In Camera Defined and Related Historical Quizzes
Answers cover court secrecy, timing of Lincoln’s assassination versus Lee’s surrender, gas composition, Faneuil Hall location, the Nibelungenlied, Society Islands, Napoleon III’s relation to Napoleon I, and William Harvey’s identity as an English physician who described blood circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Lee
Faneuil Hall
Society Islands
Napoleon III
Napoleon I
William Harvey
Boston
South Pacific
Substantial Estate and Wedding Talk Sparks Dialogue
In a witty exchange from the Montreal Star a woman jokes about selling and marrying a lodger while asserting the lodger’s debt will keep them comfy for years. A police genera discussion references seeking a vacant curbside spot, noted in the Atlanta Constitution.
Soldier recalls two years in the army and voluntary discharge
A quoted veteran asserts he served two years and left the service of his own accord rather than being discharged. The exchange frames his military experience with informal, self-directed wording.
Glorious Betsy Patterson and the Bonaparte romance
The article recalls Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore known as Glorious Betsy and her 1803 marriage to Jerome Bonaparte. It traces Napoleon's opposition, Betsy's abortive path to power, Jerome's brief kingship, Betsy’s later hopes for heirs, and her grandson Charles Joseph Bonaparte, noting Betsy’s century of influence and the Napoleonic era’s shadow on Baltimore society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wallis
Wally”) Simpson
Baltimore
Edward VIII
England
Wally” Simpson
Betsy” Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson
William Patterson
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Maryland
Betsy’’ Patterson
Baltim
Jerome Bonaparte
Napoleon
Joshua Barney
United States Navy
Jerome
France
West Indies
General Rewdell
Harriet Pascault
Madame Rewbell Jerome
Betsy
Martinique
Commodore Barney
Mademoiselle Patterson
New York
Philadelphia
Betsy Patterson
Samuel Chase
Cone
Alexander Dallas
the Treasury
United States
John Carroll
Georgetown College
Washington
Boston
Lisbon
Spain
Napoleon Ca
Jerome Pre
Amsterdam
Paris
Dover
William Pitt
Camberwell
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
Westphalia
Fredrica Catherine
Wurtemburg
Germany
Elba
Waterloo
St. Helena
Betsy Jayson
Europe
Williams
Betsy Patterson Bonaparte
West Point
United States Army
Napoleon III
Americolt Edgar
Patterson
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Strange Animal Haunts Lone Boy in Suburban Night
Arland tables together planks and pillows a blanket on ground floor beams in a warm tropical night. He lies with a rifle as an unseen creature stalks him while his dog whines in terror and frothing breath and crunching jaws menace his uneasy sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arland L. Gray
Trenton
N. J
Arland
Catskill
N. Y
Orlando
Fla
Florida
WNOU
Bulldog Sour-Mug Changed From Harsh Times
In England the bulldog named Sour-Mug changed from old habits as bull baiting declined. Early 17th century sport showed brutal endurance tests where dogs clung to prey and fought until the bull fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bell Syndicate
WNN
Atlanta Constitution
Lloyd
M. M
Dr. Pieret
Buffalo
Elmo Scott Watson
Belle
That City
Yuraferce
Charlies Joseph Bonaparte
Floyd Gibbons
Anariole
M. S. Ferguson
Country Gentleman
Ohe
Jong
Phillips
Hamlins
Pinkham
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