For Sale Abstract Books Brazos County Land Titles
J. W. Satis advertises a portfolio of Brazos County land offerings including 105 acres near the courthouse with 25 cultivated and rest pasture priced at 1500 dollars, 1.25 acres by the schoolhouse with a cottage and well for 750, a four block from Main Street brick home for 1250, 0.5 block near Allen Academy for 500, 13 acres with a new 4 room house and 1000, another 4 room house with cistern and garden renting 9 dollars monthly for 650, a Joe B Reed homeplace 9 room two story for 24250, and a half block near the DC DeMaret place for 500.
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Court House
Allen Academy
Courthouse
Joe B Reed
DC DeMaret
Curious Blunders in Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso
A historical critique notes that Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso intermixes events and figures from disparate eras. Charlemagne, Edward I, Warwick, Clarence and royal dukes appear with cannons, Moorish Spain is shown early, and figures like Prester John and Constantine converse with Charlemagne.
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Ariosto
Orlando Furioso
Charlemagne
Edward I
England
Richard
Earl of Warwick
Clarence
York
Gloucester
Monk Schwartz
Spain
Africa
Prester John
Constantine the Great
Charles
Saladin
Edward the Confessor
Black Prince
Wet Weather and Camels Across North Africa
The article notes camels avoid tropical rains, preferring arid interiors like the Tuarek region. Humidity drives their absence from Atlas slopes and Abyssinia, shaping races with silk hair. Fezzan and Nile regions have shorter, coarser-haired camels less suited for speed.
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Atlas
Abyssinia
Deserts
Tuarek
North Africa
Fezzan
Tripoli
Nile
Bluejays Guard Pine Nuts Behind Arizona Forests
An Arizona woodchopper notes bluejays have planted thousands of pine nuts by burying them in the ground in pinon forests across the state. He recalls a test with an eastern visitor who dug up a sound pine nut from about an inch and a half deep, proving nature’s plan for forest perpetuation.
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Arizona
Indianapolis News
How He Lost a Million Told by Colonel Ochiltree
A humorous tale recalls Colonel Ochiltree claiming he lost a million dollars after a banquet with Senator Hearst. Hearst praised a red haired boy who had helped across the Platte, offering a million as a reward, and Ochiltree reveals he was the lad, prompting Hearst to call him a liar and ending in the loss.
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Colonel Ochiltree
Senator Hearst
California
Hearst
Platte
Ochiltree
The Pale Yellow Kind And The Amber Beads Joke
A streetcar scene prompts a child to mistake amber beads for edible beans, sparking a mother’s confusion. A separate anecdote features a peddler offering a multi tool described as a compact household instrument.
Neighbor_argues over backyard bonfire with insurance card
A business man questions a neighbor about permitting a boy to build a bonfire in a backyard. The neighbor asserts the yard lacks insurance, the business man discloses he is an insurance agent and shows his card.
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Before and After Adoration Sparks Perception Debate
An exchange contrasts love’s vision with later realization. The Adorer extols love revealing beauty unseen before while The Onlooker notes it hides flaws until revealed later, highlighting changing perception in relationships.
Platonic Friendship Then and Now
The piece argues that Platonic friendship, as modernly understood, does not map onto Plato who wrote mainly of love between men. It notes his view that beauty equates to goodness and that true love aligns with philosophical contemplation rather than physical attraction.
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Plato
Senator's tale hinges on negro fault and trunk pricing
A Virginia senator cited a story about a black man paying ten cents with many bills. The tale notes a trunk ad showing 6 75 and later 16 75 after a misprint. The man, angry at missing price figures, returns the trunk. firm adds a new painted figure to satisfy him.
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Virginia
North
Puritan Fathers Battle Tobacco Smuggling in Church
In 1669 the colony enacted a law fining any person smoking on the Lord's Day within two miles of the meeting house. The rule aimed to curb church disturbances from flint strikes and smoke, and fines were imposed though enforcement remained weak.
The First Porterhouse Steak Origin Story
In New York City at 827 Pearl Street, Martin Morrison’s Porter House tavern earned fame. A seafaring crowd frequented the spot where Morrison cut a thick sirloin for a pilot, sparking the term Porter House steak. Morrison then ordered his butcher Gibbons in the Fly Market to prepare sirloins accordingly.
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New York City
Martin Morrison
Pearl Street
Morrison
Porter House
Gibbons
The Tail of a Wolf and Domestic Tail Evolution
The wolf keeps its tail down to stay stealthy while detection avoidance is studied. Domestic dogs show higher tails through selective breeding, with upward tails arising as minds adapt via domestication and tails become expressive organs. Cessation of natural selection would grant more tail freedom without harming survival.
Hypocrisy Question Triggers Lapse At Commencement Essay
A sharp exchange centers on hypocrisy as a man admits listening to his daughter's commencement essay while feigning entertainment, a moment noted by the Washington Star. The remark underscores public figures grappling with apparent double standards.
Kept Waiting by the Duke of Wellington
English artist Haydon recalls a late sitting for the Duke of Wellington in which the duke angrily tore his white hair and lamented that he had sat to 400 painters and sculptors, yet none were punctual.
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Haydon
Duke of Wellington
Notable Exceptions Mentioned By Bloobumper
A witty exchange about exceptions notes that doctors and lawyers are the notable ones who often receive ready advice, with Mrs Bloobumper remarking that everyone is ready to offer counsel and Bloobumper acknowledging exceptions.
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Bloobumper
Quote on value from Atchison Globe
A concise adage asserts many worthwhile things cost more than their value, attributed to the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison Globe
The Singing Bullet Explained by an Old Soldier
A New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt quotes a veteran who explains windage and bullet noise. The soldier notes that the audible whistle tells of a bullet that will miss, while the unseen shot to come is the real danger.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Nerves and the Breakfast Table in English Customs
A Countess on English Customs argues breakfast fuels domestic friction among in law families. Early mornings render amiability unlikely as multiple relatives share a household, but by midday savagery fades and cordial relations return.
Little Faults In Social Life
The article critiques adolescent vanity and bragging driven by admiration for a few peers of higher status. It notes public displays at bazaars theaters lobbies railway stations and cars as people loudly name drop to signal closeness to the well known and gain influence.
Forrest’s Great Power Favors Fainting Supers
An effeminate young admirer of Forrest, among the six supers, fainted after Forrest’s most powerful speech. The old man summoned him to his dressing room and gave a dollar as a memento. At the next performance Forrest aimed to repeat the moment and six supers fainted in the climactic scene.
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Forrest
Pain A Relative Term In Human Sensation
The London Magazine states that pain is a relative term as human sensation, explaining that its perceived intensity depends largely on two factors civilization and education.
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London Magazine
Styles of Architecture Across Civilizations
The passage contrasts Moresque, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Moor approaches to weight in architecture. It notes the Moresque negates weight, the Egyptian grounds weight, the Greek elevates weight with grace, the Roman blends weight and support, the Byzantine shows weight without support, and the Moor implies weight is absent.
Pickled Statues In Westminster Marble Care
The marbles in Westminster palace receive an annual bath. They are sponged with water and then pickled in a solution of soft soap and sulfur to remove smoke incrustations. the process is said to harm the marble not at all.
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Westminster Palace
No Familiarities Quote Sparks Sharp Exchange
In a brief Kansas City Journal item a character denies familiarity with John Ruskin in a curt exchange with Mr. Pearson. The line spotlights social norms about propriety and acquaintance with well known figures.
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John Ruskin
Waiting for Relatives’ Death Worth Gold Says Record Voice
A Philadelphia Record line notes that those who sit and wait for wealthy kin to die should consider their worth if they inherit gold. The quip reflects social attitudes toward inheritance and earned wealth.
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Philadelphia Record
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