Points d Angleterre Lace Origin in France and England
The text notes that Colbert encouraged lace making in France to rival Veneticina. Veneticina decreed bans on craftsmen leaving the republic, yet French points de France matched points de Venise. The name points d Angleterre arose when English merchants smuggled Brussels laces into England and sold them as points d Angleterre to meet Charles II s court demand.
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Louis XIV
Colbert
France
Republic
England
Charles II
Brussels
Ingland
Plant Like a Camal in the Thervillea Sonome
A San Francisco Chronicle note describes a cucumber family plant named Thervillea sonome regarded as the desert’s camel. It stores water in a base stem reservoir covered by a waterproof envelope to endure long droughts until the rainy season returns.
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Desert
San Francisco Chronicle
Salfin dress and selfish man fail to prosper
The Atchison Globe notes a man described as selfish and poor in all ventures. It argues he could have succeeded if he recognized others' rights and showed public spirit, noting decency and a local royalty to town as beneficial.
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Salfin
Atchison Globe
Tribute of Protest Ends in Tragic Stage Death
In a Paris matinee of La Femme X at Porte St. Martin theater Letang a 74 year old man in the third row shouted at the trial scene claiming Mme Jane Hading fainted and must be allowed to leave the court. He burst a blood vessel and died in the theater.
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Porte St. Martin
Paris
Letang
Mme
Jane Hading
Hat Through the Ages Grammar Puzzle
A playful dialogue explores the sequence of past perfect forms by asking if a hat that once had a hole and was mended could be described as “the hat I had had had had a hole in it.” The exchange highlights drift in English usage and correctness.
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Mamma
Johnny
A Change of Tune In a London Tit Bits tale
A furniture van blocks a house as a boy feeds a horse bread. The driver praises kindness to animals and asks about the boy's big chunks. The boy reveals the bread came from the van, provoking the driver’s anger and the lad flees in shame.
Uncle Rastus and the Pig Theft Case in Tennessee
A humorous old Tennessee tale recounts Uncle Rastus being arrested for stealing a pig. The judge scolds him while the accused explains his family is starving, noting the dogs kept for the family. The exchange turns on the irony of feeding people versus feeding dogs.
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Tennessee Durky
Uncle Rastus
Hannah
Frightful Chimney Battle Ends With A Fatal Fall
An English bricklayer tale recalls a 250 foot chimney construction in Bradford where one worker, driven insane, toppled the rope ladder and forced a brutal struggle. A sane bricklayer later hauled himself down after hours of fighting as firemen sent a line up, the madman leaping to the ground likely dead.
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Bradford
England
Remarkable Clairvoyancy on Handwriting Claims
A tale shows how believers find evidence to fit their view. A man trusted a handwriting clairvoyant who boasted insights into past and future from a glance and noted the subject never won a spelling prize. He claimed skill came from letter curves in "handwrighting."
Misread Mr David Leaves Lady Amused By Mixups
A humorous tale recalls Mr David who is slow of speech and prone to malapropisms during a call. He misquotes himself and confuses phrases, leaving the lady amused by his missteps and timing as he clarifies his intent.
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David
Rat Dog Stirs Local Tryout at Hotel
A traveling man taunts a hotel proprietor over a rat catching dog in the office. The landlord proclaims the dog the best rat catcher in the state as two large rats scurry past. The dog remains unimpressed as the exchange turns playful.
Court Tale on Dress and Law in South Carolina
An anecdote recalls a clash over English rules in South Carolina courts where a barrister defends strict law while the judge questions attire details. The judge quips about the black gown and the sheriff's cocked hat and sword, noting the law’s oddities. The barrister is allowed to proceed.
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South Carolina
P.’ Eaid
Obituary Scramble for Local Boss Position
After a powerful local figure dies, a scramble ensues for his post as the political boss. A coroner and undertakers figure into the grim bid, with one claimant asserting no objections if others permit the transition. The scene shows opportunistic maneuvering in a city power vacuum.
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Guy'ner
Jones’ Place
New York Herald
Lulu and Ketchley Plan Married Life Under Favorable Circumstances
Oh yees, Ketchley says Lulu and he will start married life with a neat home provided by her mother and furnished by her father, plus a carriage from Uncle De Long and Lulu’s own income. When asked what part he furnishes, he jokes that he provides mainly the name.
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Ketchley
Lulu
de Long
London
Ispahan the Rendezvous City of Mosques and Baths
The city of Ispahan, famed as the rendezvous, boasted 178 mosques and 48 colleges with 1 800 caravans ariea and 278 public baths before Afghan vandals cut the aqueducts and slaughtered bathers. The Meydan square stretched a third of a mile by half a mile, once ringed by a canal and plane trees now vanished.
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Ispahan
Chardin
Ispahin
Meydan
How Long a Tree Lives
An inquiry by the forestry service in Washington states maximum lifespans for common trees. Pines reach about 700 years. silver fir 125 years. larch 275. red beech 245. aspen 310. birch 200. ash 170. elder 145. elm 130. Oak heart rots around 300. holly has a 410 year specimen near Aschaffenburg, Germany.
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Forestry Service
Washington
Aschaffenburg
Germainy
Chicago Record- Herald
Accomplishment Story From Rustic Speech on Josh Home
Farmer Cornfoasel hopes Josh will help at home after school. Washington Ster notes using language on a mule team and dreams of Josh startling them with a bold college yell.
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Josh
Farmer Cornfoasel
Tve
Jos
Washington Ster
Lose weight at night and through the day
The piece explains that healthy people lose and gain weight around the clock. It notes being lightest before breakfast, then gaining, with evenings after dinner adding weight. It highlights average nightly loss about three and a half pounds and urges not to rush to a doctor for small changes.
A Wooden Head and Dancing Birds Observed
A humorous remark by John G. Saxe about his son’s lumber yard venture is recounted. The piece then describes Indian giant cranes, six feet tall, noted for lifelong pair bonding and a distinctive dancing courtship under a scrappy tree at dawn.
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John G. Saxe
Richard Henry Stoddard
Broadway
New York
Stoddard
Albany
Saxe
India
Pretty Tough For the General
A French general’s wife, famed for her sharp tongue, orders a veteran servant to pack and leave. The general first agrees but then shows compassion, declaring the servant must stay while the wife must depart.
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Jacques
Lepart
Vite
The Intellectual Age The Club and Its Critics
A humorous exchange about a town women’s literary club reveals gendered stereotypes as Alice recalls a discussion about a new neighbor and Longfellow. A husband teases, while Alice denies the accusation of not thinking, highlighting humor in domestic conversations.
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Alice
Longfellow
Harpers Weekly
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