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It took considerable doing, but on April 9, 1901, nearly two years after he had proposed to Mary Lily, a bill was introduced into the Florida legislature “to be entitled an act making incurable insanity a ground for divorce.” Before the month was out, the bill had sailed through both houses and had been signed into law by the governor. Florida news
... See moreLes Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
Allen Campbell and Dorothy Parker were there, recently married after living together during the preceding year, and
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
With modern hydrocarbon fuels, Rai stones could be quarried easily, aggry beads could be made for very little cost, and seashells could be collected en masse by large boats. As soon as these monies lost their hardness, their holders suffered significant wealth expropriation and the entire fabric of their society fell apart as a result.
Saifedean Ammous • The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
Then, in 1906, Hunt’s enterprise came to an end when he was arrested after rumors broke out how he held the Igorots’ wages he had earlier promised them and that two of the tribesmen in his group who had died were left unburied.
FilipiKnow in History • The Haunting Story of Filipinos Locked in a ‘Human Zoo’

Riches have become the only object of men's desires, because wealth gives power. The man of noble race marries the daughter of the rich plebeian, and “marriage confounds the races.”
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges • The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Illustrated)
Imelda had forgotten all about Dolly and Frank’s supposed business She hadn’t seen him in months But he came to her now and told her how a few weeks ago he’d met a lad from Sligo who was selling a load of hash It was the deal of the century he told her He’d gone to Frank and together they went in on a kilo and the plan was to sell it on and use the
... See morePaul Murray • The Bee Sting: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023
The British may have invented the new synthetic dyes, but in the long run, they were not the ones to profit from them. Despite Perkin’s rapid rise to millionaire status, most British industrialists turned up their noses at his discovery. The Germans, however, did not. They worked like maniacs to find out what else they could extract from the grunge
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