A Caribbean Escape From a Coffin and Death
A narrator recalls a brother who volunteers in Venezuela during a local revolt. After a reckless daylight assault fails, the officer is imprisoned and sentenced to be shot. He hides in a coffin to escape, crewing a desperate escape as a priest conducts a night funeral. He escapes with help of miners and vanishes abroad.
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Venezuela
America
Walla
Nid
Thia
Escario
Discovery of Coffee Legend From Abyssinia and Arabia
An ancient tale recounts a poor Arab traveler in Abyssinia gathering berries from a tree, discovering aroma and purifying water. He reaches Aden and shares the find, and a Mufti names the plant Cuhauh meaning force after an infusion restores vigor.
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Abyssinia
Aden
Arabia
Cuhauh
Famous Men Who Wore Long Beards in History
A Washington Post history review traces beard and facial hair trends among U S presidents and rivals from Washington to Calhoun. It notes who wore smooth faces, side whiskers, mustaches or beards across administrations and vice presidents, detailing key figures and paired candidates.
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Major McKinley
Mr. Bryan
Hamilton
Jefferson
House
Potomac River
Washington
John Adams
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Jackson
Adams
Clay
Frelinghuysen
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
White House
R. M. Johnson
Tecumseh
Senate
Polk
Dallas
James C. Kinney
General Taylor
Fillmore Taylor
Lewis Cass
W. ©. Butler
Kentucky
Cass
Charles Francis Adams
Franklin Pierce
General Scott
John C. Fremont
New
Republican Party
James Buchanan
John C. Breckinridge
William L. Dayton
Fremont
Fillmore
Donelson
Know Nothing
Lincoln
Hamlin
Breckinridge
Lane
Douglass
Johnson
Bell
Andrew Johnson
General McClellan
George H. Pendleton
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Schuyler Colfax
Henry Wilson
William W. Wheeler
Chester A. Arthur
Horatio Seymour
Frank P. Blair
Horace Greeley
Samuel J. Tillen
Thomas A. Hendricks
Grover Cleveland
Allan G. Thurman
James G. Blaine
John A. Logan
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
Whitelaw Reid
Stevenson
William Wirt
Willie P. Mangum
North Carolina
South Carolina
Francia Granger
New York
Charles O Connor
Greeley
Peter Cooper
William H. Crawford
Georgia
Daniel Webster
Masseachusetts
Agron Burr
George Clinton
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Charles Cotesworth Puckney
Rufus King
Toether
Daniel D. Thompkins
John C. Calhoun
Teeth and dentistry through history and myth
A New York Times article surveys how mental work harms teeth and traces the pricey business of artificial teeth. It notes occupations and phosphorus exposure from matches, pressed paper dentures in Germany, and extreme costs up to 1600 dollars. It explores sacred tooth relics in Siam and India, ancient dentistry in Greece and Peyot, and ancient gold used in mummies.
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New York Times
New York
Germany
Siam
Portugal
Malabar
Tonga Islands
India
Duddha
Buddha
Peyot
Greece
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