TOPICS OF THE TIMES A collage of oddities and trivia
A long, scattered list of curiosities and light anecdotes from around the world. Items include a clock in Jrappe Pa since 1766, spittoons in Nashville’s mail boxes, a fog penetrating lamp, a Center County pond bubbling up, and Peru’s Garena as the world’s highest inhabited place. Also notes on aluminum spelling, a Montreal bridal canary, odd ads, and brief science tidbits.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States
Young Founders Shaped Nation Beyond Old Legend
The article argues that the Constitutional Convention fathers were surprisingly young on average, debunking the image of aged sages. It cites Madison, Hamilton, Morris, and Jay as pivotal young figures, with many delegates under 45 and a third under 40, while senior leaders like Franklin and Sherman provided experience. It links youthful energy to major outputs, including Madison’s role and the Federalist period, contrasting with modern age assumptions.
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The
Republic
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Jonathan Dayton
New Jersey
William Jackson
Pennsylvania
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
Alexander Hamilton
New York
Rufus King
Massachusetts
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Virginia
Johnson
Hamilton
Madison
King
Bancroft
Hamiton
Marshall
Jefferson
Treasury
Washington
United States
Henry Clay
Senate
Supreme Court
James Iredell
John Adams
Bushrod Washington
William Johnson
John Jay
Iredell
Superior Court of
North Carolina
Constitutional Convention
New York College
Harvard
Yale
Edward P. Clari
Possum Ridge rally echoes American heritage and pride
In Possum Ridge the crowd celebrates independence with fiery rhetoric about England, brave ancestors, and American liberty while a separate scientific lecture on the sense of smell discusses nasal anatomy and how odors are perceived, tied together by a period newspaper tone.
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Yowel
Prisoner Bar tenieff commuted to monastery detention
Prince Bartenieff a young Russian hussar officer condemned weeks earlier to eight years in Saghalien mines for murdering a Polish actress at Warsaw has had his sentence commuted to one year’s detention in Solovetsky Monastery near Archangel. The murder was deemed cowardly and the czar’s clemency astonishes the empire.
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Prince Bartenieff
Hussars
Saghalien
Warsaw
Solovetsky
Archangel
Gret Gran'ther and the Bunker Hill Ride of Valor
A Civil War era ballad recounts Gret Gran'f'ther's brave stand at Bunker Hill fighting redcoats with a six pound gun though wounded losing his right arm yet continuing to fire with his left. The tale ends with a boast of freedom as Possum Ridge unites in old time celebration and a cholera inoculation note from Spain in 1884. Geneval Gawrence Pike Graham cited as son of a revolutionary army doctor alongside David Blacklock of Decatur, Ill. as among the last living sons of revolutionaries.
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Redcoats
Sparre
Possum Ridge
Hill Top
Geneval
Gawrence Pike Graham
U.S. A
Washington
William Graham
Revolutionary Army
David Blacklock
Decatur
Such Good Taste In Car Narratives At A Funeral
Two women discuss a funeral they attended out of town and remark on the mood and Scripture selections. They note the hymns and readings as fitting, describing the ceremony with light satire of genteel chatter observed in cars. The Boston Courier reports the exchange.
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Boston Courier
Truth as touchstone in a mischievous boy tale
A Christian Leader anecdote follows a father who claims his son will always tell the truth even when it harms himself. The school principal doubts the claim but notes honesty as the key to shaping a reliable, manly character.
Prices Firm Amid Blockade Prompt Bible Purchase
A Chicago man recently paid 1500 for a family Bible due to a railroad blockade. It is unclear what he sought from the Bible, but fears are raised that the clock upstairs was an hour fast when he returned home that night.
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Chicago
Gas as Fuel Becomes Dominant Inventions Foreseen
Scientists predict gas will dominate future fuel technology. The chemist is expected to drive coming inventions and fuel will soon be supplied as gas. In twenty five years people may wonder why coal was ever burned in homes.
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Topics OF the Times
Jrappe, Pa
Center County
Garena
Peru
J. C. Williams
Madison County
Texas
British East Africa Company
Uruguay
Parker’s Ford, Pa
Madagascar
Adam
Cincinnati
Count SkAyLixoizhoy
Russia
Salvation Army
Belleville
Paris
Rome
Place de Popolo
Ponte Mollo
Newark
N. J
Montreal
Europe
Loypoy
Trixie
Bishop’s Roads
Philadelphia
Loxpon
Royal Botanical Society
Regent’s Park
Ink
Tyne and Time
Elisha Mitchell Society
France
Congress
Louisville
New Orleans
Jackson Division
Mississippi
London Graphic
von Moltke
Museo Borbonico
Naples
Italy
Pompeii
Bk, RtGuy
Kerrier Hill
Asgunnin
Tas Yian
Solomon Judd
Bill
Sonny
Thavald
Bunker Hill
Gret
England
Old England
Meissioner
Meissonier
Champ de Mars
Ferrieres
Alphonse de Rothschild
Meissouia
Alphonse de Rothschil
Sonny Boy
Spain
Cattalan
Ferran
Royal Council of Health
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