The Cobbler of Salzburg in the Hamlet of Brehive
Siebold Veit, a Salzburg shoemaker and bachelor, nourished by reading and song, befriends a student from Gabriel Stoss. One dawn he leaves his lodgings with his violin and journeys through Salzach country toward a distant hamlet named Brehive, pursuing music and memory beyond the city.
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Salzburg
Mozart
Siebold Veit
St. Crispin
Milton
Gray
Herr Weit
Veit
Gabriel
Salzach
Hell
Sun God Music Fails To Lure Sunlight In Alpine Tale
In a mist shrouded valley villagers seek help from a wandering musician Herr Veit to dissipate clouds over the hills. He plays in vain. dawn breaks without sun then he returns to Salzburg. A guest later notes ancient legends of Amphion and the limits of music to move clouds.
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Veit
Phoebus
Herr Veit
Salzburg
Amphion
Thebes
Gabriel
Schuster
Herr Weit
Loggerhead Turtle Nesting Behavior Described In Spring
The spring female loggerhead comes ashore on a south beach, digs a sand pit with her hind legs, and lays 150 to 200 eggs before covering them. Bears raid nests, sometimes 13 nests in one night, then hatchlings race to the sea. Crabs, fish, and shellfish supplement their diet along with the tortoises.
Curiosities of Heat and How We Feel It
The article explains that temperature is not the sole factor in heat sensation. Different materials conduct heat differently with silver burning skin at 156 F, blistering the tongue at 150 F, iron needing higher temps, and wood safe at 200 F. Records note men withstood oven heat of 600 F briefly without injury.
Odd Ways of Shaking Hands Across Cultures
A curious survey of greeting rituals from various regions describes diverse salutes. The piece notes how African coast kings press a middle finger, Japanese loosen slippers, Laplanders press noses, Hindustan men are beard-touched, and Philippine Islanders rub faces with a handshake. It mentions Ternate's king rising to receive subsets before they sit down to salute.
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Hindustan
Philippine Islands
Ternate
Not a Question of Faith
A man tells a doctor he has no faith in modern medical science while friends urge care. The physician replies that belief is irrelevant as the veterinarian still treats the male, delivering a humorous point about therapy crossing boundaries.
In Bed With a Corpse
A Baltimore traveler recounts a stormy night in an Arizona town. He, his friend, and a cattle town hotelkeeper learned that the “robbers” were undertakers preparing a body in the next room. The misassigned guest slept in a room with a corpse, causing a chilling, comic alarm.
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Baltimore
Arizona
Baltimore Sun
Progressive Conundrum at the Sociable Night
A quiet youth at a small gathering offers a long riddle about heaven and the home heart chest box tree bush plant primrose and finally a baby, declaring the chain ends with a pronounced yellow baby, leaving the crowd in silence after ten minutes of debate.
Tear Bottles in Persia A Timeless Mourning Practice
The article describes Persian customs where mourners receive cotton to wipe tears. The tears are squeezed into bottles as healing remedies for the dying and as charms against evil. It links the practice to Psalm 56 8 and notes tear bottles found in ancient tombs as evidence of widespread belief.
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Persia
Ceremonica
Treatment For a Wild Hair
A description explains a dangerous eyelash growth that extends from the eyelid and irritates the eye. Pulling it out only gives temporary relief as it regrows. The sac from which the hair springs is destroyed using an electric needle, with a sharp prick to kill the hair permanently.
Twenty Odd Fishes Portrait by Spiridion Roma
The Fishmongers' Livery Company of London owns a remarkable painting by Spiridion Roma showing twenty whole sea and river fishes. It features rare varieties such as weaver clubs green grassing or humber coney fish and bleaks among others.
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Fishmongers’ Livery Company of London
Spiridion Roma
Ned Shuter and the Fateful Rebuff at Dinner
A Chicago Record-Herald reminiscence recalls the eighteenth century actor Ned Shuter famed for keen character insight and humor. At a dinner with Woodward Garrick and others he refused to perform, then quipped he forgot his fool's dress and departed forgotten by the guests, leaving the room in laughter.
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Woodward
Garrick
Ned Shuter
Old Parsons
Dibdin
Shuter
Chicago Record-Herald
Golf joke with cow and clock dispute about two shots
A reader recounts a humorous golf tale from the New York Press in which a player claims a two stroke hole after a drive and a putt, but a friend argues he counted fifteen due to hitting the cow with the club thirteen times. The exchange riffs on miscounts and a comical animal interruption.
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New York Press
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription Offer
A 19th century advertisement touts Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the sole remedy for leucorrhea female weakness pro lapsus and falling of the womb. It proudly offers a $500 reward to anyone cured by a rival medicine, claiming unparalleled curative properties and a century of cures to back the guarantee.
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Doctor Pierce
Mixa Hmina Weller
Young People’s Christian Association
Madison Avenue
New York City
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Proprietors
Buffalo, N. Y
Miss Tubbs Sarah Heiress Seals a Suitor’s Fate
A verbose young man declares his lifelong pursuit of Miss Tubbs, Sarah, an heiress, and, after a tense exchange, quietly leaves the house dejected. The scene centers on social aspiration and decisive rejection.
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Miss Tubbs
Sarah
Kill or Cure Contract in Cornish Village Tale
A stingy Cornish husband hires a doctor for his ill wife paying £5 with a kill or cure contract. The wife dies. the doctor asserts he tried to save her but failed. The husband points out the contract’s terms, arguing the doctor neither killed nor cured, so payment is due as agreed.
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Scott
London Standard
Western migration rituals in Ontario coonskin coats
The Toronto Telegram notes a yearly display of western attire as men from the west depart Ontario for opportunities. Observers recall the value of the clothing carried away and view the coonskin coat as a symbol of western prosperity. The spectacle inspires Ontario youth to seek similar fortunes westward.
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Ontario
Toronto Telegram
Real estate and railway pools questioned in paper
Mrs Chugwater asks about a real estate pool and a railway pool. Mr Chugwater explains they are organizations of business men. He notes the term pools due to water in their stocks and dismisses the topic as confusing to women.
Extraordinary 1795 Cavalry Charge Against Dutch Fleet
A quotation from London Unives: the charge by French General Pichegru's cavalry on the icy Zuyder Zee halted a Dutch fleet. The riders galloped over frozen water to surround and force surrender of the vessels, an extraordinary and unusual feat in cavalry history.
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Pichegru
Zuyder Zee
Stand an Egg on End Trick Explained
The article argues that balancing an egg on a smooth surface is a matter of manual dexterity. By shaking a fresh egg to mix yolk and white and rupture the air sack, air rises and allows the egg to balance without cracking, challenging Columbus era myths of the feat.
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Columbus
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