Tragic Play Turns Comic as Bees Distract Tom Keene
Washington Star reports a northern New York theater scene where a misfired prop throne and a nesting wasp swarm disrupted a performance of Julius Caesar starring Tom Keene. The bees disturbed the death and assault scenes, prompting comic interruptions and altered stage action.
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Tom Keene
New York
Sting Cresar
Cresar
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Bruts
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Lucius
Cowan
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Keene
Antony
Washington Star
Election Day Origin and Variations Across States
A historical overview explains how election day for presidential voting varied before federal standardization. It notes early practices from 1789, calls out state differences through the 1800s, and describes key shifts leading to Congress setting a unified day as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
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Congress
Devender
Pennsylvanis
Harrison
Kentucky
Ohio
Iso
Michigan
Mississippi
New York
Massachusetta
Delaware
Lhieuge Tribune
Fragmented Raindrops and Quirky Wills in Chambers’ Journal
The passage mixes a whimsical verse about raindrops and a string of odd bequests from various wills. Notable lines include Marghet Crowell’s playful impression and Pip Thicknesse’s gruesome bequest. A stern note from Richard Crawshay’s will threatens £100,000 to his son who never followed advice, illustrating a mix of humor and stern family legacies from historical sources.
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Doneph Dalky
Ant Spencer
Pip Thicknesse
Richard Crawshay
Chambers
European fare trick on streetcar foiled by European customs
A young man with a battered red pink and yellow guitar case boarded a streetcar and asked the conductor for a six block fare. He tipped a dime and claimed to be paying in euros. The conductor explained the trick as a fake absentmindedness learned in Europe where fares are distance based and tipping is common.
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Europe
Feo
New York
Philadelphia
How He Knew It from the Veldt Tale
An anecdote recounted to a Boer and a Dutchman about knowing the world is round. Masna claims to have proven it by riding all night and ending up where he started, illustrating a round world through personal experience.
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Prieske
Kenhard
Wysrelf
London Standard
Artificial Eyes From Thuringia Shape Worldwide Supply
In Thuringia Germany artificial eyes are produced for general use. Villages employ most residents who work at a table with a gun, gas plates, and hand molding. Eyes are colored with needles, with each craftsman adding unique detailing so no two eyes are identical.
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Thuringia
Germany
Carnegie and the Special Train Legal Tip
Andrew Carnegie summoned a New York lawyer by long distance to Pittsburgh to decide a troublesome time question. The lawyer declined a further appearance in New York, rode a special train to Pittsburgh, answered no, and returned the same night. Carnegie paid three thousand dollars.
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Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
New York
Garnegie
Carnegie
Lime
The Country Doctor and a Tooth Extraction Tale
A quirky reminiscence contrasts the old time country physician with modern specialists. It recalls a rural doctor’s lone act of pulling a painful ulcerated tooth with an ordinary hammer, seven miles from his office, to bring patient relief.
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Tle
Blaine Struments
New York Tribune
Bark of the Dogs of War Described in Bosporus Scene
In the Bosporus a large dark vessel is seen belching smoke and firing, echoing historic shores as bystanders watch in astonishment. The grand vizier quips it is the bark of the dogs of war, provoking a street party and opposition groans in the city.
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Bosporus
Detralt Journal
First Day at Shooting and Potato Starch Facts
In a playful dialogue a rookie asks why people shut one eye to sight, answered simply. The piece then shifts to starch production: 16,000 tons yearly from potatoes, using small or injured tubers, with sixty bushels per barrel, mixed, dried in kilns, yielding white floury starch. Market notes compare maize, rice, potato, wheat starch values.
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Joskina
Boskins
at—-Waturdey Evening Post
Thrift Talk Between Soussame and She
In a clipped exchange the two speakers discuss frugality and saving money. A mistaken line references a grocer and delaying orders while another fragment mentions clothing and a months budget, leaving unclear context but hinting at financial discipline.
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Fiegende
Unicorn lore and a laundry mischief in a Kansas City tale
A quirky Kansas City World clipping blends a woman's clever shop of a pink waist with hieroglyphic book lore at a Chinese laundry and a longer note on unicorns. It recounts unicorns gifted to a sultan, their symbolic meaning, and tales of horn usage in antidotes and defense. The piece touches on later legends and curiosities, including Persepolis depictions and the horn's price.
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Hinathan
San
Windsor Castle
Lewis Vertomannuys
Rome
Mocen
Ethiopia
Temple of
Mocca
Persepolis
Torquemada
Palace of St. Mark
Boston Journal
Lightning Pranks Helped a Kentucky Student Bet Lincoln
A young law student in a Kentucky town bets on Lincoln and Hamlin after a thunderstorm dislodges a political poster, misreading the revealed section as the election result. His Wall Street counterpart is surprised when the student wins, underscoring the adage lightning never strikes twice in a single event. The tale appears in a 19th century letter from New York Sun.
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Storm
Wall Street
Kentucky
Lincoln
Hamlin
Breckinridge
Lane
Douglas
Johnson
Bell
Everett
New York Sun
Art's Happy Discovery and the Fame of a Portrait Painter
Chicago Record notes a visual artist gaining attention for painting hands and feet with skill unseen in town. The piece frames him as an emerging portrait talent.
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Cather Hag
Chicago
Rheumatism Remedy Endorsed by Doctors
Doctors often recommend Scott s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil for rheumatism claiming it may cure if caused by deficiencies. If it works, it cures. if not, it simply does not cure. It never causes harm.
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Scott & Bowne
Pearl St. No
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