Georgia Day and early Georgia colony tale in Savannah
The article recounts Jam es Oglethorpe leading settlers to Yamacraw Bluff in 1733, the founding of Savannah, and early acts like banning rum. It notes Jewish settlers and the arrival of Saxons and Bavarians, amid notes on Mary Musgrave’s Creek consent and early governance. A second plot thread follows a shoplifter case at Modern Idea department store with a detective narrator forming a troubled affection for Alice Leslie.
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Georgia
Yamacraw Bluffs
Savannah
James Oglethorpe
England
John Thomas
General Oglethorpe
Thomas Soromworth
Mary Musgrave
Carolina
Mary
Oglethorpe
Idea
Oua
Alice Leslie
Mr. Arlington
Meekness and Beauty in Woolman Reflections
In a passage from the Journal of John Woolman, the author notes real beauty in faces of true meekness and divine harmony in the voice. He contrasts this with the world’s beauty of a woman, and values faces judged homely by the crowd for their memories and associations.
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John Woolman
Whittler
Merely Changed Music and Marines of the Macedonian
An old maritime tale notes that when the frigate United States captured the British frigate Macedonian it also seized a band of eight musicians from France Germany and Italy. The group had previously joined a French frigate, then defected to Lisbon under a Portuguese recruiter before serving on the Macedonian. Their cheerful tunes continued to lift American sailors after capture.
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United States
Lisbon
Dialect Variation Emerges From Speech Habit Patterns
Dialects arise from idiosyncratic speech habits first adopted by individuals and later spread through unconscious imitation. They are not planned or linked to a single cause, but reflect persistent linguistic tendencies in daily talk.
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Steve Jones
Westover Bridge
M. I. Strain and
W. H. Piper
Mellette County State Bank, Robt
R. Jones
Lerk
Jerauld County
South Dakota
White River
Happy Hollow Church
Mellette County
I. H C
Farthen
Ais
Em Ac
J. A. Houseman
Piper -Bros
M. K. Strain
Auctioneers
Harris
Hedricks
W. H. Hedrick
Wit Gate
Kenneth Mellott
NS Ranch
Ranch
Shay Mies di
JF Ranch
Kleptomaniac
Western Newspaper Union
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