New Stratford Hall Lee Memorial Grand New England Support
A centennial note on Robert E. Lee’s rise and a new Stratford Hall purchase to create a national memorial. The William Alexander Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy bought Stratford Hall and the 1222 acre plantation in Connecticut to house a Lee memorial and educational center run by the Robert E. Lee foundation with broad North-South backing.
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North
South
Lexington
National Capitol
Washington
Ariington
Tis Country
William Alexander
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Connecticut
Stratford Hall
Lee
Robert Lee Foundation
Worth
New England
Lea
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ethel Armes
Greenwich
Conn
Charles D. Lanier
Sidney Lanier
Lanier
Macon
Virginia
Stratford
Charles B. Stuart
Armes
Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation
Mount Vernon Association
Colonial Gardens
Stratford Wharf
Potomac
Caroline
George II
Richard Henry
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Harry” Lee
Legend of Ampato Sapa and St Anthony Falls
The essay recounts Ampato Sapa, a Sioux maiden famed for beauty and tragedy. It traces her life from youth to marriage and a second wife, her disappearance with their children, and her death at the Falls of St Anthony on the Mississippi, linking the waterfall’s name to laughter and a legend of Ampato’s sacrifice that makes the waters weep at dawn.
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Ampato Sapa
Mpato Sapa
Ampato
Anipata Sapa
Anipito
Agrpato
Ampate
St. Anthony’s Falls
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Hennepin
Falls of
St Anthony
Lennepin
Recollect Order
Sions
Ampzito
Wis
Gotle
Awpato
Ampalo
Sim
A New Valuation and an Odd Social Reform Plan
A Living Age note claims an award to Col. Mihaly Aconily-Unterrmeiner of Budapest for originality in social innovation. The plan seeks to replace common salutations with a universal phrase “Better future” followed by “God give” to express sincerity. The piece also touches on Colorado’s Centennial status and early iron use in ancient ruins.
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Col
Mihaly Aconily- Unterrmeiner
Budapest
British Museum
Black Pyramid
Abusir
Gaston Saspero
Europe
USA
Classic Old Jest and a Sardine Harbor Mystery
A London Morning Post note contends a sardine blocked Marseilles harbor during Toulon’s siege, with Abbe Rocher claiming La Sardine scuttled herself at the captain’s orders to shield the harbor. Also noted are the Italian giantess Giovannia Ossena dying at Mantua, and a New York to San Francisco air mail service promising roughly twelve hours faster transcontinental letters.
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Marseilles
London Morning Post
Toulon
Marius Rocher
Soniel
New York
San Francisco
Burroughs Reflects on Winter and Summer Beauty
John Burroughs finds equal wonder in winter and summer noting the loss of pomp but enduring elements like day and night, mountain and valley, and the infinite sky. He says winter rekindles stars and the moon, while summer charms with emotion and impulse, though winter engages intellect and discipline.
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John Burroughs
All Is Vanity Town Gossip Echoes in Quiet Parlor
A fragmentary conversational snatch shows a caller asking if the husband is vain. The wife responds that vanity lies in efforts to gain money, revealing local chatter on wealth and social pretensions.
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Fe Caller
Lapse of Thought Stirs a Bride and a Businessman
A bride questions if he thinks of her constantly while a businessman explains the view of money. He treats borrowed funds as an asset and not as a debt, insisting prudence over sentiment in financial matters.
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Dsan
Elmo Scott Watson
United States Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Charles Mason
Engineers' Corps
Academy
Wisconsin
Iowa
Robert B. Lee
Fortress Monroe
Western Frontier
The
Arlington
Mary Custis
Robert E. Lee
Scott
General Smith
Fort Sumter
Texas
Viscount Wolseley
von Moltke
Prince Bismarck
New York Times
Northern
Robert BE. Lee
EEE
Americana
Te Tah
Colby
Colorado
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tllinois
Tediana
Walley
Marvelous
Barton's Cyanshine
Mae
Giovannia Ossena
Italy
Mantua
Burroughs
Ates
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