RISIBLE READING Highlights in a 19th Century Column
A collection of humorous anecdotes and quips. The piece features a Maine lawyer’s exchange about truth and veracity, a judge questioning a witness, a wife urging a cheerful husband, and a discussion on corporal punishment with an Ohio legislator. It closes with a quip about Connecticut emigrants and a passing bill.
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Maine
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Corwin
Speaker
SINKING FUND AT LIME KILN CLUB MEETING
At a Lime Kiln Club gathering Rev Penstock pleaded for a relief fund collection for a dying outsider. The members consented with a dime in the hat but the effort faltered as the preacher realized he had only ten cents left. Brother Gardner called it a moral lesson.
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Penstock
Bradder Gardner
Penstack
Brother Gardner
Detroit Free Press
Advertising rewards for fair prize winners
The New York Journal of Commerce argues prize winners should advertise widely to recoup expenses from Paris and Philadelphia fairs. It asserts bold ads boost business and warns against relying on diplomas alone. It contrasts this with critics who favor long words over clear, brief English.
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New York Journal of Commerce
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Charles Mason
Patenta
Patent Office
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Patents
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York
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Remarkable Pike Forest and Burgos Cathedral Noted In Travel Critique
The piece surveys Colorado's Black Canon with towering pines and a sunless canopy, describing a two day trek and forest symmetry. It also extols Burgos Cathedral in Spain as the finest Gothic monument, detailing its portals towers interior and chapels amid royal tombs.
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Rocky Mountain
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Burgos
Strasburg
Santiago
James the Elder
Philadelphia Bulletin
Indian meal bread and homespun kitchen notes
A recipe for a soft dough bread using eggs milk Indian meal and butter baked in a Dutch oven with moderate heat and long cooking. The piece shifts to a humorous aside about silk brands and a sharp courtroom retort. It ends with a quip about agricultural papers praising bees while mosquitoes go unmentioned.
Revered Clergyman Endorses Hop Bitters in Public Statement
Rev. in Washington DC condemns public testimonials by clergymen for quack medicines but praises Hop Bitters as a meritorious remedy. He asserts it uses common remedies trusted by physicians and plans to continue using them for family use.
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Regulator
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Bristol
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