Claridge's Texas Stock Farmer satire letter and Texas ideas
A satirical column from Claridge's Texas Stock Farmer cites anarchist lore, New Jersey headquarters, and a quip on literature patronage. It retells lynching discourse from a distant view, references Governor Hogg's strength and Spindle Top, and pokes at Colorado rumors about his activities and local gold prospects.
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Claridge
Texas Stock Farmer
of Anarchy
Trust Anarchy
Emma Goldman
New Jersey
Alphabetical Aid Advertisement in 1842 Times
A London Times 1842 notice seeks widowers and single gentlemen to supervise a household and preside at table. The lady lists desirable traits from Agreeable to Zealous, signed X Y Z, Simmons Library, Edgeware Road.
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London Times
Simmons’ Library
Edgeware Road
Excursion to Houston and Galveston Sunday
H. and T. C. R. R. Special train will pass Bryan at 3 a m Sunday Oct 20. Fare to Houston 1.75 round trip. Fare to Galveston 2.00 round trip. Tickets valid to return on regular trains by Oct 21 for Houston and Oct 20 for Galveston. return on special train from Houston at 11 p m.
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Bryan
Houston
Galveston
Followed the Leader Cadets Turn Nose Blowing Into a Joke
Cyrus Townsend Brady recounts naval cadets in a chapel miscue where, after an officer joked about following the commanding officer, three hundred noses blew simultaneously. Cadets imitated the officer, tried to blush, and then fully followed the service ritual, creating a widespread joke tale.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Scribners
Episcopal Church
Bee Hives: Foundations, Air, and Management Tips
The article advises elevating hives above ground for air circulation and using full-frame foundations. It stresses breeding new stock by integrating weak colonies, preserving brood and brood combs, and using pine as hive material. It warns against leaving combs in empty hives due to moths and notes closed end frames allow easier handling. It also urges stable entrances to prevent losses during cool weather.
Knots on Trees and latent buds in bark growth
The article explains latent buds in forest tree bark that survive frost and grow as shoots. Buds push through the bark toward light, unfold leaves, and transport sap down to the inner bark where it is arrested and deposited between bark layers.
Manx Taxes and Road Levy Unique to Isle of Man
The Isle of Man taxes show no income tax or succession duties, and no tolls. Roads are funded by a wheel tax and a per capita road levy requiring each male resident to work a day or pay cash. No stamp duties on receipts or negotiable instruments exist, stamps used only for postage.
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Isle of Man
London Standard
Wordplay and baby joke snippets in comic exchanges
A humorous exchange about spellings and synonyms for psychic followed by a brief joke about a man asking if his baby resembles him and a witty London Tit-Bits quip. The Philadelphia Press and London Tit-Bits are cited.
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Muggins
London
A Pocket Plan for Self-Improvement in Reading
The passage urges individuals to assemble a small, portable library for self study. It advises choosing key texts in astronomy politics economics and literature, keeping books at hand, and reading at leisure. It highlights Shakespeare Bacon Tennyson Browning Faust Arnold Emerson Burroughs as accessible portable works.
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Shakespeare
Bacon
Tennyson
Browning
Faust
Matthew Arnold
Emerson
Ida Burroughs
Nature
Eubatitre
A Gentle Lesson On Workplace Mercy In California
An English observer notes California employers rarely rebuke employees. A clerk named John is teased for bad memory, yet his salary is always drawn on the first of the month, prompting improved diligence. The tale underscores lenient management and timely pay as motivators.
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California
John
Antiquity of the Water Pump Traced to Greek Origins
The water pump is shown as an evolution from a Grecian invention dating to the era of the Ptolemies, with Hero of Alexandria describing its use. Later developments include sixteenth century German mining pumps, seventeenth century rotating pump designs such as the Pappenham engine and Prince Rupert pump, Morland’s plunger piston in 1674, and De la Hire’s double acting pump.
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Philadelphes
Energetes
Hero of Alexandria
Germany
Morland
de la Hire
Witty Sayings and Butter Preservation Tips
Caulfield meets Sandby and an Irish rope joke appear in brief anecdotes from Temple Bar. Also advice on keeping butter longer, using brine with saltpeter and sugar, applied after rolls chill, ensuring the brine is fully cooled before contact.
How to Make a Black Varnish for Bronze
To varnish bronze with a brilliant black patina, prepare a bath of equal parts nitrate of silver and nitrate of copper. Dip the bronze and leave it submerged, then heat over an alcohol flame until the dark patina develops.
Breakfast Plea for a Kindly Word
A terse breakfast scene shows a man returning late, facing a stern demand for courtesy. He asks for a genial smile and a pleasant word as the substitute for forgiveness, underscoring the weight of small courtesies in domestic life.
Quote from London Mail on Italian husbands in Europe
A London Mail snippet quotes an Englishman in Italy praising Italian husbands when guided by good wives. It adds a cautionary line that a man guided by selfish motives is unsafe, urging belief in principled men serving the common good.
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Europe
Italy
London Mail
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Governor Hogg
Aleey Wille BU 274
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
M. H. James
Havana
Littman
John M. Caldwell
Epimel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
BEE and Hive
Penner
Wright
Fanny
Grose
Caulfield
Thomas Sandby
Sandby
Edgeworth
Temple Bar
A. D. PicConnico
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Co
John Wittmann
vBo
Bryan and Vacinity
Kline, Kohn & Co
Chicago
SUII
C. M. Proctor
GSE
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Lole Bros
Thos. W
Marys LD
Hanway’s
E. Grieser
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