Smock Marriage in Colonial New England Customs
Bangor lawyer studies Wiscasset records and reveals eighteenth century smock marriages where brides wore only sheets. Examples include Bradford 1773, Meduncook 1772, and other expedients used to bypass debts while maintaining propriety in marriage ceremonies.
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Bangor
Wiscasset
Lincoln
England
Ian Enghind
Paris Naturalibus
Birmingham
Cbtsex County
Bradford
Smock Marriage Document from 1772 Maine Noted in History
The 1772 document records William Elwell and Hannah Thomas declaring a marriage without a clergy or magistrate, read aloud in presence of witnesses, with details of their family and birth dates. The piece also touches on early American debts for wives and a Maine note on smock marriages. It includes remarks from London genealogical officials about the surge in American interest in pedigrees and deposition books.
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Friendship
Knox County
Meduncook
Sandy Harbor
Maine
W. Elwell
Hannah Thomas
Wadsworth
Medincook
Wm. Elwell
William Elwell
Elwell
Wm. Frost
Hannah
Elias
London
Fothergill
The
Society of Genealogists
Court of Chancery
Exotic pets spread as London families adopt primates and foxes
A London report notes dogs losing ground to monkeys mongooses foxes and parrots as family pets and street companions. Women are seen with marmosets parrots foxes and a chimpanzee that rides in a winter car. A lawn party guest carries a sunshade with an animal inside suggesting novelty at social events.
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London
England
Shearaltye
Willing to Take a Chance San Quentin Fisherman Fights Net Law
Carlo Ballesteri on a San Quentin beach quips with a deputy fish warden about a 30 day jail for net fishing. The warden confiscates the net and the man reveals he is serving a life sentence, fishing there under special permission.
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San Quentin
Cal
Carlo Ballesteri
Carlo
San Quentin Prison
Aged Woman Tends Half Acre Garden Solo
Mrs William Russell an eighty seven year old resident of Nutchell Ohio tends a half acre garden in the west end. She works from four o clock each morning, cultivating vegetables and flowers including potatoes corn beets carrots and beans.
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Nutchell
William Russell
Russell
Pennsylvania Depts Find 290-Year Coal Reserve
Pennsylvania announces the state’s recoverable bituminous coal totals 43.88 billion short tons, enough to meet demand for 290 years at current consumption. The survey revises earlier estimates downward from about 75.26 billion tons, noting 5.52 billion tons mined and remaining unrecoverable portions.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Internal Affairs
Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey
John and Eleanor Dream Ends in Country Cottage Return
A couple, John and Eleanor, find their ideal rural life in a quiet cottage with a garden. After a summer of chores and distant strains, they drift from city routines to domestic happiness. A late twist brings them back to their first apartment, realizing true life lies where they began.
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Jon
Eleanor
John
Barden
Joan
Giles
Clack
Hendrick
Fragmentary Note on Twins and Peter’s School Day
A partial passage mentions twins arriving and a father telling Peter that she need not attend school that day. The text is fragmented with odd punctuation and unclear context about who is speaking and the exact event.
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Peter
Pala
These Days Are All Alike On Nauru Island
The passage notes Nauru’s constant daylight cycle with 6 a.m. sunrises and 6 p.m. sunsets year round, no daylight saving, and a rainy season brought by westerlies. It recalls a drought followed by 150 inches of rainfall in a year, including a single night with 10 inches. A quoted dialogue asks if a ford is possible, with a response about using a horse and a car’s swimming ability.
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Pacific
Nauru
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promotes Fabric Safe Whitening
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as safe for fabrics and effective in whitening clothes. It claims the product makes whites snow bright without harming fabric and urges purchase from all good grocers.
No Doubt and Bargain Offer in Boston Transcript
A brief dialogue references a wife and husband trading vows to curb gadding and gad signals. The piece presents a humorous domestic exchange with a bargain to stop certain phrases. The tone mirrors a mid 19th century newspaper voice.
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John
Boston Transcript
No Extremity Lifespan Questioned by Hungry Speaker
A brief Life magazine fragment features a dialogue about desire and hunger. A child asks if one will work hard for a meal, while the mother questions the urgency, illustrating themes of need and resilience in sparse wording.
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Tyu
The Cuticura Toilet Trio Advertisement
The Soap cleanses and purifies the skin the Ointment soothes and heals the skin and the Talcum powders and perfumes the skin. A complete toilet set for daily use recommended for clear skin and fragrance.
Arbitration Advances in Finland Courts of Commerce Rise in Cases
A Helsinki arbitration court established by the Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce opened with one case in 1911 and grew to thirty cases by 1921. About three quarters involve trade disputes while the rest concern questions of trade customs.
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Finland
Helsingfors
Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce
Love that springs from heaven sweeps men back there
A devotional saying frames a spiritual call to return to divine guidance, portraying heavenly love as a force drawing people toward righteousness and restored purpose.
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
Lakehurst
N. J
Nan
Trousseau
James Bailey
Mary Bacon
Lydia
Eliazer Burbank
Mary
Thomas Stickney
Margaret
Caleb Burbank
Ae Balch
Pedigree Hunt
Britain
Snake
Sunsaade
John and
By Ella Saunders
Western Newspaper Union
Asts
Wrigley
Cross
Cirela
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