French Sentiment Shows Pasteur Top Frenchmen Vote
In a Petit Parisien poll of 1996 readers more than 15 million votes were cast to name the ten greatest Frenchmen of the nineteenth century. Pasteur led with 1,388,425 votes, followed by Hugo Gambetta Napoleon Thiers Lazare Carnot Curie Dumas Pere Roux and Parmentier with others like Ampere Brazza Zola Lamartine and Arago close behind. The result highlights a strong science influence among national heroes.
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Petit Parisies
Pasteur
Victor Hugo
Gambetta
Napoleon
Thiers
Lazare Carnot
Curie
A. Dumas Pere
Dr. Roux
Parmentier
Ampere
Brazza
Zola
Lamartine
Arago
Roux
France
Morris Allen Appointed Court Stenographer in Talladega
Local notes report Morris Allen of this city named court stenographer for the Talladega City court a lucrative and responsible post. Also mentions Model Ice Co contact details and Mr L T Smith traveling to Atlanta for Southern Golf Association executive committee meeting where he serves as treasurer. An ice cream supper at Glen Addie firemen's hall benefited Glen Addie Baptist church with a good sum raised.
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Morris Allen
Talladega City Court
Allen
L. T. Smith
Atlanta
The
Southern Golf Association
Smith
Association
Glen Addie
Glen Addie Baptist Church
Grace church vestrymen chosen and wall paper sale
The Grace church vestry selected A H Shepperd M F Doering A L Tyler M B Wellborn A P Agee James Keith Jr and Thos B Kilby. A L Tyler elected senior warden and A H Shepperd junior warden. Peace and quiet prevailed in Anniston with three police cases by 9 am. two continued cases were tried with one discharged and others fined a total of 25 dollars 90 cents.
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Grace Church
A. Hi. Shepperd
M. F. Doering
A. L. Tyler
M. B. Wellborn
A. P. Agee
James Keith Jr
Thos. B. Kilby
A. H. Shepperd
Wedding Train Prank Backfires As Handcuff Joke Binds Groom
A groom and bride newly married in a western town are on a train when a friend handcuffs the groom to the bride. The conductor refuses to stop, the brakeman frees them after fifty miles with a file and hammer, and the joker pays full fare for the trip.
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Harry
Tie
Foley’s Kidney Cure Advertisement Notice
An advertisement urges readers to use Foley’s Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder trouble, claiming it stops irregularities and cures cases within medical reach. The copy emphasizes universal vulnerability and the remedy’s effectiveness.
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Foley
Tennyson Pleases with Exactness in Humorous Dish Tale
Bram Stoker records Henry Irving recounting a lunch story about Alfred Tennyson. When asked for an opinion Tennyson says he would be exact and finally explains he described the dish as like an old boot rather than an old shoe.
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Tennyson
Bram Stoker
Henry Irving
Irving
Haslemere
Irv
Tipped as He Went His Weekly Lump Sum Tip Plan Fails
A young traveler recounts an experiment with a weekly lump sum tip at a London hotel. He agrees to a three week commitment paying the staff in advance, but after expectations fail he reverts to standard tipping. The New York press notes the misfire of the scheme.
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Europe
London
New York Press
Pie Birds of Brittany A Bretons Tale of Pies Fleeing
A Breton farmer narrates a tale of pies black and white birds invading his wheat field. He uses tacks in the scare to trap them. The birds alight a poplar tree and, in a final twist, lift the entire tree and fly away with it.
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Brittany
The Bombmaker Revealed in Harmless Letter Danger
A Chicago News report explains how bombmakers convert an ordinary looking letter into a deadly device. It describes a folded cardboard sheet with detonator slits and fulminate spread, and a simple cracker box bomb using chlorate of potassium, sugar, acid, and metal scraps to trigger a powerful blast.
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Killa
Chicago News
The Espousal and Early Matrimonial Customs
A historical overview explains espousal as a pre marriage promise before church officials and witnesses. It notes tabulae amatrimoniales as articles of agreement and suborrbation when rings and gifts passed to the bride. Rings symbolize spousage and covenanted gifts appear before or with the wedding ceremony.
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New York Tribune
Princeton Candidate Recalled By Flowery Request
A Princeton student sent to a Philadelphia church impressed with his language is recalled after the committee forgets his name. The letter writer asks for the "floweret, streamlet, rivulet, cloudiet, starlight and moonbeam" youth, and the seminary professor confirms recognition.
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Princeton
Philadelphia
Marriage Fallout Over Rich Wife Sparks Breakup Talk
In a lively exchange, Pick-Me-Up debates Lord Busted's desire for divorce amid his wife’s half a million fortune. The pair notes she retains the assets, while he challenges the arrangement and seeks clarity on motives.
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Lord Busted
Horseshoeing by Geo G Peterson at Brummel & Co shop
All kinds of horseshoeing work performed by Geo G Peterson at the G H Brummel and Company shop on East Tenth Street.
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T. M. Henderson
Noble Street
Geo
Peterson
G. H. Brummel & Co
East Tenth Street
Exercise Without Effort Miss Gaysett
A playful exchange about golf and social manners features Mr Slopechin and Miss Gaysett. The speaker notes a partner who plays the course, touching on routine and casual competence in a light, humorous tone.
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Miss Gaysett
Mr. Slopechin
Slopechin
Puck
Giant historical carnations astonish florists of old Europe
A St. Louis Globe Democrat piece notes 800 year old florists grew carnation blooms three to four inches across outdoors in warm protected sites, before glasshouses. It contrasts Europe summers with Elizabethan England and discusses why modern greenhouses produce winter blooms.
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Spain
France
Italy
Mediterranean
England
Florista
St. Louis Globe Democrat
The Critical Diner Yet The Dinner
A humorous meditation on dining out and social awkwardness. The piece contrasts eating and conversation, noting mustaches sauced with soup and shirts marked by spills. It questions whether nourishment or talk yields happiness at table, suggesting a divide between eating and discussion.
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Macmillan
Frugal Shingle Advice From The New York Press
A sketch warns against costly painting after shingling a cottage. Seven carpenters haul bundles in the rain while the owner plans a $8400 repaint. The columnist urges drying shingles, staining them, and nailing directly to boards to avoid buckling leaks and a $300 saving.
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New York Press
Forest Air Humidity and Temperature in Woods versus Open
Observations in Germany show humidity slightly higher in the open compared with woods both relative and absolute. Temperature among trees is a touch higher than open in morning and more so in the afternoon, indicating warmer woodland air during later hours.
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Germany
A Sharp Exchange Over Parental Legacy
A quoted rebuke unfolds as Thomas Sheridan compares his father to the revered Lady Dufferin’s father. The exchange centers on pride and generational authority with a claim that one’s father stands apart from another’s. The passage captures a moment of heated dialogue about lineage and respect.
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Thomas Sheridan
Lady Dufferin
Tom
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Anniston
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