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Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown
Name at birth: Mordecai Peter Centennial BrownMordecai "Three Finger" Brown is the professional baseball player who gained fame for pitching with a mangled hand. Mordecai Brown was only 7 when he…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 26, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 25, 1805August 27, 1805August 26, 1805 Monday August 26th 1805. This morning was excessively cold; there was ice on the vessels of water…Job: 24
Job Chapter 24 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed…Ruth: 2
Ruth Chapter 2 1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let…Ethel Higgins Byrne
Ethel Higgins Byrne was a co-founder of the first birth control clinic in the United States. She is less famous than her sister, Margaret Sanger. Also from Corning, New York, Ethel studied nursing…Walt Whitman: Sounds of the Winter
Sounds of the WinterSounds of the winter too, Sunshine upon the mountains—many a distant strain From cheery railroad train—from nearer field, barn, house, The whispering air—even the mute…Grandpa Jones
Name at birth: Louis Marshall JonesGrandpa Jones was the folksy, joking banjo-picker inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978. Louis Marshall Jones was born in rural Kentucky and began…Poems: The Boston Evening Transcript
by T. S. Eliot Morning at the WindowAunt HelenThe Boston Evening Transcript The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript Sway in the wind like a field of ripe corn. When evening quickens…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: One Night As I Did Wander
by Robert Burns PostcriptTho' Cruel Fate Should Bid Us PartOne Night As I Did Wander Tune-"John Anderson, my jo." One night as I did wander, When corn begins to shoot…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: December 21, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark December 20, 1804December 22, 1804December 21, 1804 21st December Friday 1804 a fine Day worm and wind from the N W by W, the Indian whome I…Trending
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