Peter the Great’s English breakfast bill from Bodleian record
An innkeepers bill shows Peter the Great and twenty companions consuming half a sheep and a quarter lamb, ten pullets, twelve chickens, three quarts brandy, six quarts mulled wine, seven dozen eggs, with salad. The czar reportedly drank a pint of brandy and a bottle of sherry each morning, eight bottles of sack after dinner, and favored hot pepper with brandy.
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Peter the Great
Bodleian
Oxford
England
Russia
Czar
Peter
The Black Spruce Gains Amid Timber Trade Interest
The Dundee Advertiser notes a shift in view as the humble black spruce, long despised for its softness and light weight, is found to offer ideal properties for aircraft wood due to its grain. Although rarely planted for ornament or forestry, this conifer may soon rise in value.
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Dundee Advertiser
Fata
ED Pinaud Hair Tonic Ad Sample Offer
The ad pitches ED PINAUD S HAIR TONIC as a sure remedy for hair troubles promising beautiful heavy fluffy hair with daily use. It offers a free sample bottle enough for three applications for 10c postage and packing, and directs readers to ED PINAUD S American Offices in New York City and to ask dealers for the product.
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ED. Pinaud
New York City
Faithful Dog and a Hidden Coin in a Wager Tale
A man hides a silver half dollar on a dusty road to test his dog. A traveler finds the coin, the dog proves faithful, and the traveler recovers the money after learning of the dog’s pursuit. A bull endangers a girl until a drum corps blast distracts the animal saving her. An infantile verse about a blue balloon ends the piece.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Child Lives Saved by Blast of Eugles Drum Major
A German regiment marching stopped in the countryside when a child faced peril. The drum major issued a blast of Eugles to avert danger, saving the child and earning praise for quick decisive action amid the emergency.
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der Schrieb
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