First Naval Flag With Pine Tree and Appeal to Heaven
A historical note traces early U S naval flags from September and October 1775 on the Charles River and Boston attacks. The pine tree on white with a green tree and the motto An Appeal to Heaven is described, with figures like Reed Moylan Glover and general actions leading to the Continental Navy.
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United States Navy
Charles River
Eee
Boston
New England
Reed
Moyles
Glover
Ocomen
London Chronicle
Massachusetts Council
Sea Service
Not Fast Horses
A Cleveland Dealer account recalls a visitor, the speaker’s father, who warns about losing money at the track. The narrator denies backing fast horses and notes money was spent on an opposite, less predictable scheme, reflecting on risky wagering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
Cleveland
Those Youthful Prodigies in News
A parlor exchange notes a six year old boy solving tough problems in Spemarkable and a four year old girl who knows Greek. The family mentions a Boston resident and a Greece dwelling as examples of child prodigies highlighted by National Food Magazine.
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Jones
Spemarkable
Boston
Mrs. Jones
Greece
National
Government Anatomy Dialogue Sparks Curiosity
A canal boy asks his father about the army eet house and where its headquarters lie, eliciting a long puzzled silence. The exchange captures a moment of childlike inquiry into government and military structure.
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Canal
Army Eet
Fragmentary note hints at serious illness and concern
A damaged fragment mentions Mark Twain and a friend expressing worry about Twain’s health with a phrasing suggesting distress and possible deteriorating condition. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or full names.
Ivory and Blood in London Ivory Trade
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes the global ivory market centered in London with on view sales and pre sale displays. It highlights elephants as the main source and warns that much ivory comes from dead elephants and murderous acts by local chiefs and traders to secure stocks.
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London
Africa
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Australian Aborigines
The tribes of central Australia are described as primitive nomads wandering vast deserts on the continent. They lack houses and utensils, count on their fingers, decorate rocks with drawings, and ornament shields. Their art is distinct yet compared unfavorably to European depictions. their most notable trait is strict marriage prejudices shaping social life.
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Central
Australia
Bute
Standing the Test by a Tiger's War Diary excerpt
An officer tests a recruit after a salute and, after the recruit surrenders his rifle, the man draws a knife threatening to harm the officer. The officer, fearing for safety, returns the rifle. This vignette appears in A Tiger's War Diary by C. Bardeen.
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C. Bardeen
How to Preserve Old Photos
A National era guide describes preserving photos by soaking in clean hot water to loosen images then trimming or background removal. It suggests mounting in a scrapbook or Kodak picture book to create a keepsake of family scenes and faces.
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Kodak Pictures
The Ruling Passion Gambler Bets On Life
A dying gambler, given hours to live by his doctor, mustered strength to call the physician and wager five guineas he would live until nine. The doctor’s prognosis stood at eight, but the man pressed the challenge in a final wager of fate.
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London
Rug superstitions and rug weaving in Oriental life
A Suburban Life excerpt notes rug weaving as a personal, cultural craft in Turkey Persia Armenia and Afghanistan. It explains how rug makers imprint thoughts into designs and how beliefs suppose white spots and border flaws deter the devil from entering or lingering in the home.
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Turkey
Persia
Afghanistan
East
Iausi
Died of Superstition Princess Likelike’s Death Story
Princess Likelike daughter of Kapaakea and mother of Princess Alani died on February 3 1887. She believed a lava flow from Kilauea doomed her life and that Pele demanded appeasement. A halo around the moon the night before her death fed her dying conviction and she failed to rally.
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Likelike
Kapaakea
Alani
Kilauea
Hawaii
Pele
Likihiku
Forgetful shopkeeper settles debts with flour bills
An elderly store owner in Tokeland solves a theft and memory lapse by charging each yearly account a barrel of flour on January 1. All customers pay, and the thief remains unknown as every farmer settles his bill.
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Peter Epee
Toke
Peter
Applying the Cure and a Hotel Misadventure
A hard drinker, told by his doctor to eat whenever he craved alcohol, follows the plan to cure his habit. The tactic works, but the food-asking habit nearly drives him mad. At a hotel he overhears a commotion, feeds over a transom, and rushes to shout a melodramatic warning to the clerk about a supposed suicide.
Berbers in North Africa Described in Harper’s Weekly
The article notes Berbers as white descendants of ancient European inhabitants. It mentions two are Mohammedans, with blue eyes and rosy cheeks common. Many Berber women are described as strikingly handsome and well dressed in a Western style.
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Africa
Europe
Harper’s Weekly
Out of the Mouths of Babes Dialogue
A humorous exchange between a father and son. Johnny quips that his questions surpass his father's, suggesting curiosity grows with age and experience. The boy hints that if the father had asked more questions earlier he might now answer them.
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Jonny
Johnny
For Sale Listing From Dundee and Oregon
For Sale. Artichokes, best winter hog feed on earth, one acre will keep 30 hogs fat all winter. Four sack lots, F. O. B. Dayton, at $1.00 per sack. Also one horse, harness and top buggy cheap. P. A. Crawford, P. O., Dundee. Lambert and Royal Ann cherries. Top grafted on two-year old stock, Fred Kincaid, Springbrook, Oregon.
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Dayton
P. A. Crawford
P. O
Dundee
Lambert and
Royal Ann
Portland Real Estate Bid and Trade Offers
We invite correspondence from buyers for farms timber and fruit lands and large tracts in the east and middle west. Portland property offered in trade for small Willamette Valley farms. Contact 19 Pit and Hills 513 and 14 Selling Bld Portland Oregon.
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East
Middle West
Portland
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Canonbury Tower and Its Notable Residents in London History
Canonbury Tower once hosted poets and writers including Oliver Goldsmith from 1762 to 1764, with others such as Howe and Woodfall in its rooms. The tower, now owned by the Marquis of Northampton, carries legend of Elizabethan romance involving Sir John Spencer, Queen Elizabeth, and a baker’s boy who became son-in-law and heir.
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Canonbury
London
Canonbury Tower
Don
Bartholomew
Sears
Oliver Goldsmith
Wakefield
Goldsmith
Popes
Oliver
Gola
Howe
Woodfall
Junius
Robert Horsfield
Marquis of Northamp
Sir John
Queen Elizabeth
Penne Tow May -shiMiering
The
Northampton
Mother Goose Lived and Multiplied Tales of Nursery
Elizabeth Foster born at Charleston became Mrs Isaac Goose after marriage and stepmother to ten children. In Boston she entertained and wrote prose and verse for her charges. Her stories were collected and published in 1719 as Songs For the Nursery. The collection made her a literary celebrity until her death in 1757.
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Mother Goose
Elizabeth Foster
Charleston
Carolina
Isaac Goose
Boston
Typewriters Given Away by Emerson Typewriter Co
Emerson Typewriter Co of Woodstock Illinois reports giving away over 400 high grade visible Emerson typewriters to adults nationwide on liberal terms. Send a request to Frank L Wilder President Woodstock IL for Free Offers showing how to obtain one with no cost, including names of recent recipients and easy payment options.
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Emerson Typewriter Company
Woodstock
Ill
Emerson
Frank L. Wilder
Emerson Typewriter
Woodstock, Il
Ladies' Auxiliary Meeting at Pacific College Dormitory
Notice announces a Saturday meeting for the Ladies' Auxiliary to Pacific College at 2 30 PM in the College Dormitory. All ladies are invited.
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Pacific College
Land near Newberg for sale with timber and farmland
About 32 acres slashed and partly cleared with good timber and a spring. 160 acres total located two miles from one station and four miles from two others. 100 acres easy to clear, grass suitable for grazing, beds for 500 goats, well fertilized. Prices vary from 20 per acre to 150 per acre with multiple parcels available. see White & Company, 705 First Street.
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Newberg
White & Company
First Street
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Mark Twain
White Africana
Fred Kincaid
Springbrook
Lowe
J. T. Everest
Atty
B. A. Kirks
MecMianville
North School St
It Pd
Burbanks
W. Barcroft
Rextt
Zumwalt
Burbank
R. Smith
S. W. Morse
Buff
Plymouth Rock
E. H. Woodward
Spaulding Logging Co
Pete Acereath
Sarge
L. M. Cary
Ss. C
Warren Jones
Pittsburg
Hart's Hardware
C. E. Newhouse
A. W. Ellis
R.F.D
M. Hanson
E. R. Garner
Calif
Howard Walton
Southern Pacific
A. N. Maynard
Route 2
Box
Laurel
Model Restaurant
North Main St
Christenson & Larkin’s
A. H. Dean
Rex
Ore
S.C
B. P. Rock
E. A. Hall
E. First Street
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