Ethan Allen and the Ticonderoga Legend Reexamined
The Pell biography confirms Ethan Allen spoke to Lieutenant Feltham at Ticonderoga and, with Benedict Arnold, seized the fort after a daring climb. The article notes Allen’s complex character, recounts his frontier career, rivalries with New York and Vermont, and his later controversial ties as he sought Vermont’s fate amid Revolutionary War tensions.
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Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
Ticonderoga
Delaplace
Continental Congress
God's Mighty
Continental “Congress
Ethan
John Pell
Houghton Mifflin Company
Feltham
Pell
Allen
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
His Majesty's Fort
George the Third
Cambridge Committee of Correspondence
Connecticut
Congress
America
Litchfield
Conn
Mary Magdalene
Angels of Light
General Allen
Vermont
Hell
Rob Roy
Robin Hood
New England
Strom Boy
New Hampshire
New York
New Hampshire Grants
Province of
Colden
Commonwealth
Canada
United Colonies
Lake Champlain
United States
National Capitol
Washington
Five year old prodigy knows his Bible in Cincinnati
A five year old, Jacques D. Rietze, has studied the Bible since age four and can identify Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Moses Noah and Abraham. He can deliver sermons quote scripture and define metaphysics and ecclesiastic though his speech is hard to understand. He tells his mother Christ will cure him when ill.
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Cincinnati
Jacques D. Rietze
Appy
Rietze
Jacques
The
Jordan
Nebuchadnezzar
Belshazzar
Moses
Noah
Abraham
An Old Goat Pasture Now Colony of Wealth
In Forest Hill, a Toronto suburb, wealth and power concentrate beyond other similarly sized areas. Six years ago much of the area was pastureland for cows, with small boys guiding cattle between fields. A farmer marked the hill with a sign reading Forest Hill, giving the village its name when incorporated in December 1923.
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Toronto
Forest Hill
Canada
Alimony Rule Reverses When Wife Earns More
Butte Montana report says District Judge Frank L. Riley ruled an ex-wife does not receive alimony if her earnings exceed her ex-husband’s and there are no children in custody. The decision followed the husband's protest that Violet earned more than Martin.
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Butte
Mont
Frank L. Riley
Martin
Violet
Night Golfing on Tiny Links Becomes Popular Hobby
Syracuse reports night golf as a growing country hobby aided by floodlit miniature courses. Lighting expert A H Clarke notes installations of 18 floodlights per course in California Florida and North Carolina with diffusing lenses to curb glare. Tiny links began at resort areas and expanded to other states as demand rose.
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Syracuse
N. Y
A. H. Clarke
California
Florida
North Carolina
Seattle Cat Reaches Grand Old Age of 21
Seattle, Wash.- Teddy, T. M. Mc Cranney's tomcat, has attained the age of twenty one years. He is still spry despite his great feline age, and, although partly blind, still is able to catch a mouse now and then.
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Seattle
Wash
Teddy
T. M. McCranney
Auto Speeding Firsts Challenge Old Record Claim
A statistician argues Thomas W. Shevlin of Minneapolis was the first motorist fined for speeding in 1902, when his auto was driven over ten miles an hour and he paid ten dollars. This challenges Auto Jim Quinn’s 1905 legend of being the first arrested for speeding in America.
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Auto Jim Quinn
America
Thomas W. Shevlin
Minneapolis
Phillips Milk of Magnesia anti acid relief ad
The article promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a reliable neutralizer of excess stomach acid. It claims instant relief, gas dispulsion, and a sweetened whole system, noting it is suitable for children and available at any drug store.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Place D’armes
West Barracks
New Jersey
Long Loran
Oceka
Hemorsg
Continental Hall
Ashington
Quaker Hill
Rhodesland
York
Marlboro
New Haven
Northampton
Nantisket
Peil
Houghton Miffin Company
Windsor
Onderoga
Pittsburgh
W. A. Hamer
Mellon Institute
Hanford
Philips of Reale
Oaith Too
Lydia E. Pinkham
Florence Johnson
R. R
Chetopa
Kansas
Lydia E. .Pinkham
Lean
Pinkham Med. Co
N. U
Houston
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