The Choice and Oddities from Pearson's Weekly
A collage of curiosities and personal anecdotes from historical notes. A young man debates cravats before proposing to a widowed mother, while a London advertisement promises exorcism for haunted houses. Tales of Jack Sheppard, inscriptions on ancient glass, Alexander the Great, and London’s first pawnbroker trace a thread through quirky history.
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London
England
Michael de Northburg
Edward III
Dugdale
St Paul's Cross
Pearson’s Weekly
Remembering public service as true servants of the people
A Washington Star quote duo contrasts a veteran saying officeholders are servants of the people with a suburban elected official boasting about holidays and authority, reflecting on civic duty and public service expectations.
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Scott
Washington Star
Cement and dust in a humorous aside from Chicago daily
A brief quip from the Chicago Record-Herald casts blame on modern men as mostly cement and dust. The speaker jokes about colleagues seeking to extend notes, reflecting urban life and wry newspaper humor of the era.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Women dramatists and male character realism
A quote by Mas Beerbohm argues that women dramatists struggle to create male characters who feel real and vital. He contends men, writing as representatives of their sex, have a notable advantage over women in this realm.
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Mas Beerbohm
Partial Lapse in Murky Wordplay
Fragmentary excerpt shows dialogue with feigned emotion and shifting wind metaphors. The text features questions to Ethel and a coy reply, suggesting a scene of tension or misdirection. The source provides limited readable names or concrete settings.
Jimmy Slinger's Mistake and the Law Career
A fourteen year old, Jimmy Slinger, obsessed with law, enters burglary to seize papers for a law firm. He climbs from apprentice cobbler to office boy, earns praise, faces exposure, and is finally sentenced to ten years, with a twist where a judge once helped him. The tale ends with reflection on his failed rise and strange gang dynamics.
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Jimmy Slinger
Cherry Steel
Timmy
Jimmy
Howe
Tower Courts
Ammy
Providence
Law Frm
Student of Law
James Slinger
Slug Sing
Sal
Needles and Pins Case From The Lancet
A healthy twenty year old Scottish girl habitually placed pins in her mouth and sometimes slept with them still present. She swallowed five pins while dressing, later vomited pins and expelled twenty three in a month. She then produced needles from the left nostril behind the left ear and on the right forearm, while continuing to vomit pins totaling seventy five. two needles were threaded with thread.
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London
Baytog
Comte de Corbieres Cleverly Guards Purse At Court
A short humorous item recalls Comte de Corbieres, interior minister to Louis, who jokingly empties his pockets on the king's desk to test trust and integrity. The king notes the scene and praises his scrupulous honesty rather than the corruption of predecessors.
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Comte de Corbieres
Louis
M. de Corbieres
Corbieres
Wolff recalls Bulwer Lytton on Noah and Genoa
In Rambling Recollections Sir Henry Drummond Wolff recounts Bulwer Lytton’s tale of a dove named colombe and its link to the old world ending and the new. He notes the quip that one came from Noah and the other from Genoa, highlighting wit and historical travel.
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Noah
Genoa
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff
Bulwer Lytton
Columbus
Colombe
Edward
True Enough. Gassidys Shure Money Talk Alleged
The Philadelphia Press quotes a dialect phrase arguing that every cent spent is accounted for and saved. It notes a claim that borrowing money would end the matter if someone laid claim to any portion, reflecting a conversation about financial honesty and repayment.
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Gassidys
Casey
Philadelphia Press
Have You Got Something That Will Remove Superfluous Hairs
A fragment from The Other Side features a playful exchange about a humorous hair removing line. Characters Mildred Mia and Mrs Neighbor are mentioned in a light banter about worry and family relations.
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Flousteen Post
Mildred
Mia
Hot Blood and a Louisiana Duel Ends in Paced Penance
In a sunlit Louisiana setting a northern teacher Edward Page and Delia Venard face rival Creole Pierra Legate. Jealousy, a pistol shot, and a staged duel lead to Legate’s remorse and a vow to leave the state as Venard and Page marry.
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Edward Page
Delia Venard
Louisiana
Page
Northern University
Miss Venard
Pierra Legate
Creale
Phuiter
Legate
Pape
Wiss Venard
Miss Vellard
Miss Venacd
Fortune
Tregate
Chauncey Wardwell
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East Main Street
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Gund Peerless Beer
WM. Pender
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St. Martin's Lane
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Jack
John Woolley Brand
Alexander the Great
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Emmetsburg Auto & Gas Engine Company
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