The Nail Studded Tree and a Vienna Tale
In Vienna near the Graben and St Stephen's, a narrator recalls a chance meeting with Maud Wemyss of Baltimore and a guide’s tale of a nail studded tree. A cobbler’s daughter, Kathi, longs for flowers from a hidden suitor a deformed blacksmith, with his loyal brother, secretly courts her with blossoms as doors open to a shared, hopeful future.
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Love Laughs at Locksmiths In Fairy Tale End
A tale recounted of Kathi the captive daughter who faces a door sealed with nails. The hunchback’s brother and a skilled dwarf strive to unlock the lock. A rope ladder and flight to freedom end the confines as father forgives and the lovers wed.
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Eagles as Pets and Domestication Trials
The text notes that eagles have occasionally been kept as pets, suggesting potential for tameability if more common. An imperial eagle reared from the nest obeyed calls and stayed free, while at Alva a chained eagle implied limited roaming. A fully grown golden eagle domesticated after wings were clipped adapted to its home, sometimes leaving briefly but returning, fed on crows and lured by human care, yet failed to catch crows on its own, with Jim described as a cunning dodger.
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Alva
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When to See an Oculist
A guideline listing warning signs for eye trouble and urging consultation with an oculist or reputable eye specialist. It covers spots or sparks, lid quivering, eye strain, holding objects at arm’s length, squinting, double vision, dizziness, darting pains, colored halos, sensitivity, blurred vision, watering or redness, and letters running together.
Arctic Belles Dress in Fur Worth Thousands
Arctic women wear sealskin gowns with silver fox hoods lit by the borealis. In the Columbia and Fraser river headwaters the average dress value runs about $700, far surpassing many city wardrobes. Fur ensembles in these icy regions command high sums.
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New York
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Happy French envoy praises American kindness in speech
Lazare Weiller, sent by the French government to study industry, told the chamber of commerce about his warm treatment in the United States. He recalled a New England Society dinner joke about Boston and the 5:30 train to New York, then expressed that Havre’s most attractive thing would be the ship that would carry him back to America.
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New York
France
America
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Chicago Chronicle
Inspector Heidelmier in a Star Showcase
In ILL SHOW YOU MY STAR, Inspector Max Heidelmier nicknamed The Burgomaster, a stout Luxembourger on the nord seit welfare, recalls a public pay station call. He tried to reach East Chicago Avenue station, was told to drop in a dime, and then flashed his silver star in triumph.
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Not Life of Trade Says Judge Howe Decision
Senator Elkins cites a Wisconsin judge as declaring that competition is not the life of trade in a famous legal ruling. The exchange followed a lawyer’s remark "Competition is the life of trade" which Judge Howe rejected, stating the opposite.
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Washington Post
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Doctor in Brooklyn Store Quotes Job Text
The Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson newly called from Chicago to Brooklyn meets a friend in a large department store. Asked what he is doing he cites Job 14 14 saying all the days of my anointed time will I wait till my change come in a brief exchange reported by the Brooklyn Times.
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P. S. Henson
Chicago
Brooklyn
Not If He Can't Be In It
Two Boston men who met the president voiced hope that the era would work to preserve peace amid rumors of trouble with foreign nations over the Monroe Doctrine. The president dismissed war as unlikely while in the White House.
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Boston
White House
Kilkenny Cats Tale of Cruelty and Devious Escape
During Ireland’s 1798 rebellion or possibly 1803 Kilkenny housed Hessian troops who tied two cats by their tails and forced them to fight. An officer intervened as a trooper cut the tails, leaving the cats tailess. The explanation given was that the cats fought and devoured each other save for their tails.
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Kilkenny
Ireland
Boundless Sympathy Flook You You tease Borrowell
Nye says Borrowell shows genuine sympathy and even appears sorry for his creditors as noted in the Philadelphia Record.
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Borrowell
Philadelphia Record
A Story of Amber and Silk Through Time
A Chicago Chronicle tale recalls amber's fame in ancient Rome and its use as a bead collar against poison and witchcraft. It shifts to Elizabethan England where silk garments were rare and costly, noting a pair of stockings priced around $100 and a cloak near $1,000, with Elizabeth's wardrobe leaving mostly non silk dresses.
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Pliny
England
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Italy
Indians of Brazil use ants to seal wounds
A Brazilian tribe applies large black ants to gashes. Holding their heads near the wound, the ants bite and hold the flesh together as the bodies are removed. The heads remain attached and the wound is pressed until it heals.
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Brazil
How to Get Ink Out of Clothes
Ink stains on linen respond to tartaric acid while wet. For cotton silk or wool saturate the spot with spirits of turpentine and leave several hours, then rub with hands until it crumbles away without harming color or texture.
Kangaroo Fights Draw On Water and Boxing Tricks
The kangaroo uses water to ambush pursuing dogs by sinking them one by one or forcing retreat. Against humans armed with clubs or irons it boxes deftly, wards blows with fore paws, and uses swift hind foot bounds to escape and counter.
Testimony on Golden Medical Discovery as lung cure
A reader recounts near death from consumption and chronic lung troubles then recovering after thirteen bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and four vials of Pleasant Pellets. The letter asserts no alcohol or narcotics in the medicine and warns against dealer substitutions.
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Eack
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Comedy and Dismissal at London Gardens Theater
A north London resort once housed a theater where the proprietor, a comedy actor, dismissed a fellow comedian. When asked why, the proprietor bluntly said, Your a bad comedian. The joked exchange ends with both men insisting the audience would not endure two bad comedians, so one had to go.
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