Desire for Silk Hose Not Modern
A historical note argues that silk stockings were common well before modern times. It traces their use in Spain and England from Henry VIII onward, highlights gifts to Edward VI and Elizabeth I, and recalls Mrs. Montague’s New Year gift that popularized silk hose. Prices in Elizabethan days reached several pounds for actor wear.
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Henry VIII
Spain
England
Stow
Thomas Gresham
Edward VI
Henry
Sir Thomas Gresham
Antwerp
William Cecil
Gresham
Elizabeth
Montague
Philip Henslowe
Slocum crawls into telescope to insert 21 inch lens
Professor Frederick Slocum of Wesleyan University crawled eleven feet into the giant telescope at Van Vleck Observatory to fit a new 21 inch lens. The department watched as he wriggled free and quipped that being the thinnest man on the faculty has its advantages.
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Wesleyan University
van Vleck Observatory
New York World States
Frederick ©. Slocum
Slocum
Cape Cod
Generous bachelor treats neighborhood kids to ice cream
A kind bachelor, noted for his care of penniless children, gathered a group of youngsters in a northern suburb and led them to a church lawn social. The crowd eagerly enjoyed iced desserts and cake, leaving with cheers and adding several quarters to the church fund.
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Church Lawn
Church Society
Detroit News
Farmer’s dynamite crow bounty tale sparks debate
Parsons Kansas resident Mark Lowe claims he killed 280 crows with two dynamite blasts beneath trees at night and sold the bodies for a $28 bounty. The county clerk miscounted ammunition costs, thinking one crow per shot, but Lowe says two charges dropped the birds in minutes.
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Mark Lowe
New York World States
Lowe
Ten Years of Panama Canal A Century of Progress
A commemorative piece outlines ten years of Panama canal operation, noting its financial success and traffic growth. It highlights the canal’s engineering feats from Gatun dam to Culebra Cut, and profiles key figures such as Goethals and Roosevelt while reflecting on future expansion debates and the canal’s strategic impact.
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Cuba
Cervera
Santiago Bay
America
Cape Horn
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
John Dickinson Sherman
Balboa
Pacific
Panama
Bolivar
Colombia
California
United States
Gatun
Culebra
Atlantic
Pedro Miguel
Miraflores
New York
San Francisco
Liverpool
Cristobal
Limon Bay
Colon
Uncle Sam
Gatun Locks
Gatun Lake
Bas Obisco
Miraflores Lake
Chagres
Gatun Dam
Oregon
South America
Jay J. Morrow
Canal Zone
A. W. Hinds
Philippe Buneau-Varilla
Nicaragua
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Goethals
Engineer Corps
U.S. A
Wilson
White House
Indian Legends Explain Why Animals Have AerialSail
A NYT quoted bedtime tale explains why the flying squirrel glides using a blanket-like sail. In a past era large animals and trees existed. a squirrel, woodchuck, and bullfrog quarrel lead to the squirrel gaining a sail and descendants with airborne leaps.
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New York Times
Penury Punished in a Midwestern Election Tale
A prominent midwestern politician warns that stinginess backfires in campaigns. A rival once refused to spend, then distributed cheap cigars laced with poisonous ropes to win favor. Election day reveals his plan backfires as his supporters fall ill.
Vocational Education Aims At New Part Time School
New York launches a part-time school to aid job holders with vocational guidance training and citizenship education. Minors aged fourteen to eighteen not in regular high school must attend four days daily from morning to five in the afternoon. The school tracks progress and offers occupation related instruction if the employer does not provide it, as many employers now run part time or apprentice schools.
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New York
Founding of Rome Legend and Early Rome History
The Romulus founded Rome myth places the city on the Palatine by the Tiber. Between 753 B C and 509 B C the early period is largely unknown due to myth and lack of records. Authentic Roman records begin only in 890 B C after Gaulish destruction.
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Romulus
Rome
The
Palatine
Tiber
B. C
Bread fed with gunpowder misread by worker
A worker named Sallie avoids bread at lunch thinking it is gunpowder after hearing tales of its use to make soldiers fight. Her employer explains it is poppyseed, but Sallie sticks to her belief, reflecting regionaldrawl humor from the Indianapolis News.
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Sallie
Indianapolis News
Schwab Urges Perseverance at Yonkers YMCA Address
M. Schwab told Yonkers YMCA listeners to stay the course in any task. He slammed the reading desk and warned that a rolling stone gathers no moss and always rolls on, urging boys to finish what they start.
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Charlies
M. Schwab
Yonkers
Mr. Schwab
Bill
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Isthmus
William C. Gorgas
U. S
Ceorge Goethalpp
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