Fakes For The Farmer Exposes Seed and Grass Fraud
The article cautions farmers about fraudulent seed and clover seed adulteration. It highlights Argentine sheep and German seed byproducts, Canadian grass mislabeling, and European screenings reaching American markets. It warns of deceptive marketing and urges use of magnifying glasses to verify seed quality.
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Robert Shackleton
Saturday Evening Post
Argentina
Germany
United States
George Ade
Swat
Canada
Kentucky
Europe
Uncle Sam
Old ‘Falstaff
New York
Welsh Note School Practice in Eighteenth Century Wales
The Ney, John Eying notes how Moglish was taught in eighteenth century Wales. A simple wooden Welsh note with “W. N.” was passed to anyone speaking Welsh. The holder faced guilt as the note moved around pews, urging others to speak Walsh and triggering consequences at lesson end.
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Ney
John Eying
Wiles
W. N
Dinner Talk on Game Birds Ends with a Silver Dollar Joke
In a Philadelphia Public Ledger note a group debates game birds with canvas back woodcock and quail cited. The anecdote ends as a waiter is asked for his favorite gnome and he jokes about an American angle served on a silver dollar.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pleasant Prospect Ends In Coercive Name Swap
A Villadelphia woman Mary and her daughter share a name after a domestic dispute. The woman refuses to use her Christian name while the other’s name is Mary. The householder suggests following English custom and calling her by her last name, Darling.
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Villadelphia
Mary
Howise
Night Banquet Recall of Pickett's Brigade Memory
Veterans from both sides recall a Civil War night attack told by Colonel J J Phillips of the Ninth Virginia. A hush fell as a deep voice sang a hymn across the dark, and a volley shifted to shield a commander’s head. The singer spoke up and claimed the midnight memory.
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Sven
Pickett
Board of Trade of New York
la Salle Corbell Pickett
Lippincott’s
J. J. Phillips
Ninth Virginia
Earth
Phillips
Jesus
Bermuda Tundred
Butlers Wit at a Royal Luncheon Tale from a Castle
A London tale recounts a nervous butler serving a duke at a luncheon. The butler’s oblique line about “cold grace, your grouse” causes a royal blooper, sparked by a dancing prince and a castle hall audience. The anecdote, plausible yet perhaps ancient, echoes older tales of courtly humor.
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Atlantic
Socrates
London
Ireland
Ife
Ile
Graynes
Ancient China credited with major inventions and civil service
The passage notes Chinese contributions such as printing, gunpowder, navigation, incubators, fish hatchery, artesian wells, and a centuries‑old penal code plus civil service exams later adopted by the West, contrasting them with colonial-era images of Washington’s ancestors.
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China
George Washington
Britain
Left Till Called For
Wilkinson buys a watchdog to guard his wife from loneliness. He returns home to learn the dog fled with a tramp who had invaded their home. The incident prompts a puzzled reaction from Wilkinson.
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Wilkinson
Anid Wilkinson
Scott
London Express
A Peculiar Couple in a Storied Exchange
A conversation dwells on two men who shared rooms despite stark differences. One is described as a freak named John. The other, Jim, is part of the odd pairing as observers remark that John and Jim form a queer duo.
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John
Jim
Anybody
Rogsini Burial Saga in Pere Lachaise and Florence
The body of Rogsini rested in Pere Lachaise for years, then Florence authorities opposed moving it to the Church of the Tidly Cross where famed Italians are entombed. Rogsini’s widow Dona Olympia refused consent until her death, when she allowed relocation to Florence if her remains were buried beside her husband in Pere Lachaise.
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Rogsini
Vere Lachaise
Florence
Pere Lachaise
Yearning For Light Among Blind Households
An inspector notes that blind residents seek strong illumination, with gas jets kept at full tilt late into the night. He cites two blind couples and says most blind people share a craving for bright light, reflected in high gas bills for homes and institutions housing the blind.
Marys Wedding Sparks Society Hype Across Maryland
A Maryland couple celebrated the marriage of their fourth daughter with much attention from society pages. A friend who had known the family for years joked with the father, remarking that Mary’s wedding was “beggared description.” The father replied that it “beggared me” in pride and expense.
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Mary
Norith
Catarrh in Head Prompts Patient Testimonial Notice
A letter from R William A Presser of 1722 Third Ave Moline Illinois describes longstanding catarrh and trial of a remedy named Portunm. The writer reports relief after about a third of a bottle and endorses others with the condition to try the product.
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R. William A. Presser
Third Ave
Moline
Til
Ib Affected Complete Medical Care, Anil
Watermarks and their origins in paper and wire patterns
A historical overview explains how watermarks began as coarse fiber imprints in parchment and evolved with wire to create thin, distinctive lines. The notes describe uses in forgery prevention for books, manuscripts, and bank notes, and how watermark patterns are stamped beneath the sheet during manufacture.
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Denver Republican
Anecdote from Millais Portrait Session with Cardinal Newman
The Life of Millais recounts Sir John Everett Millais joking with Cardinal Newman during a portrait sitting. When Newman asked where to pose Millais directed him to the dais and quipped about the eminence, then urged him gently to sit.
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Millais
Cardinal Newman
Sir John
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