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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 24, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 23, 1805July 25, 1805July 24, 1805 Wednesday July 24th 1805. Set out at sunrise; the current very strong; passed a remarkable bluff of a…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 4, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 3, 1805May 5, 1805May 4, 1805 Saturday May 4th 1805. We were detained this morning untill about 9 OCk. in order to repare the rudder irons…

Fair Play

by Alicia Potter In State Fair, the 1933 movie musical, the mother aims to win the bake-off; the father, the hog competition; and as for the teens, they're looking for love. Sixty-five years…

Brewer's: Butter

Soft soap, soft solder (pron. saw-der), “wiping down” with winning words. Punch expressively calls it “the milk of human kindness churned into butter.” (Anglo-Saxon, butere or butyre,…

Brewer's: Werwolf

(French, loup-garou). A bogie who roams about devouring infants, sometimes under the form of a man, sometimes as a wolf followed by dogs, sometimes as…