The Rise and Rules of Middle Names in History
Middle names faced strict early English limits with lawmakers insisting on baptismal names only. By the 18th century Britain and America eased controls, leading to widespread dual names and even estate-based naming customs. Some founders bore no middle names, while others adopted names from mothers or estates, shaping practice across nations and eras.
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Coke
England
America
Fanny
Sibyl
Annameriar
Anna
Maria
Maris
Mary
United States
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Grant
John Quincy Adams
William Henry Harrison
James Knox Polk
Hypnotism Cures Hysterical Hallucination By Janet
In the American Magazine H Addington Bruce recounts Dr Pierre Janet’s case of a woman tormented by a persistent hallucination of a man in her room. Janet uses hypnosis to induce a pig faced image of her faithless lover, forcing revulsion and a gradual disappearance of the illusion.
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H. Addington Bruce
Pierre Janet
Janet
Impis
Bottden
Sealy
Dr. Janet
Force of Habit Chiffoniers Showoff A Humorous Drawer Mixup
A New York Sun item recalls a store display where a chiffonier with patent drawers is demonstrated. A clerk explains the uneven distribution of items, joking that after fifteen years of marriage he forgets where a man should store clothes, illustrating habit.
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New York Sun
First Type Printed Book and Its First Edition
The first book printed with movable type was a Latin Bible by Gutenberg at Mainz around 1455. Haydn dates later, suggesting Faust and Schoeffer’s Psalms of August 14, 1457 as the first book. The Gutenberg Mazarin Bible is prized, with about twenty copies known and superior craftsmanship noted.
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John Gutenberg
Layence
Haydn
Faust and Schoeffer
Exchange
Tale of Two Bird Inspires A Child's Confession
A four year old in a country town took eggs from a neighbor's hen. Reproach led to the boy asking who told, and the mother’s reply about a little bird sparked the joke that the bird told only part of the tale.
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Ter
Treacherous memory leads to mistaken identity at railway station
A young woman in a Cincinnati station misidentifies a stranger she met at a friend's home weeks earlier. She recalls Mr Tombstone but the man corrects her with a twist, saying his name is Mr Stoneve. The moment underscores her unreliable recall of names.
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Mr. Stoneve
Cincinnati Commercial Ibune
Difficult France Marriage Process Advised By Smith
In Success Magazine Fesge ed Smith says marriage in France is hard due to months of paperwork birth certificates parental consent and legal formalities. He notes divorce is even more complex with no romance of eloping for a small sum and quick forgiveness by a parson.
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France
Fesge Ed Smith
Success Magazine
Whistler Arrives Late to Dinner Criticized for Etiquette
The artist Whistler arrived two hours late to a friend's dinner. He exclaimed how extraordinary the scene was and faced a blunt comparison to pigs for his tardiness, prompting a sharp exchange about table manners.
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Whistler
Local social notes from Newberg and nearby towns
The column lists social visits and travels among residents of Newberg Scholls Pleasant View and nearby areas. Names include J P Bryan Mary Hutchens Alma and Katie Jones Iverson Horace Duncan Dan Schmeltzer and M D Jones among others with Thanksgiving and weekend activities. A Pleasant View Literary group elected officers and J C Hodson was appointed administrator of Hannah B Bond estate with six month claim filing required.
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J. P. Bryan
Newberg
Mary Hutchens
Alma
Katie Jones
Scholls
Mr. Iverson
Leander
Horace Duncan
Pleasant View
Frank Schmeltzer
Hillsboro
Dan Schmeltzer
J. C. Hodson
State of
Oregon
Yamhill County
Hannah B. Bond
Newberg Yamhill
Hannah J. Bond
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S. W. Potter
J. L. van Blaricom
E. L. Evans
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Rian Glasses
A. E. Wilson
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
R. B. Linnville
M. P. Elliott
Yamhill County Abstract Co
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Tale of
Jong Coats
D. M. Nayberger
McMinnville, Dr
R. Jacobson & Company
the Evening Telegram
Evening Telegram
Telegram
Associated Press
Pacific North West
World
F. W. Matthews
Clair Bennett
W. M. Courtney
Batchelor
Thomas and Calvin Hutchens
Are
Lainhart Place
Jess and
Orval Hutchens
Mr. Angles
Harvey Haynes
Wilber Jones
Elijah Hutchens
M. D. Jones
Pasadena
California
Mr. Jones
J. P. Jones
P. P. Bryan
D. R. Hutchens
H. W. Duncan
the Pleasant View
Homer Rogers
Percy Jaquith
Alma Jones
Ernest Hintz
B. A. Kilkee
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