Egg leads to romance in Albany market tale
Mr James Lynch recounts how a magic eggshell message sparked a romance between a New York City market worker and a Tennessee suitor. The Irish girl, educated in a convent, exchanged letters, met, and planned a mid August wedding after a three week courtship sparked by an egg message. The Tennessee groom, a prosperous shipper, owns land and runs produce shipments.
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Origin of Familiar Phrases and Epithet Notes
A compilation tracing how phrases such as The Last Feather Breaks a Horse Back Emerald Isle and Old Harry arose, with notes on Bramhall Hobbes Drennan and Durance Vile. It cites Froissart Saint Venant excerpts and the derivation of Peter’s Pence True Blue Gone to Pot and other idioms with terse etymologies.
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Hobbes
Mr. Hobbes
Durance Vile
Willo’-The
Burns and Smollett
Johnes
Froissart
St. Venant
Norwich
William de Melle
France
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Bee
Jeremiah Dixon
Som
Pennsylvania
Dixon
Durham
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Ireland
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Dalloch
Belfast
Erin
Milton
Gray
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Offa
Rome
England
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Leslie and
Montrose
Habakkuk
Zerubbabel
Zion and
Ebenezer
Israel
Harry
Mounttains
Old Harry
Shock
Prince
Darkness
St. Louis Giubee Democrat
The Porte Sublime to The Sublime Porte
The Ottoman term Porte originated in a four pillar model from the institutes of Sultan Mehmed II. Viziers Judges Treasurers and Secretaries formed pillars for governance with the Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent as the supreme seat. The phrase LalIan translation became Le Porte Sublima later shortened to The Porte.
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Ottoman Empire
Sultan Mohamed II
Population density and rural decline in British India and France
The article discusses population per square mile in British India and France, noting high density changes rural status and impacts on living by industries. It argues that extreme density makes the struggle for existence harder, with widespread dependency and the need to rely on soil and labor.
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British India
France
Fragmentary Notice on War Sera Tragedy and Efforts
Readable fragments show a discussion of a distant war and efforts to organize relief. Names, places, and precise actions are unclear, but there is emphasis on public concern and broad mobilization.
Treatments for Dairy Udder Troubles and Garget
Practical remedies for udder congestion injuries and garget in dairy cattle. Advice covers warm baths, iodine ointment with lard, saltpetre doses, bicarbonate injections, thorough milking, and liniments with iodine glycerine mercurial ointment olive oil. Also includes washing, milking tube use, and laxatives like epsom salts molasses and ginger.
Winter Dairying Advantage Over Summer Work
ZL. S. Coffin notes in Iowa State Register that winter dairying increases yearly butter, improves cow and calf condition through grain feeding, allows better calf growth and earlier grass on yearlings, and frees skimmed milk for pigs. Grain feeding stabilizes production and eases year round farm labor.
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ZL. S. Coffin
Iowa State Register
Health of Cows Promoted by Studying Feeds
E W Stewart of New York urges dairy farmers to study how foods affect cattle health. Dry woody feeds cause impaction and stomach upset. oil meal or flaxseed can counteract this, improving digestion, skin, and coat. Mixing flaxseed with grain aids digestion and may replace oil meal. Food acts as medicine for livestock.
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E. W. Stewart
New York
Mysteries of Mining Explained by Bantering Couple
A humorous dialogue from East Laramie features a wife asking her husband to explain mining for gold and silver. The man demystifies placer and quartz mining, correcting misconceptions about pans, shafts, and sampling as they drift through mining terminology in a playful exchange ending with a wry remark.
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East Laramie
Bill Nye
The Wrong Man and Icelandic Translator Tales
A Cincinnati railroad inspector recalls being mistaken for James Johnson and duped by two men in Detroit Free Press style anecdotes. The piece also notes Jon Thorlakson of Iceland, a poet preacher who, despite poverty, translated Milton and Pope, and contrasts clerk wages in England with their unhappy state.
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E. W. Harleman
Cincinnati
Erie Railroad
Erie & Wabash
Atlantic
Pacific
Lakes
Gulf
Mr. Johnson
Harleman
Johnson
James Johnson
Chicago
Dayton
Mr. Harleman
Smith
Grand Trunk
Grand ‘Trunk
Daron
Greenhorn
Detroit Free Press
Jon Thorlakson
Iceland
Thorlakson
Milton
Pope
Lion Malaria and Liver Pad and Betty am Foot Plasters
An advertisement touts a malaria and fever treatment called Lion Malaria and Liver Pad and Betty am Foot Plasters. It claims effectiveness against nervous system influence and malaria. The pitch offers a one dollar per treatment package and notes Miss Leonora Hors of Peru Nebraska selling related hair merchandise.
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Leonora Hors
Peru
Child’s hair pulling tale captivates Harrisburg Telegraph
An extraordinary Harrisburg Telegraph item recounts a seven year old child who pulls out and eats hair, prompting humorous conjecture about a feast if hair mats or butter were involved. The Verge of a medical ad shifts to a testimonial from G H Hubbard of Hampden Ohio praising Lindsey’s Blood Searcher for improving his wife’s health.
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Harrisburg
Lindsey
G. H. Hubbard
Hampden, Ohio
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