Faithful Englishman Fights Vicious Python in Antwerp Encounter
An English keeper at Jardin Zoologique in Antwerp battled a 14 foot female python after it wrapped around him during an attempted treatment. He struggled to free himself as other snakes thrummed the den and a Flemish assistant fled, narrowly escaping injury as the reptile constricted. He finally escaped with only minor injuries, recounting a harrowing scene in which the snake nearly crushed him like an eggshell.
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London Zoological Gardens
Antwerp
Jardin Zoologique
Laving
Unis
Fleming
Ashman
Harper’s Weekly
The Wedding Cake and Seals in Reduced Rations
A London Chronicle note explains the origin of the wedding cake from Roman biscuit customs symbolizing fruitfulness and hospitality. The piece traces how English cake evolved with French cooks adding sugar and emblems, forming a luxury confection. A New York Toes item jokes about aquarium seals and diet, quipping that seals fatten quickly if fed less.
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England
Charles Jr
Inter Times
London Chronicle
Aquarium
New York
Fragmented 19th Century Humor Quip Cited by City Journal
A garbled excerpt from a humorous political quip references Diogenes and a tub of axle grease on a front porch in Athens. The source mocks translation and brittle wit, noting a distorted line about ornament and adversity in a satirical style.
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Enees
Athenkin
Mansas City
A Freak of the Sea and the Rollers Phenomenon
A World Wide Magazine piece explains the rollers a coastal danger for sailors. They surge from leeward in calm seas and sudden wind shifts, appearing near Ascension Saint Paul and Peru coastlines. The extraordinary tides last hours to days, forming huge, explosive waves that wreck shoreward barriers.
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Santle
Paueilie
Ascension
St. Helena
Chinchas
Lobos
Peru
World Wide Magazine
Stenographer Tales and a Lawyering Lie
A Kansas City lawyer recalls a string of miscommunications caused by stenographers. He notes how assistants misreport his whereabouts, leading to wife and client confusion. The tale underscores the peril of faulty office timing and misreads in professional life.
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Merried
Kansas City
Kansas City Journal
SIRENS OF THE SANDS OULED NALLS JEWELRY TALE
The Ouled Nall, a north African dancing girl, is famed for her jewelry. Bank questions and robberies in Algeria are explained by the myth that gold is scarce there. Cashiers joke about Napoleons instead of paper money as the dancer borrows and trades for silver pieces, linking wealth to adornment. The tale notes her dowry and eventual retirement with her nomad husband as wealth grows.
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North Africa
Algeria
Barkra
Constantine
Anthe
Metropolitan Magazine
Melville Rebukes Officer Over Clean Gloves Tale
A Washington club recounts a Melville anecdote from a sea morning in which the rear admiral rebukes a young officer for nearly soiled stoves. The officer appeals to overworked men in dirty weather asking for washing gloves. Melville offers a pair of clean gloves and says he will wash them himself.
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Melville
Washington Club
Offeer
Washington Star
Observations of a Japanese visitor on English crowds
A traveler notes English restraint and quiet crowds in London areas like Shepherd's Bush, contrasting it with the noisier scenes in France and Japan. The account highlights impressions of crowd behavior in public spaces and cultural differences observed during travel.
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Shepherd's Bush
Tru
France
Japan
England
Three stern trawlers lie at Irish sea port docks
In a Doaglish sea port the remarkable conference of three stern trawlers named Rose Sharedick and Thistle lies berthed side by side. A remark hints Wales may not be represented and a captain jokes about a leak.
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Wales
Lelng
Rose
Sharedick
Thistle
Thu
Family quarrels echo in mother’s teasing reply
A mother questions why Sadie and her brother quarrel, and Sadie answers she may take after her mother or father. The snippet ends with a garbled line about worldly actions governed by severity, love, and unpartial motive.
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Sadie
Papa
Chicago News
Trustee's Sale Notice Involving Alan Goldsborough
Soltettur trustee announces sale under a circuit court order. Defendants include Charles Ad Porrowis and others. sale to occur on a specified property frontage. Court details indicate chancery action No 1005 and related proceedings.
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Dadar
Vitten
Athe Optic Circuit Court
Charles Ad Porrowis
Unclear local land dispute notice or map description
Fragmentary OCR text describes a land dispute or public notice about a property description near roads and rail lines. Mentions a location called Jola Dado Pousitude and references to county roads, islands, and distances from BR athlehesnre and the B.C. A Railroad. Details are partial and uncertain.
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PRACP
Courgy
Hew Island
Thay Isbind
Pearls
Bosro
BR Athlehesnre
B.C. A
Contam
Cool Sprtass Farm Tract No 2 in Maryland Sale
A tract known as Cool Sprtass Farm in Fourth Bihellow District Carotin Maryland with 625 acres and a stable and outbuildings. Bounded by James Darrow Band Coats and Leacing Imam Coit Loire to Bain Yard, near Dethie Lem and B C A O Railroad. Decree sale requires one third cash at sale and remainder by January 1919 with interest at percent to trustee satisfaction.
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Ising
Biar
Bihellow
Carotin
Maryland
Varvey Prettyraam
Dethie Lem
Ahonme
Ugh
WM HL
Tiolland
The
Deere of the Court
Assignee's Sale Real Estate Notice
By power of sale the property mortgaged to Henry B Lew by Vranas AD Gooding is offered for sale. The notice states the foreclosure procedure, location for public sale at the Denton County courthouse steps, and the recorded grant details in the land records.
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Oualue
Matsland
Mortage
Thassad Vranas
Henry BR. Leew
Denton
Mid
Court House
Mad
Land Division Notice in Carroll County August 1892
Tuesday in August 1892 between 2 and 6 PM a sale will divide and convey two parcels of land in the First Whetion District Carroll County Tarvin along the new comes road from NX Roe Is to Ingleside by Calvin Pastor’s to Mrs Line Pastor and others adjoining J W Atback and the Sadler and Denis Kelly land parcels February 25 1908 deed reference with improvements noted.
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Coralie
Tarviand
New Comes
Ingleside
Calvin Pastor
Francs M. Gooding
Denis Kelly
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T. Alan
Parelvisee
T. Alan Goldsboroughs
Frank P.coviy
Trustees
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Callat Reynolds Farm
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Crorts
Talbot County
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Pennsylvania Railroad Co
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Easton Warren
A. G. Pascault
Ohio Experiment Station
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IHC
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TNC
International Harvester Company of America
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USA
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Plantill
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Leadig
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William Biehling
Co LL
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Alan Goldsborough
James Truman
Ania
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Alan
Ringgold
Field Willis
Ikeutou, Md
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Good Worker
Sound
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Jersey
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Surrey
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T Prisy Fishme
F. P. Covey
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Dover
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Henderson Goldsboro
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Greensboro
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Horsey, Roe & Co
Greensboro Station
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Smith & Walls
Denton, Maryland
Florence Automatic
Nuttle Hardware CO
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