Wonders of America: Washington Capitol's History and Size
T. T. Maxey recounts the Capitol's grandeur. The building sits 97 feet above the Potomac, faces east near the White House, with wings added from Massachusetts marble. Corner stones were laid by Washington and Fillmore, wings burned in 1814 and restored, dome 287 feet high, statue of Freedom atop, total value about 25.4 million dollars.
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America
Washington
Potomac River
White House
Virginia
Massachusetts
Fillmore
Daniel Webster
Cat Feet Problem Teaches Counting Lesson
A girl struggles to count to four until a teacher uses a cat as a counting aid. The student returns with the answer that a cat has four feet, two in the front and two in the back, illustrating an improvised arithmetic approach.
Edith Demands To Be Suggester During Indianapolis Visit
In Indianapolis Edith a nine year old from Parke county interrupts her grandmother’s plans with a firm request to take charge for the day. The exchange reveals Edith’s bold wish to steer the outing and set the agenda rather than follow the elder’s suggestions.
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Edith
Parke County
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Willie
Plow in the Sky Glitters Over a Frosty Moonless Night
A moonless frost slick sky shows the Plow high above, a steady beacon amid the restless and steadfast. The scene, described with steely clarity, highlights the great constellation as a guiding light in a quiet, cold night.
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Orion
Kenneth Grahame
Pagan Papers
Mickie Says Qceunut Tasm Aimt No Worse
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions Mickie and a Tow TMJ star, with garbled text suggesting a sports or entertainment note. The readable bits imply an upbeat or boastful line about performance or injury status, but the full meaning is unclear.
Lenox hotel tale recalls Yale secretary and social whirls
The Lenox Stokes house, once a regional show place, becomes a hotel. An son Phelps Stokes Jr., then Yale secretary and undergrad, asked his mother to invite 96 classmates for a Christmas visit. She replied to limit guests to 35 with 40 at most present. A linked anecdote recalls Captain Archie Butt’s Chicago telegram: Make it simple, but.
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Stokes
Lenox
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale University
Archie” Butt
Mr. Taft
Butt
Early eclipse records and explanations by ancient scholars
The first recorded eclipse occurred March 19 721 B C at 8 40 p m according to Ptolemy Al was lunar and observed with accuracy at Babylon Anaxagoras was the first to explain the physical cause of eclipses about 450 B C
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B. C
Ptolemy
Babylon
Anaxagoras
Estes Rocky Mountain National Park A Paradise in Colorado
A nostalgic sketch recalls early hunters and Colorado’s Estes Park as a near paradise. The piece highlights Long’s Peak, glacier remnants, moraine ridges, pine forests, trout streams, alpine flowers, and the park’s proximity to Denver as a premier mountain retreat.
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Rocky Mountains
Asia
Africa
South America
Colorado
Estes Park
Uncle Sam
Estes
Denver
Long's Peak
Pyramids
Egypt
Ad Copy Chaos Sparks Office Satire in Paper
A chaotic note mocks a fair haired bon around the office who prints ad copy and jokes about a compositor arranging a quarter page ad into a five inch double column space. The row captures playful newsroom banter and a glimpse of busy ad layout woes.
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Solin
Sewing Machine Arrives as Prize in Philippine Tug of War
In Bontoc Igorrotes the first sewing machine was found after a local tug of war celebration. The crowd marveled at the device explained as a prize won by the victorious team. While a curiosity now, its practical use for Igorrotes remains distant, as tradition sustains their tribal sport.
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Philippines
The Boston Latin School Its Long Enduring History
The oldest educational institution in the United States dates to 1635 with a mission to teach classical languages for public welfare. It survived Loyalist disruption during the Revolution and re opened under British departure in 1776. The 1880 building then stood as the world’s largest free public school with 56 rooms for 85 students each.
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Boston Latin School
United States
Satan
Boston
America
Cotton bale production by year 1919 1918 and 1917
Preliminary census figures show cotton bales gained through September 1 1919 at 138 993 compared with 1 088 079 in 1918 and 614 787 in 1917. The data include 1 129 rotund bales in 1919 58 178 in 1918 and 23 716 in 1917. Sea inland cotton totals are 30 206 1918 and 2 838 1917. Figures for 1919 may be adjusted when gin returns are finalized.
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United States Bureau of the Census
Ball game quip in cave tale sparks puzzled cheers
In a Newton man’s outing with wife at a ball game the Red Sox won. He exclaimed excitedly about the pitcher “in a hole” while his wife reminded him he was on the mound, prompting a humorous exchange as described in the Roston Post.
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Newton
Red Sox
Fred
Roston Post
Proud Matriarch in Athens with Long Family Legacy
Mrs. John Biddle of Athens Ohio aged seventy six is mother to fourteen children. Thirteen were school teachers and seven of her eight sons are physicians. Since 1883 the Biddle name has appeared in the Ohio university student roll for all but two years.
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John Biddle
Athens
Biddle
Ohio University
That's just nature son
A Chicago Tribune quote about a boy asking endless questions and receiving the terse reply That s just nature mother The exchange highlights a child s curious nature and a parent s dash of humor in response
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Chicago Tribune
Saint Catherine of Siena and her lasting peacework
Catherine of Siena devoted her life to good deeds and divine love. The fourteenth century saint brokered peace among warring states and aided a return of the pope to Rome. Canonized, she is revered as Saint Catherine.
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Catherine of Sienna
Rome
Catherine
Hidden Pueblo Dwellings of Mesa Verde Revealed
In 1888 explorers found the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings in Montezuma County Colorado. The Mesa Verde National Park preserves about 50000 acres of canyons and high mesas with cliff dwellings, sun worship, and kivas. Cliff Palace housed over 200 rooms and Sun Temple spans 120 by 64 feet. The once cave-dwelling population formed pueblos atop mesas as their world evolved.
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Montezuma
Colorado
Mancos River
Uncle Sam
Mesa
Verda
Cliff Palace
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Harness and Shoe Shop
J.S. Taylor, M. D
Globe Pharmacy
Fairbury, Nebr
M. J. Powell
Fairbury
Nebraska
Jefferson Co
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Frank T. Pearce
Diller
Record Office
Beggs & Richardson
Diller, Nebr
O.C. Diehl
Nebr
DR. S. Bs
VIERS
Diller Veterinary Hospital
Waggoner Bros
D. Swift & CO. Patent Lawyers
Washington, D. C
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