Naval officer recalls wedding calm turned comic
A distinguished naval officer tells how nerves broke at his naval wedding amid bright brass and lace. He misrepeated the vow about endowing his bride, only to hear the cleric remind him she lost nothing by his lapse. The groom quips she didn t lose a blessed thing. Washington Star.
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Ion
Washington Star
Ae Siren
Picadilly
O'Brien
Royal Irish
Omdurman
Grafton
Tugela
Ladysmith
Dunlevy
War Office
Trevelyan
Sidar
Blakely
Rifles
Munster
Trevelysn's
Bobs
Franzie
Ireland
S'vinzle
Aeolus
Chauffeur Means Stoker in Joke on Millionaire
The Great Round World examines pronunciation authority as it discusses the word chauffeur and its Anglicization. It notes disputes over polite usage and suggests chauffer may derive from dreaman and stoker, using it as a joke about millionaires who speed their own autos.
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Chaffeur
Shofeur
Dreman
Stoker
Giant tapeworm described by Japanese physician
A Japanese physician reports a tapeworm of extraordinary size measuring over four inches in width and about 35 feet in length, described as a newly identified gigantic specimen.
The Heart of the Woods Poem Excerpt
An excerpted lyric describing tranquil woods and wildlife away from city life. The lines evoke quiet spaces with birds, moss, and deer near a tarn, praising nature and solitude. Attributed to Margaret E. Sangster.
O Shanter the horse and Irish fox hunting legend
John H. Raftery recounts Blakely's tale of O'Shanter a swift Irish horse whose prowess led a Purcell Ormonde hunt through Kildare amid warnings from Phelim and a spectral voice of a woman. The ride ends with the horse dispatching a fox and a chilling claim of O'Shanter's lethal fame.
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Ramsey
Dlowns
Franzie
Blakely
Ballynaff
Pasters-Leep
Munster
O'Shanter
Galway
John H. Raftery
Chicago Record-Herald
Land of Lamas and a Poster Parade in Cities
The article surveys Tibet as the land of lamas with vast monasteries and a dominant monk culture, noting education, architecture, and the lama’s grip on society. It contrasts Tibetan life with Western billboard restrictions across New York Chicago San Francisco Buffalo Cleveland Glasgow Paris London Berlin and Jersey City and ends with a note on Jupiter being one and a half times larger than all other planets combined.
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Treasury Department
Gage
Uncle Sam
Schmidt
New York
Roberts
Tibet
William Carey
Huta
Chicago
San Francisco
Buffalo
Cleveland
Glasgow
Liverpool
London
Berlin
Paris
Jersey City
Baltimore
Jupiter
Nature's Seed Pockets Ways of Plant Propagation Across Lands
Francis M. Butler in the New York Evening Post discusses how nature uses wind, water, birds, and animals to spread seeds. From Krakatoa regrowth to maple winged seeds and dandelions, vast distances are crossed, creating diverse flora in distant regions like the Azores, Louisiana, and Ireland, without human help.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain Heights
Missouri
Mississippi River
Ireland
England
Amazon
Orinoco
West Indies
Florida
Atlantic
Java
Krakatoa
Darwin
Dakotas
Gulf of Mexico
Northwest
Greensburg
Decatur County
Ind
Court House
Jericho
Valley
David
Azore Islands
Europe
Azores
Francis M. Butler
New York Evening Post
Gypsy Patteran Signs and Other Oddities in Historic Habits
Ancient Gypsy communication relies on the patteran, a guide of sticks and stones at crossroads, readable only by those in the know, while family news travels slowly within roaming groups. The Milwaukee Sentinel notes Brookside Kennels in Kenosha with climate controlled Angora cats, and echoes ancient Egyptian perfume rites for guests at grand houses.
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Tomany
Leslie
Brookside Kennels
Kenosha
Wis
Milwaukee Sentinel
Ancient
Egypt
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Freeland
Pfica
Trinvies
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Chauffeur
Heart OF the Woods
Margaret E. Sangster
Transvaal
Queenstown
Kildare
Phellin Ormonde
Ormonde House
Jimmy Fair
Phelim
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