Look Up Your Family Tree Royal Kin May Heir To Crown
Pearson's Weekly suggests many people may be related to royalty through distant lines. It cites the Howards, Godwins, Plantagenets, and others, noting legends of Sir William Harcourt, King Harold, Richard III, Theodore de Neuhoff, and Constantine Palaedorus with widespread distant kinship claims among common folk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Harcourt
Harold
England
Earl Godwin
Hastings
William the Conqueror
Godwin
Goodwin
Richard III
Duke of
Gloucester
Bosworth
Henry VII
Somersetshire
Richard
Clarkes
Samuel Johnson
Fleet Street
Europe
Theodore Stephen de Neuhoff
Corsica
Republic of Genoa
Theodore I
London
Clarke
Theodore
Miss Paley
Ireland
Derry
Munster
Connaught
Pearson’s Weekly
Heartburn and Digestive Cure Promoted by Syrup Pepsin
An advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative and stomach remedy. It claims indigestion and heartburn stem from the stomach, not the heart, and cites Mrs. Knight of Bellview Tennessee as a patient helped after a few doses. The product is offered in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with about 150 doses per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gald+ wells
Washington, D. G
Caldwell Bidg
Monticello
Iif
Not to Be Taken Joke About Temperature
A Peruvian Jew at Johannesburg fell seriously ill and needed a nurse. Upon arrival the nurse declared she would take his temperature, but he quipped that she could not as everything is in his wife’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Sporting Times
How It Was Jinks and Willie Prove Quick on the Draw
In a playful exchange from Puck, Jinks moves again just as Willie wins a contest by beating the janitor’s boy. The lighthearted banter captures small town timing and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinks
Binks
Willie
Puck
Tanning of Leathes Through the Ages
The article traces tanning as perhaps the oldest art, arguing early humans used skins for protection and clothing. It notes Herodotus on Africans in skins, Phoenician ship coverings, Babylonian leather workers, and Russia leather since antiquity, with staining techniques referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herodotus
David
Judea
Russia
Morocco Leather: Old Tannery Traditions and Harsh Dyes
The account recalls Tangier tannery practices from antiquity to modern times and describes Morocco leather made from goat skins dyed red and yellow. It notes a barefoot tannery worker exposed to acids, likening it to cyanide gold ore processes, and mentions historic bindings in Rome and Madrid libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astrakhan
Volga
Tartary
Armenia
Tangier
Morocco
Guanajuato
Mexico
France
Vatican
Rome
Royal Library
Madrid
Mogadore
Aleppo
Brooklyn Eagle
Wendell Phillips and Blaine at the Senate Exchange
Wendell Phillips met James G. Blaine on the Senate floor where Blaine had condemned Massachusetts Federalists during the war of 1812. Dawes and Hoar offered brief replies but failed to counter Blaine’s pointed defense of his stance. Phillips joked about having witnessed Blaine’s speech, and Blaine replied he would have skipped it if Phillips had been present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Phillips
Blaine
Wendell Philips
Washington
United States Senate
James G. Blaine
Mr. Phillips
Congress
Governor King
Maine
Capitol
Massachusetts
Great Britain
John Phillips
Dawes
Hoar
Mr. Blaine
Maria and Billy Seek Wood as Ghost House Fence Sells
Maria asks for wood for the family fire as Billy explains the ghost house fence is being torn apart to supply rails for a railway line. John Gregory refuses payment while offering help later, noting woodland thinning and Maria’s pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Maria
Mel
Ghost House
John Gregory
John
Maria Rufford
Old Rufford Chairs Bring Gold Before Love
Maria and John salvage a cache of Grandmother Rufford’s chairs and a wardrobe by selling them to collectors in London. The profits cover rent and groceries, and John proposes marriage, seeking to live with Maria while respecting her father. The tale ends with a warm, hopeful kiss as potatoes burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Maria Rufford
John
Dawton
London
Billy
John Gregory
Grandmother Rufford
Grandfather Rufford
Marla
Jack O
London News
Untouched Morocco and its distant neighbors
The atlas shows Morocco in Africa near Europe with nine miles of sea between it and Spain. The piece notes Morocco is large and largely left alone by explorers as locals detest Christians, fearing land loss, while describing its constant summer and harvestable land even though progress is met with hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Africa
Europe
Spain
St. Nicholas
Eye of a Fly Article Reveals Incredible Fly Anatomy
The Chicago News notes the eye structure of the house fly with about 4000 lenses per eye, totaling 8000 facets per pair, indistinguishable to the naked eye. It details the tongue that folds under the head, extending to lap up food with two leaflike tips covered in hairs that cause a tingling sensation when touching skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Notice to Non-Residents in Hamilton County Court
Complaint No 14790 in the Hamilton Circuit Court states nonresidents Benjamin Gould and listed relatives and heirs of Gould and Wood Gould must appear and answer the complaint by the first day of the next term to Noblesville court. The notice is dated May 9 1995 and signed by Clerk Leroy J Patty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
Hamilton
Hamilton County. S
Igon Spencer Ogle
Benjamin Gould
Charlies W. Griffin
Sylvia Ann Gould
Sylvia Ann Wood Gould
William Gould
Thomas Gould
Dorcas Ann Woodruff
Charles Benjamin Gould
Dorcas Ant Woodruff
Court House
Noblesville
Leroy J. Patty
Sheriff's Sale in Hamilton County Indiana Court Decree
By virtue of a certified copy of a Decree from Hamilton Circuit Court Joseph I. Vickery plaintiff and William Howard Smith et al defendants the sheriff will sell at public sale on Saturday June 6 1908 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Court House door Hamilton County Indiana the rents and profits for seven years of Lot three in block three John H Cox addition Sheridan to satisfy the decree interests and costs If insufficient sale proceeds the fee simple of the real estate may be exposed to discharge the decree. May 14 1998. FRANK RANDALL Sheriff Hamilton County Pearson Pearson Attys for Plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Circuit Court
Joseph I
Vickery
William Howard Smith
Court House
Hamilton County
Indiana
John H. Cox
Sheridan
A. D
Frank Randall
Pearson & Pearson, Attys
Sheridan Town to modernize 5th street with brick paving
Notice records the Sheridan Indiana Town Board resolution to grade and pave 5th street from Main to White Avenue using paving brick on new and existing foundations and to hold a public hearing at 7 30 p m on May 15 1908 in the Council Chamber. Also included is a Hamilton County court notice in Noblesville listing notices of sale of real estate in the estate of Henry J Thistlethwaite with hearing set for May 18 1908 and May 25 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Sheridan
Hamilton County
State of
Indiana
5Th Street
Main Street
White Avenue
Council Chamber
Indiana Notice of Sale In Hamilton Court 1908
The State of Indiana Hamilton Circuit Court case Charles Thistlethwaite administrator seeks sale of real estate. Defendants Hanna M McClain James McClain John A Thistlethwaite Harriet Thistlethwaite named, must answer by June 29 1908 at Noblesville Court House. Clerk Leroy J Patty signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
Hamilton
Hamilton Co
Charles Thistlethwaite
Henry J. Thistlethwaite
Minnie Thistlethwaite
Maurice Thistlethwaite
Hannah M. McClain
James McClain
John A. Thistlethwaite
Harriet Thistlethwaite
Myrtle Lane
Luther I. Lane
Irvin C. Thistlethwaite
Thomas C. Day
Circuit Court
Hamilton County
Noblesville
Henry J. ‘Thistlethwaite
Minnie Estate
Norgr& Thistlethwaite
Pearson & Pearson
Hanna M. McClain
Hamilton Circuit Court
Court House
Leroy J. Patty
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Old Statesman
Eglantine
Sailor’s Pride
W. N. Tinsley
Natural Leaf
Old
the American Tobacco CO
St. Louis, Mo
Godwins
Duke of Norfolk
Howard
C. E. Elliott
J. W. Lindley
Sheridan Markets
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