A CARELESS CONSUL Bret Harte Loses Glasgow Post
Bret Harte, then U S consul in Glasgow, spent most time in London, leaving duties to assistants. A chance Glasgow visit led to an encounter with a supposed Home Office agent who reported neglect of duty. Harte soon departed and a successor was appointed.
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Bland diet linked to character says William Noyes
Good Housekeeping quotes William Noyes arguing a bland diet fosters gentler traits. He suggests dietary taste sensitivity rises when avoiding strong flavored foods. The piece contrasts meat heavy eating with grain and fruit diets as shaping temperaments.
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Alderman’s Dollar Change Prank Sparks Confusion
An impecunious Chicago constituent asked for a loan. The alderman offered a two dollar bill and told him to buy a fifteen cent cigar, keep a dollar, and return the change. The visitor returned with 85 cents and asked if the cigar was for him or the alderman, prompting the politician to glare and order him out.
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Chicago
The Little Garden Schoolmaster Quote
A short reflective piece praises tending a small garden at a window as a metaphor for nurturing the heart. It describes a poor woman rejoicing over blossoming flowers and urges water sun rain and care to cultivate beautiful deeds and fragrant thoughts.
Food and Colds
A Lancet writer notes that reducing food intake and meal frequency has lowered susceptibility to colds in some cases, including medical men. He argues excess intake of unnecessary foods acts as a poison to organs most prone to colds.
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Ground For Suspicion
A Philadelphia Press item recalls a young matron and her mother discussing trust. The daughter admits suspicion of John after a dream of him kissing another woman, prompting a tense exchange about motive and fidelity.
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Haven't I married you before
A Boston Post quip notes a Chicago woman and an Oshkosh groom exchanging playful lines before a wedding ceremony. The clergyman eases the moment as the vows proceed, capturing small town humor from the note.
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Stories Made With Feet Animal Tracks In the Wood
An article explains how animal tracks reveal species and individual identity. It notes distinct features for coons foxes rabbits and dogs, mentions a Western grizzly with a trap altered track, and urges drawing life size tracks to learn local footmarks.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Our Debt to Our Mothers
The piece by Ian Maclaren in The Christian Endeavor World extols mothers as the ultimate caregiver. It urges children to honor and support their mothers with constant love, comfort, and sacrifices, noting the lifelong debt all owe to maternal devotion.
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The Warhorse Depicted as Flawed and Treacherous
A Spec tator critique portrays the warhorse as expensive fragile and foolish, demanding constant expert care and failing under heavy fire. It denounces the breed as cowardly, traitorous and likely to desert with rations and equipment, blaming poets for its imagined glory.
Father’s Letter Leads Clerk to Hidden Kin
In Paris the general post office refused to treat a misaddressed note as a dead letter, a clerk quipping there must be two fools in the family. Days later a dull youth asked to see if any letter for him remained, and the clerk produced it, revealing a father’s missive.
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Browne Advises Quick Dental Work After Club Hurricane
Yonkers Herald reports a club disaster where Natursis7 Jones notes the hurricane blow as most significant. Browne critiques those who urge immediate tooth extraction, calling it a harsh brace up approach.
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Love at First Sight. His Dog
A playful snippet from the Detroit Free Press about a mistress choosing the dog she loves over her master, humorously recounting a dog seated moment and a sofa scene.
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Temperance and Regular Meals for Health
The article states that perfect health requires temperate eating and regular meals. It emphasizes regularity as a golden rule for a well ordered life.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Vocation Question After Four Years Of College
A Baltimore American line quotes a father asking his daughter what vocation her college education was to fit her for after four years and six thousand dollars spent, noting her gained speech and class yell as she contemplates life choices.
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Baltimore American
Prisoner speaks of bank theft from former employer
A visitor questions a prisoner about why he is incarcerated. The inmate admits theft of fifty thousand dollars from the bank he worked for and sighs that it was a sad mistake. He quips that he should have stolen a larger amount. Ohio State Journal.
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Grooves and Bascom Clash Over Silent Rift
In a terse exchange Grooves notes Bascom refuses dialogue with any company member. Foyer questions the cause and Grooves says no specific incident exists, only persistent tensions and Bascom’s aloof demeanor.
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