Eccentric Brignoli and Absinthe Legacy Changes
The text recalls tenor Brignoli delaying stage appearances and acclimating to environments at Everett House New York. It also traces Ordinaire a refugee Swiss doctor druggist with an absinthe elixir whose formula passed successively to a housekeeper Mil e Grand pierre, Henried daughters, itinerant peddlers and a later wealthy distiller who launched modern absinthe with alcohol.
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Brignoli
Everett House
New York
Ordinaire
Couvet
Switzerland
Mile. Grandpierre
Henried
The Green Fiend Absinth as Harmless Medical Remedy
Absinth the green fiend that saturates fashionable France was originally an extremely harmless medical remedy. It was a French physician who first introduced it, then its reputation grew with time and usage.
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France
When a Girl Gets Married Mrs Muggins Warns
Dialogue from the Philadelphia Record humor column about marriage expectations. Mrs Muggins notes troubles may begin after engagement. Mrs Buggins adds that a wife may not realize that issues can arise after marriage.
Relief. My Patience Is Taxed Very Often
A Baltimore American quip notes a common coping joke about relief from ongoing frustration. The exchange highlights a humorous take on patience and the idea of swearing off a habit as a remedy.
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Baltimore American
Young Man Replies Playfully in Courtship Line
A terse banter snapshot shows a young man responding to a father with humor about kissing his daughter. The exchange suggests wary but lighthearted parental scrutiny of suitors.
The Tenant's Toast at Brechin Castle Tale
A 19th century tale describes Lord Panmure dining with two English nobles at Brechin Castle. Toasts demanded hats coats and boots or money on the table, and Panlathie sacrificed teeth to win £600, leaving him hatless and richer while the nobles felt duped.
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England
Lord Panmure
Brechin Castle
Panlathie
Panmure
The Dead Sea Plain Myths and Facts Revisited
The Dead sea is a long salt lake in Palestine fed by the Jordan with no outlet. Its surface lies 1 202 feet below the Mediterranean level and its waters are highly saline. The belief that it exudes noxious vapors and that birds cannot fly over it is unfounded.
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Dead Sea
Palestine
Jerome
Dead” Sea
Mediterranean
Jordan
Narth
Sodom
Gomorrah
New York American
Salesmanship pays off with self respect and quality
A furnishing store salesman explains why paying $5 for a plain linen handkerchief yields value. The buyer learns that self assurance and belief in the best can swing big deals, making him willing to pay more for items of his wardrobe.
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Collier’s
Corfu’s Peculiar Land Law Beguiles Tenants
Corfu boasts unusual land laws where absentee landlords lease to tenants who hold a perpetual lease in exchange for in kind rent. The tenant is a co-owner of the soil and cannot be expelled except for nonpayment or lease transfer without consent. Rent cannot be raised without tenant approval and efforts to change the law date back to Homeric times.
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Corfu
Absolute Equality Tax Office Debate
A dialogue contrasts views on the tax office with a woman praising it as the only place where she faces no discrimination and can pay taxes on par with men, while a man remarks that few people visit.
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Baltimore
Kalsem Enters County Supervisor Race in Palestine Township
The article profiles a son of John V. Kassem, lifelong Palestine township resident, entering the county supervisor race. It notes a Republican family tradition and local support, highlighting his personal worth and pledge to serve effectively if elected.
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John V. Kassem
Palestine Township
John Johnson
Kalsem
The European Plan Guest Charged Extra After Fainting
A hotel clerk tells a waiter to add 10 cents to a guest bill after she fainted from the sight of it. The exchange is reported in Fliegende Blatter.
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Jean
A Good Break in the Shop Scene
A shopper and a salesman banter about breakage in a china shop. The errand boy is noted as the occasional breaker, while the seller denies responsibility.
Pretty Icy Phrase Captures Witty Exchange
A brief newspaper quote from the Chicago Record-Herald features a sharp exchange about ice cold treatment and the humor of needing a sextant and artificial horizon to gauge latitude in a cited scene.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Sad Thought
A brief Chicago News exchange notes a couple’s melancholy about an evening apart, with one partner fearing they must part until tomorrow. The fragment captures quiet emotional tension in a domestic moment.
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Chicago News
Nature's Work Inspires Perpetual Pleasure
A Ruskin quote notes that nature constantly presents scenes and pictures every day, driven by exquisite principles of beauty designed for our continual delight. It celebrates nature’s unending work and its intention to enrich human experience with perpetual pleasure.
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Ruskin
Buying a Horse
A buyer jokes about a young horse whose knees bend due to living in a too low stable. The quip highlights the horse’s stoop as a humorous consequence.
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Lippincott’s
Dispatch and Duty Reflections from a Judge
A judge notes Eve’s blessing was not cleaning house while another speaks of dispatch as business life and method as its soul. The exchange frames work ethic and efficiency in a concise, witty dialogue.
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Method
Dispatch
Penn
Mind Health Insight Says Home Brings Restful Heart Pleasure
A quotation from Young notes that true mental health starts with a rested heart and contentment at home. It emphasizes inner peace arising from familiar surroundings.
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Young
Affluent Guests Spoil Dinner With Diet Obsession
A young matron complains about guests who refuse to eat beyond their diet lists, leaving hostess with wasted food and ruined meals. She notes three recent dinners where guests ate little and avoided standard fare, vowing not to invite them again unless they slim down enough to eat a proper meal.
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New York Press
Dinner Date Departs with Ex-Husband Alimony Tale
A hostess introduces a gentleman to take a woman to dinner. The woman replies she is much interested. The man is her former husband who is behind on alimony, adding a note of personal irony to the evening in the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Electric Bitters Proclaimed A Remedy For Women's Ailments
A Victorian era advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a cure for nervous exhausted women. It claims helps with melancholy appetite loss headaches sleeplessness and fainting and dizziness. It asserts thousands have used the remedy for female troubles backache and weak kidneys and offers a 50 cent trial with satisfaction guaranteed.
Kalsem for Supervisor Nomination From Huxley Rank
Announcement of Sivert J. Kalsem running for supervisor to succeed Ben Johnson. Kalsem, a well known farmer and stackman from Palestine township near Huxley, seeks the nomination. He lives about two miles west and north of Huxley and is described as successful in farming and local affairs.
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Sivert J. Kalsem
Huxley
Ben Johnson
Kalsem
Stackman
Palestine Township
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