Choosing a Builder and Curious Castle Tales
A guide warns homeowners to carefully select a builder, warning against cheapest bids and stressing payment timing and builder solvency. The piece then describes Rushen Castle Isle of Man history, its siege, clock, and Elizabethan gift, highlighting its centuries of service. An Indianapolis News snippet humorously explores a street scene about paying for a circus ticket with a tale of a woman’s half dollar and a Madras physician’s muslin purchase for a turban.
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Rushen Castle
Castledown
Isle of Man
Man
Robert the Bruce
Elizabeth
Newcastle
England
Lizzie
Indianapolis News
Invisible Muslin Test For AI Quality
A quotation from the New Orleans Times-Democrat discusses a test of fine Indian muslin. It explains that the fabric must be so delicate it becomes invisible when laid on dew covered grass overnight. If not nearly identical to the dew, it is discarded as seconds.
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Circle Magazine
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Good Time to Go and Clever Wordplay Varied Anecdotes
A rustic anecdote recalls General Joseph E. Johnston reacting to a tobacco factory worker seeking a day off during an early Civil War battle. Other snippets explore sleep origins, such as mole taupe roots for top, and quick wits in exchanges on alimony, polite baby smiles, fame hunger, and a starving artist’s quips.
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Joseph ©. Johnston
Preparing For A Siege In Public Life
Exchange jokes and quips about money and illness through a sequence of snippets. Witty exchanges involve a wife, husband, cashier, treasurer, secretary, and a punchline about verdigris. Chicago Tribune and Kansas City Journal style snippets reflect playful urban banter.
Capitol Statue Above the Dome Altered for Armed Liberty
The Washington Capitol dome statue once titled for many names including Goddess of Freedom and Pocahontas is now known as Armed Liberty after Jefferson Davis objected to a liberty cap and bundle of rods. Crawford designed the nine foot six inch statue, weighing 14,985 pounds, placed December 2, 1863, with the globe bearing E Pluribus Unum and the mantle clasped by a U.S. brooch.
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Jefferson Davis
Crawford
Capitol
Washington
Post
Wiley
Mars
Library of Congress
Senate
Davis
U.S
Washington Post
The Pillory and Public Punishment Reflections
Excerpted reflections discuss the pillory as a democratic yet humane form of public punishment. It contrasts humane versus inhumane democracies and notes public spectacle as both risk and reward for government and prisoners. Included are Chesterton’s London News quote and light humorous exchanges from other papers.
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G. K. Chesterton
London News
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Manhattan
Yavis
Sagan
Victor ‘Machines
Edison
Lily of the-Prairie
Molly Lonesome
Overtise Fm
the Farmer
Madras
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mr. Meekton
Chicago News
Hubby
Wifey
Kansas City Journal
Stormy Carlyle
Sydney Smith
Wade
J. S. Wooster
Wooster & Co’s
Colgate
Bradley
East Main and
Barnum. Ave
Hamburg
Victoria
East
Bridgeport
East Main and Barnum Ave
B. Brill
Stratford Ave
Sixth Street
Briggins
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Jack
Tom
Boston Transcript
Lincoln
Simita
Stenache
Bovesdt
Bears _ the
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