Vanity In Somaliland Delights From One Communal Mirror
A London Illustrated News note recalls Mrs. Alan Gardner giving a Somali woman a looking glass on a Somaliland expedition. The tale describes a village of 40 women sharing the single mirror and proclaiming the pleased owner the most important person in Somaliland for weeks. Also includes a Pearson's Weekly anecdote about a barber and a deaf and dumb assistant named Jim.
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Somaliland
Alan Gardner
London Illustrated News
Knight of the Razor
Jim
Pearson’s Weekly
Reward for Honest Finesse and a Blue Envelope
A London tale recounts a labored joke about a farmer who balances bacon with a pound weight and a fist, earning a red herring for honesty. Another item notes Dr Oscar Blumer Weak facing censorship after a Berlin theater piece about a mother in law and heaven.
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Oscar Blumer- Weak
Louden Geter
Berlin
Orient Reise
Lessing Theater
Many Fifteens in a Quirky Eighteenth Century Notice
In The Courant dated March 16 1784 a note recalls a local obituary for Mrs Se ae John Peters and wife of Joseph Phelps Esquire. She lived with her consort for forty three years and had fifteen living children, thirteen alive now and the youngest eleven years old. She bore fifteen grandchildren and died aged four times fifteen years.
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Courant
Hesios
John Peters
Joseph Phelps
Will You Return To Your Distracted Family
A London newspaper personal pleads with Willie to come home from service, warning of his mother's death by self harm and urging him to send his father a colored message. The feel is urgent, emotional, and aimed at family reconciliation.
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London
Willie
Indiana
Congress
Cockburn
Parlor Talk and Morning Paper Interlude
Dialogue snippets show Mrs Mann and Svensson discussing chores and morning papers while a worklady offers to read stories. The exchange hints at domestic routines and a small humor tone from a Boston transcription.
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Mre. Mann
Svensson
Boston
Empress Pen and the Paris Treaty Diamond Quill
The empress keeps the diamond pen that signed the treaty of Paris as a prized memento. She insisted only one pen be used for writings about her lamented husband, a stipulation agreed to, with the quill modeled from a golden eagle’s wing and set with diamonds and gold. The piece is noted in Women’s Life.
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Shelways
Paris
Tasmanian Devil among Australia’s carnivorous marsupials
The Tasmanian devil, one of two surviving carnivorous marsupials in Australia, is rare and near extinction. Historically abundant on Van Dieman's Land, convicts dubbed it a devil for its relentless pursuit of prey. The piece notes its limited distribution and harsh early penal colony days.
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Australia
iLike
Tasmania
van Dieman’s Land
Lagt
Chamberlains Remedies Adored In Public Notices
Readers praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy as superior after others fail, with testimonials cited from a Glenville Pathfinder excerpt. The text mocks paid puffery and references a London Times style courtroom anecdote about justice and a Scotsman case.
Mother Love Conquered in Face of Death
A Philadelphia Record report tells of a mother fighting malignant pneumonia. After doctors declared her hopeless and her husband died, a desperate shock revived her will to live. Her love for her children spurred recovery despite the dire prognosis.
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Philadelphia
The Evolution of the Steamship and Climate Change Notes
A miscellany of technical observations on steamship steel and antifriction bearings plus a medical immersion bath anecdote. It also notes Asia climate shifts with glaciers retreating eight to ten years and reports a witty recollection from Mrs Peddicord.
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Asia
Muschketoff
Caucasus
American Geographical Society
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F. W. Gregor
Carthage
J. A. Sipe
Ind
Johnson Bros
Mill Streets
Merkless
Teave and Leais
Rushville
Negeat
Ite Post Office
U. BD
Ptorney-At-Law
Rushville, MD
W. M. Edwards
Knights Gown
Weaver
Erin
Knightstown, Ind
Carthage Building Loan
J. M. Stevens
J. A. Tresworth
George W. Osborne
Young & Young Attorneve
Rushville, Ind
J. H. Jones
K. E. Henles
J. H. Binford
Farm Loans
Gates Kexrox
Sexton & Sparks
Butler, Holden & Churchill
F. M. Sparks
Frank Wilson
Dr. Coffin
Henley Brick Block
F. G. Hackleman
Post Officce
Main Street
Allen W Newsom
Cripple Creek
Chamberlain’s
G B Henderson
Daily Advertiser
Col
Coffin & Vo
Mercer
Sean
New York Tribune
Hartford Courant
Scott
Henley
George Dillman
Henley & Dillman
McCormick
Daily Market
S. Hill
Eral
Gulf
Canada
the Tasmanian Devil
Stebbies
Philippines
United States of America
THE
Indianapolis Journal
P. O
Coffin
Cartrage
Chamberlain
Glenville
W. Ve
Coffin & Co
Arizone
Chambers’ Journal
Wampanoag
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