Freedom of London Pigs and Local Privileges Across Britain
London Family Herald notes that historic liberties persist in various English towns. Brightlingsea retains jury exemption and own ale tasters, while some manors resist ground game acts. The City of London’s pigs in St James parish remain nominally allowed, though land values hinder farming.
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St. James
Great Britain
WaAeen
Brightlingsea
Carnarvon
City of London
St. James, Piccadilly
London
London Family Herald
Mysterious commuter Inabarry Jones disrupts Chicago morning
A tale from the New York Post describes Inabarry Jones racing through Chicago streets to reach his office at the Field building. A southern visitor trails him, expecting a top level finance meeting, only to find Jones calm, smoking, and reading a newspaper.
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Chicago
Inabarry Jones
Jones
State Street
Palmer House
Washington Street
New York Post
The Doomed Shepherd Dog Tale From Pentlands
London Standard recounts a shepherd dog story where a high minded dog that killed sheep is condemned to death. John Todd observed the creature washing and feeding itself near a pool before returning to the hills, and the dog is later shot for the betrayal.
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Stevenson
John Todd
Pentlands
Kirk Yetton
John
London Standard
Bears One Drop and Dies in Sage Palm Tale
A sage palm tree bears a single top fruit then drops nuts around its base. Nuts sprout young palms which perish as the trunk decays inside. A strong trade wind topples the leafless trunk, destroying nearby saplings.
Still Life Painting Delights Visitor in Moonshiner Cabin Scene
A portly patron questions a canvas in an artist studio. The artist confirms the foreground gude shack is a moonshiner's cabin in the mountains. The man identifies the work as the catalogue entry Still Life from the exhibition.
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Chicago Tribune
What is a den in a man's house
A London Express excerpt discusses a den as a place where wild beasts make their homes and questions whether the term also applies to a room in a man's house. The exchange features a child and a parent debating language.
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Addle
Matber
Sfather
London Express
Deception Allegation Stirs Domestic Strain
A Chicago Tribune quote reveals a spouse accusing the other of sustained deception about affection for cooking. The exchange highlights long running suspicions within the marriage, with a decade of claimed deception over cooking praise.
Personal finances shielded by husband admits weekly spending
A Detroit Free Press quote shows a husband claiming he spends money weekly while withholding exact amounts. The wording implies a pattern of secrecy about household finances and control over expenditures.
The Unhappy Jester Humored Into Sanatorium
In Harper's Weekly a joke about Dobbs the humorist ends with him seeking a sanitarium. Binks notes his nervous prostration while Higgins recalls a riddle that unsettles him. Six weeks earlier an answer to a riddle about a chauffeur and a fur show drives his insomnia.
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Dobbs
Binks
Higgins
Harper’s Weekly
Debate Over Women Suffrage Echoes From San Francisco
An advocate of the rent reform campaign critiques the claim that women reject suffrage, comparing cruelty arguments to a parable about Johnnie and his sister. The San Francisco Argonaut cites the dialogue as a counterpoint to anti suffrage rhetoric.
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Johnnie
San Francisco
The Lady in Waiting and Royal Automobiling Etiquette
The article discusses a lady in waiting attached to the Duke and Duchess of Connaught during a visit to Ambassador Reid. It suggests she waits for the royals to finish before joining them for automobiling, reflecting ceremonial duties and timing rather than a specific defined role.
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Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Reid
The Curtain Lecture De Quiz
A brief comic exchange about timing a storm breaking at home. The dialogue contrasts expectations of weather with the arrival of the speaker.
A Critical Moment On Icy Pave
A man collapsed on an icy street and did not speak as bystanders saw his chest rise with evident emotion amid a sudden fearful scene.
Out of Reach Delivers Longing for a Three Room Suite
A soulful girl asks Mr Smithers if he has felt unattainable longing. He recalls wishing for a suite of three rooms and a bath, revealing simple desires in a quiet moment.
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Mr.Smithers
Mr. Smithers
Mrs Richley Carries Herself With Steady Dignity
A note praises Miss Gush and Mrs Richley for carrying themselves splendidly and steadily, echoing the example of her grandfather in a Catholic Standard and Times installment.
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Gush
In Control. A Senator and a jibe about power
A dialogue contrasts power and perks as a man notes rewards and punishments while Senator Sorghum jokes about becoming a janitor of a big building, highlighting office politics and loaded ambitions.
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Senator Sorghum
Train to New York Reaches New Speed
A passenger asks where the train goes and a brakeman replies the train heads to New York in ten minutes. The inquirer exclaims it’s moving fast, capturing a brisk travel mood at the station.
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Inquirer
South Station
New York
Dialogue on happiness and wealth ends in fatal contrast
A clipped exchange reveals a couple debating happiness versus riches. The man prefers happiness, the woman counters that riches are necessary to avoid a life of misery and death, underscoring social pressure.
Reminiscence of Brownb University Wit at Moral Philosophy
Dr James Bo Angell recounts a Brownb University classroom tale about Herman Lincoln Wayland. The son cites two contrasting passages from moral philosophy and on the limitation of human responsibility, prompting laughter and a slyedu answer about the author learning from experience.
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James Bo Angell
Brownb University
Crassus Made Wealth From Buying Houses on Fire
Ancient Rome saw a curious trade buying houses on fire as a high risk gamble. Slaves with funds and tools closed bargains at chaos, sometimes extinguishing flames for profit. Crassus built vast wealth by employing carpenters and masons to salvage and expand fire damaged properties.
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Rome
Juvenal
Cato the Elder
Crassus
Rudest Man of His Age John Hunter Recants Etiquette
A brief sketch recalls John Hunter the British surgeon and writer who died in 1763. It notes his reputed rudeness and a late return home when he abruptly ordered guests to leave so he might study, illustrating his blunt manner.
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John Hunter
Scotch Rivalry Between Glasgow and Edinburgh
The London Athenaeum notes a long standing rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh. It cites Glasgow deriding Edinburgh's gentle pride and Edinburgh sneering at Glasgow's commercial taint and smoky atmosphere. Princes Street is praised by travelers as fine, yet a Glasgow man called it "only half a street" since the buildings line only one side.
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Glasgow
Edinburgh
Glisgow
Princes Street
London Athenaeum
Nest built by Bengal grosbeak thwarts snakes
The Bengal grosbeak selects a long overhanging limb above a stream to support a bottle shaped nest. The entrance lies beneath the base, making it inaccessible to snakes. A naturalist observed fourteen attempts by snakes to reach the nest, all ending with the snakes plunging into the water.
What Impressed Him by the City Visitor
A visiting man from a small town notes a striking local habit, saying after a week in the city that no one wears Sunday attire on Sundays. The remark captures a contrast in dress norms observed in the urban setting.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Where the Shoe Pinched London Sketch Quote
A fragmented London Sketch line recalls a visiting chaplain and a prisoner trading quips about trials and verdicts in a brisk exchange. The piece captures street theater style humor and social irony with concise dialogue.
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London
Recess Game Fox and Dog With Circle Play
A school recess game has up to twenty five players forming a circle while three stand outside. One inside is the fox who mimics actions. another outside is Bruno the dog who chases and imitates the fox. When the dog captures the fox, roles swap and a new fox or dog may be chosen, with two foxes and two dogs possible in a larger ring.
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Bruno
Unusual Resource Of Boy At Upper Broadway Grocery
Small boys gathered firewood tossed out for them at the side door of a large grocery on upper Broad Way. A boy strapped a roller skate to an orange crate, filled it with wood, and rolled away on its four wheels while others carried their loads.
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Lad
S Broadway
The
New York Sun
Secret of colored flower creation at a flower show
Spectators at a flower show witnessed oddly colored blooms including green carnations pink lilies of the valley deep scarlet narcissi and more. The colors come from immersing stems in aniline solutions with rapid effects across six to twelve hours producing blue pink purple and striped hues.
Painting and wallpapering services by John D. Martin
In Covington Indiana at Pearl and Suh streets John D Martin offers house painting and papering for old and new customers. Martin boasts 46 years experience and shows wallpaper samples. All work is performed in a workmanship manner. Take the Republican during 1912 1913.
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Johu D. Martin
Covington
Ind
Pearl and
Suh Streets
Magazine orders and guide available from Chicago firm
Orders for all periodicals especially Pictorial Review National Food Magazine Today's Magazine and Opportunity should be sent to the Magazine Circulation Company at 827-333 So Dearborn Street Chicago Illinois. They will send on request a magazine guide with special prices and how to combine magazines at the lowest price.
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Pictorial Review
National Food
Opportunity
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Ills
Remarkable News Digest Mixed With Lively Quotes
A collage of anecdotes and quips from era newspapers. Items include a London council report on a Peckham schoolboy unable to learn, a Brussels style moral seen in a punchline, and poet Walt Mason cited with a gymnastic elevator joke. Also notes Paul Murphy’s booking for Winona Lake summer exhibition.
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Peckham
London County Council
Paul Murphy
Calliope
Winona
Drops of Mercy Hymn Becomes Singing Challenge
Frances four accompanied by her mother at church after hearing a hymn attempted to sing it at home. She rendered part of the line Drops of Mercy Can It Be Ze Gates Was Left and paused. When pressed she offered a humorous mispronunciation about whether it was a jar or a jug, prompting a lesson in wording.
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Frances
Just Hollered
A short dialogue shows a boy teasing his mother about his younger brother after a morning incident. The boy quips that everyone calls the baby a bouncing baby because when he accidentally trapped him earlier the child did not smile but hollered.
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William
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Etter
Herman Miller
Walnut Street
Danville
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Walnut St
LAW Printing
Jericho
Holy Land
River Jordan
U.S
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N. Y
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Chicagg
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