Defended Himself How Clay Clement Became an Expert Swordsman
A Chicago era tale of Clay Clement training under Daniel Bandmann to master the throat sword and defeat himself. Clement learns from Colonel Monstery and faces Bandmann in a dramatic Bosworth Field duel, ending with Bandmann declaring the training costly but worthwhile.
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Clay Clement
Clement
Daniel Bandmann
Bandmann
Richard
Richmond
Checken
Macbeth
Inspectation
Colonel Monstery
Chicago
Monstery
Macduff
Bosworth Field
Gloster
Chicago Times-Herald
Blown bellows spur dramatic choir interruption in Dublin
In a Dublin church the choir was startled during a psalm as the organ blower’s head appeared and shouted Sing like blazes The bellows is bu'sted providing a vivid moment of mischief amid a religious service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Night Evaporation from Plants in Clear Weather
Experiments with plants suggest that nocturnal evaporation is much slower than daytime, roughly in a ratio of one to five. This indicates that plants lose water at a substantially lower rate at night than in bright sun.
Price List of Titles in Bavaria Reveals Social Costs
In Bavaria the article notes that purchasing titles varies by rank with prince priced at 5000 dollars and lord at 2500 dollars while a simple you may be bought for 375 dollars, illustrating market style social distinctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria
Angora cat provokes startled scene at Chestnut street cafe
A mild Angora cat at a Chestnut street cafe reacted violently when a customer offered to tickle its nose with a toothpick. The cat screamed, leaped onto the bar and wall, overturned bottles, and fled to the cellar. The toothpick end was found daubed with tabasco sauce, explaining the reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Angora Cat
Angora
Philadelphia
Editor Dashes Copy From The Times For Lead Story
A London editor of years past would not write at the office. When no article arrived one night he seized a Times lead, pasted it to a sheet, and penned a top line asking What does The Times mean by this. The next morning it appeared as his lead article.
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Weis
Colorado
Detroit Free Press
London
Times
the Times
San Francisco Argonaut
The Bishop Question Echoes In A weary canvass
An ex Member of Parliament recalls a long day of campaigning with a dissenting minister who pressed on bishops in the house of lords. Fatigued, the canvasser snapped you hang the bishops. The minister replied you shall hae my vote, a quip recorded in Pearson's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
Highland
House of Lords
Pearson’s Weekly
If You Were Worth A Million Then Or Now
Dialogue from Detroit Free Press presents a witty exchange about wealth and marriage. A speaker asks if marriage would occur for fortune, the other replies with a conditional offer to consider transferring wealth, highlighting financial dynamics in relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Accident halts timetable reading at rail office
A railway clerk reports another accident on the road while a man dislocates his neck attempting to read the new timetable. The manager confirms no vacancy in the office and notes the waste paper basket is full, reflecting a gloomy mood in the newsroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Girls in the Home and the Value of Domestic Training
Anna Olcott Commelin argues that practical home economics surpasses mere language study for girls. Mothers should teach domestic skills, cooking, nursing, and household management to prepare daughters for independent living or marriage, with real examples from well run households illustrating benefits and risks of neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Olcott Commelin
Drummer Brings Down Texas Desperado in Courthouse Chase
A Texas town drama ends as a bold desperado waves a fieldpiece at the courthouse crowd. A Connecticut drummer, unpaid debt in mind, charges the man, confronts him near the courthouse, and the desperado yields to police after the drummer nets him. The crowd witnesses a swift, comic ending.
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Texas
Connecticut
Desperado
Detroit Free Press
Cremations Rise at Woking in 1896 Compared with 1895
The Cremation Society of England reports 1896 cremations at Woking totaled 137, down from 150 in 1895 but exceeding all earlier years. A table shows growing use since operations began, with national growth including Manchester 62, Glasgow 11, and Liverpool 2 cremations in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of the Cremation Society of England
Woking
England
Scotland
St. John’s
Manchester
Glasgow
Liverpool
Westminster Gazette
A Hopeless Case and the Devil in London
Carlyle mocks Emerson by guiding him through London's grimy streets and the House of Commons to test belief in the devil. The exchange ends with Emerson persisting in his skeptical stance as Carlyle quits in despair.
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Carlyle
Emerson
London
House O’ Commons
Diet and hair health and natural history notes
The text asserts diet affects hair, with beef, starches, and milk causing root atrophy and hair loss, while oats nourish hair. It claims milk is the poorest diet for hair and links fever related hair loss to milk diets. It also notes 52 new islands appeared and 19 submerged in the century. Pressed flowers fade colors, with a chemist proposing oxalic acid treatment for better drying. Horace is quoted about a driver and restraint.
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Colt Bandmann
Diet and Hair
Horace
A. H. Haynes
Riverside Block
Maynard
H.p.n.dahl
Maynard, Mass
Geo
Whitney
Concord Junction, Mass
Main Street
Iver Johnson
Fitchburg, Warwick
Duquesne, Etc
Chas. E. Boyce
Church Street
Hudson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Charles H.S. Williams
Concord
Alma S. Wright
Jere W. Wright
Edward C. Damon
James L. Whitney
Cambridge
Concord Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Post Office Block
J. F. Bigelow
N. R. Pratt
Bigelow
Civil Engineers
People’s Bank
Marlboro
Richardson
Maker
Concord Mass
D. Dilmore
Maynard's Block
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
J.C. Friend
Hapgood
Stow
Enterprise Office
W. A.cunningham
George W. Taylor
Sudbury
Miranda Taylor
Geo. W. Taylor
David Howe
Middlesex Sc
George A. Haynes
Frank Priest
West Acton
Mass
Post Office
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