Keep Dollar Going Round and Home Trade
The article urges merchants to patronize local suppliers to keep money circulating within the community. It stresses mutual support among dry goods, furniture, grocery, hardware, printing, and other trades, warns against sending dollars to city firms, and promotes a local trust to strengthen wealth, reduce taxes, and grow town prosperity led by Wright A. Patterson.
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Furnitiure
Dry Goods
Printer
Merchant
Wright A. Patterson
Children See Sham In Home Lives, Warn Journal
A 12 year old calls homes full of fakes and a 14 year old notes pretending is lying while a mother imitates stained glass with colored paper. The Ladies' Home Journal warns sham imitations shape children's thoughts at formative ages.
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The
Ladies’ Home Journal
American Seeks Sandwich in Spanish Railway Fonda
An American traveling from Lisbon to Madrid in Valencia de Alcantara entered a railway fonda at midnight seeking a sandwich. He faced the puzzle of not knowing the Spanish word for sandwich and found none on the counter, risking going hungry.
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Railway Fonda
Valencia de Alcantara
Lisbon
Madrid
Reasons Behind Old World Customs Revealed
A column explains how customs like widows caps bells left side hat ribbons and shoe-throwing for brides originated. Widows shaved Romans mourning led to caps. bells chased away evil spirits. left side ribbons served as wind anchors. shoes at weddings linked to parental discipline.
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Biber
Of Distinguished Ancestry in Edinburgh Roots
Mme Liza Lehman the composer is a granddaughter of the late Robert Chambers of Edinburgh, originator and publisher of Chambers Encyclopedia. Her father Rudolph Lehman was a noted portrait painter.
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Mme
Liza Lehman
Robert Chambers
Edinburgh
All Are of the Earth Quote from John A Howland
A brief quotation attributes a reflective line to John A Howland about grounding and virtue, noting a contrast between looking upward and walking on the ground. The fragment highlights a philosophical musing on earthly existence.
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John A. Howland
Sanweesh: A Linguistic Slice Tells a Foodie Tale
A narrator uses limited Spanish to ask a waiter what a sandwich with meat is called. After effort and gestures, the waiter responds with the word sanweesh, revealing the kitchen term in a brief humorous exchange.
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Ican
Mrs Fabbins Seeks Help To Prevent Horse Scratching
Mrs Fabbins writes to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asking what can be done to stop horses from being scratched. She says it must be very painful and notes her racing husband is upset and hears him groan about a horse being scratched.
Olive Tree Yields Two Bushels for Two Gallons Oil
The average yield per olive tree is two bushels, producing two gallons of olive oil. This fact highlights the relation between tree productivity and oil output in traditional olive farming.
Emerson Quote on Nature and Beauty
A concise quotation attributes beauty to nature's ongoing effort to reach an ideal state, illustrating Emerson's view that beauty is a perpetual, natural process rather than a fixed end.
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Emerson
From Worcester to Admiral of the Bosporus Bucknam’s Naval Rise
Ransford D. Bucknam, once of Worcester, becomes naval adviser to the sultan of Turkey and admiral of the fleet guarding the Bosporus and Dardanelles. His varied career includes Lake schooners, Peabody packets, a wreck in Australia, work for Rockefeller, and patent navigational instruments. He is multilingual and American at heart.
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Worcester
Miass
Rancy” Bucknam
Turkey
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Ransford D. Bucknam
John
Bucknam
Duluth
Elliot
Great Lakes
Cabin Boy
John D. Rockefeller
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Constantinople
Philadelphia
Abdul Hamid
America
San Francisco
Rose Thayer
John Eliot’s Chair Presented Between Dorchester and Roxbury Churches
A historic chair once owned by John Eliot the Apostle to the Indians was presented Sunday evening March 17 by the First Church of Dorchester to the First Church of Roxbury Eliot Square near the Norfolk House. The chair, a relic since 1793, honors Eliot’s years as Roxbury minister and a tablet now placed behind Roxbury’s pulpit summarizes Eliot’s life.
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John Eliot
Indiana
Dorchester
Roxbury
Eliot Square
Norfolk House
Phadeus Mason Harris
Eugene R
Hliot
Private Tommy Atkins Takes Command in Breakfast Prank
A lighthearted tale shows Private Tommy Atkins of the regiment reporting to the commanding officer for the day and, after the officer leaves to take breakfast, assuming the role and eating the unfinished meal while the real orderly stands by. The scene ends with Tommy asking who is at the door and learning he remains under orders for the day.
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Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Liam
Beekman Winthrop Named Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Washington Beekman Winthrop of New York former governor of Porto Rico has taken the post of assistant secretary of the treasury. He is about 32, Harvard educated and a personal friend of President Roosevelt. Winthrop previously served in the Philippines as assistant executive secretary to the Philippine commission and as secretary to William H Taft.
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Washington
Beekman Winthrop
New York
Porto Rico
the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Winthrop Jis
Harvard
Roosevelt
Philippines
Philippine Commission
William H. Taft
Lost reason halts kiss in tense exchange
Eva questions why Jack wants a kiss and Jack admits he had a reason but cannot recall it. He hesitates, describing how he would not kiss a man who has lost his reason.
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Jack
Eva
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