The Many Theories On Columbus Discoverer Of The New World
An October reflection questions who truly discovered the New World and examines claims of Norse, Breton, African, Portuguese, and Spanish origins. It weighs paternity, birthplace, and burial sites with Spanish and Portuguese evidence and notes possible remains in Seville, Santo Domingo, and Havana.
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Columbus
Ares
New World
America
Iceland
Vinland
Brittany
United States
Africa
South
Central America
West Indies
Cape Verde
South America
Marius Andre
Antilles
Alfonso Sanchez
Lisbon
Canary
San Salvador
Sanchez
Mafella Islands
Italy
Spain
Portugal
England
Charles Malloy
Genoa
France
Corsica
Maj. Santos Ferreira
Salvador Goncalve Zarco
Madeira Islands
Atlantic
Patrocinia Ribeiro
Portuguese Academy of Sciences
Vecinho
Abraham Zacuto
Salamanca
Malaga
Isaac Abravanel
Felipe Moniz de Perestrello
Christopher Columbus
Cristobal Colon
Galicia
Madrid
Spanish Academy of History
Don Celso Garcia de la Riega
Don de la Riega
Diego
Pontevedra
Colon
Galidia
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Seville
Valladolid
Havana
Cuba
Excellent Reason for That Sable Trimming
Mrs. Charles P Taft and her husband founded the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts. At a dinner party she condemned the rising cost of fashion noting leather shoes once real soles now cost forty to fifty dollars for impractical lizard skin sandals. A tale told of a millionaire wife wearing sable adorned gown asked by her husband what sable served, she replied it shows they can afford it.
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Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts
Regiments at Chickamauga Park Clash Over Marching Song
W L Grayson of Savannah recounts a near clash between the First Georgia and Thirty first Michigan at Chickamauga park during the Spanish American War. The Georgia band retaliated by playing Marching Through Georgia the next morning after a night rehearsal of an unfamiliar tune.
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Georgia
Michigan
W. L. Grayson
Savannah
United Spanish War Veterans
Chickamauga Park
Grayson
Detroit News
Castoria Ad Promises Gentle Digestive Relief for Children
An old advertising snippet touts Fletcher's Castoria used for over 30 years to relieve constipation, flatulence, colic, and diarrhea in babies and children. It claims to calm feverish symptoms, aid digestion, and promote natural sleep without opiates, noting the genuine product bears its signature.
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Fletcher
Barley Precedes Wheat In Egyptian Farming History
In the Journal of Heredity Dr. O F Cook notes English scientist Prof G Elliott Smith studied ancient grain remains found with mummies in Egypt. The oldest grains are barley, never wheat, suggesting Egyptians cultivated barley before wheat.
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Journal of Heredity
O. F. Cook
United States Department of Agriculture
G. Elliott Smith
Egypt
Weather Verse Exchange Hints at Rain or Shine
An Omaha weather expert warns that tightening garters predict rain while loosening them suggests something else may fall. The playful dialogue between Daily Dialogue and Flooey frames weather folklore with a nod to meteorological insight.
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Omaha
Indian trades 50 beaver skins for automobile
Fred Gun a Noot, a Northern Indian, visits Stewart British Columbia last fall and learns the car price in dollars. He trades 50 prime beaver skins averaging $40 each to close the deal, returning with a wide grin after winter and spring.
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Fred Gun-a-Noot
Stewart
British Columbia
Fred
Fatal Gregg Joke Reveals Brother's Chariot Death
The humorous exchange notes a brother dying from dropsy after a chariot accident. The line emphasizes a punchline about a fatal outcome from a racing incident.
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Gregg
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Elmo Scott Watson
Domenico Colombo
Susanna Fontanarossa
Ferdinando Colon
Henry Vignaud
Paris
Vignaud
University of Michigan
Christophet
Colutibus
Castoria
OAK
CHI
Twilight
Sam
Bones
Legion Monthly
the Doctor
Champion Air Kace
Champion
Ana Id Ouaiee Gaetan
Ords
P. O. Box
Jacksonville
Fin
Houston
Galveston
Nat Wei Ee Ae
Babe Bo
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