The Treatment to Which Crippled Children Are Subjected
A Cleveland Plain Dealer piece surveys eastern healers beliefs and practices as panaceas for pain. It notes garlic and blue bead charms, sacred tombs, and occult rites cited by Turkish and Greek communities in Constantinople as curative or protective against illness.
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Constantinople
Scutari
Chrysopolis
Bosporus
Turkey
Europe
Orient
Saturn
Mars
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gladstone's hypothetical wish to live in Athens at peak glory
The text recalls Mr Gladstone at Hawarden Castle discussing the greatest day in world history. He asked friends to name a day in past or future to live with present knowledge and return. Gladstone chose a day when Athens was at its highest glory.
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Mr. Gladstone
Hawarden Castle
Greece
Athens
Not Like Him The Vicar and Miggs Exchange Views
The Vicar expresses surprise at Miggs about going into town without becoming intoxicated. Miggs agrees it is popular, noting relief that he can visit town and return sober.
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Miggs
London Telegraph
Military prisoners and discipline at army posts
The article explains two classes of military prisoners, garrison prisoners and military convicts, detailing guard routines, punishments like the bull ring, and the harsh duties and confinement faced by prisoners and guards alike. It notes the grim duties, including guarding friends, and describes severities from work tasks to solitary confinement.
Be This and Be That
A Cleveland lawyer recounts a Milesian digger trenching for a gas pipe to a private house. He doubts room in the ditch for dirt on the pile and concludes the trench isn’t deep enough. A bystander asks why not, and the reply rests on digging depth.
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Cleveland
Cleveland News
A Growing Love
A humorous Life anecdote about Mr and Mrs Married Bliss who gain weight after marriage. A friend laments their size but a physician notes they are closer than ever, valuing affection over former grace. The piece ends with the idea that their strengthened bond outweighs lost slenderness.
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Bliss
Blisses
Blunders in Emphasis Match Miss Gunning Remark
The piece notes the remark by Miss Gunning to a barge Il about wanting to see a coronation as a prize example of misemphasis. It cites G W E Russell's Collections and Recollections recounting a working class admirer telling the dean of Windsor there is nothing of the gentleman about you.
Popular politician recalls electioneering stop at village wedding
A midday stop in a small station leads a politician to a packed village church where a wedding is about to take place. He secures a view of the bride, groom, and clergyman amid a crowded ceremony, noting the dark gallery at the rear.
Rest Your Eyes Prevent Strain and Safe Light Use
The guide advises rest when eyes feel instinctively rubbed and warns against reading or sewing by bright window light. Cold water helps inflamed eyes and sleeping with eyes open to light should be avoided. Above or oblique lighting from the left shoulder reduces glare that harms sight.
Shakespearean Style Sand Lyrics Rewritten in Prose
A London Globe note clarifies that a quoted lyric about yellow sands is rewritten in Elizabethan voice to imitate a Shakespeare line. The playful aside contrasts Old Style pronunciation with a modern mock version of the stage aria.
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Yellow Sands
London Globe
The Old Doctor Advises Caution Over Club Time
A witty exchange shows the Young Doctor boasting six patient recoveries this week while the Old Doctor warns his student that too much club time is to blame for his failures. The quip appears in a New York Life advertisement.
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New York
From mountebank to modern circus thrillers
William Allen Johnston discusses the evolution of circuses from lonely mountebanks to sprawling tented cities that host up to 25 000 spectators daily. He notes rising costs and the lure of dangerous acts that boost receipts, while acknowledging public appetite for sensational danger and clown appeal.
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Hippodrome
William Allen Johnston
Harper's Weekly
Gantlet Tale of Indiana Pioneers and a Brave Young Men
David Johnson recounts John Severns story of 1793 in which two white prisoners faced the gantlet. An older man prayed, was killed by Indian youths, while a young fighter saved his companion then fled. The chief adopted the rescuer as a son in gratitude.
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David Johnson
Indiana
John Severns
Severns
W. M. Cockrum
Johnson
Bald barber and Binks clash over what is news
A barber tells little Binks he is very bald in a comic exchange. Binks challenges whether the comment appeared in any newspaper, arguing that if it is not news, why discuss it at all. The dialogue unfolds with confusion over paper editions and what counts as news.
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Binks
Ber
Moles, Barbers and Reflections in a Lippincott Snippet
A fragmentary dialogue recounts a character bantering with a barber about rumors and aging. A sudden mishap with a brush interrupts the exchange, highlighting themes of memory and perception amid a casual, newspapertte voice.
The Mechanical Choir
A Philadelphia Ledger quip imagines a church installing a phonograph to replace a quarrelsome choir. The self contained machine plays sacred music without fuss or vanity and can be repaired by a mechanic, as a humorous take on modern automation in worship.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Joy of Eating in Berlin
A Berlin letter describes Berlin’s dining culture with meals spread across the day. Breakfast is informal and often delivered to rooms, lunch around 10 or 11, and dinner at 2 followed by coffee and rolls later. People dine in restaurants, enjoy open air eating by sidewalks, and music fills many venues. The piece notes widespread affordable music and urban social life.
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Berlin
Springfield
Mass
A Laughable Pocket Thefts by Lord Sheffield
A tale from Piccadilly recalls Lord Sheffield claiming no one could steal his pocket. His handkerchief dangled, his companion diverted his attention, and a seedy passerby pocketed it. He immediately collared the man.
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Lord Sheffield
Piccadilly
Lord Sheffield Loses Pocketbook After Jest Gone Wrong
A London Express item recounts a frivolous incident where a lord accused a man of theft and had him seized after a joke with a handkerchief backfired. The “unfortun ate” reader was released with apologies as the friend explained the gag and the lord realized his pocketbook was missing.
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Lord Sheffield
London Express
Sure of Something Good Dinner Plans
Van Antler notes confidence in a satisfying dinner prepared by his English butler who handles household catering. Grubb questions reliability, then Van Antler asks the butler to send something from the kitchen table for tonight.
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van Antler
Grubb
Puck
Staylaight-Oh and Miss Wobbins Meet Again
Dialogue fragment shows Staylaight-Oh asking to visit Miss Wobbins who hesitates, suggesting a meeting depends on a timely trip. The exchange hints at a narrative of recurring visits and constrained plans within a Life column style.
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Miss Wobbins
Prohibition Lecture and Grocer’s Wide Stock
A sharp adage notes that those who expect nothing rarely face disappointment. The prohibition lecturer speaks on a dry topic. It questions why a grocer stocks many items not commonly requested.
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