January History Lineage Ties to America’s Founding
A compact history links New Year’s Day to key moments in American history. Vespucci’s naming of America, Paul Revere and Anthony Wayne births, Betsy Ross and the flag, Washington’s 1776 flag, the 1777 Stars and Stripes, Moses Beach and the AP, Jackson at New Orleans, Texas settlement, Garrison’s Liberator, and Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation all orbit January 1 with notable events and figures shaping the nation.
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America
Americus Vespucci
Spain
Christopher Columbus
New World
Espanola
Hayti
Ojeda
Bay of Rio Janeiro
South America
Mundus Novus
Istead
Asia
Vespucci
Columbus
5& Die
Vosges Mountains
Mathias Ringmar
Martin Waldseemeller
Waldseemaller
Europe
Africa
Americus
Boston
Apollos Rivers
Paul Hevere
Deborah Hichborn
Paul
Paul Revere
Lexington
Concord
Pat Revere
Dorn
Chester County
Anthony Wayne
Pennsylvania
Washington
Virginia
Benjamin Franklin
Jook
Philadelphia
Nova Scotia
Polly Penrose
Wayne
Waynesborough
Pennsylvania Committee of Safety
Fig Polly
Thamas Boyd
Anthony, Wayne
Charles Scribners’ Sons
Boyd
Valley Forge
New York
New Jersey
Charles Lee
Brangywine
Germantown
White Marsh
Batte
Presque Isle
Lake Erie
Elizabeth Griscom
John Ross
Franklin
Adams
Rittenhouse
Continental Congress
United States
Ross
Betsy Ross
Francis Hopkinson
George Washington
Cambridge
Mass
England
Wallingford
Conn
Moses Yale Beach
Associated Press
Beach
Benjamin Day
The
New York Sun
Sun
New Orleans
Jackson
Pakenham
Texas
North America
Great Southwest
William Lloyd Garrison
the Liberator
Garrison
Abraham Lincoln
To Keep a Rose to Keep a Rose by Douglas Malloch
Poem reflects on keeping love alive through daily care in the home. It contrasts a transient rose with a perpetual one nurtured by morning smiles, good-night kisses, affectionate words, shared labors, and gentle hands. The piece urges gentleness to preserve love in all rooms.
Woman readers reject free railroad gift in common sense view
In a Bell Syndicate column a Western railroad offering a 158 mile branch for free attracts every kind of applicant from housewives to preachers and a Chicago mother. The piece argues people seek without considering duties and costs, warning that possessions bring obligations and strings attached, and declines the proposed gift.
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Pennsylvania
Council Brnffs
Iowa
Chicago
Wfe
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Earth as Star Brightens Planets Beyond Our World
Poetic line contemplates Earth as a star seen on distant planets, noting how it reflects sunlight into the heavens in a brief reflective sentiment about our planet’s glow.
Odd Harvest Festival at St Dunstan Church London
A yearly harvest festival at St. Dunstan’s Church near Bishopsgate, London displays 29 fish varieties matching the Church of England’s 39 articles. A brotherhood of fish decorates the church amid fruits, tea, cocoa, wine, and a four foot wheaten loaf and a goose, with offerings from city merchants later sent to Guy's Hospital.
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London
St. Dunstan
Bishopsgate
England
Church of England
Guy's Hospital
Detroit News
Parable of a Frugal Grower and His Son
A Santa Ana man with a small grove attempted to do all labor himself. During irrigation his son lounged in the shade and asked when he would work enough to make the oranges grow. The boy retorted that he would work only after being fed enough to grow big enough to work.
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Orange County
Santa Ana
Los Angeles Times
Moose Tale Of A Duck Hunters Near Rice Lake
Dr A S White and Ray Fitch recounted a duck hunting tale at Rice Lake Wisconsin where a moose struck their car on an un traveled highway. The windshield broke one headlight torn a hole gouged top and radiator punctured as the moose rolled from the hood and vanished into roadside brush leaving the car damaged.
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Rice Lake
Wis
A. S. White
Ray Fitch
Indianapolis News
I Was Interested In A Burning Car
A reporter and crew visited a Pittsburgh auto agency to cover a story and photos. A man rushed in seeking a fire extinguisher claiming a car outside was on fire. They rushed outside to see a car engulfed in flames, only to realize it was the man’s own car in the blaze.
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Pittsburgh
Cerera
Real Fighting Bull Breaks Loose on Spanish Train
A fighting bull being transported from Sal tio farm to Valladolid escaped at Los Parrales station in Ciudad Real province. Civil guards arrived in a truck to corral it, but the bull charged the vehicle, sustaining heavy damage. After forty six shots, the bull died, ending the chase.
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Real
Spain
Saltio
Valladolid
Los Parrales
Ciudad Real
Who's Who and Whats What in Fort William Times Journal
Fort William Times Journal notes a playful exchange about books and authors. The piece mentions Jerome K. Jerome, RK. G. Dun, and asks readers to locate titles such as Whats He Got amid lighter literary chatter.
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Jerome K. Jerome
RK. G. Dun
Fort William
Long headed joke sparks a domestic quip
Mrs Dumbell asks what long headed means and Jon responds that it means he isn’t shortslgtted as he grumbles over his newspaper the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Jon
Mrs. Dumbell
Cincinnati Enquirer
Conspiracy Debt Collector and Farewell Narrative
A garbled passage relates a character claiming departure tonight and planning a return tomorrow. It includes misquoted lines about a child named Lester Sue and a voyage from Paris. Narrative fragments mix with a zoological note describing a cross-bred cattle and buffalo yak hybrid, followed by a general comment on history’s mistakes and value.
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Lester
Sue
Pele Mele
Paris
Futuristic Optimism Marks London Banquet Before MacDonald Trip
A London banquet before Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald’s departure to America featured futuristic optimism as the keynote. Only skeptic Lord Dewar spoke, questioning optimism by quipping that it makes a ninety year old buy a new suit and two pairs of trousers.
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London
Mamsay MacDonald
America
Lord Dewar
Virtue to Vice in Rosenwald Address in Chicago
Julius Rosenwald the philanthropist urged balanced work in Chicago saying short hours and long vacations aid success. He warned that work carried to excess can flip virtue to vice and likened it to four aces in a card game that pleases but five create turmoil.
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Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Lobbyist Offers Tuition Fund and Education Drive
Senator Sorghum probes a lobbyist who proposes a campaign of education and a liberal fund to cover tuition fees and prize awards. The exchange suggests influence through philanthropy and targeted funding in policy discussions.
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Sorghum
One Turkish Book Published Last Year Reported
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes that only one book was published in Turkey during the previous year and that the year’s book was widely cited as error free. The report highlights limited output in the Turkish publishing scene.
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Turkey
Crupt
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lake of Gasoline Estimated Volume for Year
American motorists are projected to burn about 14 billion gallons of gasoline this year. The figure evokes a lake five miles wide and four deep, illustrating the vast energy consumption by drivers nationwide.
Too Long a Wait Usher How Many Please
Exasperated passenger asks for attention as a scene unfolds with five people aboard. three have died, leaving two survivors and raising questions about delays and emergency response.
Know When to No What You Don't Know
A compact aphoristic piece reflecting on judgment, self-restraint, and caution about overconfidence. It weaves quotes from sources such as the Arkansas Gazette and Phaedrus, noting dialogue rich content and the dangers of assuming knowledge.
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Arkansas Gazette
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Peirce & Gamet Live Stock Commission CO
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National Roofing Co., Inc
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