Cruikshank's Remarkable One Pound Bank Note Sparks Outcry
In 1818 artist George Cruikshank created a grotesque one pound note satirizing harsh English executions at Newgate. The image depicted hangings, Britannia devouring her children, and transport ships to Australia. Public demand surged, the issue was halted by directors, and Parliament tightened laws.
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George Cruikshank
England
Newgate
Tyburn
Cruikshank
Britannia
Australia
Abraham Nowland
Iketch
Hane
Crushank
St. Tlone
Elizabeth Fry
Jim
Hobson's Choice Origin and Meaning
Hobson's choice traces to Tobias Hobson a Cambridge carrier who died in 1630. He ran a stable with equal horse rotation forcing customers to take the next available horse, creating a phrase used to denote a choice with no real alternative.
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Hobson
Tobias Hobson
Cambridge
Hirosou
The Man Who Will Not Propose Described in Modern Fashion Verse
An editorial plea against the man who delays proposing in love. It argues procrastination damages women's hearts, mocks shy types, and urges decisive action. The piece contrasts past courtship with modern casual attentions and warns against keeping a relationship in limbo. It suggests gentle shunning and direct requests as remedies.
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Papa
Misa
WHEN THE JAPANESE ADVERTISE
A historical strip discusses Japanese advertising tricks and marketing language. It notes merchants use rapid dispatch, durable goods claims, and psychologically charged phrases. Examples include a Tokyo grocer touting vinegar sharper than a diabolical mother in law and a stationer leveraging natural history.
Scientific Nuggets From The Age Of Invention
A mixed science column covers metal corrosion, chicken language claims by M Geraud of Paris, a Calumet Michigan blacksmith welding copper and steel, polonium extraction from uranium requiring tons of ore, and a proposal to control railroad noise with rubber cushions or tarred oakum. It also notes ideas on eradicating mosquitoes via goldfish and a lighthearted pessimistic note on marriage.
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M. Geraud
Paris
Calumet
Michigan
Hecla
Madame Curie
A. Deblerne
Samuel Garman
Royal Society of Arts
John Leeming
Sermons and Somnolence in a Colonial Tale
Mrs. Bucy Fitch Perkins recounts a New England clergyman great grandfather who used humor and tactics to wake sleepy congregations. A tale of a hic sermon pause and a playful exchange about building a pew church contrasts with a whispered plan that he would rather she be a comet, for it would spark a rare sight only once in sixty woven years.
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Bucy Fitch Perkins
Immunity to Disease and a Humorous Lord Manfield Tale
The text discusses inherited and acquired immunity to various diseases and microbes, including infant immunity via maternal vaccination, animal inoculation, and bacterial resistance. It includes a Lucian reference to snake venom immunity and a Calmette example, plus a tale about Lord Manfield and a coachman showing how a fabricated character leads to real employment.
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Lucian Describey
Calmette
Europe
Bostonian Culture and a Drunken Prisoner’s Witty Quip
In a Boston court a disheveled man faces judgment yet balks at a police magistrate who splits his infinitives. He protests the injustice of arrest, dungeon confinement, and public trial, but balks most at linguistic punishment.
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Boston
Did Hla Beat James and the ferocious dog at the drawing room?
A pompous new butler named James is ordered to bring items to the drawing room. A visiting owner brings a large Newfoundland dog. James delays, then returns with distress, claiming the animal attacked him three times, injuring his cane and humiliating the occasion.
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James
Hle
An Adventure in Seville by Max Pemberton
A Bohemian American painter in Seville copies Murillo in a cathedral. He witnesses a ritual murder hidden behind a stone pillar and warns the vergers. The American consul dismisses the tale as a hasty bluff, sending the painter away to safety, while Spain's frontier looms beyond.
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Paris
Spain
Seville
Murillo
R*ces
Wong
Lnife
Jesse
Painter
Wim
Tao
Madrid
Sergijie
Corns in Horses Feet and Shoeing Effects
Describes how corns form on the heel area between the bar and wall due to shoe pressure and excessive heel trimming. Details signs of lameness, how to treat with poulticing and temporary shoeing, and cautions against breeding horses with low heels or flat feet. Emphasizes careful shoeing to prevent corn development and promote hoof growth.
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Dolm
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Remarkable Bank-Noti
Hobson's Choice
Henry Vallender
Nunn Street
Benalla
Melbourne
A. V. Skin
Watts, Turnbull & Co.'s
Bridge Street
Percy
Pete Bate
W. Fieldsend
Delacour Pipes
Loman
Privo
Oridge Street
Manfeld
William
Manafield
John
Westminster Hall
Sirrah
Bostonian Culture
Kent Mouse
Enalla Pha H
T. Gregerson
Ato
HL Francia & Co
Qhamint
John Clark
Nunn
Hla
Max Pemberton
Prentice
Tama
Dra
Www
T. Prentice
Dalgety
Newmarket Wool, Grain
Prodi
Atyen Divive Bf
Wanker
Quibell
Kemp
Nobel
Glasgow
Chworth
Bourke Street
Thomas Chadwick
Local Age
Samaritan
Hearne
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