French Smugglers And Florence Charta A Curious Link
A Parisian visitor in Washington details clever methods of smuggling in Paris including a rubber pocket and a coffin full of brandy via funeral processions. The report also notes the Florentine Republics 1295 Charta of Florence which disfranchised nobles and created a paradoxical path to nobility for dissenters.
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France
Washington
Paris
Lour Vals
C. Paris
Washington Herald of the
Florentine Republic
Florence
London Telegraph
Baobab Cisterns in Central Africa Long Treated Water Sources
In central Africa the baobab trunk with a diameter up to forty feet often forms a natural cistern. Arabs hollow large trunks to store rainwater during the wet season, creating cisterns twenty feet high and eight to ten feet wide. Water supports drinking and irrigation for melon patches during dry spells.
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Central Africa
Boy Wins Natural History Prize Mixes Up Legs
A schoolboy proudly shows a natural history prize and explains he answered the question on ostrich legs as three. His mother corrects him noting ostriches have two legs, while the class disagreed. The anecdote comes from Pearson's Weekly.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Old Violins and Misplaced Treasure Beliefs
An essay notes how people often overestimate the value of heirloom violins. It argues most old violins are common, many antiques depreciate, and sentimental belief about treasure can mislead owners. Proper care and expert appraisal are advised.
Trials of the Potato Through History
The entry traces the potato from its early spread in Enzia and Youghal as a curiosity to culinary use, notes its adoption in France under Parmentier, Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette, and recalls Frederick the Great forcing farmers to plant tubers amid famine in 1771 2 in Germany.
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Enzia
Youghal
Tures
Parmentier
France
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Fredericent
Germany
Holburn
Walter Ralst
His Modest Prop seal and the wage of a wife
A brief dialogue between an old gentleman and a youth about supporting a wife. The youth jokes that two can live almost as cheaply as one and that the added cost of marrying would be small, reflecting a stray story tone.
The Boy's Verdict in a Family Moment
Sister Jane lingered with the visitor at the front door then returned to her room humming softly. Seven year old James enters the sitting room and remarks on the visitor, while Brother James critiques the stinginess of the subject in a brief, domestic exchange.
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Sister Jane
James
Brother James
London
Obeying Orders In A London Music Lesson
Mrs Eaton guided Edith Edward and Jack through an old English melody when she noticed the twins singing from a discreet distance and declared that they may not join the chorus. The twins protested they were singing a different tune.
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Tiano
Wood hawks on the Missouri river voyage tale
An extract recalls early river travel and the danger faced by wood hawks, nomadic fuel suppliers to steamboats, and a vivid scene aboard the Nile with two rough characters Beidler and Johnson. Passengers, including eastern tourists, react with curiosity and humor as the interview turns to Beidler’s wife and his prairie roaming life.
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Wexit Hawk Bend
Fort Rice
Missouri
J. M. Hanson
Beidler
Johnson
Nile
Beidon
Beadler
Indien
Great Plains
Misquotation in Quotations and a Garden Fete Tale
A farmer and his wife discuss errands with playful misreadings of plans for help with cooking and mowing while a garden fete is underway for Priscilla Hinckley. The piece shifts to note chronic misquotations from Habakkuk and Butler's Hudibras, illustrating how phrases change meaning when quoted.
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Manda
Sallie Beasely
Priscilla Hinckley
Tewksbury
Henry
Mowin
Tom Pitkin
Abijah
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cooper
Butler
Hudibras
Pig rheumatism remark echoes human pain in farm talk
An old farmer compares a pig to a human, noting rheumatism and fame as motifs. A visitor asks how to tell, and the farmer explains the pig grunts as a sign, reflecting rural humor about animal suffering.
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Chicago Tribune
Romance tale ends with marriage of former rivals
In a clipped exchange, five years pass as Mr. Grey reveals Miss Lillian is dead she is not but married. He discloses she married him ending a former romance and leaving both parties distant.
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Mr. Grey
Read’s Peoria appearance at switchmen convention
Opie Read, the novelist, performed as entertainer for Peoria switchmen. He recalled, It was a very enthusiastic audience. They laughed heartily, but they didn’t applaud much. There were so many one armed men there that they had to applaud in pairs. Success Magazine notes the crowd’s reaction.
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Opie Read
Peoria
Mr. Read
Success Magazine
Fragmented 19th century letters and odd railway joke
A garbled collection of letters and anecdotes from old newspapers recounts a letter describing danger and confusion in a fire incident, a note about two letters exchanged in London, and a chaotic remark from an excursion train that mistook March for January. The piece preserves quirky period voice with scattered names and locations.
Fragmented 1611 London text shows schooling and sports rites
OCR reads like a chaotic London Times excerpt noting schooling hours, noon prayers, bowstrings and bra shooting, and references to an old law repeal. It mentions ashford and Ashford, a murderer trial, and a character named Dearlove with garbled dialogue about a ring and a speech.
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Harn
Taire
London
Notice of Land Claim Hearing in Kota District Court
Claimants George Dexter and Charles Green request to establish a claim described for a parcel in the east quarter of section 34, township 75 west, meridian, before the judge of the county court at Kota on the 11th 1911. The notice cites Julius H. Butler and M. H. J. Fay Harding as participants.
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Bismarck
N.D
Lizzie Buechler
Lizzie Geffre
Linton
North Dakota
Tcore Charles B. Carley
Gorge Schmidt
Hague
Michael Vetter
N. D
Strasburg
Jean V. Vetter
Napoleon
BE. Jewell
Department of the Interior
Martin Brue
T Tore Chares J. Carter
oTieio
Imant
EE. Pitcher
Ohio
Ian Anderson
Lrew Hanser
Jean Braseth
M. H. Jewell
Casper Everwein
Mer’dian
Carlos B. Carley
Wai Mant
Janes Jennings
Lin McGuire
Cries Lipp
Rial
Hismarck
John J. Renschler, Jr
Hartford
Ture Charles B. Carley
Aimant
Er Schmidt
Frederich Wohl
E. Renschler
Jasob Burkhardt
Emmonsburg
Register
Joseph Vetter
Tinton
Charles B. Carley
Heinrich Wittmayer
John Schumacher
Andreas Richter
Adam Berreth
M.H. Jewell
U.S. Land Office
Matias Ej
Powashiy
William Muench
Jacob Rau
N. Dd
August Ehrmann
Ignatz Bosch
Anton Bosch
U.S
Hira
Meridian
Makeriat
Kota
George Dexter
Charles Green
Julius H. Butler
M.H. J Fas
Fay Harding
Bids Opened for County Dairy Interest Cover
Bids were opened by the county board for a dairy interest cover, with bids submitted by Fidelity and other tenders. The meeting date and exact terms noted as part of the county mand audit, with the Linton location and dates recorded in the minutes.
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North
Isal
Fand
oLmer Ft
Fidelity & Ssfal
Audhor
Linton
Lote
Lintoh
Ito
Nis
Fragmentary Notice From Old Mining District
Vague OCR fragment describes a notice involving miners and travel directions toward Meridian and northwest paths. Details are unreadable, with many garbled names and places, offering little concrete information beyond a vague assertion of mining activity exposure.
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C. C
B. Carley
R&s
U Smith
Linton Hive
T. M
Mra
A. N. Junge
A.N. Turner
A M.krittis
United States
Linton, North Dakota
Emmons County Abstract Company
A. Weatherby
Emmons Co Farm
Nota Public
American Surety Company of
New York
DE OW CC. Wolverton
Vorlander's Pharmacy
Teleones
Petrie’s
O. Mickel
Bertheau
Stone Drug Store
J. W. McKitrick
West Liston
H. Thoreson
Gent
Francis Jaszkowiak
Mith & Irvine
Uinton, North Dakota
Jos
Lure
Prometon
Simcely
Suwanee Niver
Annie Laurie
Silieenish
Rome
Mr. Beidler
Italy
Ieee
Plare
Tim
Jans
Wac
Tai
March
Chicago
Batt'o
England
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Bell
Ashford
Cucen
Henel
Ihwiiteo Dita
Gee
Pt Teyek
Saveri
Rir Waelers
Tae Urdiq
Wilhelm Lipp
Joseph M. Feis
Joseph Weelles
Michael Lehnier
M.H
Vonde
WeStart
Apretas Sands
Peter Lever
Nof
Carley
Sieben
Tate
Mhasue
State of Norte
Aary Deas
North Is
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