Grapevine Swing Inspires Farm Boy to Hayfield
The poem describes a farmer's boy swinging from a grapevine, leaping high and low while birds sing. He notices a robin's nest with three blue eggs, then returns to the noon glow and follows workers to the haying field, as cited by Mary I Paine in Good Housekeeping.
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Mary I. Paine
War curses humanity and old terms collide in quotes
The dialogue notes war as humanity's curse and traces terms from Piers Plowman to ragman and rigmarole. It cites Weber's temperate habit yet a daily three glasses of wine with dinner.
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Piers Plowman
Hell
Weber
Notable Women of 19th Century Britain and America
A collection of brief profiles and anecdotes about prominent women and their unusual roles or life choices. It highlights Mrs. Mary Hillen Lease as an adopted hypnotist, Mme Dionafoy’s masculine dress, Rev. Phebe Manaford’s many wedding ceremonies, Miss Cornelia Sorabji’s legal work in Bombay, and other notable lives including Mrs. Lucey Healy, Tinlda Graser, Bret Harte’s mother, Josephine Valentino, Mrs. Oscar Wilde, Mrs. Carlisle, Mme Carnot, Miss R Maude Wolfe, and Mrs. Beall with Lafayette.
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Mary Hillen Lease
Mme. Dionafoy
Phebe Manaford
Cornelia Sorabji
Solicitor i
Bombay
Lucey" Healy
Charleston
R. 1
Tinlda Graser
Cincinnati
Febrok
Bret Harte
Detroit
Josephine Valentino
Newark
N.J
Boston
Wolfe
Benjamin I. Beall
Baltimore
Lafayette
Alexandria
Quotes and facts from a historic column collection
A reflective collage notes people and holiday life, marriage neighborly blurbs, and comments on punishment and leisure. It cites military losses in the Revolutionary era, Napoleon era, and long war history, including French casualties and French wartime depopulation from 1792 to the present.
Great Comet Expected in 1911 Sparks Excitement
A collection of humorous and quirky clippings in 1911 era voices. Enthusiasts anticipate a spectacular comet, with playful banter about mud, New York humor, and light social quips. The snippets mix eager astronomy talk with light, era-typical jokes.
A Modern Curse and Cannibal King in a Fiji Tale
A dialogue in The Jester ponders if a line reads prose or verse and if a curse is general or personal. In Detroit Tribune style, the Fiji chieftain spares no mercy as captors plead for the fair maiden while cannibal cooks are summoned to prepare a meal, the king’s calm humor contrasting tribal menace.
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Detroit Tribune
French patent claims sugar synthesis from gas mixture
A French patent by M. Pellegrini describes making sugar by mixing carbonic acid, steam, and hydrocarbon gas in a nickel lined iron box with a pumice stone. after half an hour the apparatus yields syrup containing 25 percent sugar. The process uses carbonic acid, ethylene or other hydrocarbons, rosin, and steam to condense in pumice pores.
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France
M. Pellegrini
Ancient pipes show herb use in England centuries before tobacco
Whittaker notes 1779 finding small smoking pipes in Kirkstall Abbey ruins suggesting herb smoking 400 years before tobacco. Petrie mentions bronze pipes in ancient Irish tumuli. Donough O Brien figure is shown with a du deon pipe. old coal workings near Lambton castle yielded early pipes. some villagers smoked yarrow in churchyards. Includes Leeds Mercury quip about Mrs Henpecker and Adolphus.
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Kirkstall Abbey
Whittaker
England
Dr. Petrie
Donough O'Brien
Thomond
Corcumrae
County Clare
Lambton Castle
Lambton
Newcastle Chronicle
Tramp Hangs From Clothes-Post as Dog Attacks
A cook sees a tramp clinging to a clothes line post while a dog lunges at him. She frees the dog but the man remains aloft. He deflects questions with a quip asking the dog for answers. The Detroit Free Press recounts the odd scene.
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Detroit Free Press
Warold and Son Clash Over Generational Gap
A father greets his college-educated son with pride but also chafes at the modernity of his views. The son retorts with a sharp remark about the father’s outmoded kamshake, revealing a humorous clash across generations.
Lover’s plea to maiden of the Rhine ends with a count
A playful exchange unfolds as a suitor asks a Rhine maiden for love and is gently rebuffed with a "Nein" before he nervously offers a counter, “Make it ten.” The Detroit Tribune quotes the humorous back and forth.
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Nein
Detroit Tribune
Trains Arrive Montana Union Depot Daily Schedule
Time schedule details for through trains from St Paul Chicago and Eastern points to Montana Union Depot with No 7 and No 2 services from Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Coast points. Sleeping cars from Butte to Spokane Tacoma Portland and St Paul, with tourist sleepers day coaches and dining car service on all through trains. For information contact W M Tuchy General Agent 23 E Broadway Butte Montana.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Montana Union Depot
M. U.no. 2
Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
All Coast Points
M. U
Seatle
California
Cicago
Northern
Butte
W. M. Tuchy
E. Broadway
Montana
Sales Gentleman Refused Title In Workplace Discrimination Debate
A youth responding to a potential buyer insists on being called a sales gentleman rather than a saleslady, arguing that over 100 young women are employed there and objecting to gendered labeling, citing workplace equality. The quote appears in the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
The Cyclist Crankings and Modern Bicycle Notes
A collection of brief observations on bicycle building, maintenance, and safety. It notes cost of a Kingland wheel tour, frequent chain breakages spurring improvements, cleaning with alcohol or paraffin, Russian licensing rules, bans on tricycles, a new cyclist teaser, and mud protection with vaseline to preserve enamel.
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Kingland
The Scientist Summary of Facts and Observations
The article presents varied scientific notes. It cites the comet tail as more transparent than earth’s atmosphere and links mineral hardness to atomic movement. It notes stomach temperature and digestion. It reports icebergs not affecting local temperature, and predicts no total solar eclipse in London before the 21st century. It mentions Dewar on modals and magnetic strength with cooling and iron endurance at 180 degrees.
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Sydney Observatory
London
Holden
Dewar
The Cynic Brides Hats On Time
A humorous meditation on wedding timing and hats. The piece notes how time drags when hearing praise for someone disliked and jokes that brides often marry on schedule, with hats on as a recurring quirk.
Watermelon or Pullet Riddle From Uncle Ebony
A humorous quip from the New York Herald features Uncle Ebony asking which to choose upon entering paradise a watermelon or a fat pullet. The answer favors the pullet since watermelons cannot fly.
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Dashaway
Gates of Paradise
Uncle Ebony
New York Herald
Why is it George said close mouthed about it
The quoted exchange from Chicago Tribune features Nell asking why people kiss and George answering that they must stay close mouthed. The light dialogue pokes fun at discretion in romance with a playful tone from a vintage newspaper column.
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George
Nell
Chicago Tribune
Theatrical bill swap stirs patrons at curtain
A theater substituted Camille for an announced play at short notice. Patron Herr Pimpel complained aloud about the change, while a girl quipped about Lan kin s and his clumsy tennis play.
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Camille
Pimpel
Joan of Arc
Laughter in Voice and Surf Brightened by Blue
A collection of quips and verse lines contrasts cheerful portraits with sudden shifts to melancholy. Snippets from Life and a World cartoon exchange mock seriousness, while era jokes note wit about youth and autumn mood in Detroit and Indianapolis papers.
Transcontinental Rail Service Linking St Paul Chicago and Milwaukee
Two fast trains operate between St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago Milwaukee and all Wisconsin points with connections in Chicago. Tickets and baggage checked through to all states in United States and Canada. Full information available on fall schedules and services.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United States
Candian
Victor Pneumatic Tire Endorsed as Superior and Practical
The Victor Pneumatic tire is presented as unrivaled for durability and quick puncture repair. It claims a removable inner tube through the rim, enabling operation within five minutes and keeping pace with modern needs.
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