Watches Marked with Roman Numerals A Timekeeping Tradition
A Toledo Blade reporter learns watch faces use INT for 4 o'clock instead of IV, a long standing industry practice. The tale traces Henry Vick’s 1370 clock for Charles V of France and explains why IV is uncommon on dials. The piece winds into a potato peeling analogy about removing skins and revealing a smooth inner shell.
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Yeolly
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France
the Wise
Charles
England
Edward III
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Shakespearean Punctuation and the Poet’s Voice
The article argues Shakespeare used decisive punctuation in the 1623 folio and compares it to musical notes. It highlights three Henry V passages, praising deliberate breaks and pauses that convey meaning, urging readers to hear the poet’s inspiration in cadence and rhythm.
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Westmoreland
Crispian
France
Gond
Cassell
To Make Old Potatoes New
A reader notes many so called new potatoes are actually old and says a method exists to make them appear fresh by soaking in a preparation. The report hints at food fraud and urges caution about potato freshness.
How to Make a Water Telescope for Underwater Viewing
A simple water telescope can be built for about twenty five cents using wood or tin. Build a wide end with a glass inside and a narrow end for the viewer. Sink the large end two feet, place your head at the small end, and observe fish, plants, and underwater life with clear, instructive view during calm conditions.
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Florida
Proviso Adds A Fifty Cent Warning In Grievance Tale
A vag known for begging dimes from a Griswold street businessman negotiates a blackmail like deal. He first asks fifty cents to stay away but balks at selling manhood, finally agrees for a dollar with a proviso to preserve self respect and right to strike when desperate. He then seeks a free lunch.
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Griswold Street
Detroit Free Press
All Aboard and a Silent Proposal
A traveling man begs a woman to marry him in a race to catch a train. She remains mute until she finally promises, then he says he’ll take the next train. The piece closes with a reflection on love and unselfish prayers from a policeman.
Heroic 17 year old saves trapped sewer workers at Noyon
Four men fell victim to fetid fumes while cleaning a common sewer in Noyon France. A 17 year old servant risked her life to lower a rope and rescue two workers. She saved a third but suffocated the fourth. The town honors her with 600 livres civic crown and medal. the Duke of Orleans gives 500 livres and 200 yearly for life. Philadelphia
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Noyon
France
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Warns Against Small Ailments
A newspaper notice extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best preventive for incipient illnesses and precursors to serious disturbance. It urges early use during indigestion bilious attacks and pre malarial languor, yawning, chilliness, and feverishness, and notes benefits for rheumatism constipation and debility.
Two Brave Southern Women Near Shiloh Georgia
In a modest cottage near Shiloh Georgia two sisters sustain a family on a hundred acre farm. They rise at 4 a.m. and work till after sunset, tending stock and tilling crops. They spin and weave all garments, after their brother fell in the war, and now live secure from want.
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Shiloh
Jane Smith
Dr Pierce's Prescription Ad Promotes Health
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr Pierce's Pellets as cures for ailments peculiar to women and constipation. It promises satisfaction or money back and claims the pills are purely vegetable with one dose. Bertha is cited as a healthy example.
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That Was Very Proper Uncle Gabe
A Colonel thanks Uncle Gabe for stopping a colored man who harmed his fowlery but notes the man was nearly killed. Gabe explains the anger arose from the man's race and his misjudgment about the imported Dorkings. The colonel claims the birds are not ripe until June and were spotted for his daughter's wedding feast.
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California Colonization Company Featured
Announcement promotes the Chicago and California Colonization Company as a legitimate enterprise and a prospective venture for those contemplating a move to California. The note expresses favorable regard for the initiative.
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Chicago and California Colonization Company
California
A Striking Pair Worley and Dawson
A fragmented item notes a newly married couple Worley and Dawson as quick tempered and snappish, described as a hasty parlor match. It also mentions Dobbins' Electric Soap as a strong imitation product and includes a brief advertisement for Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water and stray quips about life priorities.
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Worley
Dawson
Omaha
Isaac Thompson
editor insults hog raiser in derrick remark
A Nebraska State Journal quip recalls a farmer asking the editor for hog raising advice and being told to pull himself up with a derrick. The line sparked ribbing about changing publication support for agriculture tourism.
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Nebraska State Journal
Fractured Family Paradox Puzzles Harper’s Bazaar
A cryptic line from Harper’s Bazaar hints at complex kinship links where the father is called the son of the man, and the step-daughter would be the mother-in-law of the ex-widow, suggesting strained relations.
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Ciid
Harper’s Bazar
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