Harvard Man in Weeks Letters Reveals Revolutionary War Life
Curio found in the Harvard Murals features William Weeks a Harvard graduate and Washington's officer. Letters to New Hampshire relatives show homesickness and pride in service. Weeks notes dinners with General Washington and longing to be with friends at home. He contemplates leaving the army if wages rise, and Valley Forge 1778 shows a pending A M degree funded by family support.
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Harvard
Washington
New Hampshire
William Weeks
Hough
Gen'l Sullivant
Weeks
Valley Forge
Stage Life Ten Years. A New Crop of Minor Actors Harvested
A timeless look at stage careers noting that actors rarely stay beyond ten years before aging out or leaving the profession. The piece contrasts front-rank stars with rank and file players who dominate minor roles and may fade after a decade as new recruits fill vacancies. It cites industry wisdom from managers about limited opportunities for advancement on stage.
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United States
Chicago
Fragmented 1920s dialogue snippets and social banter
A garbled collection of overheard talk from social pages includes remarks on vanity and pride, questions about year or era, a remark about a brain exercise, and humorous exchanges among Ed ith Bertha and Berentine. The text mixes names like Harriet Edith Berinta Fred and Bertha with stray phrases about a military hero and a campus newspaper tone.
Dry statistics and the paradox of readable figures
The writer argues statistics are seen as dull and inaccessible yet outlines the enduring curiosity about data. It notes librarians report tepid demand for statistical books, cites Sir John Lubbock and The Atlantic, and condemns methods like weighted averages and index numbers as obscure.
How He Fooled the Cow Fox
A wildlife observer recalls a winter scene where a fox uses a ice edge hole to lure a pursuing dog. The dog dives into the river and disappears under the ice while the fox watches calmly and then continues about its business.
The Ita Palm of South America
A rare palm known as ita grows abundantly along the Amazon Rio Negro and Orinoco rivers. It forms swamp forests in the delta of the Orinoco where Guaranes Indians live among the trees. They suspend homes from tall stems during floods and use leaf skins for cords while bark yields a nutritious floury substance.
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South America
Amazon
Rio Negro
Orinoco
Dangers of Bullet Injuries in Civil and Military Life
A New York Medical News analysis explains how revolver bullets can carry infectious material into tissues, due to grease and dirty handling. It contrasts revolver bullets with rifle bullets, noting rifle fames’ cleaning effect from heat and jacket friction, potentially reducing septic risk.
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New York Medical News
Strange Exchanges Echo Past, Future in Chelsea Gazette
A fragment from the Chelsea Gazette recalls a quirky exchange about nightly antics and cake, contrasting with The Atlante Monthly’s sci fi prediction that Manhattan might host multi story streets a century hence and future war tech. The dialogue hints at financial irony and shifting tastes in a satirical, rumorlike voice.
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John B. Clark
Atlante Monthly
Manhattan Island
Natural History Observations on Animals and Insects
A collection of quirks about animals and insects. A whale can stay underwater an hour and a half, a lion leaps 25 to 30 feet from a standing start, and a horsefly can live hours after its head is removed. Mosquito heads continue feeding after decapitation, mud wasps show nest building and weatherproofing ingenuity, and the great buzzard is described as the heaviest flying bird. Parasites infest many wasps and other insects. Alligators stay in fresh water while crocodiles venture to sea, sometimes far from land in the West Indies.
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West Indies
The Trianny of Trivial Things in Marriage
The piece laments how great life events like love and marriage are often trivialized by concerns over wedding details. It contrasts joyful union with family squabbles over flowers gowns and etiquette, noting grief and eternity can intrude while the mourner obsesses over hems crape buttons and veil width.
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Harper's Bazar
Pat's Tent Fencing Tale From the James Gazette
An Irishman enlist s in a cavalry unit and turns a fencing lesson into a comic moment. The instructor struggles to explain the blade use as Pat suggests tickling the opponent with the point to test if he is feigning.
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Pat
Jamea Gazette
Boy Quips About God Mixing with Brother Ed
Philip Evans speaks his bedtime prayer and ends with Amen to avoid being mixed up with Brother Ed, who he says acts dreadfully. His mother asks why he spoke so, and the boy explains his intention in a humorous, childlike aside from the Bogton Transcript.
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Philip
Philip Evans
London Fog Outshines American Haze in Banter
An American boasts of U S superiority in London fogs, only to be met with a wry English retort about London’s fog. The American replies with a punchline about New York harbor fogs and ferry captains pumping cabins, joking about a New Jersey firm selling American fog to Britain.
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London
Phere
America
Atlantic
Fay
New York Harbor
New Jersey
Argonanut
Natural to Him Your Husband Says Mrs Oldcastle
Mrs Oldcastle comments on the neighboring host husband’s refined taste for arts of vertu while inspecting the new neighbors’ splendid library. The hostess agrees, praising John as one of the most virtuous men she has seen.
Bribery Allegation Touched Senator Grab Case
A man offered $1,000 for a vote on a measure, which the recipient refused. The two parties reportedly settled later at $2,000, with the Boston Post noting the exchange as part of a political purist stance.
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Senator Grab
Boston Post
Fortune Son-in-law Made Wealth by the Law
An old gentleman asks about a handsome youth at a party. The rich lady replies the man is her son-in-law, a brilliant young man who amassed a large fortune by law. The exchange ends with acknowledgment of the daughter's husband status.
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Loudop
An Artful Bodger Quips On School Dodges
A Glasgow Evening Times snippet features an Artful Bodger joking about his boy at school. He boasts the boy has dodged thirty two examinations while attending school. A Saturday Evening Post quote on the pleasure of being right accompanies the piece.
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Behool
Glasgow
Evening Times
Saturday Evening Post
Meaning of the phrase with bated breath in fairy tales
In a dialogue from Little Emerson and his mother the term with bated breath is discussed as an elastic, dubious phrase used in fairy tales. The mother explains it conveys anticipation or suspense rather than a literal action, while Emerson responds with understanding.
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Heaton
Emerson
Coincidences of Daten in Stuart and Cromwell dates
A brief note on date coincidences highlighting Sept 3 occurrences in Cromwell era events and a pattern around the year 1888 involving Scottish monarchs and royal figures. It remarks that various rulers and conspirators associated with the Stuarts show repeated ties to specific Septembers and the 18th century, suggesting a curious recurring chronology.
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Uring
Oliver Cromwell
Dunbar
Worcester
Robert II
James II
Rexburghe
Nary
Queen of Scots
Fotheringay
James VII
England
Ronny Prince Charlie
Rome
Telegraph Across Ocean Prompts Victory Hints
In a Pittburgh Chronicle Telegraph excerpt the Orat signal to Marconi across the Atlantic is debated as suggestive of final fate. The dialogue notes that the message merely carries the digit eight yet hints at success, with the question Will wireless telegraphy be a success echoed as answered by the number five.
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Marconi
Atlantic Ocean
Pittsburg
Praval Like Princes Train Tour Impresses Guests
Reporters note Prince Henry of Prussia toured by a special train with better buffet and sleeping cars than typical Pioneer Limited standard cars. Comparisons praise the luxury offered, suggesting Americans can travel like princes on regular services between Chicago, St Paul, and Minneapolis.
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H.R. H. Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
Pioneer Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Domestic fowl missing from Old Testament ad
An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s cholera and diarrhoea remedy as essential for homes and children, urging timely purchase before summer. It claims universal approval and markets through druggists and A and B drug stores, with a sidewise jab about a trade figure.
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