Morality and memory in old paper notes on names and heroes
The piece reflects on leadership, aging generals, and public virtue, citing Clara Barton and Lord Roberts while referencing post office naming trends after military figures. It contrasts serious public issues with lighthearted town names like Tadidy and Twobit, noting poetic or droll choices alongside historic figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deweys
Roosevelts
Schleys
Shafters
Union
Texas
Hough Riders
Georgia
Blue Ash
Ofie
Bonny Doon
Cal
Gallant Green
Jester Tricks Czar With Reprieve And Brack Brag
Fragmented notes recount a jester’s clever plea to Peter the Great to spare a cousin’s life, the czar’s amused pardon, and a quirky aside about bric a brac. A separate item reports wild boar hunting in Morocco, with a party killing over a hundred in a week.
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Peter the Great
Ming
Morocco
Prisoner of War and the Widow’s Quiet Bargain
A hardhearted landlord, Matthew Deane, tries to repossess a widow’s furniture for unpaid rent. Olive Mellen, the widow’s niece, locks him in and defies him until he agrees to a bond of protection. He relents, falls for her, and they plan a future together, with Olive keeping him in check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gothere
Matthew Deane
Deane
Jenkins
Clarkson
Mr. Deane
Mrs. Clarkson
Olive Mellen
Miss Mellen
Olive
Mr Deine
Matthew
Very Definite Sequel to English Taught by Mrs Sewell
A Philadelphia Post item notes Mrs. Sewell head of a girls classical school in Indianapolis teaches physics. She explains centrifugal and centripetal forces and asks for an illustration. A pupil quips that domestic virtues are centripetal because they keep a man at home, humorously labeling a saloon as centrifugal for Philadelphia.
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Mrs. Sewell
Mra. Sewell
Philadelphia Post
Sillicus
Chicago News
Philadelphia Mveuing Bulletin
Jonx
Washington Star
Maude
Bella
Jack
Lena
Puck
Indianapolis Journal
Edgar
Chicago ‘Times-Herald
Reeder
Klondike
Henny Beck
O'Brien
Oiam
Elliott
Ohio State Journal
Gazzam
In a Trying Position Stray Morles
A short humorous note depicts a couple in a tender moment. He jokes about his eyeglasses slipping as he clings to her hands, while she teases him about his facial expressions.
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Tom
English Women Growers Study Farm Science in England
The piece notes English women pursue formal agricultural education at colleges like Lady Warwick Hostel Reading. It describes curricula in horticulture beekeeping cheese making and mushroom culture, cost of study from 350 yearly, and graduates increasingly respected by English farmers. It highlights hands on soil work including outdoor mushroom beds and practical record keeping for profits.
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England
Princess of Wales
Lady Warwick
Edith Bradley
The Woman Who Is Not Clever and the Quiet Life
A social meditation on the wearying prevalence of cleverness in modern households. The piece praises the contented homemaker who stays at home, mends, bakes, and avoids talk or show, contrasting her with the bustling, idea-driven classes and noting how such quiet virtue sustains workers downtown.
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Lord Roberts
von Moltke
Athe Joubert
Owt Scott
Ewil
Duke of Cambridge
Great Britain
France
Germany
Ladies’ Home Journal
Siberi
Siberia
Garments For Slender Women And Siberian Dress Tips
This selection notes slender women’s garments designed to preserve shape with light high-necked knitted wool waists and underlayers, discusses Siberian head coverings and attire, and previews a fur and velvet fashion season with gowns, coats, and accessories from Dry Goods Economist. It highlights practical warmth, stylish trims, and luxury fabrics like astrakhan and sable.
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Brussels
South Africa's pests threaten livestock and towns
Ainslee's Magazine notes rinderpest spread from Central Africa to Natal with dead oxen seen near a spring, while the tsetse fly and white ants disrupt farming across Rhodesia and South Africa. It recalls a hotel anecdote about ants lifting boot uppers, and comments on the ant’s impact on building using corrugated iron.
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South Africa
Central Africa
Natal
de Aar Junction
Cape Colony
Dr. Koch
Rhodesia
Bulawayo
Ainslee
Remarkable Early Sixties Freight Outfit Details
The piece recalls freight trains of the early sixties, with twenty five wagons per ex team train and streams of ox teams stretching over half a mile. Trains could reach a mile in length, with 500 ox teams and 120 wagons. Prairie schooners loaded three to three and a half tons per wagon, protected by multiple docking sheets. Freighters watched for savages through peep holes, aided by six yoke of oxen per wagon and 20–30 extra oxen.
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Plains
Sacred White Peacocks Arrive at New York City Zoo
Sacred white peacocks arrive at Central Park menagerie in New York City. They replace the long armed gibbon as the park’s centerpiece after an exchange with a Cincinnati circus. Only two white peacocks are known in America, rare albinos of the peacock family from India. Cape buffaloes join the menagerie, tipped to be scarce in the United States.
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The
Zoo
Central Park Menagerie
New York City
Park Zoo
America
Cincinnati
Smith
India
Youthful Playwright Seeks Molineux Trial Access
A fourteen year old boy pressed the doorkeeper for admission to the Molineux trial. Rejected as too small, he claimed urgent business writing a play with a murder trial like Molineux. He asked why others such as Scott, Howard, and Klein are admitted.
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Molineux
Mr. Scott
The Meanest Men Refuse to Buy a Paper
A New York Press quip decries men who pause before a newsboy to feign sympathy for a cent, steal a glance at headlines, and then refuse to purchase the paper with the remark Just bad one, highlighting a petty shortcut to news.
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New York Press
Humorous Vignettes and Rambles From Old Newspapers
A collage of quips and cartoons from Detroit Free Press Chicago News Philadelphia Bulletin and more. Jesters ponder sun and moon, plans of overcoats, lovers quarrels, courtroom wit, telegrams and feminine views. Also notes on a Swiss log transport rope road and perilous rope crossings.
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Freeland Tribune
the Tribune Printing Company
Main Stanger Unovn Centrue
Freeland
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Clara Barton
Dawson
Sam
Cape Nome
Yukon Territory
New York
Tefiliton
Tren Stene
Richard
Briec
Matcher
Pudke
Harper's Bazar
Are
New York Commercial Advertiser
Sara
Panay
Het
Ime
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia Times
Enrore
Porst
Canton
Grisons
Via Mala
Switzerland
Upper Rhine
Rongellen
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