Beginnings of New York Governors A Sorry Lot
The article reviews early New York governors noting most were unfit except Thomas Dongan who drafted the charter of liberties. It contrasts Manhattan’s harsh beginnings with later figures and mentions figures like Lord, Kidd, Cornbury, Slaughter, Lovelace, Hunter, and the Duke of York. The piece links Dongan to Jefferson’s later thought on liberty and nation formation.
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Manhattan Island
Minuit
Wouinches
William
Lord
Kidd
Lord Cornbury
Slaughter
Lovelace
Hunter
Thomas Dongan
America
Dongan
Thomas Jefferson
Britain
New York
Duke of York
James
Berlin
Petrograd
Constantinople
London
Boston
Philadelphia
Salem
Canine Slaughter in Paris During the Reign of Terror
A fragment recounts how hungry dogs threatened Paris as aristocrats fled. Packs formed in the Champs Elysées and near Boulogne, prompting guards to surround areas and troops to battle carcasses. The chaotic episode ended with thousands of dog carcasses removed.
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Paris
Champs Elysees
Boils de Boulogne
Champs Eilysees
National Guard
Rue Royale
Place Royale
It was only one more of the horrors of war
Captain von Altheim and a reserve lieutenant, a college professor, stayed with a Polish priest unable to speak beyond Polish Russian. The captain revisited dusty school memories and tried Latin with the reverend, while his comrade watched in pained expression under thick spectacles. The scene ends with a resignation that war's horrors persist.
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von Altheim
Civil Ife
Reverend Best
Maples
New York Post
Falkland Winds Halting Plant Growth And Blows Ground Up
In the Falkland Islands the wind blows with exceptional steadiness and strength preventing tree growth and sometimes lifting potatoes and turnips from the soil. Grass prospers despite the gusts.
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Falkland
Falkland Islands
Australia’s Bottle Tree Leaves a Bottle Shaped Trunk
The bottle tree, native to Australia, features an exceptionally stout trunk that widens on rocky ground. In fertile soil the trunk forms a uniform cylinder with branches rising from the top like the neck of a bottle, giving the plant its name.
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Australia
Australe
The Subconscious Mind as Memory Workshop
The subconscious stores memories from experience education and observation and retains images we are not consciously aware of. It acts as a reservoir for memory and also as a workshop where images are manipulated to form new ideas and dreams.
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Puri Waal
Subconscious mind as network of linked memories
The Kansas City Star quotes H Addington Bruce describing the subconscious as a mass of memory images collated by association. It notes the mind stays active, fusing memories toward a chosen purpose, with no mystical essence, merely a phase of mental life.
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Dy Association of Ideas
H. Addington
Bruce
Kansas City Star
Leti the Prolific Historian and the King’s Caution
The article notes Gregorio Leti's 1680 move to England and royal patronage under Charles II. It quotes Leti and the king debating the balance between wisdom and offense in writing history, with the king advising Proverbs over histories.
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Leti
Gregorio Leti
England
Oes
Perry Wate
Coarien II
Union Nucleo Ale ‘Bectos
Sohimon
Loudon Chronicle
Leigh Hunt and Orion Horne Observe Unique Fire Scene
On a bitter winter day Orion Horne visits Leigh Hunt in a large room with a wide old fashioned fireplace. Hunt sits by the fire with only space for his chair, enjoying the heat as Horne warns him about ruining his “pismo” forever. Hunt responds that he knows and finds it delicious.
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Leigh Hunt
Orion” Horne
Hunt
Horne
Tomb of Ezra Mystery Sours Over Tigris Burial Claim
Doubt about the tomb of Ezra along the Tigris lies between Josephus saying he was buried in Jerusalem and the Talmud claiming he died at Zamsura on the Tigris while escorting Captive Hebrews. The site’s authenticity remains uncertain.
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Ezra
Tigris
Josephus
Jerusalem
Zamsura
Pali Mall
Way to Win In Luck and Hustle
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes two people noting luck fails and success follows when effort replaces luck. They agree luck never favors them, yet one realizes progress comes from hustling rather than waiting for fortune.
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Louisville Courier. Journal
Quote about talking to a Wooden man instead of a Christian
A fragment from the Christian Herald notes a person preferring to speak with a Wooden man rather than be a Wooden Christian and avoid all contact with others. The odd remark frames a critique of hollow professing.
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Big Soul
Christian Herald
Railwaysand Purchasing Power Shift in the Early 20th Century
An economic analysis argues that rising railway operating costs constrain expenditures and may dampen buying power. It cites 1913 figures: total railway outlays around 3.35 billion dollars with wages 1.373 billion and 480 million for capital improvements. It notes fuel costs 250 million and other supplies as major line items, suggesting modest charge increases could boost revenue and maintenance.
Can You Keep a Secret Conversation Quote
A brief Detroit Free Press fragment presents a quoted exchange on secrecy as a playful interaction. The text includes a quip about adults and a misfiring line about a person named Horace.
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Detroit Free Press
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