Counting Out Rhymes and Their Origins in Indianapolis
Miss Eleanor Brooks Pearson an English instructor from Ford University visits Indianapolis to discuss counting-out rhymes. She explains origins mostly in England and Scotland with Hoosier adaptations and notes variations in Indiana and the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Eleanor Brooks Pearson
Ford University
California
New York
United States
England
Scotland
Photlisi
Nicholas
Jam
Quarby
Mary
Chery
Sank
Miss Pearson
New England
Plymouth
Great Britain
British Isles
Ireland
Indiana
Rick
Bick
Ban
Louisiana
Queer rhymes reflect immigrant blend in American playgrounds
The article notes how children across the United States repeat odd counting-out rhymes sourced from many nationalities. It cites examples like Ching Chong and Bollika Ku Klux Klan and mentions Bolton’s observation of a girl in Iowa who claimed to have composed a unique verse about oats and barley corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Ching Chong
Ching
Chong
Michigan
United States
Bolton
Iowa
Earthquakes Through History From Lisbon to Madeiras Ruin
A sweeping chronicle recounts major seismic disasters across centuries. It lists cities and dates including Lisbon 1755, Callao 1746, Port-au-Prince 1751, and Meantimes in Cairo, Lima, Ecuador and Armenia, noting massive death tolls and widespread destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Lima
Callao
Peru
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
St. Lucia
Cairo
Egypt
Quito
Ecuador
Kashan
Persia
Lisbon
Coimbra
Oporto
Braga
St. Alice
Spain
Malaga
Fez
Morocco
Madeira
Mitylene
Syria
Martinique
Santiago de Guatemala
Guatemala
Antigua
Calabria
Armenia
Erzercum
South America
Santa Fe
Panama
Cuzco
Krakatoa and Global Volcano Chronicle Across Ages
A sweeping historical survey details volcanic eruptions and earthquakes from 1,000 lives lost in Calabria to Krakatoa’s cataclysm. It notes global distribution of active volcanoes, sound and water waves, and long reaching climatic effects, with emphasis on Krakatoa’s 1883 spectacle and Hawaii’s famed vents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Ecuador
Peru
Caracas
Venezuela
Genoa
Rome
Palermo
Kutch
India
Santiago de Chile
Canton
China
Chile
Concepcion
Calabria
Italy
Port Royal
Jamaica
Mount Ararat
Armenia
Cape Haytien
Santo Domingo
Philippines
Manila
Great Sanger
Moluccas
Quito
Mendoza
Argentina
Arequipa
Iquique
Tacna
Chencha
San Jose de Cucuta
Cotopaxi
Cua
Solo
Asia Minor
Ischia
Krakatoa
Straits of Sunda
Spain
Japan
Kumamoto
Hondo
Thibet
Grand Llama
Hawaii
Globe
Europe
Vesuvius
Mediterranean
Stromboli
Vulcano
Lipari Islands
Etna
Sicily
Graham's Island
Sicilian
Santorius
Nisyros
Aegean Sea
Africa
Asia
Kamschatka
Australia
American
North America
Central America
South America
Sumatra
Java
Straits of
Sunda
East Indies
Batavia
Samarang
Rodriguez
Indian Ocean
United States
Kilauea
Mauna Loa
Paul Mason
Voice of Love in a June Church Communion
In a June night at a church, a reader recalls a singer whose voice moves worshippers. The preacher speaks on love as the singer declares devotion with songs like Nearer to Thee and I am wholly Thine. He remembers the moment when the preacher’s words of love become a marriage proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Allen Rice
The Pattern in Moses Mount Vision and Modern Life
A sermon compares Moses viewing God on the mount to believers seeking a personal pattern in Jesus Christ. It argues God’s plan pervades creation and human life, urging faithful, ornamented striving to pattern life after the divine ideal through sacrifice, love, and daily conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Moses
God
Jesus Christ
Nazareth
Tea Drinking in the Mines in Oklahoma
A New Orleans Times-Democrat traveler reports miners in Oklahoma Territory favor iced tea over water or coffee while working underground. He notes tea eased stomach sickness and boosted strength, and recalls a six year underground mule with keen hearing but blind from prolonged darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Oklahoma Territory
South McAllister
Absence of the Highland Costume in Scotland
A Pearson's Weekly writer notes the decline of the kilt during a two month stay in Scotland. He observes only one man wearing the national dress, cites cost of a good kilt at five pounds, and notes Scotsmen choosing cheaper southern attire due to wet weather and pockets.
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Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Maine
Crowninshield
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
J. G. Crowley
Jibboom
Pearson's Weekly
Scotland
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Eleanor Brooks Fearson
Stanford University
George JA. Gould
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania
G. J. Gould
Wabash
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York Central
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
William Taylor
Methodist Church
Cleveland
McCabe
Cranston
Hartzell
Thoburn
Erie
Superior
Armory
Bishop Taylor
Dr. Buckley
Buckley
Chillon Castle
Alps
Lake Geneva
Chillon
Montreux
Amadeus IV
Savoy
Byron
Bonivard
Hall of Justice
Duke of
Lord Byron
George Sand
Victor Hugo
Massachusetts
Andrew Robinson
Gloucester
Captain Robinson
Singer
Nehemiah Boynton
D. D
First Congregational Church
Detroit, Mich
Oklahoma
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