Pensacola dealer's perilous St Louis trip tale
The Pensacola hides and pelts dealer Mr W Purvis travels to St Louis with other passengers including Miss Celeste Adair and Harvey Collier in a tale of chance schemes on the train. A staged mischance ends with Purvis recovering in a hotel room after a gas incident, revealed by a hotel card identifying him as G W Purvis of Pensacola and president of a superstition eradication group.
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Pensacola
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
Purvis
Orlole Joe
Maxey
Oriele Joe
New Orleans
Pelt
Celeste Adair
Meridian
Miss Adair
Adair
New Orleas
Mr. Purvis
Adventuress
Alabama Ine
Harvey Collier
Ar. Purvis
Collier
Coliier
Bartholomew
Larrey Collier
Mississippi
Subaqua
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
G. W. Purvis
Trivial Diary Entries Reflect The Quiet Self Portrait
A London Times essay on diary writing notes many days seem dull yet end up revealing truth and character. Diarists often write for themselves and posterity, using empty days to sketch a self portrait that later amuses descendants.
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London Times
Woman’s patent list opens with 1800 Kieser straw weaving
In the Washington patent office a women’s department holds patent specifications in chronological order. The first entry is 1800 patent by Mrs. Mary Kieser for a straw weaving process using silt.
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Washington
Mary Kieser
Weapons of Warfare of American Indians
An excerpt describes how American Indian weapon making was widely known and practiced. Flint and other stones were shaped into arrowheads, lance points, harpoon heads, knives and scrapers. Flint chips were gathered near fields and camps, then flaked into form with bone tools, leaving waste and tools at dwellings. artifacts ranged from small arrow tips to ceremonial spear heads over a foot long.
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Ccleveland Plain-Dealer
Ramadan Observance Described in Moslem Year
The ninth month of the Moslem year is Ramadan a time of dawn to sunset abstinence with forbidden bodily pleasures and any swallowing of saliva. Nights permit only necessary desires. The lunar year lasts 354 days 21 hours and Ramadan cycles through all seasons every 83 years. Observance is noted as less strict now than in the past.
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Mohammed
Balram
Kansas City Star
Eternal Language Through Time and Slang
A quotation discusses how slang continuously evolves while the literary language remains enduring. It notes that a period’s common speech forms a melting pot from which refined language emerges, becoming a timeless vehicle for truth.
Economical Wooing in a Light Hearted Exchange
A playful dialogue features a woman noting there are men who become engaged to multiple women. The man replies he is not among them, acknowledging the frivolity of such behavior. He adds a joke about one engagement ring circulating and taking its time.
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Wen
Merry Makers
May McAvoy
Marie Prevost
Ronald Colman
Norman Kerry
Harry Meyers
Gilbert Emery
Getting Into Scrape Across Time And Meaning
The phrase get into a scrape traces back to 1709 in Itch ard Steele and may originate from passing through a narrow passage. Dialect uses scrape for a trap or lure for birds with two classic setups, one with a door sprung by a string and another where corn attracts birds.
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Itchard Steele
Worlidge
Hig
Early American Methodism's Barratt chapel origins
In 1780 the first Methodist church in the United States Barratt's chapel was built in Kent County Delaware with $9 paid on opening. Land deeded by Philip Barratt. In 1774 Coke and Asbury met and Asbury was ordained the first American to Episcopal office. Richard Owen and Father Joshua Thomas as notable early ministers shaped the spread along the Chesapeake aboard a long stout bug boat preaching to island fishermen.
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Kent County
Delaware
Barratt
Philip Barratt
Murderkill Hundred
Thomas Coke
Methodist Church
Francis Asbury
Iran
America
Episcopal Office
Richard Owen
Maryland
Joshua Thomas
Chesapeake
Ancient English halls guard hidden Catholic lamp
Traditions at Raddegley Clinton and East Heundred house reveal private chapels with uninterrupted worship since medieval times. At East Heundred near Abingdon the Eyston family kept a chapel from the 13th century with a lamp that has burned for 600 years, untouched by Cromwellian forces. No Protestant service has been held there.
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Raddegley Clinton
England
Baddesley Clinton
East Heundred House
Abingdon
Eyston
Cromwell
East Hendred
Familly Herald
Wife Discovers Husband’s Hidden Suspicions Grow
A wife uncovers increasing signs of her husband’s secret activity, raising suspicion about his actions and prompting questions about trust and motives within their marriage.
Scientists Claim Improvement on Nature
In progress experiments may show steam boilers replaced by hot vapors to drive turbines and condense for water reuse. The chemical industry has flourished this century with new materials such as artificial silk from wood pulp. Paper sheets spread on sugar cane rows reduce weed growth, minimizing hoeing.
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Harrison E. Howe
Conscience and Bribery Witness Confounds Royal Commission
A witness at a royal commission on election bribery admits taking 25 to vote Conservative and 25 to vote Liberal. Asked who he voted for finally, he declares he voted according to his conscience, provoking astonishment from Mr Justice Matthew in the Vancouver Province report.
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Matthew
Vancouver Province
Man quotes on marriage in witty exchange from Cincinnati Enquirer
A thoughtful man calls a man insane to marry many times while a cynic counters that marrying once is madness. The exchange captures timeless humor on marriage from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Path Led to Calvary
A short devotional note from the Western Christian Advocate traces the spiritual journey from Bethlehem’s manger to Calvary, framing salvation as a throughline of faith across the Christian narrative.
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Calvary
Bethlehem
Diabolical Suggestion on Memory Improvement
A New Haven Register item notes a provocative idea about memory improvement urging actions one would prefer to forget, framing it as a cautionary, tongue in cheek remark. It reflects a columnist’s edgy style and selective commentary on personal recall.
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New Haven Register
Tin House Revival in Budapest Stirs Housing Debate
In Budapest, builders are creating homes from thin sheet tin once used for temporary structures. The tin houses aim to address shortages while sparking questions about durability, insulation, and long term livability for residents.
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Budapest
Upper Erypt Society in Cleveland Times Comment
A brief Cleveland Times note argues that society labeled as "the upper erypt" should not be deemed inherently tough, reflecting social expectation criticisms. The piece foregrounds cultural tension in a concise editorial tone.
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Cleveland Times
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