Augmentations to arms in heraldry and colonial notes
Historical notes trace how royal augmentations to coats of arms developed from early grants to Edward the Confessor era figures to later recognitions for public service. The piece cites Duncan Keith, Sir John Ramsey, Charles II, and General Robert Ross, among others, along with exemptions and abatements, then seats into a December 1776 diary entry from Albany detailing movements of Patriot regiments, enemy positions, and a Trenton action with prisoners and battlefield details.
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Edward the Confessor
Richard
Thomas
Earl of Surey
Thomas Mowbray
Duke of Norfolk
Duncan Keith
Dunotter Castle
Kincardineshire
Scotland
John Ramsey
Ruthven
Earl of
Charles the
Earl of Macclesfield
England
Robert Homes
Robinson
Cranford
Moore
London
Lane
Staffordshire
Penderell
Careless
Carlos
Boscobel
Titus
Carisbrooke Castle
Duke of Wellington
Robert Ross
Trenton
Keath
Yarleys Ferry
Delaware
Washington
Yardley’s Ferry
Crossy
N. Town
Putnam
Downer
Colo. Patterson
Largest meteorite on record found in Mexico by Ward
Professor Ward announced to the Rochester Academy of Sciences the discovery of a fifty ton iron meteorite in Mexico. Found after a month’s search near Colima, it rests on bedrock, weighs about fifty tons, and would cost around fifty thousand dollars to move to a seaport. Ward led twenty eight Mexican laborers for a day and a half to excavate it, and plans a full report for publication.
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Chicago
Mexico
Ward
Academy of Sciences
Rochester
Academy
Arizona
Kansas
Gulf
Ter
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Colima
Professor Ward
Dodge
Academy of Science
American Journal of
Ence
Texas Oil Fields Seen Running Dry Soon Says Company Official
New York Tribune quotes Standard Oil officials predicting Beaumont Texas wells may exhaust quickly. They note Beaumont’s eighty acre area and high initial yields could drop to a few hundred gallons daily. Officials caution large fuel oil contracts await cheap, stable supply before widespread coal replacement.
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Standard Oil Company
Beaumont
Texas
New York Tribune
Morse Iron Works and Drydock Company
Brooklyn
Tribune
Port Arthur
Tex
New York
Enya
Croker’s Moat House life charms visitor from London
Antonio Zucca recalls Richard Croker’s rural turn at Moat House Wantage. The former coroner describes Croker’s simple farm routines, dairy details, kennels and poultry care, and a wish to live quietly away from New York’s political glare.
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New York
Richard Croker
Wantage
Moat House
Mr. Croker
Antonio Zucca
van Wyck
Mr. Zucca
America
London
Dressed Matron's Purse Theft Ended Night Out
A Washington DC resident, staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, helped a woman by returning her dropped purse then dined with her. Later he reported at West Thirtieth Street Station that the same woman swindled him in the theatre by stealing two twenty dollar bills and a ten dollar bill, leaving a cryptic note.
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Washington, D. C
Fifth Avenue Hotel
West Thirtieth Street
Rathbone and Neely Face Numerous Cuban Offers
Major Estes G. Rathbone free under President Palma’s decree may stay in Havana as a local representative if he chooses after visiting Ohio with his wife. Neely, also released, shows a silvering of hair and asserts plans to consult New York lawyers before deciding on management of a Manila syndicate or other Panama or South American ventures.
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New York
Mr. Croker
Estes G. Rathbone
Palma
Cuba
Havana
Colonel Hernandez
Post
Philadelphia
Philippines
Neely
United States
South America
Colombia
Bogota
Manila Syndicate
Panama
Congress
Washington
Arizona
The
Bee
Grasshoppers as Admission Tickets in Ephraim Utah
Ephraim residents organize a grasshopper extermination fundraiser with admission priced at one half bushel of grasshoppers. The first dance collected seventy five half bushels, used as fuel for a bonfire after the event. Citizens mobilize to curb the pests before they can spread the damage.
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Ephraim
Utah
San Pete County
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New Jersey
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Wallpack
State House
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Knowlton
Mt. Bethel
Northampton County
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Nazareth
Lahia
Sterling
Gov. Livingston
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Lahies
Michel
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Buck's County
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Sullivans
Bethlehem
Connecticut
New Town
Jabez
Col. Durkey
Jno
Trumbull
Rhode Island
Jerseys
Christian van Horn
Wm. Ashburne
Major Sherburne
van Horn
Ashburn
Presbyterian Church
St. Clares Brigade
P. W
Chester
Horton
Massachusetts
Tyrone
Valentine Cornman
Frederick Wunderlich
Rupp
Herbert
Vantage
Herbert Croker
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Grange
Prince Bebe
Collins
Richard, Jr
Croker
Cioaeae
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Pasat
ORR Seeds
Rathbone and
Grasshoppers
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