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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1884
Page
1
At a twilight social gathering Teresa captivates Clement Langtry as he departs for India, while Lucy Leveson and Mr Gripston prompt a tense, secretive menace. Lady Farleigh suspects foul play in George Leveson’s death, motives deepen, and a Countess’s opium-fueled quest for truth ends in a fatal tragedy at Castle Park.
A remote Russian town club drafts stern rules from dirty boots to velvet waistcoats, with penalties for curtain misuse and late night canes. The piece blends satire with notes on social codes, then shifts to essays on sleep, digestion, and dietary customs, interleaving long passages on health and nutrition.
A list of famed writers and thinkers assesses their talking styles from Dante to Hunt. Tasso and Dryden are slow or dull. Ben Johnson and La Fontaine mix incapacity with flashes of wit. Fox and Burke shine in conversation, while Addison and Kilward-like figures display reserved manners.
The Committee on the Sick reports Chin-Chin Greene failed relief after claiming a hot stove burn while defending the Lime-Kiln Club from a white man. They dismiss the claim saying he should have left or moved, and mock Elder Stand by Tour who seeks 3 per week due to blood poisoning. The meeting jokes about medicine know-how, while noting Greene’s stubbornness and lack of funds. Mr. Corncoray of Washington bank is praised for his shoemaker father’s signboard as a family anecdote.
At Lake View during the New England Assembly I spoke to about forty children in the C Y F R U HQ about daily Chinese food. A curious girl asked if rats were eaten in China. I answered briefly and then expanded in a half hour to correct sensational tales. I condemn sensational traveler tales that paint nations as “elves” or monstrous.
Notes from Notes and Queries explore how given names such as Annabella Arabella Maurice Eilen Amy Avice Eliza Louisa Louise Heloise Aloisa Aloysia Emily Amelia Reginald Alice Adelais Adelaide Alix Adeline and Anne developed, diverged, or fused with other forms and languages, linking origins to meanings and historical usage while debunking common assumptions about connections to Elizabeth Isa bel or royal lines. Also mentions Alesia and a caution about confusion with Alice Emily and Amelia.
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