Jamestown Exposition Aims for Permanence And Legacy
The Jamestown Exposition on Hampton Roads marks a permanent site for celebrating America’s first English settlement. Promoters bought land, formed an exposition company, and began improvements, with the grounds several miles below the original Jamestown site.
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Hampton Roads
James River
Old
Jamestown
Surfolk
Harry St. George Tucker
Fitzhtugh Lea
House of Representatives
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
George Washington University
Washington
Roosevelt as Tenderfoot Cowboy in Western Legend
A New York businessman labeled Roosevelt appears in a frontier tale where cowboys in the eighties test his nerve. On a trail ride they feign threat, firing shots as he rides calmly, later seen roping calves in a roundup. A bystander explains this is Roosevelt fresh from college, proving the starch of the young leader. The piece adds a note on rent and entry rules for a Circle Magazine anecdote.
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Ae & Cowboy
Rery York
Roosevelt
New York
Mis and Marlborough: A Curious Portrait of Traits
The passage surveys General William Shafter's California era bias against Chinese. It reflects on the Great Duke of Marlborough as described by Herbert Pant, noting contradictions in character. It portrays Marlborough as courageous and charming yet treacherous and calculating, capable of humane restraint and ruthless efficiency.
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William BR. Shafter
California
San
Marlborough
Mis
Herbert Pant
England
Duke of Marlborough
Ancient Armies Show Vast Early Military Might
The text cites myths and ancient rulers noting enormous forces. It claims Italy’s Hankering era Italy around Hannibal saw nearly 1,000,000 soldiers. Terah of Ethiopia allegedly commanded 1,000,000 with 3 chariots. Tanathes supposedly plundered 400 towns and killed 800,000. Sesostris reportedly led 600,000 with 24,000 cavalry and 27 scythe chariots. Thebes allegedly could deploy 1,000,000 across gates and 2,000 chariots. Hamilcar of Carthage allegedly sailed with 2,000 ships and 8,000 small vessels and 300,000 land forces. 150,000 slain at his defeat.
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Hannibal
Terah
Ethiopia
Tanathes
Italy
Spain
Sesostris
Egypt
Thebes
Hamilcar
Carthage
Palermo
Living in Paris The Way One Rents an Apartment
A guide on renting in Paris notes that a sunny day viewing is advised before signing papers and that leases run quarterly. Rent is paid in advance on January 15, April 15, June 15, and October 15 with occupancy beginning on those dates, and three months’ notice is required before each period. It warns of extra liability if notice or stamped paper rules are ignored, and mentions an American witness.
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Jetter
Circle Magazine
Reeful
Venus of Milo in the Louvre Paris
The Venus of Milo, thought by some to be Alexandros’s work, was found in 1820 on Milo island by a peasant. The statue, now in the Louvre, has repaired nose and foot, was gifted to Louis XVIII, and is fashioned from two marble blocks.
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Venus of Milo
Louvre
Paris
Alexandros
France
Milo
Rivere
Louis XVIII
New York Tribune
Brahms marriage doubts and a birthday money loop
A fragmentary quotation discusses Brahms delaying marriage due to fear of loss of creative focus. It recalls a friend’s remark on lasting solo life and imagined doubts about a wife’s support, then shifts to a joke about gift giving in marriage.
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Brahms
Like Calling For a Drink
A drinker cured by eating when craving alcohol nearly got jailed as a lunatic after peeking into a hotel room. He panicked, then rushed to the lobby shouting that a man in 150 had shot himself and requested ham and cheese sandwich.
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Cgs
Sandvich
Wrong Frame of Mind
Dialogue excerpt shows Caroline deferring church joining while busy with house cleaning. Aunt Rachel presses as Chicago Tribune style line captures a social exchange reflecting domestic duties and religious expectations.
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Caroline
Rachel
Chicago Tribunes
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World List
The article lists seven wonders including the pyramids of Egypt the mausoleum at Halicarnassus the temple of Artemis at Ephesus the hanging gardens of Babylon the Colossus of Rhodes the statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Pharos lighthouse at Pharos Island New York American notes the Colossus was toppled by an earthquake in 224 B C and later sold for brass.
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Egypt
Mausolus
Caria
Artemisia
Diana
Ephesus
Babylon
Rhodes
Jupiter
Olympus
Pharos
New York American
Origin of Etiquette and its ceremonial sense
Fragmentary discussion on the word etiquette from French origins as a label and ticket. A reference to Nuttall’s Dictionary and a Scottish gardener in Versailles creating conflict, with courtiers reacting by placing ticket labels to deter trespassers.
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Nuttall
Loos XIV
Vermailles
Eugosties
Virions
Etiquette Story and Old English Game Truckling the Trencher
The text explains etiquette origins from courtly behavior and describes an old English game called Truckling the Trencher. In this game children sit or kneel as a center player spins a wooden plate while calling a name. the named child must grab the plate before it stops to take the center, or forfeit and be counted out.
The Raining Tree and Odd Creatures Curiosities
The piece describes a Canary Island mist tree providing fresh water to families. a many faced crab from Japan with a humanlike face and head protrusions. and a trick to lift an apple with a spoon as it rolls then stops.
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Japan
Farewell Tours and the English Word Home
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt discusses the idea of farewell tours in the arts and the emotional weight of the word home. It contrasts translations of home in French Italian Spanish German and Russian, noting none capture England's memories and associations tied to the term. The piece cites Cardinal Newman and explores linguistic nuances of home as a living concept.
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America
Philadelphia Ledger
Hameln Gur Lanatade
London Telegraph
Cardinal Newman
Casa
Hans
Heim Ld
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