How the Name Return Entered the Meigs Family
Washington to me told tale explains how the Meigs name gained its Return Jonathan line. A Meigs ancestor sought a wife, spoke to a nearby young woman, and declared he would find many other girls. The girl cried Return, Jonathan, and the couple named their son Return Jonathan, continuing the family name.
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Clerk of the Supreme
Tumbia
Torres
Washington
Meigs
Jonathan
Washington Post
Jacob Joseph The Hebrew Capitalist Of Wellington
The Sydney Bulletin notes Jacob Joseph a renowned Wellington figure known for his stylish turnout and blue glasses. He has been stone blind since boyhood after an incident where a servant girl frightened by a sheet over Iris end caused her excitement to damage his sight.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Jacob Joseph
Ghost
Iris
Sydney Bulletin
When it Rains
The text explains a thermodynamic idea that mixing hot and cold unsaturated air can raise relative humidity above saturation, causing condensation as moisture capacity changes with temperature. It notes the concept that air holding less than its maximum can, upon mixing, become supersaturated and produce water vapor changes.
Careless Snake Bite Leads to Medical Trial at Lille
Dr Calmette of the Pasteur Institute relates a snake bite incident in which a fang pierced his third finger. An injection of serum halted numbness and pain within minutes, but a later wound infection caused necrosis. The doctor quips the reptile forgot to wash its mouth.
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Calmette
Pasteur Institute
Lille
France
Buckeye Politics and the Eight Buckeyes
A quoted New York Press fragment claims Ohio politicians carry buckeyes for luck and success. It features a governor or diplomat prospect, asserting Ohio’s influence and that Virginians are relieved of presidential paternity as Ohioans declare themselves statesmen who mix luck with politics.
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Ohio
Roosevelt
Virginia
United States
Great Singers Off the Stage
Gustave Kolbe of Woman's Home Companion recalls Mme Hames and the Reszkes in playful anecdotes. He notes the tenor's skill at animal sounds and how Eduard de Reszke mimics orchestral instruments, while Plancon teases the prima donna about their noses before performances.
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Mme. Hames
Dean de Reszke
Wdouard de Reszke
Plancon
Gustav Kolbe
Boy Finds Rich Copper Deposit Hidden in Rocks
A San Diego assay office uncovered what may be one of the world’s richest copper deposits after a boy sold rocks bearing copper ore with silver streaks. The ore originated about twenty five miles below the Mexican line and land rights have been located under Mexican law. Development has begun with Antonio Ieliz Colonel Robbins and J Wade McDonald leading the effort.
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San Diego
Cal
Colonel Robbins
Antonio Ieliz
J. Wade McDonald
On His Paternal Ancestor Patriotic Boy Ben Paints Word
A short vignette shows Ben buying a small pencil painted in red white and blue and asking his father which color to write. The parent replies white with a wink, and Ben writes the word white in bold letters.
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Ben
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Jersey
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Gray, Ga
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Atlanta, Ga
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BIG Creek Poultry Farm
Elko, Ga
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Standard Oil Co
J. PD. Weard & Sons
Mallory Bros. Machinery Co
Macon
Ceorcia
Mass Reliea
Apaina
C.F. Wells
Villa Ridge
Til
Morris Wechsler
Congregation
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Medicine Company
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York
Plulps
Tape Bros
New York City
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