Shakespeare Phrases Move Through Language and Natural Observations
A London Times excerpt notes Shakespeare’s phrases permeate everyday speech from old proverbs to modern idioms. It cites examples such as dead as a doornail and a wild goose chase while contrasting with a Gloucestershire parish ledger on sparrows and flies illustrating ecological impact in a half hour.
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Shakespeare
Reveng
Chicago Times
Gloucestershire
Melbourne
Derbyshire
London Times
Submerged defenses and fossil forest horizons in the great lake
A Kenosha man describes a sunken forest pulled under by ancient seas and interlaced with ice. He notes petrified trunks and branches surfacing via winter gales as scientists debate earth’s long lake tribute and the lake’s changing ice. Sheridan proposes submerged pits as a novel harbor defense concept.
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Kenosha
Wis
Chicago Herald
Sheridan
Phin
Fragmentary Thought on Moral Degeneracy in Times
The text contrasts perceived moral decline with earlier eras. It cites quotes about degenerate morals and compares past and present temptations, suggesting society faced more restraint in earlier times and claiming current behavior tests are harsher.
Green Chalk for Cues in Chicago Billiard Rooms
Report notes efforts to introduce green chalk in Chicago billiard rooms. It claims the chalk does not lose adhesiveness due to artificial color and preserves cloth color. The current chalk reportedly fades quickly.
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Chicago
Notes on Georgia News and Local Incidents
Georgia items report a missing Fort Gaines Guarda flag, a jail term for Jack Blank on incendiarism charges, and a drowning fatality in Fayette county. Other notes cover bond opposition over Flint river bridge, Rabun county whisky tensions, and law-and-order raids. The piece also outlines Macon’s Industrial Association plan tied to a stock model for local manufacturing growth.
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Fort Gaines Guarda
Jack Blank
Notable 1900s Dispatches and Social Notes
Personal matters and society notes include Mrs. Secretary Lamar traveling to Macon to visit family, Carrie Featherstone pleading guilty to grand larceny in New York, and Gen Crook favoring Indian ballots. Other items mention top violinists Miss Duke and Miss Tarleton, Minister Pendleton’s Berlin reluctance, Emperor William’s health rumors, Beecher on death prayers, Charles Dudley Warner’s Southern California tour, Mrs. Elizabeth Custer’s visit, and tributes at Highgate Cemetery to Dickens and Wombwell.
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Carrie Featherstone
Salvation Army
New York
Gen. Crook
Miss Duke
Basil Duke
Kentucky
Maud Tarleton
Baltimore
Pendleton
Berlin
Germany
William
Beecher
Charles Dudley Warner
California
William V. Lawrence
Montreal
Elizabeth Custer
Rise of John S. Herndon From Striped Shirt to Prosperity
A local farmer, John S. Herndon, is praised for paying cash and hard work. A tale recalls his early days when he asked for credit with torn feet and ragged clothes, then returned years later in fine dress on his way to marriage, shocking storekeeper Old B. The anecdote highlights his squat, steady rise in the county.
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Rome
John S. Herndon
John Herndon
Old B
Jan
Hart
The Strongest Man on Earth From the Virginia Otlight
An Italian named Cordelia Crodelia claims the world’s strongest man title near Carson river below Dayton. At 98 years old, 5 ft 10 in, 198 pounds, he lifts a 200-pound man with one finger and can hoist a man on a table with effort light enough to astonish. He once fought off two attackers with bare fists, then rested on his strength to heal.
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Carson River
Dayton
Angel I
Crodelia
Cordelia
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