The Not-Quite Puritans and Thanksgiving Origins
A review of Henry W. Lawrence The Not-Quite Puritans argues early New Englanders were human, frail and sometimes frivolous. It cites court records from 1634 to 1660 showing fashion bans and romantic entanglements, challenging the image of stern Puritans behind Thanksgiving lore.
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Boston
Little, Brown and Company
Henry W. Lawrence
Connecticut College
Lawrence
New England
Cotton Mather
New
Tiny Elephants’ Remains Found in Sicilian Excavation
Excavations at Boccadifalco near Palermo uncover a prehistoric burial site with a nearly intact human skeleton, a three centimeter elephant molar, and remains of baby elephants, hyenas, lions, cave bears, gazelles, deer, and pigs. Experts say a dwarf elephant race once inhabited Sicily.
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Rome
Boccadifalco
Palermo
Sicily
Italy
Fabian
University of Palermo
Alfred Salerno
Gabriel
Palermo Museum
Notantropus Eurafricanus
Mediterranean
Vafrey
Paris Institute
Mentone
Riviera
Brazil
Revive Old Chanteys at Sea Music Festival in Vancouver
Vancouver hosts a four day Sea Music festival January 23 26 at the Vancouver hotel with Harold Eus tace Key directing Canada’s major music festivals. The event highlights sea songs from Viking times to today featuring The Order of Good Times ballad opera by Heary Willan and John Murray Gibbon adapting Louvigny de Montigny. Champlain is the hero linking early explorers to Canada’s sea heritage.
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Vancouver
B. C
Pacific
Harold Eustace Key
Canada
Captain Cook
Captain Vancouver
Admiral Quadra
Heary Willan
Toronto Conservatory
John Murray Gibbon
Louvigny de Montigny
Great Champlain
Dominion
Old Mexican Law Demands Death for Auto Thieves
Mexico City report that an old decree, not shown to have been repealed, would try automobile thieves by drum head court martial and, if found guilty, execute them by firing squad. The draconian penalty has not been used in recent years.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Moving Library Delivers Books by Truck in Bronx
A book ship cruises the Bronx as a public library branches in a motor truck to bring literature to residents in remote city districts.
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New York
Bronx
The
Public Library
Passage from a book scene with aviation and submarine captain
An aviator quips that flying guarantees return to earth while aboard an aircraft. The submarine captain retorts with a skeptical reply, prompting a terse exchange.
Laundress Credits Medicine for Health Revival
Mrs Harry Ornstein of 406 Second Ave South Nashville Tennessee says she was run down from laundry work and weak health. After taking Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she regained strength and feels younger, praising the tonic as excellent and recommending it to others.
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Gid
Ada Goins
Indianapolis
Nashville
Tenn
Pinkham
Harry Ornstein
Second Ave
South
Nashville, Tennessee
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Essex County Quarterly Courts
Ipswich
Grand Jury
Martha Rogers
Mary Brownexx
Elizabeth Browne
Glazier
Abagaill Metcalfe
Elizabeth Perkins
Luke Perkins
Martha Watton
John Webster
John Rogers
Pricilla Carrel
Capt. Appleton
Massachusetts Bay
Jacob Minline
Sarah Tuttle
New Haven
Sarah
Jacob
Massachusetts
Frorts
Powerfu
Clio
American Historical Association
National Society
United States
Moving Library
Dr Hartman
Mrs. Goins
Hanford
Carter
Houston
Galveston
F. W. Heitmann Co
Houston, Texas
Drugeist
Spurloche Eal Co
Enn
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Indian Herb Growers
South #4
Philadelphia, Pa
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