Meat and light meats debate dietary value in medical opinion
An article reports on claims that light meats digest more easily and may be better for the sick or gout patients, while dark meats contain more nitrogenous material. It cites Berlin medical literature challenging earlier analyses and suggests limiting overall meat intake rather than banning dark meats. It references U.S. food commentary and a Philadelphia Record anecdote about immigrants’ ignorance, including a flowerseller near City Hall.
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Berliner
Kininche Wochenschrift Offer & Resingulat
America
Philadelphia
Jean Bart the Pirate Hero of France
The passage praises Jean Bart as a famed French naval buccaneer who rose from piracy to loyalty under Colbert. It notes his decisive exploits against Channel rovers and enemies of French commerce, his capture of prizes, and his bold actions amid famine, bringing wealth and ships into port amid public acclaim.
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Jean Mart
Jean Bart
France
Bosinéia
Colbert
Louis XIV
Bart
Chaticel Rovers
Testing a Weighing Machine and a Patent Medicine Claim
A fragmentary report describes a man at Union Station testing a coin weighing machine that allegedly states weight and fortune. It includes odd vendor dialogue and a claim that Chimbechate Pain Balm cures rheumatism, with testimonials and a skeptical tone about the device and advertisements.
Wharf Cats and the Riverfront Stevedore Tale
A Philadelphia Record letter quotes a hogs stevedore on wharf cats living along the riverfront citing their wild, shipboard lives and loyalty to vessels. They roam the piers seeking their ships return, seldom boarding anew, yet eagerly awaiting homebound crews.
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Hwy
Philadelphia Record
Ganthony and the Silent Read
The tale recalls Robert Ganthony asking Weedon Grossmith to read his play, the misread script sent back months later, and Ganthony's lingering, merciless persistence. It also hints at a future newspaper item about a hay bale mishap and a critique of telegraph speed in business exchanges.
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Mr. Ganthony
Robert Ganthony
Weedon Grossmith
Gaanthony
Mr. Grossmith
Ganthony
Amoes
Mr. Growsmith
Come
Scoland Yard
Farmer Smith
Treasury Building
United Express
Washington and
San Francisco
Smith
Edison Hospital
Tyith
Kanazas City
New York
Chicago
Temper and temper in American life and campus banter
A collection of anecdotes on temper in public places and a biology class prank. The narrator recalls losing his temper with a baggage handler in Cincinnati and a crowd betting on his ability to gather his luggage, then describes a university prank with a stuffed baboon dressed as a student in a lecture hall.
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Natural History Museum
York Commercal Advertiser
Epidemic of Whooping Cough In Winter Reported
A fragment reports an epidemic of whooping cough last winter with a remedy claimed to relieve coughs and infections. The note mentions availability through a drug company and London exchange values of listed amounts.
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BNO Ber Drag Co
Detective recalls costly sneeze and ten thousand dollar reward
A veteran detective recounts a 10,000 reward case about bank robbers who fled Atlanta in the eighties. He hid in a boarding house closet to observe their plans, only to sneeze amid dust and blow their cover, but the criminals escaped and were never caught. The tale is set beside other brief European anecdotes.
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Giake
Boyn
Atlanta
Lim
Atlante Constitution
Outing the Lookers and a Lesson on Hats
A North country couple walk a busy street and the husband learns his wife’s bold prank drew stares from passersby. The piece then shifts to social notes about fashion, hair, and baldness tied to hat styles and the source of artificial hair from European peasant girls.
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Moto
Mair
Europe
Philadelphia Ledger
Miscellaneous Humorous Vignettes From Early 20th Century Columns
A collage of light anecdotes features Marla Mitchell the astronomer at Vassar the "Mother of the Stars" noted for her brusque but adored teaching style and playful "demo pits" at spring breaks. Other pieces recount a Chicago advance agent denied by a New Orleans socialite a pithy classroom whisperer story and a cautious ex judge cashiering a check with skeptical vigor.
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Marla Mitchell
Vassar
Mise Mmltcholt
Newark Commercial Advertiser
Betting and bluffing over a spelling wager in Baltimore
An old man recalls a bet where a reader asked how to spell a word in a Washington Post. He explains he offered ten dollars to charity after bluffing a man who claimed a different spelling. The tale ends with the man admitting he was wrong and the wager being settled.
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Baltimore
Charity
Washington Post
Napoleon of Wellington quoted by Dr O Meara on Wellington
The April Century cites Dr O Meara’s unpublished talks with Napoleon at St Helena. The imprisoned emperor judges Lord Wellington’s generalship as excellent yet limited, noting Spain campaigns and fewer conquests than Napoleon, while praising his caution and judgment.
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Lord Wellington
Spain
Poem Suggests Northern Falsification Debate
A reader proposes incorporating a true Pennsylvania story about a young girl in a town who asks a soldier to bring Gen Leo onto a veranda to see him ride by. She claps, tears up, and wishes Leo were theirs as the rider passes. An appeal to editors cites Whittler’s verse and wartime truth.
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News and Courier
Barbara Fritchie
Whittler
Pennsylvania
Leo
Pompous Passenger Loses Ground in Tramcar Encounter
On a crowded tram a boastful man tries to impress a pretty passenger but is challenged by a quiet stranger. The stranger, rising, reveals himself as the woman’s husband and calmly takes the seat beside her. The pompous man confronts the husband who replies with a simple line about waiting for a chance to sit next to his wife.
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London Chronicle
Ias
Zangwil
Lenantog Gorous
Saadfield
Emale
Bienes Fianding
Bradsfield
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Incomplete Scientific Notes Mention Leeds Instrument
A fragmented paragraph notes a beam of light movement and a device by Boienco for counting dust particles in a sunbeam. It mentions the world’s largest eswlog machine in Leeds weighing 6600 pounds that sews cotton belting.
Straphanger's Bon mot Sparks Amused Car Moment
In a crowded streetcar a mechanic clings to a strap and a dinner pail. The strap snaps sending him into a richly dressed woman’s lap. He apologizes with a courtly bow and a quip about the streetcar company. onlookers smile at the gallantry amid temperance idealism.
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Thadem
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