Holbein the Artist His Early Framings and His Wide Range
Kenyon Cox reviews Holbein born in Nuremberg near the end of the fifteenth century and active in Basel. He highlights his early Florentine influence, versatility in painting drawings and stained glass designs, and the impressive variety from initial letters to altar pieces. Cox praises the Basel organ shutters and the Dance of Death woodcuts as exemplary, noting Holbein's Italianate influence, technical mastery, and prolific invention.
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Angbnurg
Motbein
Basel
Carter
Almot
Ghiss
Durer
Muich
Blochy
Kenyon Cox
Seuiller*s
Hamlet and its origins amid legends and history
The piece surveys the Danish prince's uncertain era with claims from Saxo Grammaticus to 1608, notes on Leir, Amleth, and Shakespeare, and contrasts Hamlet’s story with Scottish events like Mary Stuart’s marriage. It adds a travelogue on the Nile’s wildlife, elephants and hippos, and ends with a fragment on London workers and domestic toil.
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Nlamiet
Denmark
Shakespeare
Amlet
Lbelle- Vorest
Drombin
Hiuulet
Laertes
Ophelia
Darnley
Mary Stuart
Lord Bothwell
Hamlet
Leamilet
Noe
Grumbling Over The Inevitable In A Rainy Age
A reflective shortpiece counsels patience amid gloom and weather. It mocks constant complaining, urges positive outlook, and compares a chronic grumbler to a fly on a king's chariot wheel. It extols resilience, humor, and living contentedly despite misfortune.
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Panebody
Ancient table rites echo in Danish German and Leipic dining fare
Fragment recounts long standing dining customs where guests thank hosts after meals and greet with phrases about blessed food. It notes Danish German and Leipzig student echoes, and an English writer’s reflection on lingering table gratitude and informal blessings.
Young Scotman at Prince Street Station
A fragment from the London Chronicle recounts Russell, former Scotsman editor, at Prince Street station where a boy, seeking today’s copy, is offered a sovereign for tomorrow’s issue. The boy hands over the Weehls Scotsman dated the following day, and Russell pays the sovereign.
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Cor
Russel Ore
Scotsmilli
Russel
Prince's Street
Little Red Riding Hood in Varied Folk Traditions
The article recounts the well known tale of Little Red Riding Hood and her encounter with the wolf. It notes Grimm's derivation from German regional folk tradition near the Main river and cites a Swedish variant where she hides in a tree and her lover arrives as the tree falls.
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Little Red Ridiner-hood
Little Red Ridinghood
River Main
Germany
Little Red Riding-hood
Almanac Weather Trust In A Massachusetts Town
An old minister recalls how two generations trusted a farmer's almanac for weather. A parishioner named Bud dies and the pastor is overwhelmed. The question of who holds responsibility for the forecast arises, and she looks up the almanac to find the day was pleasant, guiding the timing of events.
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Massachusetts
Bud
Eon
Oliia Lis Welow
Walt
Self preservation is the highest law of nature
An anecdote from Fliesende Blatter tells of a professor who leaves a sinking boat to climb the bank and then returns to rescue his wife, justifying the delay by stating self preservation is nature’s supreme law. The captain questions the sacrifice.
No Quarrel Over Interference With Mistress
A housewife asks about a quarrel with her former lover's mistress. The applicant explains it was not a quarrel but interference by the woman. The exchange reflects a domestic dispute framed in plain speech and local color.
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Cleveland
Fragmentary dialect note with names and speech
A rough, fragmented dialogue snippet features characters Poot and Dax, mentioning sin, business, a large bag, and a speaker named Trah, with unclear context and incomplete phrases. The text reads like a local dialect or transcription artifact from a historical piece.
Wonders of Sleep and the Body's Resting Rhythms
A Buffalo News meditation on sleep explores self hypnotism, time perception during slumber, and the body’s rest cycles. It contrasts awake brain activity with sleep, noting the heart’s shifts, tear glands, and the eye rubbing reflex that preserves moisture. It cites sleep deprivation as a cruel torture and cites Chinese torture practices.
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Buffalo News
Wellington on the Parliament site and crowd control
St James Gazette recalls Wellington’s warning against moving Parliament near St James Palace. He urged building on the river to allow safe ingress and prevent crowds from surrounding the building. Fraser notes Napoleon II pondered how France’s history might have differed with similar precautions.
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Wellington
William IV
Palace of
Westminster
St. James’ Palace
Iis
London
Wiliam Fraser
Napoleon II
Iwatter
France
St. James
Memorable tragedy from last great slave sale origins
An 1859 Savannah slave auction of 808 enslaved people netted 303 850 dollars. The sale, run by Pierce Butler, forbade family divisions, causing a dispute when Tom Pate bought a family group. Pate’s sale to Somers violates the guarantee, leading to a fatal quarrel and a feud that culminated in vengeance killings and national tensions.
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Savannah
Pierce Butler
Philadelphia
Fanny Kemble
Iis
Mease
Major Pierce Butler
South Carolina
Buttler
Butler
Tom Pate
Vicksburg
Pute
Pat Somers
St. Louis
Regal Hales
South
Somers
Pate
New York
Fault and accountability in teamwork and work output
The saying warns that blaming others increases fault and undermines personal responsibility for quality work. It emphasizes self correction and focus on improving performance rather than external criticism.
Deaf Made Poor Photos A Photographer’s Observations
An exchange recounts a photographer describing how deaf subjects present a fixed tense expression in portraits. He notes brows uplifted, forward tilt, and delayed smiles as they await instructions, making deaf individuals notoriously hard to capture well on camera.
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Eohy
The Campanero Toll and Colonial Trade Prices
A fragment from Watersons Wanderings in South America describes the campanero, a white bellbird with a three inch black crested tube whose tolling song can be heard three miles away. The piece ends with an 1662 catalog of coffee and tobacco prices at Exchange Alley, listing assorted powders, berries, teas, sherbets, and chocolates with quoted per pound costs.
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Campanero
Actaeon
Maria
Orpheus
Waterson
South America
Exchange Alley
Morat the Great
Arrow throwing an old English sport in Yorkshire
An antique sport from the bow and arrow era persists in parts of Yorkshire at athletic meets. Arrows are three feet long with no barb or feather and are thrown using a string wound around the thrower’s hand and the arrow’s butt. A skilled thrower can reach about 150 yards, though learning to release without tangling takes practice.
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Yorkshire
Debt on the Street Car Conductor
A Plain Dealer snippet depicts a man who lent money to a street car conductor who failed to repay. The debtor avoids payment by stalling. The joke contrasts the debtor’s tactics with a second quip about entering heaven and the interference of children in the afterlife.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fragmentary quip quoted about cakes and fortune
A garbled excerpt recalls Mrs Golltely proclaiming a cake was the worst she had ever made. The exchange notes contentment and fortune, ending with a curt remark about a crown and denial attributed to a lord.
Testimonial on Quick Meal Steel Range in Denton kitchen
Denton Maryland February 7 1905 Ernest G Cooper writes from Burtsville praising the Quick Meal Steel Range. He reports it heats quickly bakes well and is economical on fuel describing it as the most satisfactory range he has used in his home. His letter centers on performance and efficiency.
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Denton
T. Harvay
Burrsville
Wid
St Louis Exposition
W. H. Dewhese
Notice to Growers for 1906 Corn Peas and Tomatoes
Notice to growers offering 1906 season supply terms. Seed corn provided free. Green peas 2 cents per pound when threshed. Seed peas 1.75 per bushel. Tomatoes 4.00 per ton. Tomatoes must be hauled on spring-wagons to prevent damage. Pea vines corn husks and tomato skins allowed to haul away. G T Redden & Co.
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G.T. Redden & CO
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Melvin & Johnson
Holbein
Nile
Upper
Higon
Wadelal
Lfe
Newepaper al Dhive
Leipsic
Ofj Tilme Almanac
Sleep
THE
Ils
the Pearly Gates
St. Peter
Chicago News
the People National Bank
Denton, Maryland
Joseph J. Bernard
Fred. R. Owens
Ormond W. Downes
Rennltt Todd
Teller
William W Nuttll
Josefa H. Bernarp
Greensboro
Frep
R. Owerss
Albert W. Sisk
Preston
Robert Jarrell
Goldsboro
Thomas L. Day
Ridgely
Albert G. Towers
Frank P. Covey
Paul Torsincer
Harry T. Nuttie
Andersontown
WentLand
C. Topp
Williston
Clay Ioons
Hobbs
B. F. Jackson
HE Peoples National Bank
Caroline
Nuttle Hardware Co
the Provident Savings Bank
Resources
Wheelover Saeconeee
Provitent Savings Bank of
J. W. Payne
Burrsville Hardware
United States
Tam
Laurel, Dev
Tilgiman Harvey
C.E. Davis
Redden’s Drug Store
F. & M. Telephone
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Telephone Company
D. F. King
Tuckahoe
Maryland
Feed and Sale
A. E. Cooper
Ayers
Ayer
M. Lodeman
JLD
Ithaca
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Sass
Eence
Kent
Ky Denton
Alex. Noble
Preston, Md
WM. A. Smith
Dexton, Maryland
Maple Avenue
H.T. Curtis
Ridgely, Md
Denton National Bank Savings Department
Denton National Bank
Board of Directors
Harvey L. Cooper
Nisi
Eva E. Raughley
Ida Garrett
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Fred R. Owens
the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Telephone Company of
Law
Paid Corporation
George S. Rairigh
Harry M. Thompson
Clement Drake
Robert E. Smith
J. ¥. King
David F. King
Orphans’ Court
Cpanal
Nathan J. Coreran
Algia J. Corkran
Harry R. Merriken
Adm
T'Rs
Nathan J. Corkran
Dee’d
Annie Wyatt
Thomas H. Wyatt
Dee d
Harry N. Hackett
Boston
Fear
Cally
R. Q. Taylor &C
N. Charles Street
Baltimore
Wagner
Green House
I. E. Pratt
Baltimore, Md
Isaac L. Dukes Denton
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