German libel ruling sparks debate on insult terms
In a German case a magistrate held that calling a man pig or dog is insult but pig-dog is neutral, prompting a jab from the plaintiff. The report then shifts to chess origins, tracing its spread from India to Persia, Arabia, Spain, and Europe, with legend linking it to royal instruction and war strategy.
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Germany
India
Spain
Western
Europe
Palamedes
Troy
Atlanta
Crocade for the Thames and other old notes
A collage of brief items including a British Medical Journal glow on crocodiles as river cleaners, a remark by Comyns Carr about critics at The Gay Lora Quex, a temperance drink recipe from 1832, a New York Sun fashion note on baby lamb gowns, and the origin of the nickname Tommy Atkins tied to Sir Garnet Wolseley.
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Crocade
Thames
British Medical Journal
Boland
Oliver
John Hare
Grarrick Club
Comyns Carr
Lyceum
Joseph Knight
Louuisville
New York Sun
Tommy Atkins
Garnet Wolseley
Army of Great Britain
Foldier
Warner of Property
Thomas Atkins
Diverse Global Facts From Peat Fiber to Tutuila Population
A survey of varied topics notes Austria using peat fiber for coarse cloth, Sweden's peat bogs, Geneva’s toy manufacture leadership, new rose cultivation by Japanese florists, and Calcutta Muslim infant mortality at 34.5 per 1000. It also cites New Zealand and England death rates, New York outlays, Yellowstone tourism, Gorgonzola origin, portable houses to Venezuela, a Tennessee editor’s century date gag, a Jersey suit over rain delay, and Tutuila’s 8,000 inhabitants under American sovereignty.
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Austria
Sweden
Geneva
Switzerland
Calcutta
New Zealand
England
Wales
Greater
New York
Yellowstone Park
Milan
Connecticut
Venezuela
Tennessee
Walton
Dalton
The New World Wiseguy Speaketh on Wealth and Power
A mixed voice essay mocks greed and political myths. It warns that wealth remains the goal of many, despite warnings from earnest thinkers, and critiques common beliefs about governance, youth, and reason in a satirical, regionally flavored tone.
Pencilings: forthright quips on love and life in Somerville Journal
A collection of humorous maxims on gender, manners, money, marriage and culture. It notes wives and husbands, favors, appearance, income gaps, letters burned after marriage, and a dig at Chicago opera with satirical take on wing dances and coon songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Somerville Journal
Marines Demand More Generals in Navy and Army Balance
A historical report compares general officer ratios across services. It notes forty-five admirals for 1,760 naval officers and 41,536 sailors, thirty generals for 21,488 officers and 540,000 soldiers, versus seventeen generals for 2,105 marines. The piece highlights criticism of the unequal officer distribution and cites a public Uncle Tom show in Emporia Kansas where audiences mocked death and mistreatment themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
A Quaint Nomen Ends With Odd Arrest
Virgil Cook of Findlay Ohio was arrested after persistently perching in a tree near a female seminary dormitory and whistling serenades to a student he loved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Cook
Findlay
Ohio
Reduced Rail Rates for Biennial Saenger in August
Burlington Cedar Rapids and Western Railway offers reduced rates to Burlington Iowa for the Biennial Saenger seat event from August 9 to 12. Agents may quote rates and limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
Burlington, Cedar Rapids,& Worthern Railway
Saenger
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Cedar Rapids
Jno
G. Farmer
N. R
Iowa Central Railway
Arkansas
Arizona
British Columbia
Colorado
Idaho
Indian Territory
Kansas
Montana
Manitoba
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oregon
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Missouri
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Texas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Michigan
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Southeast
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Col
Barry
Tal
Marshalltown
Pointed Paragraphs of Everyday Wit and Quirks
A collection of short, humorous observations on manners beliefs and everyday habits. The passages joke about religion appearance youth and affection with clipped phrases and playful misspellings reflecting casual readers notes from a bygone era.
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Lewis
Boston, Mass
M. O. Skutle
Africa
Asia
Chicago Record
United Sates
Associated Press
THE
Mercator
Madison Street
Chicay
First National Bank of Waverly
A. Jd. Hullman & CO
Waverly
Victor 3. Evans & CO
Evans
Washington, D. C
Adam
Ife
Assum
Emporia
Kan
Mttle Eva
Ton
Bella
Ee, Nee
N. Zieger
Boot and Shoe Store
Geo. L. Albert
Hook
Wheeler & Wilson
G Klien
Buffalo Genter
A. Feakins
John F. Russ
M.D
Galls
H. E. Eiel
M. D
Aso
Zieger Drug Store
H. F. Thompson
Walters & CO
J. N. Ackerman
Hills’ Barn
Mill Burrato Center
G. W. Myer
Ben Newby
M. McCullough
Ben Newby's Old Stand
Lewis Roberts
First National Bank
Albert Johnson
Arnish House
East Walters Drug Store
Ord Curtis
W. A. Zuill
F. J. Kealey
W. S. Tibbets
Ord Curtis’ Blacksmth
Forest Ciy Land and Abstract
Winnebago
Hancock Counties
HEBRA
VIOLA
Atul the G. Co. Bittner Coe
Toledo
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