Thelma Perfume Gains Popular Favor Among Refined Tastes
The unnamed store notes Thelma perfume surpasses The Sweetest Flower That Blows in appeal. Described as a delicate yet lasting odor, it is promoted as a crowd favorite among refined people. Test it at the store and discover its friendly appeal, courtesy of M. H. James, leading druggist at 111 Leading Druggist.
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Notary Public Attestation Noted in Brazos County
A fragment shows a notary public attestation in Brazos County Texas with references to an amounts and initials. The text names an EDS and DERDEN with a date or placeholder suggesting formal document authentication.
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Wellington on Soult and the masterly retreat at Braga
The article quotes Wellington praising Soult as a great organizer who could gather 100000 troops but lacked direction. It recounts Soult’s retreat from Portugal, drawing 20000 troops to the Braga position, testing his men’s spirit, and crossing the Cavado with minimal artillery loss, ending with 58 guns lost in.
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Restful Book Quips Spark Late Night Reading
The Philadelphia Press notes a reader who stayed in one chair until 4 a.m. after picking up a book. The joke rests on the reader’s failure to wake despite extended sitting.
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The Hungarian Crown: a nine-mark royal relic reborn
The Hungarian crown worn at accession by Austrian emperors is the same one made for Stephen over 809 years ago. It is pure gold, weighs about fourteen pounds, and features 53 sapphires, 50 rubies, 1 emerald and 838 pearls with no diamonds.
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Better Late Than Never at Dinner Table Revelation
Mr Blodger declares intelligence has reached him at the dinner table and Mrs Blodger responds with relief as they share a quiet meal. The exchange hinges on an awaited message and signals a restrained domestic moment.
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Whistler’s Art Names Echo Musical Traditions
A journal essay discusses Whistler’s use of musical terminology in naming graphic works and titles his early output as harmonies and symphonies. It notes his background in music and his self advertising via novel processes and fashion, including a portrait of his mother described as an arrangement.
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Shaw
Cause of Nosebleed and Irish Election Anecdote
The text notes nosebleeds signal systemic issues and should be halted promptly while advising gentle exercise and avoidance of strenuous activity. It then recalls a Galway election anecdote from Blackwood's Magazine about the Irish oak shillalah and a royal inquiry into a likely winner, with a quip about the survivor.
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Blackwood
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Dublin
Singular Expressions At A Musical Concert
Hardy and Tardy discuss a woman’s phrasing calling a concert musical. Hardy objects until Tardy notes some concerts aren’t strictly musical, sparking a brief exchange about wording and expectations.
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The Lungs Are Life and Earth’s Breath
A New York Press attributed passage extols the lungs as life and claims the earth breathes with two daily long breaths. It links atmospheric air to survival and questions breathing and heart function, noting removing organs until lungs are gone ends life.
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The Motorist's Joys and the Road as Life's Thread
Henry Norman M. P. argues in Scribner's that seeing life steadily requires traveling by road. He praises speed as enabling fuller perception, calling roads the binding artery of a nation and the book of humanity with lessons on every page.
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Rome
W. E. Henley
England
Humble Pie Origin and Earlier Meanings Explored
The piece traces humble pie from its deer entrails roots in Norman French to its later usage as a term of contempt. It notes regional esteem for umble in Scotland and northern England and cites Pepys-era servings on special occasions. It also discusses competing theories about the phrase’s origin and casts doubt on a salt‑table custom.
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Scotland
England
Bridegroom Named Among Guests in Wedding Note
A witty exchange notes that the groom’s name should be printed in the wedding account, though the bride elect suggests he was merely among those present, reflecting a light social detail from domestic life.
They Go Toward 1 TM Chronicle Kicker
The Philadelphia Press quotes a chron ic kicker and a happy hustler in a brief exchange about fortune. The kicker says some men are followed by fortune while the hustler argues fortune meets them instead.
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Philadelphia Press
Force of Habit Wedding Report Sparks Historic Quip
A jail reporter assigned to cover a wedding delivers a clipped dispatch opening with a stray line about a condo breakfast and ham and eggs, reflecting a quirky misstep in chaotic newsroom culture in Chicago.
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Chicago
Favorite Musical Instruments and God's Acre Meaning
The text lists instruments linked to various professions, then notes that in German usage acre still denotes a cemetery. It references Life magazine’s phrasing and explains that acre once meant any field, a usage still echoed in the phrase Gottesacker or God's acre for graveyards.
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