Love and vanity in Pitman tale of Anne and Philip
In a Pitman high tale, Anne Tyson and Susan Belden vie for Philip Utard. Anne hides her feelings, then chases him through a snowstorm to reveal the truth about why she loves him, uttering a cryptic line about an absolute hump that puzzles him afterward.
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Vanity Fair
Pitman high
Bunk
Susan Belden
Susan
Pitman
Anne Tyson
Sue Belden
Philip Utard
Boston
Plimnan
Philip
Philp
Tyson
Belden
Anne
Doctor Tyson
Sue
Phill Utard
Amne
Utard
Lucinda
Tyson menage
Philip Aiard
Phillp
Atard
Tucinda
Philipo
Phlip
Hecht
Phil
Irish Had Mayflower Adventure for Ulster Emigration
Irish historians note an Ulster ship named Eagte Wing sailed by 40 passengers including four ministers by 1630 heading to the American colonies. Harsh winds drove it to Scotland where a leak pinned it at the Kyles of Bute. A mid Atlantic hurricane damaged the voyage and the Irish settlers eventually returned to Ireland after doubts about Providence.
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Ireland
Eagtewing
Kyles of Bute
Atlantic
Irish pgrims
Providence
A Close Race in Texas Wolfhound Story
An Englishman brought a famous wolfhound to Texas to hunt wolves for ten dollar bounties. Texans followed the chase across prairie but saw no wolf or hound until a woods encounter. A local woodcutter claimed the chase was hot and close, with the dog slightly ahead.
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Texas
Europe
Suspicious Gossip About Henographer at Dubwaite Place
Mrs Dubwaite voices distrust of Mr Dubwaite s new Henographer saying she has a dreamy look in her eyes. Mrs Windspur questions, noting concerns about a young pretty girl indulging in daydreams and a susceptible old fool. Local chatter hints at mischief and possible romantic missteps.
Ancient drinks sweetened with honey and their scams
The piece traces ancient beverages such as elurre, mulsum, sack mead, and metheglin, noting honey’s role and the Romans and English influence. It warns of honey adulteration using sugar syrup, glucose, elm leaves, starch, and gelatin to mimic honey flavor, and cites widespread counterfeit honey.
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England
America
Are the Japanese Really Efficient
A critical look at Japanese efficiency as claimed by Western observers, focusing on communication systems in Tokyo. The piece cites poor postal and telegraph services, government control of railways, and a costly, tangled telephone system with long waits and brokers, highlighting stark contrasts in everyday infrastructure.
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Arc- Clare’s
Julian Street
Tokyo
Mr. Street
New York
Japan
America
Aprons as Ornaments Among Czech Women
In Czecho-Slovakia village life, women wear aprons not for work but as eye catching adornment entering or leaving homes. Aprons are heirlooms in green or bright colors like gold, yellow, silver, pink, blue, cerise, and rose, often on dark foundations with white options. Skirts are black and short, with stockings and plain waist jackets plus handmade lace. Head shawls link color themes, but aprons show the vivid display of style and romance.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Owls and Crows Clash in Daylight and Night
Crow flocks torment an owl by day with constant abuse and coordinated shouts. At night the crow group shifts to silent pursuit, while the owl’s counterattack remains effective and decisive.
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Hitle
Physiological Reading In Ohio Pupils Grapple With Letters
Two primary school pupils in Ohio struggle with a first reader as one asks how to distinguish the letters d and bh. Tommy replies that the d has its stomach on its back, a simple if awkward mnemonic.
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Ohio
Tommy
Know Nothing of Cooking on Malekula
Martin Johnson recounts a Malekula cannibal tribe feast observed in Asia Magazine. The natives watch as outsiders cook. the locals improvise by half cooking yams and meat, tearing the food with bare teeth, while Nagapate the chief eats all given, never sharing, and no women are seen eating.
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Malekula
New Hebrides
South Pacific
Martin Johnson
Asia Magazine
Nagapate
Still Hold to Old Theory of Earth's Magnetism
Gilbert showed in 1600 that Earth's magnetic facts could fit a uniformly magnetized sphere with poles near geographic poles. The cause of magnetism remains obscure though, as declination varies globally and needle dip differs by hemisphere. Navigation charts note these declinations and require periodic correction.
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Gilbert
Arctic
Antarctic
Remarkable French Statue Sorrow at the Tuileries
The Sorrow statue in Paris’s Tuileries challenges viewers with a joyful face seen from the south and a mournful countenance from the opposite side. The work sparks persistent speculation about its meaning while joining other famed sculptures in a garden famed for its flowers and romance.
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Tuileries
Paris
Paris gardens
Tulleries
Magnetic Furniture and Hidden Losses Across Rooms
Frances Lester notes in the Atlantic Monthly that certain tables and chair backs seem magnetically drawn to clutter, hiding newspapers notions and small wares. The piece links magnetic furniture to domestic trade routes, room traffic, and arguments over lost items.
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Frances Lester
the
Atlantic Monthly
No Smoking in New York Business Hours of 1823
A fragment notes that a 1823 Advocate item in New York described a young man seen smoking at nine in the morning, highlighting that a banker would not grant discounts to smokers during business hours. Charles H. Haswell references these reminiscences in his Octogenarian memoirs.
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New York
Charles H. Haswell
Advocate
Ancient Indian Canoe Recovered Off Wright’s Wharf
An immense log carved canoe was caught in William Otten’s fishing net near Wright’s wharf between Seaford and the Ferry seine ground about three miles below. The canoe, in fair condition, is presumed to have been used by the Nanticoke tribe who inhabited the peninsula over a century ago.
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William Otten
Wright's wharf
Seaford
Baltimore American
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