aligning extra tasks with one’s life work and talents. Small, consistent daily efforts, chosen wisely, accumulate into strength and long term growth, turning effort into a tower of resilience. It emphasizes disciplined, habit-driven progress.
Too Tame for Him Monologue Jibe Sparks Satirical Exchange
A sharp retort targets Gabson’s habit of long monologues. The exchange mocks his love of hearing his own voice and imagines him recording remarks on a phonograph to be replayed later, noting he would miss watching the device writhe and fidget.
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Gabson
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Speaking of
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the Tribune
the Fair Store
Willlinery
SF. D. Ironmonger
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