Honor Pike Memory Celebrates Zebulon Price Discoveries
Colorado tribute recalls Lieut Zebulon M Price who found the Rocky Mountains area during the 1805 1806 expedition while leading a military party. The celebration at Colorado Springs highlighted his journeys up the Mississippi Missouri and into Colorado.
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Denver
Col
Collorado
Zebulon M. Price
Rocky Mountains
Aoa State
Coloado Springs
United States
Colorado
Pike's Peak
Pike
Leutenant
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis
Clarke
Mississippi
Missouri
Rockies
Treasures of a Cloister Basketry Work by Solitary Nuns
In Ephrata Pennsylvania early German settlers produced notable weaving spinning and basketry. The Saal and Slater House cloister holdings include a towering bread basket Fracture Schrift inscriptions and hand woven linens. The Sister House and Sister Saal preserve spinning wheels wooden tableware and aged crockery reflecting the cooperative community's crafts and architecture.
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Saal
Slater House
Solitary
Saron
Penlal
Bell from Bryants Pond church links to Minots Ledge lighthouse
In Maine, Bryants Pond Baptists were called to worship by a bell originally from the Minots Ledge lighthouse. After the lighthouse collapse, the bell was recovered from the ocean bottom, moved to the Francis T. Faulkner woolen mill at Turner, recast after a 1905 mill fire that cost Mr. Faulkner his life, and finally gifted to the Bryants Pond church by Mrs. Anna Chase. J Osborne Faulkner of Auburn, longtime Lewiston Journal editor, wears a miniature bell charm made from the same metal.
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Boston
Baptists
Bryants Pond
Minots Ledge
Francis T. Faulkner
Turner
Faulkner
Bryants Pond Baptist Church
Anna Chase
J. Osborne Faulkner
Auburn
The
Lewiston Journal
Francie Faulkner
Profits From Lotteries Across Nations
State lotteries augment government revenues in several countries. Italy collects about 12.5 million dollars annually, Prussia 21.25 million, the Netherlands 250 thousand, Portugal 350 thousand, Denmark 290 thousand, and Brazil 85 thousand from taxes on private lotteries.
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Italy
Prussia
Portugal
Denmark
Brazil
Donkey Tastes Like Turkey Declared by Gentleman
A gentleman reports that donkey meat offers the finest flavor among animals tested, tasting best like a young turkey and surpassing other meats in richness and savor. The claim notes the donkey’s flesh as uniquely delicious.
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Turkey
Veils in Many Styles Show Fashionable Varieties
A fashion feature highlights hundreds of veils in diverse designs flattering different faces. It notes summer in light dotted velas and winter wear featuring velvets and furs, with details on lightweight chiffons and new back knot styles for a chic finish.
Fruit Luncheon and Expert Angler Party Ideas
A guide to hosting a fruit centerpiece luncheon with watercolored fruit invitations and grape leaf tableware. Menu features iced grape juice, tomato soup, whipped cream, centerpieces, fruit salad, ambrosia, and coffee with cognac. Contests use fish-themed items. prizes include candy boxes.
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New Orleans
Trust
Briny Deep
Cloth Costume Promises Popular Appeal and Style
A biscuit colored cloth costume features a pleated skirt with a bolero edge in black braid and gold threads. A basque shaping at the waist and back pleats enhance a slender silhouette, signaling a fashionable, popular mode for the season.
Thirty Years of Service Ended with Honor in Combat
Ordnance Sergeant Kelly recalls a long, perilous career spanning Dakota campaigns against Big Foot, Cuban and Philippines battles, and a near medal of honor nomination in Minnesota. He joined at 20, rose to first sergeant, and reflects on war’s hardships from trenches near San Juan Hill to Malolos and Caloocan, ending a storied era with dignity.
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Ordnance
Kelly
Jefersen
St. Louis
Boston
Dakota
San Juan Hill
Philippines
Chicago
Cuba
Third United States Infantry
Cheyewaze River
Dig Foot
Foot
Henrissee
Cesare
Big Foot
Wig Foot
Ble Foot
Hennissee
War Department
Hairy Coat
Thomas Kelly
Jim
E Company
Humdrum
Shafter
Caney
Santiago
Tates
Paul Gildings
Ines
Giddings
Fort Snelling
Mina
Wilkingon
Leach Lake
Minn
Bacon
Wilkinson
Fosa
Third Infantry
Caloocan
Malolos
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Peak
Did Coverer
High Mountain
Atlantic
Pacific
Grand Peak
Arkansas
Red Rivers
Pike'n Peak
Red River
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Chihuahua
New Spain
Zebulon M. Pike
Ephrata
Pennsylvania
Mammoth Bread Basket
Bell
Minot’s Ledge
Madame Merrl
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