Exsecting six compliments and small vignettes
A mixed collage of brief anecdotes and jokes. It recounts Pasteur and Duruy riding in a cab, a cartoonish boast about the great savant and minister, a pingpong insult about a black suit, a theoretical gravity note on the center of the earth, and pithy exchanges about art, engagement rings, and sermon writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasteur
Victor Duray
Rue d'Ulm
Rue de Medicis
Academy
Luxembourg
Institute
Doruy
Duruy
London Globe
Notes From a Life of an Ordinary Gentleman
A rambling anecdote about A. GC Liddell best man duties and a wedding gift a skeleton, then a Yarmouth herring feast led by the mayor with lavish, strange menus. The section shifts to Herodotus and the ancient oracles, noting Delphi and Dodona as famed sources and their human, fallible promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koyasu Darige
Liddell
Yarmouth
Herrivs
London
Herodotus
Delphi
Dodona
Albrecht Durer’s Tankard at the Bratwurstglocklein Inn
The article recalls a Nuremberg inn built in 1400 that still houses its simple fare and cramped seating. It notes the famed artist Albrecht Durer drank from a dimibie pewter tankard reserved for him and his wife, a token of their affectionate toasts and the couple’s quarrels.
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Albrecht Durer
Noremberg
Alght Durer
Durer
Wex
London Graphic
Black Chocolate Icing Substitutes For Cocoa Shortage
A home baking note suggests making black chocolate icing when cocoa is unavailable by mixing six tablespoons of cocoa substitute with five of sugar and one part other ingredients, outlining a quick workaround for pantry shortages.
Icing Recipe and Quips From Reminiscences
This excerpt notes icing preparation tested by cooling on a window ledge and describes its rich dark flavor. It also shares humor and aphorisms about trades and daily life including a tailor doctor exchange and quips about golf, mortality, and sports fortunes from various periodical blurbs.
The Samurai's Servant Legend of an Ofuda
A legend told by Lafcadio Hearn describes an ay ofuda badge tied to a Matsue family. A servant slips away to Ise, is killed by the master, but the grave is empty when opened, leaving an ofuda split in two as if cut by a sword.
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Ofuda
Matsue
Hearn
Ise
An Observant Youth and Wry Newspaper Quips
A set of brief quotes from Washington Star and Chicago Record-Herald contrasts a clerk and a bill collector remark with a messenger joke and a reflection on helping others. The snippets capture old newspaper voice and social humor.
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Washington Star
Tired Business Man Is Latest Type Of Devil
A sharp critique by T. K. Hedrick argues the “tired business man” dominates American culture. He blames mass publishers, theater, and cheap entertainment for degrading learning and public taste while preserving wealth and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Hedrick
Connecticut Masonic Veterans hold forty first annual session
The Connecticut Masonic Veterans Association held its forty first reunion in Guilford with St. Alban’s lodge. Members from New Haven and Saybrook Junction arrived by trolley and train. General Master Reuben H. Tucker presided as Grand Master Randolph B. Chapman attended. Officers elected include Tucker as Venerable Master, Rowland as Assistant Venerable Master, and Kilbourne as Secretary.
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Christchurch
Tucker
Randolph B. Chapman
Madison
Grand Lodge of Connecticut, F. & A. M
Reuben H. Tucker
Ansonia
John O. Rowland
Wallingford
John Co. E. Humphrey
Simsbury
Benjamin Jones
Willimantic
David W. Thompson
Bridgeport
Samuel G. Redshaw
Henry F. Parker
Coventry
Joseph F. Wodwarka
New London
Albert L. Hodge
Roxbury
Robert W. Burke
Middletown
Dwight C. Kilbourne
Litchfield
Henry W. Atwood
Waterbury
Costello Lippitt
Norwich
Harold B. Waldo
Glasaplari
Eastern Star Dinner Marks 75 New Members At Meeting
A business meeting followed by dinner at the town hall hosted by Unity Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. About 225 members attended, with 75 new members elected. Pasadena California March 9 1911. Foley and Co. endorse Foley s Honey and Tar Compound as an effective non narcotic cough remedy suitable for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Sted
Unity Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Pasadena
Cal
Foley and Co
Foley
C. H. Ward Drug Co
C. L. Parsons, Sec’y and
Treas
Foley's
F. B. Brill
Curtis Pharmacy
Ex-Gov Weeks and Dr Givens Elected Wesleyan Trustees
Middletown June 23 The re election of Wesleyan University trustees includes Ex Governor Franklin B Weeks of Connecticut and Dr Amos J Givens of Stamford to fill vacancies created by Judge Edward Northrop and the late Samuel W Bowne. Other named trustees listed include Cephas Rogers Meriden J E Andrus Yonkers N Y Charles Gibson Albany N Y Clinton D Burdick Brooklyn N Y Dr William S Haven New York City and Judge Arthur E Sutherland Rochester N Y. Capt Auger smokes the Nugget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Middletown
Wesleyan University
Cephas Rogers
Meriden
J. E. Andrus
Yonkers
N. Y
Charles Gibson
Albany
Clinton D. Burdick
Brooklyn
William S. Haven
New York City
Arthur E. Sutherland
Rochester
Franklin B. Weeks
Connecticut
Edward Northrop
Amos J. Givens
Stamford
Samuel W. Bowne
Auger
Tooth Lodged in Throat Found After Six Months
Gerald Fitzgerald of 666 Ferry Street New Haven was tormented by a tickling throat for six months. Doctors failed to diagnose until he coughed up a tooth, after which his condition improved immediately.
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Sir Archibald Geikie
Gerald Fitzgerald
Ferry Street
New Haven
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