Legend of the Garter Falls Under Scholarly Scrutiny
The piece traces contradictory claims on the origin of the Order of the Garter legend. It cites Polydore Vergil Segar Anstis Holinshed and Froissart, noting varying attributions to the Countess of Salisbury or Kent and critiquing authorship and historic reliability. It argues the tale may have influenced Edward III’s naming of the order without proving its founding cause.
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Polydore Vergil
Henry VII
Henry VIII
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Countess of Salisbury
Countess of
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John Anstis
Henry VI
St. Raphael Holinshed
Harris Nicolas
Jean Froissart
Edward III
Nicholas
Froissart
G. C. Macaulay
Macmillans
Order of the Garter
Theosophical Four Ages Calendar Explains Great Yuga
A summary of the Theosophical calendar detailing the four yugas Sata yoga tresta yuga dwapara yuga and kali yuga with durations and the maha yuga kalpa and the day of Brahma. It notes Kali yuga began about 5 000 years ago with Krishna s death and predicts about 427 000 years remain before its end.
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Krishna
Directions to patients from Boerhaave
The eminent doctor Boerhaave urged humankind to trust Providence after death. His executor opened a diary that had blank pages except the final line advising patients to keep their feet warm and their head cool.
Very Like It. Johnny Confesses from Top Drawer
A writer recalls a four year old boy named Johnny asleep in a sleeping car top berth. In Youth quotes his mother calling him to wake him and the boy answering confidently that he knows where he is saying he is in the top drawer.
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Johhny
A Wise Man Hewitt How Married His Typewriter
Jewett replies that he married his typewriter after getting a good wife and replacing a poor stenographer. The line appears in a New York Press excerpt highlighting wit about marriage to machines.
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Hewitt
Jewett
New York Press
The Unsafe Man Says A Cautionary Note
A Louisville Herald quotation warns that someone who can better do another man's work than his own is not safe for any job. The remark reflects concerns about competence and job safety in labor.
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Louisville Herald
Automobiles to Fall in Price Says Scarritt
Winthrop E B Scarritt, renowned U S auto authority, predicts a future in which a good runabout costs 300 dollars and a touring car 600 dollars. He believes affordable cars will enable men in moderate circumstances to own one within a few years.
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Winthrop EB. Scarritt
United States
Hooker, Tennis Star Emerges in Washington Circuit
Richard Hooker, former Yale player, joined Washington D C tennis ranks after reaching the finals in a middle Atlantic tournament at the Bachelors' Club courts. His high order ability and style align with top exonents of the era.
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Hooker
Washington
D. C
Richard Hooker
Yale
Wime
Probate Notice for John Brown Estate in Nebraska
Creditors of the estate of John Brown Senior are to meet the administrator in Jefferson County Nebraska at the county court on February 4 1907 at 1 p m to present claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Six months from July 1906 to file claims. those not filed by February 4 1907 are forever barred. Notice published in the Diller Record for four weeks before February 4 1907. C C Borns County Judge.
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John Brown
Jefferson Couny
Nebraska
C. C. Borns
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