South Seas: From Balboa to English Usage
The Pacific Ocean was called the South Sea by Balboa who first saw it in 1513 and named it el Mer del Sur. Early English usage adopted the plural South Seas for southern hemisphere waters, with Thorne’s 1528 letter to Henry VIII cited. The term in literature refers to Pacific regions south of the equator and remote, less civilized islands.
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South Seas
Pacific Ocean
South Sea
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Darien
el Mer del Sur
Sea of the South
Balboa
Pacific
Thorne
Henry VIII
Indies Occidentall
Equator
South Sea Islands
American Pie as Incendiary Symbol in New Prosperity
The London Evening News laments American Apple pie supplanting traditional English tarts. It calls the American pie a gastronomic incendiary bomb and links apples to prosperity but sees discontent and restlessness rising with foreign substitutes.
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London Evening News
Eclipses Seen Through Ancient Superstitions
Before understanding eclipses, many cultures believed them to foretell events. In New Guinea they signaled good seasons or battles, while the Solomon Islands associated eclipses with sorcery and harmful magic.
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New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Shakespeare’s delayed fame praised in British review
A Chicago Daily News piece cites a British review showing Shakespeare once ignored by the Elizabethan critics Bacon Marlowe and Green who blocked discussion of his work. The article notes the trio’s dominance kept the Bard suppressed for a century, then revival began in Pope’s era culminating in lasting fame after 240 years.
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William Shakespeare
Jack Malone
Chicago Daily News
Avon
Bacon
Marlowe
Green
Allence
William
Pope
Prussia Passes 1836 Copywright Act for Reciprocal Nations
Prussia took the lead by enacting in 1836 a copyright law that protected writers from any country that would grant reciprocal protection, establishing an international courtesy in the Prussian statute.
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Prussia
Work Not Always Toil
A reflective note on the value of labor praising toil and the loss felt when illness forces absence from work. It emphasizes appreciating the privilege of work even amid hardship and misfortune.
Senate approves about 206 million tax cut in lengthy session
The Senate approved a tax reduction totaling about 206 million dollars after more than eleven hours without a roll call. The bill falls short of the House plan and faces conference negotiations to align the two measures. An amendment for graduated corporate rates below 15,000 was rejected, reducing the overall cuts by 24 million. Vice President Dawes cast the deciding vote against the tie.
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Senate
Finance Committee
House
Dawes
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
South Dakota
Norbeck
McMaster
Reed
Rep
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