An Author's Start Marion Crawford's Early Career
Jeannette L. Gilder recalls Marion Crawford's youth in New Jersey and his eventual rise after a chance given by Sam Ward and the Critic. She notes Crawford's diverse early writing and the moment he chose writing as his path, shaping a storied career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Crawford
New Jersey
Adolphe Maillard
Mis
Julia Ward Howe
Italy
Frank Crawford
Sam Ward
Daniell
Broadway
New York
O'bis Lad
Sam
Mr. Isaacs
Jeannette L. Gilder
Putoaw’s
Polenta A Woman Finds Polenta Opens Eye To Italian Dish
A Houston Post reader recalls a camp stay where polenta sold as Italian delight astonished her. A southern Italian cook named Antonina prepares it, revealing polenta is simply cornmeal mush in disguise. The tale ends with the remark that a name makes a big difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Antonion
Antonina
Houston Post
Lord Roswead and Fiji chiefs orators lesson
Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of New South Wales in the early seventies, noticed that Fiji’s great fighting chiefs spoke through staff orators. The Irish humorist praised the contrast, noting the man of action is rarely a man of words and that civilization could learn from Pacific chiefs.
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Lord Roswead
Hercules Obinson
New South Wales
Fiji
Hercules
Sydney
London Chronicle
Well Trained Poultry Chase Motor Car Tale
A farmer finds a worn motor, trains his poultry to gather for meals at his foot. A passing motorcar blows a road hazard, and the poultry race onto the road in pursuit. After five miles, fourteen pallets and three roosters die from exhaustion. the rest are still roaning.
What's In a Name Epicure Walter on venison misprint
The dialogue presents a humorous exchange about a steak that is deemed past its prime and misread as venison. A tongue in cheek town topics style mocks dietary mislabeling with the pair’s quick correction and approval of venison as a superior dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epicure
Walter
Monsieur
Fragmentary Prose Echoes in Old Times
An unclear clipping presents a dialogue about poetry and wisdom with quoted lines and scattered phrases. The text references a poor poet, his wife, and a remark about teaching and learning, all in a dated newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anld
Imp impractical Joker in Hungarian Folklore
A Hungarian tale recounts the impractical joker Jozsa Gyurl who burns a hayrick as a prank. He shows off a fine new coach, but after a revelrous night the coach is gone. The Count explains the carriage was hidden under a rock to keep it dry due to repairs.
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Hungary
W. B. F. Bovill
Jozsa Gyurl
Great Plain
Jozsa
Count Keglevich
Hayrick
May
A Man of Luck. The Story of the Test
A fable from the East presents a king and his minister debating luck and effort. Two men are tested by a bag of peas and diamonds. one believes in luck, the other in human effort. The fate: the worker keeps peas, the idle man diamonds, illustrating the value of effort over passive hope.
Teaching Him a Lesson from a Rural Delivery Encounter
A rural free delivery carrier stops his bike by a sunburnt farmer named Holmes and jokes about Sherlock Holmes. The farmer concedes the carrier misjudged him by appearance, asserting keen perception and wit in a brief exchange reflecting social pretensions and character.
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Holmes
Beverly 62
Sherlock Holmes
Men and Their Feet Originating From Global Typologies
A fragment from a historic piece discusses feet by nationality. It contrasts the Frenchman’s long, well proportioned foot with the Scotchman’s high, muscular foot, the Russian’s webbed toes, the Tar tar’s short heavy foot, the Spaniard’s small curved foot, and the Englishman’s short fleshy foot, attributed to anthropological views.
Javelle Water Preparation for Bleaching White Surfaces
Instructions describe Javelle water as a standard bleaching agent for white fabrics and removal of stains, noting it should not contact colored surfaces. The method: dissolve half a pound of washing soda in a pint of boiling water, mix with a quarter pound of chloride of lime in a quart of boiling water, stir, settle, pour off the clear liquid, and store corked in a dark place.
Summons and notices in Oregon circuit court case records
Multiple legal notices including summons to Walter Cameron in a foreclosure suit for $550 with 10 percent interest, mortgage foreclosure details, and final account hearings in estate matters of Rainville and Ronville, plus guardian’s final account for John McIntyre guardianship in Umatilla County Oregon, all dated 1909.
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State of
Oregon
Umatilla County
James Renville
Rainville
Pendleton
Joseph I. Rainville
Umatilla
Joseph A. Ronville
Angwat
Joseph T. Rainville
Summons in circuit court case in Oregon state
The notice cites Lela C. Lewis v A T Lewis in Umatilla county Oregon with six week appearance for divorce and decree dissolving marriage. It notes publication dates July 23 1909 and September 3 1909 and identifies Homer I Watts as attorney for plaintiff. Also notices creditors for the estate of John McIntyre with Hugh McIntyre as executor and four week publications ending September 7 1909.
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Circuit Court
State of Oregon
Amatillafeounty
Lela
Lewis
A. T. Lewis
Lela C. Lewis
State of
Oregon
Umatilla County
Huat
Homer I. Watts
Plaintiff
Umatilla
John McIntyre
Hugh McIntyre
John MeIntyre
Athena
Peterson & Wilson
Pendleton
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Plaintif
Walter Cameron
John Bergevin
J. B. McDill
Anoh Gate
H. J. Bean
J. B. Perry
Tagane
Guardinn
Hugh Mefatyr
Guardian
Happy Home
Gold Shield
Schwabacher Bros. & Company, Incorporated
Seattle, Wash
Hasna Ios
Y Tris
J. Conley
Owen
Suo Union Pacific
Thun
Walla Walla
Ton
Pomeroy
Law
Aston
Colfax
Pal
Seo Laga
iMakee City
Sous Ness Bramer
Annes
Walle
Pia
BM Sawin Agens
Kirk
H. Preston
le Grow
E. Koontz
T. Cashier
Kirk F
D, H. Preston
P. E. Colbern
B. Koontz
First National Bank
OF Athena
Eilers
Chickering
Weber, Kimball
Hobart M. Cable
Eilers Piano House
Ore
Portland
Wash
Columbia Junior College
A Christian School
W. H. Martin
Pres
Milton, Oregon
Gus Lafontaine
Pendleton, Dr
Troy Laundry
Henry Keene
Cetls
Omies
Third Street
Short
Weston Oregon
Cully’s Grocery
Attorneys-at-Law
Watts & Neal
Freewater, Oregon
Preston-Parton Milling Company
Waitsburg
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