Abolition of Clergy Privilege and Domestic Cleaning Notes
A discussion of the historic privilege of clergy in felony cases noting its abolition in George IV's reign, followed by home cleaning advice from the Philadelphia Press. It covers methods for drain clearing with lye, deodorizing beds, ammonia use, carpet care, and moth prevention.
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Edward III
Elizabeth
William and Mary
Henry VII
George IV
Philadelphia Press
Venetian Sunsets and Lagoon Moods in Frasers Magazine
The passage surveys Venetian sunsets after storms and fair weather, describing fiery west horizons, turquoise skies, and rose water reflections over Mazzorbo and Murano. Monochrome lagoons with a pink touch on distant clouds evoke calm, pure, peaceful impressions rather than dramatic emotion.
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Torcello
Mazzorbo
Murano
Fraser's Magazine
Houses for Winter and fall cleaning guidance
The article urges thorough fall house cleaning as essential as spring cleaning. It warns malaria risk rises in autumn due to moisture and heat, notes mephitic taints linger, and explains frost cannot kill germs in furnace heated homes. It stresses annual whitewashing and proper disinfection before winter.
Killed With Kindness in Family Life
An essay from Detroit Post and Tribune argues that pampering children with affectionate epithets and indulgence creates spoiled, unhappy adults. It warns mothers against treating offspring as pets and urges fostering strong character and self control to prepare them for life and the afterlife.
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Pet
Dear
Darling
Precious
Tootsey
Birdie
Angel
Hardihood
Willie
Fidele
Detroit Post and Tribune
Dangers of Orchard Climbing Linked to Injuries in Chemung County
An apple tree in Chemung County New York is blamed for two deaths and multiple injuries over five years. The note cites that the climber’s grip around the tree is unhealthy for boys, highlighting dangerous climbing conditions reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Chemung County
N. Y
Detroit Free Press
The Biting Dog Opinion Piece
A satirical Texas Siftings essay critiques biting dogs as nuisances and oddities. It argues dogs will bite as needed, warns against running, and offers a mock campaign plan advocating hat removal to deter attacks. It concludes with reflections on humor and politeness in canine encounters.
A Man of Many Names
A miscellany notes numerous oddities and curiosities from around the world. It mentions sixteen murders in Pennsylvania for petty sums, a Nebraska stone for the Washington monument, and a jail of name changes around a London editor. It also covers Victor Hugo’s charity, Reading Salvation Army excitement, and a medical quirk on warming frozen bodies.
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Pennsylvania
Detroi Free Press
Nebraska
Washington Monument
Penn Magazine of History and Biography
Townsend Ward
Baynton, Wharton & Morgan
John Baynton
Indiana
Frank Hanson
San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Victor Hugo
Veules
France
Pelletier’s
Reading
England
Salvation Army
Laptchinkski
Russia
Europe
Bartlett-Coutts
Ashmead-Bartlett
Turner's Company
Highgate School
Bartlett
Keele
Coutts- Bartlett
Bartlett- Coutts
Plutarch
London
Baby Lost In Wagon Wheelers Prank
A farmer and his wife arrived in town in a two horse wagon with a baby wrapped in a bed quilt. The quilt slipped, the infant tumbled to the street unhurt as boys chased them, the couple unaware. The crowd recovered the child and returned it to the quilt as they kept moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missis
Detroit Post
Outlaw Leader Curly Bill and the California City Stag Dance
The article recounts Curly Bill era violence in California City, San Simon Valley Arizona Territory. Cowboys force a mock trial over Joe Palmer for shooting the heel off Abe Sanders during a stag dance. Palmer is executed at daybreak in the San Simon Valley after a mock jury convicts him. The piece closes with a note about Georgia papers abandoning corn huskings for corn shucking.
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Arizona
United States
Curly Bill
William H. Broscion
San Simon Valley
Cochise County
California City
Crone
Tom Harper
Cochise
Joe Palmer
Abe Sanders
Sanders
Palmer
Tombstone
Philadelphia Times
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Arizona Cowboys
Macon Telegraph
Georgia
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