Local notes on sickness farming and community events
The column reports illness including Mrs. Linnie Puckett and Mr. Ernest Burnham, mentions improved health, describes fine farming weather, and notes attendance at Children s Day in Maryton. It lists visitors from Joe and Gulfport, discusses crop prospects, and recalls meetings and church services planned for July with Rev. W A Hayes assisting.
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Ernest Burnham
Linnie Puckett
Maryton
C. W. Polk
Joe
Dr. Warrren
Monteney
W. B. Corley and Son
Thier
M. E
W. A. Hayes
Meridian
Beneficent Bacon for delicate eaters and children
A Harper's Bazaar note extols thin brown crisp bacon as a regular long term fat substitute for those intolerant to other fats. It highlights bacon as valuable for delicate children and others who are weak and fastidious.
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Harper's Basar
Gallant Burglar Misses Jewel In Lady’s Boudoir Note
A thief entered a lady’s boudoir and stole 6 percent jewels, leaving a note that blamed the absence of the chamber’s loveliest jewel. The message ended with “A thousand regrets” for not finding the prized piece.
Lawsuit Over a Hen Ends by Bird’s Untimely Death
A Hamburg case on chicken ownership closes after a year due to the hen’s death. The bird valued at 75 cents, but legal costs ran high, underscoring the unexpected burden of a small dispute.
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Hamburg
Literature the Last Resort Quote Cited By Post
The Philadelphia Evening Post notes that people turn to literature as a response to financial distress, arguing that literature acts as a symptom of economic despair and that economists neglect this phenomenon.
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Philadelphia Evening Post
Real humility hinges on heart and clear purpose
The text argues that true value rests not on possessions or status but on generous, sincere motives and broad sympathy. It emphasizes honesty, straightforwardness, and a humane aim as the core of character.
Character and Talent in Success Sayings
Quote attributed to Max O Re ll asserts character secures success more than talent. He argues a man may excel with character and little talent but cannot succeed without character regardless of talent, stressing moral fiber over ability.
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Max O’rell
Man's odd sock heel rescue from far away
A Missouri man sent a quarter far to learn how to save his sock heels. The man suggested cutting out the heels with scissors and placing them in the top drawer as a solution.
A Blizzard Tale From Western Kansas
A farmer recalls a years ago wind storm in western Kansas when a sheaf of oats blown by the blizzard pressed against his barn door and stayed there for three days as the storm raged, an Atchison Globe anecdote.
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Kansas
Atchison Globe
Lights on River Vessels Born from Butler Idea
The use of red and green side lights for vessels began on the Hudson River in 1862. General Benjamin F. Butler championed the concept and supported a factory producing the lights, fueling adoption of the maritime signaling system.
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Gen. Butler
Benjamin F. Butler
Prevent Smoke When Rekindling an Open Fire
Advice to add new wood to the back of an open fire. By placing fresh pieces at the rear the burning wood is drawn forward, improving heat retention and reducing smoke with each addition.
New York Manager Denies Advertised Chorus Gigs
A New York manager clarified that his advertisement called for thirty chorus girls, not thirsty chorus girls, and he acknowledged the garbled wording. The incident highlights a typographical error altering the intended meaning and public perception.
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New York
Mosquitoes Drunk Me In Nyassa Country Night Hike
A missionary recalls bed preparations in Nyassa to ward off African mosquitoes. Despite sealing a net with fires and tobacco smoke, hundreds ingress each night, causing feverish delirium and drunken sleep until dawn. The piece emphasizes that mosquitoes, not wildlife, bore the hunter’s burden.
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Nyassa
Hollanders Heavily Taxed In 12 Percent Burden
A historical note outlines Dutch taxation, stating a Hollander pays about 12 percent of yearly income. It lists taxes on business income, interest, house rent, furniture, six fireplaces, stoves, horses, bicycles, and carriages. With an income of 2400 dollars yearly, the tax amounts to 298 dollars.
Aluminum Industry Spurs Scottish Water Power Rise
The aluminum boom drives British Isles power searches with Scotland leading. Kinlochleven plans a large rainfall driven plant covering 55 square miles. It will feature nine hydraulic turbines of 3200 brake horsepower each, the largest water wheels in Britain, enabling economical aluminum production.
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British Isles
Scotland
Foyers
Great Britain
Kinlochleven
Awful Confession from a Child to Mother
A repentant child recounts confessing to their mother that after she told them to lie down and turn off the gas in the dark, they pressed their teeth at her. The tale presents a tense domestic moment and moral tension.
Jokers Justified in Comic Page Incident
An enraged woman tried to damage a doctor's residence by throwing stones at the house and was arrested for breaking windows at the adjoining home. The incident centers on a newspaper comic page joke and a local altercation involving property damage and law enforcement actions.
Phases of Human Life Lecture Recounted
A young English girl summarized a lecture titled Phases of Human Life Youth Manhood and Old Age. She described youth as innocence with forward-looking wicked thoughts, manhood as acting on those thoughts, and old age as remorse for past deeds.
Real Aim of Religion Elevates Beyond Moral Education
A terse quotation from Lessing argues that religion aims higher than simply teaching a good man. It presupposes virtue already and seeks to cultivate full enlightenment rather than merely forming a morally sound person.
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Lessing
Take a Cab
A speaker recounts a friend lamenting rain damage to clothes while waiting for an omnibus. The suggestion to take a cab seems extravagant to her, yet the cost saved on attire is highlighted as a practical concern and reflects a common judgment among women.
Table Talk figures Webster on eating habits
In a dinner honoring Daniel Webster a woman asked how he varied his diet. He replied that he varies in eating by sometimes eating more, but never less, illustrating his steady approach to meals.
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Webster
The Secret and a Quirky Campus Exchange
A curt dialogue captures a student remark about freshmen wearing caps and a humorous aside about vacuum pressure, with a reference to Cornell Widow. The fragment hints at campus culture and light banter amid an academic setting.
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Cornell
To Mark a Key on a Ring with a Stem Dent
Instructions describe marking a commonly used key by filing a small dent over the stem to create a distinctive nick. The dent helps distinguish the key from others on a ring, preferred over strings or other marks, and is noted in relation to slipping it through the fingers in the text about the davis.
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Davis
Changes of the Sabor Man in Maritime Trade
The British Nautical Magazine notes shifts in the seafaring world. It laments that the calling of a sailor has changed from the past, with 40 years ago’s skilled men now forming a poorer class. Previously owners built ships for trusted hands. now the practice is reversed.
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Sabor
The Young Idea quoted by a newspaper man’s son
A playful quip from Christian Work and Evangelist about why editors say we. The remark highlights how editors communalize authorship.
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Ediors
Know When to Stop in Speech Like Harp Playing
A quotation attributes to Holmes comparing stopping talking to silencing a harp. It notes that halting the strings as removing vibration can be as deliberate as plucking to make music, implying restraint carries its own craft. The line frames speech as performance with measured pauses.
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Holmes
Why the Widow W I Ne Was Sent For Beer
In Mergen dorfer Blaetter a dialogue notes a person asking why someone sent a small friend for beer and gave him two pieces to carry. The reply says the extra helps balance when carrying one item in each hand.
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Mergendorfer Blaetter
Amor Vincit Omnia Sphinx Dialogue Excerpt
A fragment from The Sphinx features a mother and daughter discussing a marriage proposal. The daughter confirms the suitor has seen her mother several times but insists the proposal stands regardless.
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Sphinx
Two Kinds of Arguments, Uncle Eben Says
Analysis notes a pair of argument types described by Uncle Eben. One aims to enlighten, the other to fool. The lines contrast genuine reasoning with deceit in a succinct social observation.
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Eben
In the Sunset of Life Quote by Countess of Warwick
A brief quotation notes life’s brevity and urges dedicating the last ten years to solving problems. It ends with Countess of Warwick expressing that such effort will bring peace after life.
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Countess of Warwick
Independence Hall Revisited After City Purchase
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bought from the state for a large sum, has seen about 200000 spent on restoration and now attracts an average of one million visitors yearly.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Time Place and Girl and the Man Scheme Coin
In a period tone the piece notes how time and place and the girl rarely align while also hinting at a separate trio of elements the man the scheme and the coin. The illustrated bits reflect witty observational humor about social chance and clever plotting.
All One to Nature in a Textile Quip
A playful excerpt contrasts waistcoats of broadcloth and fus tion with an aching heart and laughter at wooden J. K. Jerome, noting the lighter mood in diverse fabrics and comic props.
Meerschaum Town Vallecas Sparks Strange Legend
A fragment claims Vallecas in Spain was built almost entirely of meerschaum with ivory white streets. Outskirts supposedly house great quarries yielding meerschaum too coarse for pipemaking, creating an odd tale of a town that shines in an ivory white glow.
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Vallecas
Spain
Spotted Her Sleep Word In Curious Four Year Old Tale
A four year old girl cried after her father explained a long word she murmured at sleep. With the mother’s help the father discovered the word’s meaning, realizing he had spoiled her bedtime phrase. M. Loane references this moment in An Englishman’s Castle.
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M. Loane
Women in England Take Up Slaughtering Jobs
The article notes it is unusual yet true that three women are employed in animal slaughtering in England, highlighting the surprising gender shift in this stark occupation.
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England
Always Some Girl in History of the Universe
A New York Telegram line notes there is always some girl who imagines herself central in history. Canal Dover correspondence from Pittsburg Dispatch reports a fox terrier dog’s long journey back to its old home in Nebraska after nearly a year away, footsore and starved, returning to its former yard.
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New York Telegram
Frank Kennedy
Nebraska
Canal Dover
Pittsburg
Womer and Mountaineering Echoes on Gender Roles
A Harper's Magazine remark notes that in women’s mountain expeditions, many men presume superior guidance regardless of the climber’s experience. The line emphasizes gender dynamics in adventure and leadership expectations.
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Womer
Harper’s Magazine
India Tigers Kill Many Humans Reports Claim
A writer states tigers in Hindustan cause 37 percent of human deaths among wild animals. He asserts a tiger that tastes human flesh is satisfied, and cites a southern India case where a man-eating tiger devoured 200 people.
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India
Hindustan
Lookout Mountain Homely Headlines Stir Tennessee Cheer
The graduates advance with better odds and professed weatherly Greek retorts. Mr. Patten claims his wheat forecasts proved accurate and profitable. Tennesseans are urged to cheer as rumors of lucrative wildcat hunting on Lookout Mountain surface, signaling bold prospects amid chatter.
Absurd tale of kerosene run and distracted father
A lively party anecdote recalls a father left with a baby to fetch kerosene. He carries both child and can to the grocery, places the can on the counter, asks the clerk to fill it, and tells the baby to sit awhile. The humor rests on a misread interruption of the parent’s task.
Frogs Turn Waste Places Into Useful Food Source
Frog farming in France helps people with limited means transform shallow warm marshes and ponds into productive areas. It yields substantial edible output from small plots, meeting persistent market demand for this protein.
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France
Fascination of the Bazar in Lady's Pictorial note
The piece observes bazar allure as a form of dissipation enjoyed by women, noting their attraction to massed goods and temptations to buy. It cites a quote from Lady's Pictorial, London, on the bazar’s enduring popularity among shoppers.
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Lady’s Pictorial
London
Englishman complains of meager circle of friends
The Englishman declares he must make more friends and admits his social circle is thin. He stresses he can borrow at most $25 from any acquaintance, insisting there isn't a single person he can borrow more from. He repeats the sentiment to emphasize the smallness of his network.
The Madstone Belief and Its Rarity
The madstone, an egg shaped stone believed to absorb venom, is said to cure hydrophobia. Described as a light porous greenish stone, it is rare and mostly found in the southern United States.
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United States
South
Do a Thing and Don’t Talk About It Secret to Success
A compact maxims piece quotes Sarah Grand on doing without talk to avoid friction. It emphasizes action over discussion as the path to progress and success in all enterprises.
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Sarah Grand
Division of Life's Needs in Macedonian Homes
The text describes Macedonian housewives kneading dough then signing it with the cross before dividing it into loaves. Later the same sign is made with the knife before cutting each loaf. Crumbs from the table are given to beggars at the gate and to hungry birds, reflecting religious ritual and charity.
Vitalism in tuberculosis fight proposed by Laidlaw
George Frederick Laidlaw of New York argues that tuberculosis care has shifted from trying to inject the tubercle bacillus to boosting individual resistance to kill it. He labels the approach vitalism in a Medical Record discussion.
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George Frederick Laidlaw
New York
The Shoe Toss Superstition in Weddings
A wedding custom forbids the bride or groom from picking up the thrown shoe as they depart. Often the shoe is tossed back toward those who threw it. Traditionally the bride's father should throw the shoe, and it is thought very unlucky to retrieve it.
Photograph Inside an Egg Baffles Scientist in New Jersey
William Stevenson, at a cranberry bog near Hanover, New Jersey, found a picture of a young woman inside an ordinary egg. He and several scientists have no explanation for the apparition, calling it a freak of nature and puzzling researchers.
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William Stevenson
Joseph J. White
Hanover
N. J
Work for the Young Man
There is a place for you, young man, and there is a work for you to do. Rouse yourself up and go after it. Put your hands cheerfully and proudly to honest labor. A Spanish maxim runs: He who loseth wealth, loseth much, he who loseth a friend, loseth more, but he who loseth his energies, loseth all.
Unjust Bargains Condemned Quote by Calvin
A quotation condemns unjust bargains that favor one side at the expense of the other. It warns against usury through inequitable gains and disregarded equity in all such deals. The saying highlights the moral critique of exploitative contracts.
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Calvin
Monkey Hat Good Memory at Copenhagen Show
A monkey named Morits during a theater act in Copenhagen leaped from the stage and landed in the arms of a man in the audience. It was revealed the man had been Morits' master four years earlier.
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Copenhagen
Morits
The Mills of the Gods Riis Tells Of Glacial Dawn
The excerpt from The Survey discusses earth’s axis shifts creating a glacial period that swallowed life in the north, the ice retreat revealing the river and rock, and the birth of a new humanity pursuing justice and brotherhood. Riis notes God’s slow grinding yet small misfortunes.
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Jacob A. Riis
Tulips in the Cornfield
Wild tulip varieties around Florence described from scarlet tall blooms in fields to striped red white and yellow shades with reflex petals as noted in In a Tuscan Garden and related horticultural observation on horse hoof care and growth compared to human nails with grooming effects.
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Florence
Guarding Against Earthquakes in Early Thinking
A fragment discusses how crises spur invention and recalls a genins idea that wheels or rollers could move in reverse during an earthquake to avoid disaster. The note reflects early speculative thinking on seismic protection and mechanical response.
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Genins
Dry County Helps Penn Yan Sip Tea After 20 Years
In Yates County every town votes no license keeping the area dry. Penn Yan the county capital will serve “cold tea” as a regular beverage for the first time in 20 years. Yates, the smallest county in New York, allows tourists to cross it quickly without speeding.
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Little Yates
Penn Yan
Yates
Utica
N. Y
Baldwin Apple Honors Beginnings in Lowell Area
A chance seedling that sprouted near Lowell Massachusetts about 1740 became the first Baldwin apple tree. Col Baldwin took interest in 1784 and developed the variety bearing his name. The original tree died after 1817 and a monument marks the site where it once stood, the Baldwin being the sole apple honored in this way.
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Baldwin
Lowell
Mass
Col
Tie
Wounds Should Be Treated By a Surgeon When Serious
Daily Health Hint advises that wounds too severe for court cures or adhesive plasters demand a surgeon. It warns to keep wounds clean, avoid dirt, and bring edges together to their natural position as closely as possible for proper healing.
Characteristics of Servians as described by travelers
Servians in their good nature and love of Lamor remind travelers of Irish peasantry. They are hospitable to strangers, their patriotism is vehement and nearly quixotic, and they take deep interest in politics. Many town domestics go abroad as Servian girls are too independent for domestic service.
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Lamor
Mortgage on a Cat Recorded in 20 Dollar Lien
A chattel mortgage filed in the recorder's office secures $20 on a cat named John. The quirky filing was noted in the Tambes Despatch, illustrating unusual property interests.
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Recorders Office
John
Pieces Contained in a Victin Violin
A violin contains 69 pieces assembled as back two parts belly two parts coins and blocks six sides five side linings 12 bar one purflings 24 neck one finger board one nut one brieze one tail board one button for tailboard one string for tailboard one guard for string one sound post one strings four gogs four.
Precautions Against Rats In Calcutta Warehouses
Grain godown and warehouse owners in Calcutta must pave with concrete under municipal regulation to prevent rat ingress. The move is believed to aid materially in exterminating this active distributor of the plague germ.
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Calcutta
Feminine Intuition and Youth Duty in Marriage View
A Hearth and Home passage argues that a young girl often shows greater sense of duty and steadiness than a boy her age. It credits training and female disposition with a mature view of marriage obligations in most cases.
Famous Horses Through History and Legend
This piece surveys legendary horses and famed mounts from antiquity to early modern times. It highlights Bucephalus, Alexander the Great’s white steed famed for overcoming fear of its shadow, and recounts other notable war horses like Copenhagen and Mary Queen of Scots’ Agnes, noting their roles and remembered traits.
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Arion
Pegasus
Bucephalus
Alexander the Great
Alexander
Philip
Macedonia
Phillip
Copenhagen
Duke of Welington
Waterloo
Richard II
Agness
Mary
Washington
Smart
North Poles and politicians in a weathered vent
A collage of commentary on politics and public figures. References to Walter Wellman, Taft, Roosevelt, and senators mix with quips about roads, whiskey, tariffs, and journalism. The piece evokes a satirical newsroom voice, noting public figures, parties, and seasonal weather figures.
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Athorse
Walter Wellman
Leon Ling
Wright Brothers
North Pole
Kentucky
Watterson
Jacksonville
Chattanooga
Louisville
Taft
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Wisom
Bailey
Houston Angels
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