Stealing Thunder the Birth of a Popular Figure of Speech
The tale follows Dennis born 1657 a saddler turned writer whose fame waned due to temper and excess. He coined the thunder joke in Appius and Virginius later popularized when he cried See how these rascals use me at Macbeth. Pope then lampooned him and the phrase entered common speech.
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Dennis
Con
John
Harrow
Campridge
Ile
Ile Curly
Whig
Trewan Sot
Addison
Cato
Pope
Swift
John Dennis
Appius
Virginius
Haymarket Theater
Alexander Pope
Chicago Record-Herald
A Fish Story Advertisement Prank Catches Customer
A shopkeeper displays a large fishing rod with an artificial fish to lure patrons. Perkins, after a late dinner, overhears a quiet call and sneaks down, believing a real bite is happening. He exclaims the instruction to pull in the line, creating a humorous moment.
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Perkins
Metropolitan Magazine
Good Old Croesus Interview Reflections on Wealth
The text quotes Croesus noting his faults and wealth while denying common platitudes about poverty and happiness. He emphasizes he has not preached philosophy to the young nor claimed poverty is a blessing, and he rails against demands for excessive giving.
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Croesus
Local notes hint at bright session intake and rail route hopes
Local column notes a potential large attendance at the upcoming N G A College session with many non resident boys already arriving. A Rural Route Inspector is expected to visit to push daily service on No 3 after meeting patronage. Other items mention donations, crops, and concerns about teacher salaries and staffing in Lumpkin.
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N. G. A. College
Allen Mote
Jackson County
Callie
NuGawr
Casper Self
Forsyth County
Dawson County
Lumpkin
New York heat deaths rise as other incidents spill through
The report tallies 270 heat deaths in New York amid a wide set of items: a Knoxville girl’s suicide, pension changes for Confederate veterans, and alarming fires in Michigan. Other notes include crime in Atlanta, hotel disruption aims, and local civic updates on taxes and public works.
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New York
An Essay on Editors Told by a Little Boy
A boy presents a humorous essay critiquing editors and doctors, noting editors’ poverty and puns about subscriptions. He recalls a woodshed punishment and a town minister sermon about debts, ending with a punchy quip about subscribers. The piece playfully contrasts editors with doctors and uses rural hypocrisies for satire.
Earrings on her skirt reveal improbable jewelry twist
A hotel manager recalls a New Haven incident where a woman while traveling to New York lost diamond earrings. After a hotel search failed, a telegram arrived from the traveler announcing the jewels were found stuck on her skirt in openwork and later recovered on the train near New York.
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New Haven
New York
Bee reportedly living 75 years buried underground
Kensal Green Cemetery superintendent Thomas Burgess recounts a London Express tale of a bumble bee found 644 feet below ground while grave digging. He notes the depth and soil conditions, pondering how the insect could have remained buried since 1836 and asking if it could have been covered then.
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Thomas Burgess
Kensal Green Cemetery
London Express
Lost Indian Art and Flint Arrowheads Revealed
J W Reddington reports success in talking with Snake a young squaw captured at Squaw valley Her father Rock Creek Mike lived on Rock Creek in northern Elko county He was among the last in his tribe to master flint arrowhead making Some of these arrowheads were used in the recent Indian battle and are now in the posse s possession
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J. W. Reddington
United States Army
Snake
Squaw
Squaw Valley
Rock Creek
Mike
Elko County
Posse
Worrying Happiness and Odd News From City and Church
The Manchester bishop at Church House notes happiness comes with many worries while a man with a single worry risks lunacy. A Chicago woman seeks divorce over her husband’s habit of being shaved by lady barbers. Goldfish worth 800 dollars reported stolen in Philadelphia, with the consumer remaining unaware.
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Manchester
Church House
Westminister
Jersey Cow Sacrifices Life for Calves in Rails Accident
Enoch MecElfresh the former county treasurer owned a valuable Jersey cow that sacrificed her life near Lawrenceburg Junction to save her twin calves from instant death. The calves wandered onto the Big Four railroad right of way and refused to leave as the White City special sped around a curve. The cow dashed to push the calves off the tracks but was run down and crushed by the engine witnessed by many passengers at the station.
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Enoch MecElfresh
Lawrenceburg Junction
Big Four Railroad
White City
Indianapolis News
Woman’s expedition proves Huasean height but costs rich sum
Mrs Bullock-Workman hired a famed Paris geographer to prove Mount Huasean was higher than 7 300 meters. The peak proved 6 765 meters high, and the expedition cost her 13 000 dollars in the end.
Feeding the Children Diet Plan by Dr Sill in Medical Record
A dietary schedule for healthy and malnourished children by Dr EB M Sill includes meals at 7 8 am 10 am 12 1 pm 4 pm and 6 7 pm. It features milk eggs cereals meats vegetables starches fruits and desserts with portions adjusted by age and appetite.
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EB. M. Sill
New York
Will Death Do Us Part Court Jokes Spark Comedy Moment
A Chicago theater story recalls a bride to be entertaining herself with a rehearsal of marriage vows. An actress says she rehearses parts before revivals. She reads the line Will death do us part, provoking a friend to quip about lacking confidence in the courts.
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Chicago
Friends o Mine: Portraits of Everyday Figures
A Baltimore Sun piece catalogs affectionate portraits of common figures from dog to baby, smiling woman, dime‑tossing storyteller, blossoming flower girl, sunless singer bird, preacher, politician, visiting admirer and more, celebrating ordinary neighbors and their simple joys.
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Baltimore Sun
Smallest Inhabited Island Claim Upstaged by Eddy Stone Lighthouse
Residents of several Thousand Islands claim the title of smallest inhabited island in the world but the Eddy stone lighthouse site now holds the distinction. The lighthouse sits on an island only thirty feet in diameter at low tide, challenging prior assertions by local inhabitants.
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St. Lawrence River
Eddystone
Avye Maria
Figg-Hear About Smith in Bad Railroad Accident
The Boston Transcript reports on a serious railroad accident involving Smith. Witnesses discuss possible causes linking Figg and Fogg to the incident and question recovery prospects.
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Figg
Smith
Fogg
Boston Transcript
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