Monument to General Lee Shown in Capital Contrast
A Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent notes a Southern congressman and an elder colleague arguing for a monument to Robert E Lee in Washington, while their tour reveals the pension building as the famed Lee statue. The exchange highlights a debate over memorials in the capital.
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Washington
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grant
Shermen
United States
Robert E Lee
Lee
Tungsten Traits Highlight Extreme Metal Properties
In the Mining Journal quote, tungsten is described as highly ductile, essentially insoluble in common acids, with a melting point surpassing all metals. It reportedly has higher tensile strength than steel, is paramagnetic, can be drawn to very small sizes, and has a specific gravity about 70 percent greater than lead. The note also claims tungsten is the most abundant element in the United States in some undisclosed sense.
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Union
Meta
Fragmentary Note Sparks Curious Roaton Transcript Query
Readable lines hint at a dialogue about marriage and regret, mentioning a Roaton Transcript. The text remains garbled with missing context, leaving the core question unclear and unresolved.
Whistling jugs from ancient Peru intrigue scholars
Peruvian potters created whistling jugs from linked vases with a bird head neck, a channel pipe, and a narrow whistle opening. When liquid fills one vessel air vents through the other, producing birdlike tones. a British Museum specimen imitates thrush notes.
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Peru
British Museum
Washington Star
Rice in Ecuador a staple diet with limited local production
The article notes rice as the main diet across social classes in Ecuador, with the country producing in small quantities and relying on imports. Harvest occurs in May with hand stripping, yielding about twenty bushels per acre. Renters sell to town merchants who ship to mills exchanging 1460 pounds of unhulled grain for 100 pounds of hulled rice, with storage up to six months and varying tolls.
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Ecuador
Richard Lawrence and the Jackson Assassination Attempt
The article recounts Richard Lawrence the painter who attempted to assassinate President Andrew Jackson in 1835. It notes his perplexing motive his claim to kingship and United States rule and the subsequent trial verdict of not guilty with commitment to an asylum. It also compares venom delivery in nature from scorpions to rattlesnakes illustrating a similar hollow-fanged mechanism.
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Andrew Jackson
Consur
Free Republic
Jackson
Warren RB
South Carolina
Richard Lawrence
Washington
Houss of Representatives
Lawrence
Clay
Calhoun
Poindexter
White
Great Britain
United States
United States Bank
Cognisel
Jenee
Imsatic Asylum
Phia Press
Thrift Training Warned by Roosevelt
The text cites a caution attributed to Theodore Roosevelt urging thrift training for children to safeguard the nation’s future and economy.
Comptroller Phrase Origins and Etymology Debate
A New York Times excerpt discusses the word comptroller its late Latin roots and the term control vs comptroller arguing the spelling and implied etymology persist in federal and New York statutes despite the correct form comptroller and the Paris peace conference misinterpretation by Spanish officials.
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Philippines
State of
New York
New York Times
Basques of the Pyrenees and their Origins
A St Louis Globe-Democrat piece outlines Basque identity as diverse beyond simple France Spain labels. It traces Celts westward dispersal into Brittany Ireland Scotland Wales Cornwall Manx Bohemian Galician lines and links Pyrenean Basques to ancient European aborigines and Finns via remote backwaters.
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France
Spain
British Isles
Pyrenees
Europe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Appian Way Sepulchers Compared With Famous Cemeteries
A New York Post note recalls a polite exchange between two young men with one apologizing for “finding him out” and the other replying with a long, earnest letter about fairness. The Appian Way is described as linking Rome to southern Italy, its roadside sepulchers likened to Green Wood or Pere Lachaise as honor burial sites for notable figures.
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New York Post
Italy
Romie
Greenwood
New York
Pere Lachaise
Paris
I do not see why mothers cannot see faults in their children
A dialogue from Ladies' Home Journal quotes Mrs Smith challenging Mrs Jones about mothers recognizing their children's faults. Mrs Jones questions the speaker's ability while Mrs Smith asserts she would notice faults if her children had any.
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Mra Smith
Mrs. Jones
Ladies’ Home Journal
Buffalo News Motto Cited About Family and Identity
A brief Buffalo News quote notes a disdain for being mistaken as part of a family, framed as a remark about personal identity and boundaries. The line emphasizes individuality and autonomy in social perception.
Will Never Knew President Message From Chicago Paper
A fragmented line from a Chicago news item questions a president and reflects frustration with political certainty and perception. The readable bits cast doubt on personal certainty and imply a broad public discourse tone.
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Will
Seymour
Ocean Oe
Chicago News
Medieval heating and chimney history in England
The article notes early heating practices with hot water bottles and brazier use by medieval women to warm rooms. It mentions a curious scene of three Norman ladies with bottles between their feet and suggests chimneys appeared in England by the twelfth century, with earlier homes using hollow flues. A chimney tax existed in England for a period.
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England
Mystery Scholar Misreads Boehme Cleric Roots Tale
A biographer mistook the designation Isaiah Stiefel in Jacob Boehme’s pamphlet for a misheard “hoot” and cobbler philosopher, calling the figure Boehme’s son on the Roots of Isaiah. The remark circulated in several catalogs.
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Jacob Boehme
Isaiah Stiefel
Boehme
Stiefel
Isaiah
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