Playing Cards as Learners of Geography History in 17th Century France
Cardinal Mazarin used education through two card sets for Louis XIV. One maps nations and histories with images. the other teaches geography with country cards, including Virginia and Florida shown as Indian maidens. Cards also circulated as invitations and dance directions in colonial America.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Cardinal Mazarin
France
Louis Quatorze
Louis XIV
Mazarin
House of Bourbon
Apome
North America
Virginia
Florida
Palm Beach
Miami
New World
The
United States Playing Card Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
England
New Eengland
New England
Isaiah Thomas
America
James Franklin
Boston
Telis
Benjamin
Black Beard
Ben
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Hopkinson
Charles Wilson Peale
Lafayette
Jaz H. Yor
Columbia
State Board Reports Kansas 1929 Wheat Slump and Corn Outlook
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture revised 1929 projections downward, estimating wheat at 138,396,000 bushels and corn at 119,000,000 bushels due to heat, pests, rust, and weather. North West Kansas sees 54,000 acres of spring wheat with 617,000 bushels forecast. Corn condition sits at 72 percent of normal, nudging yields to about 18.7 bushels per acre. Charles Curtis visits Topeka for a testimonial dinner and Kansas delegates push to equalize bank taxation. In Marysville, Charles Moore dies after fireworks accident involving two spit devils.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas Farm
Kan‘Bas
Marysville
Charles Moore
Blue Rapids
Moore
W. E. Moore
Manhattan
State Agricultural College
Handshake Gesture Traced to Prince Edward VII Visit
An old Paris visit story recounts Prince Edward VII suffering a carbuncle that made him lift his right elbow during handshakes. Courtiers reportedly copied the gesture, and some believe the pose remains stylish today despite its origin.
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Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Paris
Prince surprises guest in audience during premiere
A Detroit News item recalls a first night moment when a prince, in conversation with a group, blanked a caller by saying he did not think they had spoken, adding a chilly edge to the theatre chatter.
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Comedie
Rancalse
Prince
Detroit News
Portraits and fashion of King Henry VIII
Monarch Henry VIII favored broad shoulders in dress as shown in Holbein portraits. The king’s vanity influenced court fashion and image framing across garments designed to emphasize breadth.
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Henry VIII
Holbein
London Humorist quip about blunt bridge partner image
A London Humorist joke mocks a blunt man who, as a bridge partner, calls a spade three spades, illustrating sharp wit about card game bluntness.
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London
Kansas City
Takes Many to Handle Liner
A large Atlantic liner has a crew about 880 members, with six hundred in the stewards department and, in the strict sense, not sailors.
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Atlantic
Uner
Stewards
Notable arrests and obituaries in Kansas farming and bootmaking
A Wichita Harvey County farmer was arrested on a complaint of damaging a road embankment that divided four counties and allowed flood waters to cover Sedgwick County land. In Coffeyville, John William Billy Brett, famed cobbler of Coffeyville boots beloved by cow punchers, has died at his home.
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Wichita
Harvey County
Sedgwick County
Coffeyville
John William
Billy” ‘Brett
Refuse substitutes demand Red Cross bluing ad
An old advertisement notes refuse substitutes and demand Red Cross bluing with a large bottle priced at 10c at all grocers. A humor snippet follows asking what they had for breakfast at the last place, a new cook replying they hadn’t got up when I left.
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Red Cross
Old Folks Say Dr Caldwell Was Right
The article promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild safe laxative based on his 1875 practice. It claims to treat constipation biliousness headaches mood indigestion and other indispositions with senna herbs and pepsin without narcotics. The piece appeals to the elderly and notes availability in drug stores or free trial by mail from Monticello Illinois.
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Caldwell
Medical College
Monticello
Illinois
Rogers Hornsby recalls tale at New York banquet
At a New York banquet, Rogers Hornsby recounted a baseball story about a Sunday school teacher and her pupil Willie who, amid a daydream, misspoke about who defeated the Philistines and claimed not to follow minor league teams.
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Rogers Hornsby
New York
Willie
Drowning of Roberta McPherson and Lowell in flood water
Roberta Audrey McPherson age 11 and her brother Lowell age 9 drowned while playing in flood waters in a yard. Both stepped into a deep hole and disappeared.
Clock returns slip shows broken time keeping
Customer returns a clock claiming it does not keep correct time. Clerk insists it is a good time-keeper, joking that the sundial reads four and the clock always strikes twelve or nine.
Bank Leader William MacFerran Dies at 68
Topeka. William MacFerran 68 president of the State Savings Bank died suddenly at home. Acute indigestion listed as the cause. MacFerran active in Kansas banking since 1888.
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Topeka
William MacFerran
State Savings Bank
MacFerran
Kansas
Didn't Work Boston Tran ScriptExchange Line
Man asks if the donor of a dog to a boy is willing to retrieve it after his mother’s demand. Dialogue centers on ownership and family permission. The snippet portrays a moral dilemma over keeping versus returning the pet.
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Boston Transcript
Red Cross Bluing Ad Promotes Large Bottle at 10c
A brief advertisement touts Red Cross bluing as a bargain, noting a large bottle for ten cents and claiming it is carried by all good grocers.
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Red Cross
Talkative children may be very bright
A note appears that talkative children show early brightness, a trait that often remains with them into adulthood. The observation links sociable discussion with sustained cognitive vigor, suggesting communication ease correlates with ongoing mental sharpness.
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