Eccentric Dining Habits From Byron to Lamb and Lambs
A London Globe excerpt surveys eccentric diners through history from Byron who mashed potatoes with vinegar to others who avoid mustard or salt, or eat pepper and mint sauce with everything. It notes famed figures like Quintus, Scaliger, and Erasmus for unusual tastes and contrasts habit, prejudice, and taste with social judgment at the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Lord Byron
Engenne
Edmund Wenn
Teter
Sage
Charles Lamb
Cardan
Llerr Vangham
M. Chesne
Francis J
Quin
West Country
Jol Tory
Scaliger
Eiect
London Globe
Carbolized Watch Slazel Salve Ad By Wim Jungkunz
Bervite's Carbolized Watch Slazel Salve Gel DeWitt's sold by Wim BE Jungkunz, druggist on Stephen son street for $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bervite
Gel DeWitt’s
Wim
BE. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
The Peerage Rights and Peculiarities Explained
The article outlines how Parliament can deprive a peer only for public policy, cites historical examples like Bedford and Hastings, notes five degrees of peerage, and explains marriage effects on a wife’s status. It adds that a peer is summoned to Parliament but cannot sit until twenty-one, and an undischarged bankrupt cannot sit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward IV
George Neville
Duke of Bedford
Bedford
Hastings
Edward II
Henry VI
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
William Ashmead Bartlett
Burdett-Coutts
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
From an Old Arithmetic 1785 puzzle of geese and hazard
An 1785 London arithmetic presents a riddle where a maid with geese protests thirty, claiming she has as many more and half as many more and five geese besides. In a separate hazard puzzle A B C share 106 ruineas with A first, B next, and C taking one sixth of both sums. determine each share. A garden meeting with ten maidens includes a counting puzzle: the ladies correct the speaker who says ten. if there were twice as many as they are now, there would be as many above ten as there are under. Determine the number of ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hazard
Ruineas
The Hellenic Epicures and Grecian Feasts
Enormous feasts spread at Persian and Asiatic courts highlight Grecian excess in ancient times. The great conqueror was not habitually lavish, though Athens saw devoted culinary societies. Tellente ep icures crafted fantastical dishes, sometimes serving uncut animals, while cooks made vegetables mimic meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Athens
Archestratius
Athenaeus
Welsh by Extraction In Lord Walsbury’s Youn’s Days
A London Tit-Bits excerpt recalls young Lord Walsbury as South Wales circuit leader arguing for a Welsh public authority. The judge teases him about being a Welshman by extraction, noting his later fame and wealth from Welsh connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Walsbury
Ehianecellor
South Wales
Cote
London
DeWite's Little Early Riser Pills Sold Locally
Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist on SH Stephenson street, sells DeWite's Little Early Riser Pills to local customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWite
Wm. F. Jungkunz
SH Stephenson Street
Miners defy violence as Funston arrives at Goldfield
Unarmed miners approach the mine scene while armed guards enforce the owners' pact. General Funston's arrival boosts calm as talks of arrests under a Nevada labor statute surface. Owners say the law targets promises to join unions, with district officials patrolling to keep nonmembers away.
Funston Reports After Mine Union Conference
General Funston sent a report to Washington after a conference with President Charles A. Mackinnon of the Coal Field Miners Union. The meeting, the last in a series since his arrival yesterday, included Gov Sparks Col Reynolds and others from the Goldfield Mine Owners Association. Mackinnon said the union officers would prevent trouble and noted miners who deserted the Western Federation of Miners have largely returned to work. Troop presence here has prevented serious trouble, with warning that martial law may become necessary if conditions worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield, Nev
Goldfield
Western Federation of Miners
Frederick Funston
Charles A. MacKinnon
Coalfield Miners’ Union
General Funston
Washington
Mackinnon
Sparks
Colonnel Reynolds
Dowlen
Erb
Goldfield Mine Owners’ Association
General Munston
Funston
MackWinnen
High World
Consolidated Company
Goldfield-Nevada
Dack
Fua- Btou
S. J. Burdett Orders at Brown and Dollmeyer’s
S. J. Burdett, piano tuner, places an order at Brown and Dollmeyer’s with phone number 389.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer
Playing a Man at His Own Game
Original Billy Parmeter excels in classwork yet uses clever schemes to pass exams. In the wild west he shuns revolvers, plays draw poker, and faces a sharp gambler named Morgan who threads a risky game. Billy and Morgan duel with skill, ending when Billy traps Morgan and exposes the con, saving his friends from a card sharp.
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Billy Parmeter
Billy
Bry
Wild West
Morgan
Bilty
Morgano
Trausser
Milly
Itm
Darthy
Bally
Pinny
Morgen
Dohiave
Crielle
Dilly
Fragmented historic quotes from old papers seed confusion
A garbled OCR style passage cites a Lowerville Journal line about fruit names in Eden and a Philadelphia Press exchange. It mentions apple and peach as primal symbols and includes a schoolroom line where a student defends a harmless act against rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
A Difficult Term and Bourgeois Mindset Explored
The excerpt defines bourgeois as a provincial mentality that props society yet hinders progress. It contrasts bourgeois with artists workers and reformers, noting figures like Napoleon III and Zola as or not bourgeois, and surveys cross cultural views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Napoleon To
Napoleon Til
Balzac
Maupassant
Bourgeoiis
Zola
England
Italy
Spain
Germany
Prony Mme
Dtierre de Conevain
Jessie Henderson Brewer
The Work of Bronze Statues Revealed by Sculptors
A Cassel's Journal excerpt details bronze statue production. Sculptors note immense labor from plaster to sand cores, clay cores or cores, and precise core removal. The process involves thousands of sand pieces, core reduction, center alignment with iron rods, and pouring molten bronze to form a refined final statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassel
History Lesson Sparks Civil War Anecdote Mixup
In a Washington high school, a teacher of American history corrects a student who recounts a lurid Civil War battle tale claiming his uncle fought there. She notes the uncle was not born until after the war, prompting a shy reply that the uncle meant the Revolutionary War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miss Blank
Pittsbury
Unknown barber on eastbound train gains notice in Albany
A garbled OCR passage describes a negro barber on a limited eastbound train to Chicago who is recognized as a merchant from Adams. He is praised for skill and receives a substantial fee. He tells colleagues his luck and mentions Mr Smith from Albany in a cryptic dialect, claiming it’s his first meeting with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chic Easo
Addams
Orien
Albany
The Greedy One
A chaotic excerpt from the Chicago Record Herald style text depicts a social scene with misquoted lines and garbled dialogue about greed and perception. The piece references Dudley Wied and a stage context with a carnival or cinema backdrop.
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Listed for Sale
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street. The note claims it causes a gentle bowel movement to help “the cold” and asserts it contains no opiates or narcotics and is suitable for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher at Grove Street Studio
Notice to readers patrons missing newspapers asked to notify the office. The item identifies Harriet M. Burbank as a piano teacher at Studio 26 Grove Street and requests timely paper delivery reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St. Addls
Bank Directory Summary and Directors List
Business directory entry listing officers and directors for multiple banks. O6. B. Bidwell as president and Wm. O. Wright as resident, with cashiers, and a note that interest is paid on time deposits and time certificates. Contains several garbled names and partial phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Bidwell
Presenus Wm. O. Wright Beiresident
John Cburrell
Aseh Emmert
C. H. Little
Wm. Oght
O. B. Blawell
Boyd P. Hill
Hauinen Bidwe
M. V. B. Elson
Webster
L. Z Farwell
THE
Second National Bank
Freeport
Illinois
M. V. B. Exison
L. Z. Farwell
H. S. Webster
Reuben Siegfried
J. F. Fair
Train Timetables and Connections Across Freeport Route
Railroad schedule fragment listing east and west bound trains, station stops, and connections at Rockford, Belvidere, Beloit, Janesville, Madison, Omaha, and Chicago. Includes times for Freeport, Davenport, Davenport routes, and interurban service with notes on buffet and parlor cars, daily and Sunday services, and agent names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly.Chic'ge
Ar.Freep’t
Rockford
Beloft
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Beloit
Vard
DeKalb Spring Valley
Swers Pro
SC Pfizrieule
Zugl Davenport
Chicago
Rock Island
Milwauke
Kansas
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J. B. Sweatt
Dubuque
St Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Ft. Dodge
Debuque
Suirts
WM. Neese
J. PB. Elmer
St. Paul
Mina
Blgin
Aurora
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Erasmus
the Peerage
Great Britain
Gen. Funston
Nevada
Sone
W. I. Bryant
Mine Owners’ Association
Antion
Miners’ Union
Combination Hill
Mrest
George Wingfield
H. J. Mooge
WM. F. Jungenz
Qtephenbon
Lawson
Garden of Eiden
Lowerville Journal
South Aten
Dudley Wied
Therald
Tooth
Wilwer
Bly
Nce
Phates
Rollaway
Business Directory
Freeport, Illinois
BANKS
D. c. Stover
H. H. Antrim
R. G. Shumway
BANK
A. S& Held
J. Fred &Smith
Fred W. Hoefer
H. H Antrim
J. H. Stealyne Co
Stover
German Bank
Freeport, Ill
First National Bank
J. N. Galloway
BE. Schaeffer
Jo. Mayer
Union Loan & Building Association
HL. Incorporated
J. _N. PIAL LOMAYs
Re. Schaeffer
C. J. Wells
John J. Trunck
J. Mayer
J. F. Kramer
W. J. Schwarz
Attorneys AT Law
W. N. Cronkrite
Stephenson St
R. P. Eckert
Attorney Af Law
Ake
J. Seereldon Clark
Hettinger
Wagner
Auzelger
Chicago and
Spring Streets
A. Ruthe
Carpenter and Contractor
Douglas Ave
Offive
Stephenson So
Frisble & Haney
Illinois Central
BA. R
Beast Bound
Oammaha Bim
St. Paul Eine
Gael Dubuque
Dodge Boi
Sfouxity
Oman
Soutil
Decatur
Dodace
St Dubuque Kx
Maha Tim
Din
Paul Gim
Dongeville
SEBO
John F. Daly
R. Island
Acine
Hee Ue
Mt Carroll
Depar
Daal Telana
Chicago Great Western
Maple Leaf
South Freeport
Chicago Express
Dena
Q. RK
Forreston
the Journal
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