Noted Phrases That Endure From Ancient Voices
A pasted page traces famous maxims to Cicero Diogenes and others. It catalogs statements such as while there is life there is hope and habit is second nature, noting early uses in letters and speeches across centuries. It references Atticus Clement and the Order of the Garter.
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Cicero
Diaganes
Peron
Shake Pearenti
Atticus
Anne Bout
Clement J
Stome
Order of the Garter
England
Arthur
Windsor Castle
Lung
Philip
Pine
France
Edward
Bidon
Chandoy
Kughind
Haury Brougham
Napoleon
Wever
Tia Plutarch
Hiermordutus
Antigonous L
Diogenes
Cynié
Duke of Wellington
Dickens
Micawher
David Coprdeld
Citua
Julia
Cato
Cassius
Rome
Benjamin
Rik
Buckingham
Irwin
Oquet
Wagner Conducts Panat Overture in Berlin Remembered Performance
A German magazine recounts Wagner’s 1871 Berlin appearance conducted by Julius Starm. Wagner asked the players to repeat the Panat Overture under his direction, delivering a haunting, spiritual revelation that left the ensemble and audience deeply moved. The moment contrasted genius with mere professional conduct.
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Woytier
Berlin
Ott
Magnzine
Royal Aeadenly
Verein der Berliner Montyer
Profegaor Dullus Starm
Wagner
Hippened
Tonde
Polished footwear sparks ugly American feet in mache talk
A jumble of quoted quips and anecdotes recounts how polished gloves leave American men with wrinkled, unattractive feet. The snippets blend editorials on fashion, French woman adaptability, dockside scams, vaudeville humor, and a punchy postcard of social observations from varied sources.
Diffraction and color mystery of mother of pearl explained
In a discussion of mother of pearl color, the article explains the surface layers and thin gaps causing iridescent hues through diffraction. It describes a diffraction grating with 20 000 lines per inch, showing how light waves cancel or reinforce to produce observed colors.
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Rowland
Tran
New York Tribune
Egg Frying on Ice With a Hidden Magnet Trick
A University of Illinois electrical exhibition demonstrates frying eggs on ice using a concealed electromagnet under the table. An alternating current heats iron via eddy currents, allowing a pan atop ice to fry without visible wires or connections.
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University of [Inois
Saturday Evening Post
Advice to a Husband From Ladies' Home Journal
A vintage Ladies' Home Journal snippet counsels husbands to value their wives' waists and the act of buttoning. It flips traditional stakes by noting some wives have no waists or buttons, or care little whether they are buttoned, using humor to reflect social norms about marriage and domestic duties.
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France
Womab
Nurning
Ladies’ Home Journal
Kickavoo
MoIan Mipioine
Philadelphia
St.Louis
Caustic John Bright Tales From The British Weekly
The British Weekly recounts John Brights caustic replies in private conversation. A gentleman asks when he will return to England and Bright warns that if the man does not mend his ways he may welcome any excuse to come back sooner.
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John Bright
Lite
Anya
England
Mr. Bright
Lacerated Feelings Prompted by An Odd Exchange
A curious exchange features an aquipathetic ave ais ste purchaser reading a plotograph and a bearded lady replying with a cryptic line. The absurd dialogue hints at a quirky, humorous scene in a parlor or fair setting, with possible literary allusion to Hesiod.
The Nose as a Marvel of Warmth and Filter
An essay extols the nose as a powerful, delicate organ that warms and moistens incoming air, filters microbes, and protects the lungs. It warns that mouth breathing yields cold, dry air linked to bronchitis and tonsillitis, urges nasal care, and notes adenoids and possible simple cures.
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New York
Orld
Angry Citizen Attacks Paper Over Resignation Headline
A furious reader storms the city editor’s office accusing the paper of publicizing his resignation under the misnamed headline Public Improvements. He confesses to releasing the story himself, insisting the paper misrepresented it.
Iphigenia and Orkidy Quarrel Over Natural Curiosity
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune shows Miss Iphigenia resisting Mr Orkidy’s questions. He asks why she dislikes them, while she mutters about anger and curiosity in a tense exchange.
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Miss Iphigenia
Mr. Orkidy
Chicago Tribune
A Difference in Worth Quoted by Detroit Bree Press
An odd exchange questions value and condition using phrases about efficiency and a supposed gospel routine. The Detroit Bree Press presents the dialogue as a curious local snippet with unclear context and attribution.
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Detroit Bree Press
Bad Promises Better Broken Than Kept Lincoln Quote
A concise historical adage attributed to Abraham Lincoln states that bad promises are preferable broken rather than kept. The saying underscores distrust of unkept commitments attributed to the famed president.
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Lincoln
Jump Judy Jump Dancing in London in the Early Century
Lady Roll in the London Times quotes extracts from an 1812 letter about the modern dances. It notes Attenbeth praising a first London performance amid public enthusiasm and Hank criticizing it as corrupting, with a contrasting Irish lady urging bold dancing to impress guardsmen.
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London
Roll
London Times
Diars
Bing
Elizabeth Spencer Stanheyie
Attenbeth
Nile
Theodore Hank
Fragments on intellect and a lentil soup recipe
A collage of remarks on rhetoric and intellectual posturing contrasts with a practical kitchen note about lentil soup. It mentions Shakespeare and George Sand opinions, then shifts to weather stability in water and a lentil soup method with lentils, onions, stock, milk, and cornstarch.
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London Docks
Discoveren statHata
George Sand
Shakespeare
George Barit
A. C. Benson
Larre
Ada Stock
Oulons
Ted
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Willie
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Mother-Of-Pearl
Buffalo Express
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Ass’t Cashier
First National Bank
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Iowa
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Papa
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Minn
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