Nagot Hamlet Tragedy Ends in Burning and Retribution
In 1802 a Nagot hamlet near Yorkville faces mob violence as Marie, a Nagot woman, is falsely branded a wehrwolf. Uncle Eben rescues her, but Dick Thayer leads a brutal mob that burns the cottage with Marie inside. Alfred Tompkins and his father intervene too late. Uncle Eben exposes the crime to authorities as Thayer and others are punished.
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Yorkville
France
Eben Kershaw
Eben
Uncle Eben
wehrwolf
Marie
Alfred Tompkins
dante
Alfred
Tad
Alaric
Dick Thayer
St. Peter
Thayer
olf wolf
Ben
smass
Cincinnati Enquirer
Moderation in Eating and Drinking, a Health Advice
Wilson MacDonald argues against rigid meal timing and daily doses of alcohol and opium. He asserts that regular hourly eating leads to overindulgence, urging moderate intake when hungry and drinking only when thirsty. He dismisses the notion of a natural law enforcing timed digestion.
Beards Grow Faster in Dog Days Says Globe Democrat
The Globe-Democrat reports extreme heat boosts barber business as beard growth speeds up. Barbers note customers who usually shave every other day now seek daily shaves, with shampoos and grooming rising in hot weather.
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Globe- Democrat
England's Domestic Service Share in Work Life
An excerpt notes England shows about 15.7 percent of the working population in domestic service, while America registers around 6 percent. It remarks ten families competing for one domestic in the United States contrasted with four bidding in England, reflecting stark cross country labor patterns of the era.
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England
America
United States
Name the triplets joke from The Argonaut
The tale notes a man lamenting his wife bore triplets all girls and his friend asks what to name them. Mr. W. S. Gilbert responds with humor, suggesting call the first Kate the second Duplicate and the third Triplicate, a pun credited to The Argonaut.
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W. S. Gilbert
Mr. Gilbert
Kate
Wealthy Families Masseuse Describes Corset Impact
A masseuse who has worked mainly with affluent families states that in many years she has treated only one woman whose ribs were not displaced by corset wear. This reflects the era's belief in corsets causing skeletal changes and the limited scope of non corset related cases among high society.
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New York World
How Maps Are Made The Dots Lines And Crooked Marks
A Chicago News profile explains map making from wax plates to copper etching. It covers the skilled labor, heat limits, and precision required, tracing from early stone engraving to 1870 wax methods, and details the roles of draftsmen, county lines, and government surveys in producing accurate maps for real estate and navigation.
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Monroe street
Postoffice
postoffice department
Washington
six mile
western reserve
Ohio
Chicago News
Library morals and price wonders from old volumes
The piece urges giving old books and pamphlets to libraries rather than waste, noting libraries should have a top drawer for miscellanies. It cites rare items and high prices for antiquarian works, including Bradford Almanac, Bay Psalm Book, and early prints, as examples of what librarians dream of.
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Bradford
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
United States
Henry Stevens
Quaritch
London
Scheffer
Philadelphia Times
Assisting the Memory in Everyday Life
The Writer suggests a simple device to aid memory by moving a frequently used object such as pens, pencils, or keys from their usual pocket to another. The method helps recall items when it is inconvenient to note them and can be applied to many purposes.
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Judge Threatens Court Clearing After Outburst
A leading English judge who is hard of hearing faced frequent applause during a case. He silenced it, then shouted that demonstrations were unseemly and threatened to clear the court if they continued. The noise proved to be thunder from an unexpected storm outside.
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New York Sun
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