That Kind of Person
Agnes Lynn, a capable rural schoolteacher, leaves a two village valley to work as executive secretary in Chicago. She finds city life intense but empty, realizes she is not suited to a high powered remarriage plan, and returns to teaching in the valley to rekindle purpose and happiness.
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Agnes Lyn1a
Agnes Lynn
Pennsylvania
Roger Nash
Eaver
Agnes
Chicago
Bess Women's Club
Lilianthal
Lakeshore
Lillanthal
Martha
Lillianthal
Lillantha
Suouees
Earthquakes Waves and the Napier Destruction
The article explains why earthquakes occur with focus on waves in the earth, epicenters and surface movements. It notes historical belts where shocks concentrate, describes three types of movement, and discusses breakage, blows, and slips as triggers of seismic events.
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Napier
New Zealand
Compte. de Ballere
Mediterranean
United States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
New York
West Indies
Mississippi River
Kingston
Jamaica
Narrowest street in the United States in St. Augustine
Treasury Street in St. Augustine Florida is described as the narrowest street in the United States at 6 feet 1 inch wide. It appears on a 1737 map as Treasury Street named for the nearby old treasury building. Carriages once passed through until a stone block was placed at Bay Street to stop them. the old treasure building still stands.
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United States
Treasury Street
St. Augustine
Fla
Treasury
St. George Street
Bay Street
Forts and Fortifications: Distinguishing Terms
The article explains that in the United States permanently garrisoned places are called forts whether fortified or not. Fort typically refers to a work fully enclosed by defensible parapets, while fortress denotes a fortified city or any strongly fortified ground able to resist an attack.
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United States
Old Man Eloquent nickname linked to John Quincy Adams
Pathfinder Magazine notes that John Quincy Adams earned the nickname Old Man Eloquent during his later House years. The piece also mentions Milton applying the phrase to Isocrates and recounts Isocrates dying of mental shock after Chaeronea defeat by Philip of Macedon.
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John Quincy Adams
Ife
House of Representatives
Milton
Isocrates
Philip of Macedon
Chaeronea
Pathfinder Magazine
George Rogers Clark Buried at Cave Hill Cemetery
The text notes George Rogers Clark is buried in Cave Hill cemetery in Louisville Kentucky. It recalls his founding of Louisville in 1779 after the Northwest expedition and his later years spent in Louisville and Clarksville across the Ohio River.
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George Rogers Clark
Cave Hill
Loilaville
General Clark
Louisville
Clarksville
Ind
Ohio River
Shipwrecked Englishman builds fortune in South Africa
Mr. Clark of Boshof Orange Free State fled the sea after a shipwreck in his teens during emigration from England to South Africa. He settled at Boshof where he built a large general dealers business and left a substantial fortune at his death.
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England
South Africa
Clark
Boshof
Orange Free State
Loving Wife Chooses Hats to Please Husband
In a millinery shop a wife compliments a hat she adores and, noting her husband’s preference for another, declares she will buy both hats to please him. The dialogue captures a playful marital scene centered on fashion and compromise.
First Used by Holmes The mutual admiration society phrase
The expression mutual admiration society likely originated with Oliver Wendell Holmes and appears in his work The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. This attribution places the phrase in 19th century American literary humor. Holmes used the term to lampoon sycophantic circles around social or literary elites.
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Holmes
Mutual Admiration Society
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Autocrat
One Point of View He Finds Peace in His Home
A proverb quoted from a historical column emphasizes happiness comes from inner contentment at home, regardless of rank or status. The author extols simple domestic solace as the true source of joy.
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Fannie Hurst
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNN
National Geographic
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WNU Service
Japan
Hero
Fead
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