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Orders for periodicals including Pictorial Review National Food Magazine Today's Magazine and Opportunity should be sent to the Magazine Circulation Company at 327 333 So Dearborn Street Chicago Illinois. They will send a magazine guide on request with special prices and information on making up any combination of magazines at the lowest price.
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Pictorial Review
National Food
Opportunity
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Ills
Wabash Covington Branch Schedule Details
Railway timetable lists Wabash Covington branch with Covington arrivals at 9 15 am and 40 pm Attica departures 8 00 am and 3 40 pm Covington departures 10 50 am and 40 pm Attica arrivals 11 40 am and 5 35 pm East bound trains No 54 No 2 No 28 No 4 No 50 West bound No 3 No 5 No 1 No 51 No 9 No 53 and note daily Sunday exclusions and times for fast trains locals and fast mail service.
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Covington
Attica
London schoolboy unable to learn expelled by committee
A remarkable report to the education committee of the London County Council describes a Peckham schoolboy nearly 13 who has learned only two or three letters and forgotten them. He cannot write or calculate, and the committee decides to expel him from school.
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Peckham
London County Council
Thrifty Napoleon and the Paris Market Heist
A reminiscence notes Napoleon I frequently checked Paris markets for food prices and honesty in his household. During Tuilleries repairs he tested upholsterers by dressing a valet in plain clothes and buying similar items himself, uncovering two thirds of the expected rate and deducting a third from the overall bill.
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Napoleon I
Paris
Luc
Richard Lord Holland
Napoleon
Dream and a Grime The Slumber Vision of Cicero Tale
Two Arcadians travel to Magara Greece. One stays with a friend, the other at an inn. A dream warns of the innkeeper killing his companion. The sleeper alerts the other, who goes to the gate, finds a cart with a corpse, and the innkeeper is executed.
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Cicero
Magara
Greece
Athens
Corinth
No Secret Telegraph System Revealed
The Scientific American notes no telegraph system is truly secret as Morse code can be read at offices, and telephone lines at Poldhu show distant messages readable on a long wire. Investigators even showed possible distant interference with ordinary Liverpool telephones.
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Scientific American
Poldhu
Liverpool
Why Rain Clouds Are Black
Rain clouds appear black from beneath because light is absorbed by upper layers while light reflects from the undersurface. High clouds stay white as sunlight is reflected by moisture droplets, whereas nearer rain clouds show a silver edge from above and a dark underside.
Death by Boiling in Old England
A historical note on execution by boiling prior to humane punishment laws. Criminals were chained in kettles of cold water that were heated slowly, causing flesh to slough off. The last known victim named Rouse, a cook, allegedly killed seventeen people.
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England
Bad Egg jab at Owens in Boston Tran script
A sharp line labels Owens a bad egg for courting a Joan. The speaker notes his habit of making his broke condition conspicuously visible, highlighting a public jab in the Boston Tran script.
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Owens
Joan
Boston Transcript
No Deception Prompt From Dealer About Blind Horse
A San Francisco Chronicle quotation shows a dealer dismissing a horse's blindness as not a fault, while the owner protests the deceit in an exchange about the animal's condition. The line contrasts cruelty and misfortune with sales rhetoric.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Edges Turn Soonest and Moderation Against Violence
A terse medieval line notes that those who act most keenly turn edges soonest while sober moderation resists violent extremes. The aphorism attributed to Aleyn cautions against gore and excessive force.
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Aleyn
Startled Visitor Causes London Party Scene
Lord Rossmore recalls a playful incident at his sister’s Park Lane home. He teased Mrs. Ronalds by offering to kiss the next entrant, then embraced Nora in front of the amused company after the link to Mrs. Stirling was explained.
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Lord Rossmore
Ronabis
Candy
Park Lane
London
Fanny
Mrs. Stirling
Mrs. Ronalds
A Nice Cool Bed Story From Nansen
In Cornhill Magazine Sir Henry Lucy recalls a tale from explorer Nansen about Laplanders. For a Greenland trek two sleeping bags were used. Nansen found his men asleep in the first bag with only heads exposed. The trio escaped the heat by leaving the bag and slept comfortably behind a snow hill.
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Sir Henry Lucy
Cornhill
Nansen
Greenland
Floating farms drift along Yangtse river trade routes
Like northern wood merchants with rafts, upper Yangtse farmers build two acre floating farms. The rafts host homes, pigsties, barns and storerooms. They voyage up to 1000 miles to market, producing baskets and household goods during transit, then sell produce, dismantle rafts, and return home by common travel routes.
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Russia
Nisai Novgorod
Kazan
Astrakhan
Harper’s
Tea as a social burden cited by Arthur Young
The London Chronicle quotes Arthur Young criticizing tea consumption among agricultural laborers. He argues tea treats laborers as dependent on a daily tea habit, wasting time and harming health, with East Kent cited as an example where men begin to match women in tea use and disruption.
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Cobbetts
Arthur Young
Kent
London Chronicle
Her Conscience Clear Proctor Admiral Explained by Friends
Mrs Oldcastle remarks her son has found his place as a proctor in admiralty. Mrs Gottalotte consoles her friend, saying she did her best for him and will have the satisfaction of that effort. Chicago Record Herald.
A Limited Habit
A dialogue on death frames the exchange as habit versus reality with a sharp dismissive retort about dying being a habit. The quip contrasts speculative thinking and a blunt rebuke, reflecting a light literary exchange.
Cynicus and Sillicus on Love and Marriage
Column excerpt discusses Cynicus and Sillicus debating marriage and disappointment in love. The Philadelphia Record cites Cynicus arguing no man is ever disappointed in love until he marries, illustrating a satirical view of marriage expectations.
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Cynicus
Sillicus
Philadophia
Inspiration of the Colors in Military History
A London Telegraph excerpt discusses how colors symbolized prestige and victory in warfare. It cites Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides, where surrounding standards evoke the aura of a commander whose legions shook Europe. The piece argues colors mirror a commander’s honor and memory.
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Napoleon
the Invalides
Europe
London Telegraph
Australian Diary Ants and Heat Prompt Outdoor Swims
The writer recalls a noon heat driving a swim in a secluded creek surrounded by fish. On emerging, clothes swarmed with blue brown ants that bite painfully. The piece notes large anthills and dangerous ant varieties, and mentions termites chewing beams and even eating lead on the Sydney museum roof, prompting preservation efforts.
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Gentlewoman
Sydney Museum
Veneer Versus Character: Real Worth of a Man
The piece argues that true worth lies in innate character over acquired power or polish. It contrasts a husband who can swear in seven languages with one who speaks with tender sympathy in simple speech. It warns that cleverness and manners are veneers, while genuine tenderness and natural kindness matter most.
Idol collector in Pasadena sets up 57 Buddhas in grounds
Corner on Idols mocks H. E. Huntington of Pasadena who bought 57 statues from a Japanese temple to worship Buddha in seclusion. The item quips how Americans might prefer statues of political and popular figures, from Mammon to vaudeville stars and national icons, as public idols.
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H. E. Huntington
Pasadena
Cal
Mammon
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Pennsylvania
Preserving Their Morals on a Streetcar Incident
A woman with four small children sat near the motorman as fuse blasts disrupted service. An old man reassured her there was no danger, while she insisted on moving the children to a rear seat to shield them from the sounds.
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