Islands Found by Spaniard Mendana in Pacific
The Solomon Islands in the southern Pacific were sighted by the 1567 Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendana. He sailed from Peru with a large expedition aiming to colonize a new Spanish crown and to find a source for King Solomon's gold. The voyage, hampered by sickness and misnavigation, failed to reach the Solomons, instead landing in the New Hebrides where Mendana died despondent.
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Solomons
Southern Pacific
Alvare de Mendana
Solomon Founds
Australia
Peru
Ysabel Island
Solomon
Spain
Fernandez d@ Quiros
Fuis Vaes de Torres
New Hebrides
Mendana
Great Tun of Heidelberg and its massive wine cask
The article details the construction of the great tun of Heidelberg begun in 1589 and finished over two years later. It describes a 27 foot beam diameter 18 feet, 1100 pound iron hoops, and a value of about $12 000 with capacity for 528 hogsheads and wine worth around $10 000. A later tun built in 1751 measured 36 by 24 feet with 800 hogsheads, now unused since late 18th century.
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Fleidelberg
Princessalatine of the Rhine
Intelligent Geese and Their Guiding Masters
The article recounts geese that show unusual intelligence by guiding their human companions. It highlights a historical case of an aged blind woman led to church on Sundays by her goose, which would nudge her away from missteps and walk her to her pew. After services the goose waited by the steps to guide her home.
Psychic Fad Draws Reader’s Ire at Quiet Home Life
A reader laments the rise of psychics and the current fad of labeling ordinary noises as ghostly signs. She recalls past times when familiar sounds from the dog to ticking windows prompted calm, not fear, and wishes for explanations grounded in ordinary reasons.
Impressive Thrift Lesson
A New York father faced persistent requests from his ten year old son to buy a costly plaything valued at around 102 dollars in the thrift lesson. The boy pressed for the item, illustrating frugal spending lessons and parental decision making in family budgeting.
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New York
Lesson in thrift ends in 50 cents a month for life
A father negotiates with his son over a toy and offers 50 cents a month for life instead of the toy. The father then invests $100 in a gilt-edged security yielding six percent, teaching the boy the value of money and thrift that will benefit him for life.
Names Shape Heroes and Histories in Haven Tales
A column discusses how names influence writing, urging distinctive but short hero names and clear national hints. It notes examples and cautions such as Dick Sterne versus Harry Jenkins, then shifts to a note on Ibi Sin as the first portrait in Babylonia, joking about interpretations and a pun on a tonic.
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Heron
Haven
Jim
Joe
Bil
Tom
Harry
Dick Sterne
Harry Jenkins
Roger
Basil
Owen
Digby
Roy
Boyd
Desmond
Douglas
Bud
Hank
Ibi Sin
University of Pennsylvania
Babylonia
Ibi
Mr. Sin
Sbi Lin
Detroit Free Press
Mid-Victorian Markswoman
Richard Mr Dana recalls English aristocrats in Hospitable England in the Seventies. He watched Queen Victoria on gala day reportedly hit a bull's eye at one thousand yards. Lord Spencer explains the rifle was fixed in a vise and a silken cord triggered by the queen to ensure accuracy.
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Richard Mr. Dana
England
Mr. Dana
Queen Victoria
Lord Spencer
Not Quite the Idea
A whimsical aging townsfolk quip ponders who are the esthetic people in town. The citizen suggests that Mr Bibbles and Mr Jagsby, known for spending time in a Turkish bath, embody the town’s notion of esthetics.
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Mr. Bibbles
Mr. Jagsby
Birmingham
Rousseau Exonerated. Geneva's Noted Philosopher Honored
Jean Jacques Rousseau born 1712 in Geneva, son of a watchmaker, challenged aristocratic privilege and advocated for the poor. His works stirred controversy, but descendants of opponents funded a statue on Rousseau’s Isle, celebrating his nature loving legacy.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
Geneva
Switzerland
Emile
Rousseau
Spike Scroggins in Evening Wear Stuns Referee
The Society Invasion notes Spike Scroggins, the prize-fight announcer, wearing evening clothes for the first time. He appears embarrassed while the referee, flabbergasted, addresses him as mister in Birmingham.
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Spike’ Scroggins
Spike
Birmingham Age-Herald
Explaining is Accusing and Character Witnesses
The piece argues that defense hinges on character witnesses to counter crime accusations. It notes public figures endure attacks and must often remain silent while criticism swirls, hoping to avoid doubt through established antecedents.
Oldest Man In Town Responds To Tourists
White-haired Uncle Polew Perkins, famed as the community’s elder, stands by his gate as a touring car arrives. Ladies ask patronizing questions about the locality, and one remarks on his long residence. He lifts his stick and, with gravely humor, points to a distant hill, muttering about the area.
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Peles Perkins
Polew
Amant Hill
Arper
Oldest Greek Letter Society Phi Beta Kappa Founded in 1776
The Phi Beta Kappa Society, oldest American Greek letter group, began in 1776 at Williamsburg Virginia with 44 undergraduates from William and Mary, including John Marshall. Branches formed at Yale 1780 and Harvard 1781. now widespread across colleges. Meetings occur among graduates after commencement.
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Whi Beta Kappa
Raleigh Bavern
Williamsburg
William and Mary College
John Marshall
Yale
Warvard
Phi Beta Kappa
Martial Swing Hymn Tale of Onward Christian Soldiers
The article notes the martial tempo in church hymns and credits Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould with writing Onward Christian Soldiers in 1860 for a special occasion. He authored the words in one night intended for children to sing.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
Great Poet True Gentleman Dithun Uress and Manner
A garbled tribute describes Aton Stringers as plain, kind, and modest in private life and publicly modest in dress. He avoids show, treats others with cordiality, and embodies unpretentious gentility.
Old Time Telling Methods Through the Ages
The article traces early timekeeping from day and night divisions to sundials. It notes primitive sticks marking sun positions, Chinese use of sundials, Roman tall columns with observers, and medieval reliance on sundials for those who could not afford water clocks or hourglasses.
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Heidelberg
Samuel Johnson
Wuhiladelphia Public Ledger
Carlyle
Schiller
Chicago
Cleveland
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Overland
Toledo
Willys
Ken Price
Willys-Knight
O. B. Toledo
John Kickert
South Holland, Ul
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