Shakespeare and Others Borrowing Brilliance Across Ages
A historical meditation on literary borrowing, tracing how Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, and others repurpose myths, classical and contemporary sources. The piece cites Dante, Virgil, Ariosto, Spenser, Bunyan, and Dryden, arguing genius often refinishes crude ore into beauty rather than offering pure originality.
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Charles Reade
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dean Swift
Mr. Huth
Buckle
Dante
Virgil
Homer
Ariosto
Spenser
Fletcher
Purple Island
Bernard
Isle of Man
Defoe
Bunyan
Shakespeare
Warwickshire
Julius Caesar
Plutarch
Milton
Miranda
A Scientific Horse in Yorkshire Wordplay
An English gentleman chats with a stage coach driver in Yorkshire about his horse team. He admires one horse named ADL, and the coachman calls it a scientific horse, sparking the tourist’s question. The driver explains the horse imagines it knows more than the dogs by thinking itself superior.
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Yorkshire
Scientife
Jebu
Severe storm causes extensive farm damage in Dakota region
A fierce storm near Dakota leaves heavy crop losses and structural damage. On Capt Stewart farm seven inch stones shattered walls and dented houses while corn and grain lie driven into the ground. Charles Trunk’s barn and hen house were struck, lightning damaged a clothes line but the residence remained unharmed.
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Dakota
Capt. Stewart
Charles Trunck
Bijou features Mrs LePage in male impersonator act
At the Bijou this week Mrs LePage appears as a male impersonator and as an impersonator she is a curiosity. The piece draws nine-tenths of the audience into believing she embodies the role.
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Mrs. LE Page
Bijou
Uncertain Performer Divides Opinion on Gender Voice
A young performer draws mixed reactions as the audience debates her gender. She sings several numbers in a masculine style, with her true sex only revealed by the higher notes of her voice.
Young star meets Jenny Lind in a blush moment
A famed vocalist recalls a private house scene where a young singer faced constructive criticism. She sat with an elderly hostess who revealed the critic as Mme Goldschmidt, better known as Jenny Lind, prompting the star to blush at her earlier disdain.
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London News
Mme. Goldschmidt
Jenny Lind
Chef Converts Rubber Shoe Into Appetizing Dish
A restaurant manager boasts of a chef who could transform a rubber shoe into an appetizing dish. A patron, intrigued and skeptical, suggests sending the steak back to have a rubber shoe prepared instead. The exchange appears in Modern Society.
Farmer in Lighthouse Escapes Duty Slip
A Maine coast lighthouse keeper allegedly extinguished the lamp at 11 pm after lighting promptly at dusk the first night. He argued that 10 o'clock was late enough for honest men to be in bed, defining the expected hours as a personal standard.
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Boston Herald
Memory Wins and Memory Loss in School Pranks
A humor item recounts a boy who claims three prizes at school with one for memory and jokes about forgetting the other two. The gag hinges on a misdirection about memory and who is “the lucky one,” reflecting a lighthearted tease from a Houston Post clipping syndicated to Transatlantic Tales.
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Ola Rounder
Houston Post
Persida Constitution Extends Vote to Literate Men 30 to 70
The new Persida constitution grants suffrage to men aged thirty to seventy who can read and write and have no prior lawful convictions. This criterion expands voting rights to a broad, educated male population while excluding those with offenses.
Fourth of July Gold Belt Pin Wanted for Reward
Missing pin described as gold belt pin, call or return to Laura McCoy at 195 Galena Street for reward.
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Laura McCoy
Galena St
Shawlat
Journal Office
Norwich and Herring Pies in Medieval Royal Service
Norwich city, long bound to provide twenty four herring pies yearly for the royal kitchen, faces notes of fault from Charles II household officers. The letter cites issues with pie quality, crust strength, herring count, pie integrity, and excessive travel by the pie bringer, per Blomefield’s History of Norfolk via Chambers Journal.
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Norwich
Carleto
Blomefield
Norfolk
Charles J
Hirst
The Gospel of Good Cheer and Public Cheerfulness
A reflection on Robert Louis Stevenson as a cheerful sufferer who brightens life not through genius alone but by shared restraint. The piece argues people should spare friends details of health money losses and grievances to preserve others’ mirth and avoid sinning against the world’s good humor.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Agnes Reppiler
Flarper
Specknoodle Repeats Frustrating Guest Introduction
In a Detroit News item a college student introduces his friend Mr. Speckwoodle to his hard of hearing mother. She mishears and the name mutates into Speck noodle and Speck woodle, prompting a running joke about pronunciation.
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Mr. Speckwoodle
George
Mr. Specknoodle
Detroit News
Not Quite What Was Expected in a Quirky Exchange
A brief dialogue captures a playful exchange where a child teases an older visitor about appearance, while the visitor retorts with a witty remark highlighting age versus beauty in a humorous tones. The scene reads like a snapshot of light domestic banter.
DeVore The Plage Piano Ad Promises Savings and Quality
DeVore promises cash prices and no interest on pianos, claiming savings of 26 to 150 dollars and lower prices than anywhere on earth. The ad touts guaranteed quality, customer trust, flexible terms, and large bulk orders from top factories, aiming to attract buyers.
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DeVore
United States
Freeport
Forest Echoes
Main St
Ill
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