Athena Press notes local history and Taft Mexico stance
In Athena Oregon the Athena Press outlines local items and edits on national policy. It praises Taft for pursuing peace with Mexico and avoids war fever. The piece recalls Canyon City history, Joaquin Miller and the old county judge, framing regional heritage with poetic references.
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Canyon City Eagle
Grant County
Sierras
Cincincatus Heine Miller
Temple of Fame
Joaquin Miller
Daring bin
City Journal
Canyon City
C. H. Miller
Miller
Rafona
Wand
Big Dame
Condemnation across New York papers of Madero and Lauree
New York newspapers condemn the assassination of deposed President Madero and Lauree, calling the killings cowardly and a threat to civilization. They argue U.S. intervention should not occur and stress the gravity of violence against leaders and civilians alike. The excerpts urge restraint and adherence to law amid calls for reform.
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New York
Madero
Lauree
Taft
Pernie Resort
Mexico
Atlanthie
Huerte
Hidelap
Morelar
Idler Talk Sparks Oregon Echoes in Unguarded Column
A collection of casual musings from an Oregon newspaper column surveys politics in Washington and Mexico, notes on climate and population, and brief regional items. It references a democratic administration, Oregon’s growth prospects, a remark on old Diogenes, and a curious Conan Doyle anecdote about a mountain scenario.
The Herons of Andalusia in a Curious Lecture
A fragmentary newspaper item notes W Farren praising brown backed herons of Andalusia in Spain for their affectionate nesting display. The piece shifts to fragmented quotes about music and dialogue among unnamed speakers, with garbled lines mentioning Hawkes Harper’s and a family scene at home.
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W. Farren
Conjigur
Spain
London Standard
Fragmented overheard banter and garbled quotes
A collage of fractured lines and misquoted dialogue from various sources. The text jumble includes unrelated exchanges about blame, affection, and remarks on acquaintances, with names and places scrambled or incomplete.
Confounding a Braggart in Lyons Barber Incident
During Louis Napoleon's presidency General Castellaine visited a barber in Lyons to test a boastful threat. The barber shaved him while nervous, and the general paid, privately warning him to refrain from further threats he could not back up.
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Louis Napoleon
French Republic
Lyons
General Castellane
Monsieur
The New Maid conundrum in Mrs Brown Jones home
A parlor maid at Mrs Brown Jones notes six visitors bringing calling cards. Hilda discerns the tickets are misaddressed with wrong names and three others, suggesting the intended recipients are at other houses. She tells the mistress none of the callers wished to see her.
Grim Laugh Challenge Sparks Military Punishment
A private in a European regiment in northern India bet the guard sergeant he could make the strict colonel, famed for rarely smiling, laugh. After the charge, the colonel offered a chance to speak. The prisoner refused, and the grim officer nonetheless ordered fourteen days confined to bar racks.
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India
Lambs Stammer and the Cheese Shop Tale
The London Spectator notes Charles Lamb often stammered in the right moments, even joking about buying cheese. He would pretend to mispronounce and use humor to mask the stammer, illustrating how a stammer can become unnecessary once the scene is set.
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Lamb
Charles Lamb
Amb
London Spectator
The Harvest and The Voice of Nature by Ellsa Carman
An excerpt contemplates nature’s miracles and instincts as valid, equating animal behavior with life’s death and immortality. It muses on beauty’s resilience beyond logic, asserting inner truth beyond human reasoning and ending with a meditation on truth and growth.
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Weill
Ellsa Carman
Tact Market Quote From Chancellor Day
Chancellor James R. Day warned a Syracuse University undergraduate that tact cannot be bought by the unacquainted. He quipped that true tact is possessed by those who already hold it and cannot be acquired from outsiders.
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James R. Day
Syracuse University
Barbey d'Aureville
Gloaming Inquiry Provokes Humorous Parlor Door Image
A brief quip from Loudon Telegraph asks what the gloaming is and answers with a joke about a married man preferring to rush to the rocking horses and building blocks on the parlor door. The line highlights marriage as altering a man’s evening routine.
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Wil- Mam
Loudon Telegraph
Counselor There fore and the Irish bar fame
The piece notes Sergeant Kelly as a famous Irish bar figure nicknamed Counselor Therefore for his habit of direct conclusions at work. It recalls a court moment where he tells the jury the case is clear and promises to explain it briefly.
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Kelly
Lf Court
Hotel's Own Hearse Advertising Oddities
A fragment notes hotel keepers use odd advertising lines claiming their houses are equipped with hearses or ready for “live ones.” The tale hints at sensational hotel ads and stray references to hearses in promotional phrases, reflecting curious bygone marketing misstatements.
Unholy mix of funeral traffic and hotel keeping noted
An English catering journal mocks the blending of funeral traffic with hotel keeping in Ireland. An ad from a Northern hotel owner boasts adding a glass hearse to the establishment, aiming to attract guests and test the facilities.
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Ireland
Sli
One on the Spy Welsh reminiscence tale
Rev. Evan Jones of Cimarron wrote his reminiscences for a Welsh paper. A wealthy church member admits placing two halfpennies in the collection box and, when asked, reveals he hid a half sovereign between them to thwart spying. He advises future inquisitors to use spectacles.
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Evan Jones
Cimarron
Teust
The Rain Preventer: Helvetius Otto’s Pluvifuges
About fifty years ago a German inventor named Helvetius Otto announced a device to stop rain. He built a steam driven platform with large bellows intended to blow clouds away. He claimed pluvifuges spread citywide could guarantee dry weather for as long as desired. The project attracted notice due to the inventor's scientific standing but proved impracticable and was abandoned after trials.
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Helvetius Otto
Otto
Crown Princess Louise Gifted Oranienburg Residence
The Countess von Voss recounts a heartwarming tale of Crown Princess Louise on her first birthday as crown princess. Frederick William II decorates a summer residence at Oranienburg and asks for any unfulfilled wishes. Louise requests gold for the poor, “as large as the heart of my generous papa,” a gift fitting her beloved status among Princesses.
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Countess von Voss
Louise
Frederick William 11
Oranienburg
Prince Charles of Mecklenburg
White a Misnomer and Chesterton on Color Words
The excerpt discusses G. K. Chesterton’s critique of racial and color language noting that common terms mislabel colors and peoples. He cites examples like white wine and white grapes to illustrate how color terms misrepresent reality and calls the phrase white man a troubling misnomer reflecting biased perceptions.
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G. K. Chesterton
Bedridden Man Declares Sleep Habit As Cause Of Illness
A bedridden hobo tells a sympathetic lady that after fifty years he has spent over sixteen years in bed. He cites his regular sleep habit of eight hours a day as the trouble, and a passerby quotes a proverb about silence from Harper's and a Persian saying.
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Hawkes
Mike
Harry
Harper'a
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