Diamond barometer stays keen in Kimberley and markets
The piece notes Kimberley South Africa as a barometer for diamond demand, with DeBeers watching the market and American purchases dipping during a year of broader economic restraint. It contrasts shrinking luxury imports with rising silk use and a growing trade surplus, and mentions tourists and lawmakers in a satirical tone.
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Summer in the Churches and political leverage in summer notices
The piece notes many churches stay open in summer while others close for rest, with summer sermons and the appeal of restful worship. It mentions Champ Clark's earnings drop during sessions and questions if resignation would recoup box office losses, then criticizes a Denver murder trial defense over medical knowledge as a welcome twist for many.
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Denver
Oddities and ironies of Gilded Age notables
A humorous column riffing on Harvard arts graduates and Yale grads, editors, and social foibles. It jokes about walking suburbs for interviews, cautious husbands, and busy conventions in Boston. Mentions Admiral Togo, armor plate, noisy cannons, and Carnegie and Morgan amid broad satirical nods.
Kansan Beheaded and Killed in Unclear Incident
A Kansas man was beheaded and killed in an incident described with no additional injuries. The report implies a single fatal act, with no further harm detailed.
Doan you be frightened and the dialect controversy
A collection of quotes and opinion about dialect portrayal in literature and a Norfolk Landmark medical ad. The piece contrasts fake northern dialects used for Southern characters with authentic speech, then promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills with a Toledo company ad.
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Widen Churchyards
Elizabeth Jordan
Harper's Bazaar
Virginia
New England
Boston
Ole Tom
Norfolk
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & CO
Relation Puzzle in a Family Tree
A reader from the St. Louis Times notes that determining how a great aunt relates to a man cannot be completed in a single evening, highlighting the complexity of kinship ties across generations.
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St. Louis
Keeping Tab on Dad Jokes in Washington Star
A boy asks about his father’s reaction to questions and the father replies he is busy. The other boy notes that once the child leaves the room the father rifles through the encyclopedia for answers.
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Washington Star
Breaking the Record
A brief comic note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer satirizes party chatter with Mabel claiming she danced two quadrillions times while contrasting a labor quote on energy as a measure of value.
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Mabel
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mary Johnson depicts Stonewall Jackson in biting novel
In The Long Roll Mary Johnson presents the Confederate general Stonewall Jackson in an unflattering light. The portrait emphasizes his awkward manners harsh discipline and unusual health notions praising none of his romance or war pomp. Reader Bluefield W Va June 29 1911.
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Stonewall” Jackson
Sorrell
Presbyterian Church
Slavery in Scottish Mines Through the Ages
The London Chronicle cites The Good Old Times noting Scotland’s miners were bought and sold from 1445 to 1775. Bloodhounds allegedly tracked runaways, and laws forced year round labor with corporal punishment for resistance. A reform law began in 1775 and full freedom arrived by 1799.
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Mr Hackwood
Scotland
Paschal
Yule
London Chronicle
Terse as a origin phrase in claret and courage
The passage notes Shadwell's fourth act line about becoming brave by terse claret, an allusion to Dutch courage. It suggests terse may derive from tierces of claret or a condensed form of the word.
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Shadwell
Why Plates Are Circular in Shape
The text explains that ancient plates were flat wood slices from tree trunks, which are cylindrical, making early plates roughly circular. Since the trunk’s circular cross section dictated the shape, the circular form has persisted through history.
Slavery in Ancient Greece and Its Ruling View
The piece outlines Greek slaveholding norms where war captives served as barbarians and manual labor. It cites Aristotle defending slavery as necessary for mean tasks and notes slaves outnumbered freemen in some states. It contrasts Greek views with broader ancient practices and class distinctions.
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Greece
Aristotle
Aristo
At the Ball Last Night Five Declarations Of Love
A fragment notes that at a ball last night five declarations of love were heard. The conversational excerpt features characters named Alice and Friend with light gossip tone. The source includes a Bosieu Transcript and a quotation from Emerson about earning a blameless livelihood.
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Miss Elderbud
Alice
Bosieu
William Shakespeare Joins a London Company in 1590
The passage notes the arrival of William Shakespeare in 1590 as a versatile actor and adapter who could rewrite older plays to suit contemporary taste and even write decent plays himself. It mentions jealous colleagues doubting his originality but acknowledges his growing usefulness to the company and theater.
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Wa. Jace
William Tell
Ansted & Burk Co
London
William Shakespeare
Aunt Kate Question Sparks Family Intrigue
In a sharp home conversation Mildred asks why the young Mr Stevens visits so often as Aunt Kate notes the stepfather of Stevens’ mother married a second cousin of the father, revealing tangled kinship.
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Diaz at Weisbaden Germany on visit for cure
General Porfirio Diaz former president of Mexico arrived in Germany on June 29 en route to Weilbach for a health treatment at Weisbaden as part of a prescribed cure. He will stay briefly before continuing to his destination in June.
Notice to Garbage Handlers on New Pit Locations
The city forbids dumping near macadam road and directs workers to use newly created pits farther from the road. Violators face a $5 fine. Public works under M. M. Clifford, Commissioner of Highways, states road repairs are moving to the new pits.
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Macadam Road
M. M. Clifford
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Daily Telegraph Subscription Push Proves Worth It
A bold pitch promotes a yearly subscription at four dollars for the Daily Telegraph, urging readers to secure a year of newspapers and claiming value and benefits for subscribers.
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