Andrew Jackson and The Hermitage A Portrait Of Old Hickory
A narrative on Andrew Jackson’s birthplace dispute between North and South Carolina, his rise from frontier lawyer to president, and a vivid tour of the Hermitage. It describes the homestead, grounds, and the lasting memorials to Jackson and his wife Rachel, including the famed guitar shaped lawn and the tomb.
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Peculiar Town Names and Post Office Rules
A humorous review of how Peculiar, Missouri got its name after a Post Office official joked about finding a gourd name. It notes the single state rule for town names, counts popular town names across the U S, and highlights duplications and similarities that vex postal clerks. It lists frequently used names like Franklin Clinton Washington and notes foreign city influences.
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Remains of Mrs Rachel Jackson Pass Away 1828
The notice honors Mrs Rachel Jackson wife of President Andrew Jackson who died December 22 1828 at age sixty one. It praises her charity piety gentleness and benevolence noting her relief of the poor and comfort to the wretched and prosperous alike and ends with a religious tribute to her departure from her husband to the bosom of God.
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Origin of Old Hickory Name for Jackson Tells Tale
Capt William Alten recounts how during the Creek War Jackson slept in a muddy trench amid sleet and cold. Alten and his brother peeled a hickory tree for a rough shelter, and a soldier mocked Jackson as he crawled from the ruined shelter. The nickname Old Hickory stuck.
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Ord Bicker
Bali Temple Dances Kept Secret by Virginal Tradition
Bali island temple dances remain bound to centuries old custom. Only virgins aged ten to fifteen may perform sacred pieces rooted in Hindu epics. Dancers wear buffalo hide outfits with gold leaf and bright brocades while head, hands, and feet are bare.
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Life insurance plans by Floyd D. Carlile noted
A New Yorker, Floyd D. Carlile, is reported to be taking out life insurance policies amounting to millions. The article mentions five other unnamed individuals involved in similar arrangements.
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Floyd D. Carlile
Insurance figures show many reach high policy amounts
In the United States fifty six men and two women carry a million or more in life insurance while Canadians also show large policies. P G Larkin Canada’s high commissioner in England is said to be near the million dollar mark. Many Canadians hold quarter to three quarters of a million, all aimed at stabilizing business and private affairs against loss of the directive power that drives success.
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Proves America Once Joined Asia
Roy Chapman Andrews reports from Peking that a land bridge between Asia and North America has been established. The Third Asiatic expedition notes huge fossil deposits in Mongolia and Central Asia, including dinosaur bones 5 million years old, titanothere skulls, and ancestral mammals, with work expected to continue for years.
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Charge Germans Bring Down French Airplanes
Paris reports a theory that German magneto blocking halted French air service planes over Rhineland and Ruhr. Pilots forced to land see passengers freed while aircraft and freight are confiscated or sawn up. Since January 1 Germany regained civil air rights under Versailles but blocks weather reports for foreign military flights.
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Paderewski Buys Tickets for Own Paris Show
Paderewski receives warm Paris welcome after return to the concert stage. French papers recount his Russia expulsion by Emperor Alexander III following a court performance. The artist reportedly bought nearly 100 seats at his first Paris concert, gifting them to friends.
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Ignace Jan Paderewski
Russia
Alexander III
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Poland
Daughters Sue Father for Pay for Their Work
Kansas City reports a lawsuit where Edna Lieser seeks 10 000 and Lena Lieser 21 100 from father Frederick Lieser a Lafayette County farmer alleging remuneration for personal services performed from the daughters' ages eighteen onward. The suits name Frederick Lieser as defendant and allege unpaid wages for work performed by the daughters.
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Frederick Lieser
Lafayette County
Edna Lieser
Lena Lieser
Speedy Wedding Caps Seattle Couple’s Record
A Seattle couple sets a record with a rapid marriage procedure as a parson struggles to steady the bride while the groom receives her hand, all unfolding at a swift pace.
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Seattle
Crow’s alarm crowing by Patton’s window in Dover
Hebe Patton of Dover keeps a pet crow rescued three months ago. The bird calls him at 6 o clock each morning with a distinctive caw to wake him for work. The unusual alarm clock helps Patton start his day without any device.
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Small and Great Depravation Cited In BriefRemark
A compact, period tone note contrasts mortality with moral decline suggesting a small act of dying versus a larger lapse into depravity, framing a cautionary reflection on fate and virtue.
Daughters claim farm work tied to inheritance in 1921 case
The 82 year old Frederick Lieser owned a 440 acre farm near Corder Missouri. His daughters say they were promised payment and inclusion in his will for staying and working on the farm. Lieser recently sold 220 acres of the property.
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Frederick Lieser
Corder
Lieser
Japanese Skipper Found Dead at Wheel Aboard Fuso
In San Diego California the Japanese fishing vessel Fuso steamed in circles twenty five miles offshore after hull steered by another Japanese boat. The skipper O Tomann was found lashed to the wheel with the engine running and death due to heart trouble.
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Old Sailing Vessels Puzzle Modern Mariner
Norfolk, Va. The Leviathan’s reappearance spurs debate on the vanished American sailing ship. Modern mariners know nautical terms but few recall the seven masts names fore to aft: fore, main, mizzen, pusher, driver, jigger, spanker. some sources list forecastle, fore, main, mizzen, jigger, spanker or driver and after masts. others use weekday order from bow.
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