WARMING THE FLATIRON THE TALE OF HULDah
In a December tale from Youth's Companion Mrs. Revers frets about a cold room for Huldah the kitchen maid. She suggests taking a flat iron to bed. The maid calmly replies she warmed it until morning.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1904
Page
1
Rice and dried fish diet of Japanese soldiers
London Truth describes how Japanese troops cooked rice into a thick paste, dried it into squares, and stored it like sea biscuits. Soldiers would break a square into boiling water, add dried fish for a thick soup, or eat the rice dry if water was unavailable. In season fruit could substitute for fish.
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London
Skull of Spanish horned ram exhibited at Zoological Society
The skull of a Spanish horned ram was shown at a Zoological Society meeting drawing interest for a brain case split in two in a duel. Rams butt with lowered heads and immense force, often causing loud collisions. in this case the shock proved instant death for one ram, while the other’s injuries are unknown per St James Gazette.
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Zoological Society
St. James
Shikata go nai and the Japanese stoicism in war
The phrase Shikata go nai is described as expressing fatalism and Spartan resolve in Japan. A mother learns her son is killed in battle with a calm bow and phrase, and a soldier sent to death goes to his fate without farewell rituals, simply muttering the phrase and leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Latin America
Ile
Highlanders Change Names On Moving Home Claim
Andrew Carnegie recounts a tale to show Highlanders’ habit of changing names with residence. A guide denies being McPherson and admits Gordon is his name, explaining the McPherson tag was from “the other side of the hill” where he lived previously.
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Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Face
McPherson
Gordon
New York Press
Churchill and Chamberlain bonmot in London clubs
In London clubs a bonmot about Winston Spencer Churchill mocks Chamberlain. When asked if Chamberlain suffered from brain softening the reply was no fear he has a malady of a different sort hardening of the heart highlighting political tensions.
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Churchill
Chamberlain
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Prince Rupert
Mr. Chamberlain
Submarine Cable System Noted as Solid Investment
A historic report notes 200000 miles of submarine cables forming an eight globe perimeter. Costs reached 200 million dollars with a current value of 300 million. Cables vary in length from a quarter mile to 15000 miles, totaling 1701 cables.
New York City Budget Outranks Global Cities
New York's city budget exceeds the combined budgets of five other cities. It pays over 46,000 employees about 55 million dollars annually, a level unmatched by any private corporation or business and not seen elsewhere in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dr Da Costa Reflects On Ballroom Frivolities
Dr Z Mi Da Costa, a noted Philadelphia physician, recalled in a college-era anecdote how he attended a Jefferson College ball but felt out of place. He wandered the ballroom, was urged to mingle, and quipped that he was better suited to “dance the dancers” than the lancers.
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Z. Mi da Costa
Philadelphia
Jefferon College
Young da Costa
Tie
Ife
Salvation Army tale sparks in Fifth Avenue hotel
The New York Times recounts Dan Daly's visit to a Salvation Army meeting. Daly and a commercial traveler listened as the captain asked the traveler his business and if he was saved. The captain then proclaimed in the audience that a commercial traveler was saved, shouting Fralleluia.
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Dan Daly
New York
Salvation Army
New York Times
Daly
Fifth Avenue
Army
Fralleluia
Evolution of Elephant Origins by Dr. Andrews
Dr. Charles W. Andrews presents Egyptian based studies showing the elephant originated in Africa. Early mastodon and modern elephant ancestors were small herbivores about tapir size. Three evolutionary trends are leg elongation neck shortening and trunk development, with feeding shifting from grazing to snout driven nourishment.
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Charles W. Andrews
Egypt
Africa
Napoleon IIIs Tardy Coronation Coin Trick
The Paris Messenger reports that pre-1852 low value French coins of less than five francs, no longer circulating, have been altered by removing Napoleon III’s head to ease recognition. Some have even performed a faux coronation using engraving to imitate current coins, a deception simple yet effective until careful inspection.
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Napoleon III
Napoleon Til
Paris
France Plague of Field Mice Breaks Out Between Loire and Garonne
A field mouse plague in the region between the Loire and the Garonne covers about 100000 acres with an estimated 10000 holes per acre. A French commission investigates cause and cure. Professor Loeffler proposed inoculating mice with typhus bacillus but the disease is not contagious and cost was high.
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France
Loire
Garonne
Scotland
Trench
Loeffler
Germany
Senator Quay Discusses Youth Discretion In Morrisburg
Senator Quay and a friend debated a gay youth in Morrisburg. The senator argued the boy is all right at heart and should be given a chance. He defined the age of discretion as when the youth replaces actress portraits with a portrait of his wealthy bachelor uncle.
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Senator Quay
Morrisburg
Bishop Dudley's Delicate Rebuke
The late Bishop Dudley of Kentucky delivered a sharp but refined rebuke to a wealthily prominent church member who planned to travel abroad. The magnate, eager to avoid seasickness, asked for advice and was told humorously to swallow a nickel, a quip the bishop claimed he would never abandon.
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Dudley
Kentucky
New York Times
Rosa and the Stockings
Little Rosa's grandmother finishes one stocking. Rosa asks why the second wasn't started first, suggesting they would both be done now. The exchange gleams with childlike logic and gentle humor.
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Rosa
Price Tricks by Washington Vegetable Dealers
A New York Press quote describes market vendors in Washington using a price gimmick with asparagus. A pasted sign shows 15 cents per bunch, then flipped to 20 cents to mock hagglers. The dealer’s wink and sarcasm reveal deceptive bargaining tactics and social dynamics at the market.
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Washington Market
New York Press
Silent Smith The Richest Bachelor Of New York
James Henry Smith known as Silent Smith is presented as New Yorks most eligible bachelor. Valued around 40 million dollars he appears youthful at fifty. He bought the Whitney mansion and his social life has surged fueling rumors of an impending marriage. Despite about twenty engagements reported last year he remains unmarried.
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James Henry Smith
The New Song of the Shirt Factory Output
A Chicago Tribune item notes a shirt factory inspector showing the short time to complete a shirt. Seven girls contributed to one finished piece in under seven revolutions of a watch. The shop’s machine makes 16,800 buttonholes daily, twenty-eight per minute, and a ten hour day yields 250 dozen shirts cut by a worker.
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Chicago
L'ribune
A Postage Stamp Trick From West Java
In west Java the Chinese devised a clever dodge to reuse used postage stamps. They attach a new stamp to an envelope and smear the face with paste or glue. After the stamp is defaced at the post office the paste is washed away and the stamp becomes usable again.
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West Java
Horse Travel Fact From Statesman Article
A Statesman report notes that a horse can travel a mile while not moving more than four feet, illustrating remarkable efficiency in animal motion.
England and America Unity Urged by Choate at Glasgow
Mr Choate delivers an address at Glasgow University urging harmony and peace between Great Britain and America. He argues the welfare of mankind depends on continued peace and calls university men in both nations to lead the effort, insisting that peace should never be broken between them.
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England
America
Great Britain
Mr. Choate
Glasgow University
Even the Great Beecher Couldn't Keep All His Congregation Awake
The Rev. Robert Collyer recalls a Plymouth church anecdote about a sleeping deacon. Beecher once joked that some listeners need rest on Sundays, and Collyer recounts telling himself, let him sleep, even Beecher can't keep them all awake.
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Great Beecher
Robert Collyer
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Mr. Beecher
Old Plymouth
A Typical English Girl in Lambs Club Sketch
Richard Le Gallienne narrates a vivid Lambs Club moment in New York as he recalls walking with an English girl on a sunny August afternoon. He muses on the lamb as an emblem of innocence and the girl adds humor on enjoying lamb with mint sauce.
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Richard le Gallienne
Lambs’ Club
New York
New Man in Real Estate Circles Cited by Visitor
Douglass Robinson hears a caller seeking opinion on a contemplated real estate purchase. The visitor notes the agent is new, his circular says the drained lots, if desirable, lie ten miles south of the Brooklyn city line in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Douglass Robinson
Mr. Tobinson
Brooklyn City Line
Mr. Robinson
Atlantic Ocean
New York Times
How He Kept the Pledge Temperance Tale From Harlem
The Salvation Army's Mrs. Booth-Tucker recalled an old Harlem colored man who signed the temperance pledge. He admits temptation is constant yet he keeps by recalling the Bible phrase E pluribus unum and Stop and think.
Rockefeller Hits Caddy With Golf Ball Please Note
John D. Rockefeller accidentally struck a young caddy on the head with a golf ball. He soothed the boy with a two dollar bill, and the lad brightened as he asked when Rockefeller would play here again.
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John D. Rockefeller
Word yeggman earns dictionary honors in court
A Lynn Massachusetts damage suit notes the term yeggman gains dictionary status with court authority. The plaintiff asserts the defendant’s use labeled him a desperado criminal and various related taunts describing a daytime tramp and a nighttime burglar.
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Lynn
Mass
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