Mystery of the Plague Vanishing From England 1667
Pall Mall Gazette discusses Bernard Shaw's question about why plague disappeared from England by 1667. It argues sanitation did not fully extirpate the disease and notes lingering cases until later centuries, with plague gradually retreating from Europe and remaining in a few regions.
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England
Eaghind
Bernard Shaw
Anya
Piague
Nottingham
Europe
Western
Arabia
Yunnan
China
Megsopotamia
Stambou
Cairo
Mediterranean
Breteria
Pall Mall Gazette
Visit to Morgan Inspires Insurance Tale
A Chicago audience recounts an anecdote relayed from the New York Tribune about J. Pierpont Morgan. An ambitious insurance agent gains entry to Morgan's desk, presents a life and death policy pitch, and leaves with a terse question from Morgan on how he entered, then suggests walking out. The tale underscores Morgan’s formidable presence and secrecy.
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Chicago
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. Pierpont
Mr. Morgan
New York Tribune
Why Elephants Fear Mice, A Curious Tale From Folklore
A compact retelling describes elephants in native settings fearing small chacanas that feed on sour berries. The rodents hide near berry bushes and trees, stampede elephants, and can snag trunks with hooked claws. The myth notes inflammation and death as consequences, even in captivity.
Malaria's Threats Traced From Hippocrates to Modern Research
The article reviews malaria’s historic fear and the shift from air venom myths to scientific breakthroughs. It notes early beliefs about airborne cause, then highlights key figures like Laverun Golgi and Ross whose experiments clarified transmission and prevention, marking a turning point in combating the disease.
Making a Choice in a Playful Exchange
In a Washington Star dialogue, a speaker notes a preference for hearing children Freddie and Willie prattle over practicing the bugle and the Share drum. The exchange then humorously compares old warriors in ornate armor to the odd appearance of a baseball catcher and a football outfit.
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Mr. Greweher
Freddie
Willie
Washington Star
Ulu
Man Dea
Family Division. Proud Mam recalls his boy's wit
Fragmentary memoir style lines describe a mother praising her son and reflecting on age and cunning. The speaker mentions a daughter and a father figure, with a cryptic note about fear and facing future challenges through the voice of Noe Lotyirs.
Amazons of Old Revealed by Etruscan Tomb Find
Harpers Weekly notes a found tomb in Etruria dating to about 800 B C containing a female warrior skeleton, rich robes, and gold and ivory ornaments beside a bronze and iron war chariot. This supports ancient Greek legends of high ranking women fighters and suggests Etruria’s skilled culture aided by Asia Minor origins.
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Ttaly
Etruria
Asia Minor
Akill
Rome
Jan
Armazous
Penethesilen
Ehtera
Priam
Harpers Weekly
Black Sea Dead Line Deep Waters Kill All Life Below 1200 Feet
The Black Sea water deeper than 1200 feet is poisoned by sulphuric gas from organic matter sinking to the bottom. Fresh water outflow through the Bosporus and salt water inflow from the Mediterranean create strong currents, preventing oxygen from rising to depth. Above the depth limit life persists, but below 1200 feet no fish or oxygen-using organisms survive.
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Black Sea
Bosporua
Mediterranean
London Standard
Made In Glasgow Cockfighting Tale From Glasgow News
A Glasgow tale recalls a Sunday morning train journey where two other passengers discuss cockfighting. A bantam fights another bird. the owner ends one bird’s life, and a second pair is released. One bantam then collapses after a bird’s leer. The men reflect on the scene with somber disbelief.
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Glasgow
Glasgow News
Wally
Not Sufficiently Explicit Meeting Recalls Hotel Veranda Proposal
In a clipped exchange the speakers recall a past encounter at a summer venue. One asserts familiarity and reminds of a proposal accepted on a hotel veranda hidden by plants. The other challenges the memory and stage setting, noting many past engagements occurred similarly.
Not an Uncommon Experience in Milwaukee Streets
A Milwaukee Sentinel fragment recalls a personal ride through familiar daylight streetcar routes where a conductor loudly calls crosses, contrasted with navigating a dark, unfamiliar neighborhood on a Monday morning. The speaker laments memory gaps and mentions a personal grudge reference in a clipped, ironic tone.
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Eynic
Milwaukee Sentinel
Baltimore American Theater Row Over Casting Declares Fight
A dispute erupts over stage casting with Manager Aly arguing the director slandered her by replacing her role with a younger actress. The stage director denies the accusation, while the manager insists the action harmed her character.
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Aly
Winidam
Actreas
Corse
Baltimore American
Pretty Bad Illustrated Rita Excerpt Dialogue
A fragment shows a domestic exchange with a wife asking about cigars and a husband delaying until Tommy begins to want to smoke. The scene suggests a humorous or domestic moment captioned as Illustrated Rita.
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Tommy
Rita
Refining sugar process from Bast White products
A historical account details the best angar refineries method for producing best white sugar. It describes dissolving raw angar in hot water to 1.25 gravity, pumping the solution to upper floors, neutralizing acids with lime, filtering through cloth and boneblack to remove color, then evaporating in vacuum pans to crystallize sugar. Poorer sugars result from less complete methods.
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St. Louis Republic
Naming a Japanese Baby Rite and Family Fate
The article describes naming rituals in Japan during festive occasions. Fathers, grandfathers, and relatives discuss names for boys and girls, linking choices to luck and virtue. It notes banners, shrine offerings, and a child selecting the name by finger slip, implying a birth's future hinges on this rite.
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Ume
Aluce
Torboya
Ichiro
Toshio
Swap
Isamu
Hach
Hose Lang
Frances Little
Saratoga Name Origins Through Time and Spelling
The article traces Saratoga spellings from Serachtague to Saragh toge and Barachtoge during 18th century administration. It notes language quirks in colonial writing, such as ye for the, and discusses a 1089 incident where Hartel YVromang at Sarachtoge was debated by a convention. It also mentions Schoolcraft’s view of Saratoga deriving from Indian roots meaning sparkling place in New York.
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Saratoga
Sirmitoge
Serachtague
Saraghtoge
Lessier
Barachtoge
Hartel
Sarachtoge
Schoolcraft
New York
Preas
A Riming Will Probate Fact? English Will Amid Odd Phrases
A peculiar will from England at Doctors' Commons dated July 17 17H is probated. It states that upon death the entire estate goes to two beloved sisters with a formal act affirming the document as the true deed of WII Jackat.
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England
Doctors' Commona
Ein
Geal
The Way It Felt and Society Gossip Across Papers
A comic fragment shows a dentist remarking on gold flukes on his tool and a patient claiming he struck a button. The dialogue shifts to gossip about the De Lacys and closet skeletons, with a witty exchange on public perception versus private truth.
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Philadelpha Ledger
Fragmentary quip from New York Sun on education and rhetoric
A garbled quotation from the New York Sun blends a joke about Demosthenes using pebbles to sharpen speech with a remark about wine and eating biscuits, followed by an abridged critique of education that stresses practical limits over broad instruction.
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Domentio Saisace
Demosthenes
New York Sun
Infinitely used too much in 19th century prose
A critique of the overuse of the word infinitely across literature and journalism. The writer traces how infinitely has moved from rare, precise usage to a ubiquitous, emphatic tag in novels, reviews, society pages, and even Christmas gift descriptions, citing authors and critics. The piece laments the erosion of stylistic precision and notes examples from Scribner's and other periodicals.
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Sterne
Lord Byron
Sengen
Boston
Mona Macleod
Arnold Dennett
Scribner
Whistler Incident and Other Eccentric Tales
A fragment from old press notes recounts Whistler’s dramatic luncheon rebuke over his white plume hair, then shifts to a Scottish oration by Lord Belhaven, a caustic London society quip, and scattered comic lines from Birmingham topics and miscellany.
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Lord Belhaven
Iyish
Whale Union
Marchment
Belhaven
Don Chronicle
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Black Sea Dead
Mergeniorfer
de Lacys
Cleveland
Pelt Denis
Thas
Whistler
Comte de Chambord
Werl
Abe
G. W. Smalley
Dinkle
Blasell
Bhiogall
Becuse
Birmingham
Blohe
Jack
United States
Ackley and Faulkner
THE
Ackley
Roosevelt Brothers
LG Pala i
East Main Street
Strckley
Iowa
Y. Eggert
U. S
Fred Eggert
First National Bank
John Rath
Pugsipuny
W. T. S. Rath
View Prasionwy
Trvin B, Casei
Rath
Bal
Ben
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