The Bingville Steeple Paint Disaster
Lem Brown, a church volunteer, paints the Bingville steeple as a crowd watches. A ladder slips, he clings to the steeple, and the bell rope is used in a daring rescue by Seth Dewberry. The incident ends with property damage, threats of payment disputes, and a vow by Lem to leave the church list.
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Lem
Rafe Green
Sike Peters
Sike
Hisself
Cy Hoskins
Moore
Addishion
Seth Dewberry
Seth
Lem Brown
Boston Post
Curious Misreading of Hymn Texts at Manayunk Sunday School
A Manayunk Sunday school reports humorous mispronunciations of well known hymns by children and an elderly parishioner. A girl misrendered Star of the East, the hour in the morning, while a boy bungled Before the hills of Zion, and another sang Beulah Land with distorted meaning.
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Manayunk
Zion
Beulah Land
Hister
Flag tale of Paul Jones and the Portsmouth flag
In Philadelphia the flagmakers recount crafting Paul Jones’s first national ensign for his Ranger, funded by Portsmouth girls who contributed silk gowns. Mary Langdon asks about the ship’s return as the dialogue recalls their work stitching stars from stolen wedding dress and red and white silk for the blue field.
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Paul Jones
United States
Portsmouth
N. H
Ross House
Philadelphia
Mary Langdon
Commodore Jones
Deserter’s Marriage Quip Echoes Old Saying
A brief, homely remark recalls a deserter who married as he started earning money. The old woman quips that the Good Book says to train up a child and away they go, reflecting on a life changes and a stern moral tone.
Repeater Story At Dinner On Philadelphia Fraud
Judge J G Gordon recalls a repeater at a dinner discussing Philadelphia voting fraud. The speaker, described as an ignorant, unmoved man, asked what crime faced him after arrest and muttered that he expected to be paid for voting twice.
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Philadelphia
J. G. Gordon
Gold From Nome Steamship Zealandia Arrives in Seattle
The steamship Zealandia arrived in Seattle from Nome carrying about 1,500,000 dollars in gold dust setting Nome's record. The voyage completed a notable haul from Nome to the Pacific coast with strong gold shipments reported.
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Nome
Zealandia
Seattle
Wanted Learning by Proxy in Society Circles
A society woman visits a registry office seeking an intelligent, well bred young woman to read for her. She wants the reader to digest books and current events and provide the gist, not to live in, for high pay. The exchange reveals her plan to stay informed through another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Little Leaks and the Seminary of Punctuation
A powerful firm head scolds a new bookkeeper for dotting I s and hones in on efficiency. He defends dropping semicolons for commas to save ink and time, inviting Peckham to his private room for a pamphlet illustrating the cost savings.
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Peckham
Engagement After Quick Witty Exchange
A lagging suitor delays but the woman tires of waiting. He cites the proverb Marry in haste and repent at leisure. She replies that he would have no time to repent. After considering the point he leaves, and they become engaged.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Flattered the Good Man A Scotch Divine Sermon Tale
A Glasgow tale recounts a bachelor minister whose manse is kept by Janet the old housekeeper. She sleeps during his sermons but awakens for younger preachers from St Andrew's. He confronts her about the pattern, and she explains she stays awake for the handsome youth and dozes for the old man, preserving her simple logic.
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Janet
Try to Mislead Doctors Too Many Patients Refuse Truth
A clubroom conversation with a doctor reveals patients hide truth about ailments and exaggerate symptoms. The physician notes patients confess evasive behavior, hedging details, and even overindulgence, yet still expect care. He reflects on being misunderstood and jokes about his role.
Sure Death for Mosquitoes in Jersey Swamp
Swett and Righter, living in twin frame houses in a low Jersey district, sought a bulletproof mosquito exterminator by mail. They received two wooden blocks and a cord with a printed method to crush mosquitoes one by one, a fraudulent promise that failed to protect them from pests.
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Swett
Righter
Jersey
Jean
Mea
Graft, poets, and a ten cent water remark in The Grafter
The piece recounts James B. Dill on graft with a tale of a tramp and a boy trading a silver ring. It blends verses about a family tragedy and a note on Alexis Piron the French poet. The column ends with a quip about water selling for ten cents a glass and its popularity.
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James B. Dill
Oberlin College
Mr. Dill
Sterling
San Antonio Express
Inventions Improve Pocket Notebook Use
A German inventor has designed an improved pocket notebook to ease writing while resting on hands or knees. The device embeds wire guides inside the cover, with stiff handrest slides that stay engaged. Two handrests are provided, enhancing stability during entries for collectors, solicitors, and similar workers.
Note taking devices and page handling methods described
The excerpt discusses keeping notes neat with bound leaves that are concealed by a cover when not in use. It explains how handrests and binding on the short end help maintain legibility, and how adjusting the page supports the record when writing on different parts of a leaf.
New York Inventor Proposes Suspender Attachments for Rulers
An inventive New York man proposes a ruler with a stem and loop hinge to attach to suspender buttons. The device, resembling old key chains, aims to prevent mislaying while not hindering full opening of the rule. The design preserves the standard ruler function with a movable joint.
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New York
Embodiment that does not interfere with rule use
The passage asserts that the embodiment remains compatible with the easy application of any rule. It emphasizes noninterference and continued practicality, suggesting no hindrance to rule-based procedures or their swift use.
New Tortosa Observatory and its modern research aims
The Tortosa observatory in Catalonia showcases seven buildings dedicated to magnetism meteorology sessmology and physical astronomy with the goal of monthly world wide dissemination of findings. Railways provide aid to the injured with lifeboats and life preservers on water transport and trains. A state law now requires regular locomotive boiler inspections and appoints a state boiler inspector.
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New Tortosa
Tortosa
Catalonia
Desler
Lfe
Audt
Illustration Note From a Pluralist Sunday Service
An illustration notes a pastor’s sermon on the spirit of creed for next Sunday morning. A reader jokes about missing hearing him due to staying home to prepare a legal case likely to net a few hundred dollars.
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Cleveland Plala Dealer
Window Drapery Design Advice for Home Furnishings
The article advises planning window drapery early with paper sketches by a decorator to ensure architectural harmony before cutting fabric. It notes fashion fads in lace and hats, warns that styles may not suit every house, and gives an example bay window library design featuring leather valance, Arabian bonne femme curtains, chameleon taffeta side panels, and a leather porte pere opening.
King Grants Apple Seller Ground Then His Heir Becomes Lawyer
An early tale recounts King George II stopping to help an apple seller near Knightsbridge. He grants the hut’s ground. the apple man dies, his son becomes an attorney, and a dispute over land rights ends with a ground rent of 2250 per year to the crown through a compromise after a lengthy claim.
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London
Knightsbridge
George II
Dettingen
Elijah Sandford's Home Runs for God at Bates College
The Rev Frank W Sandford known as Elijah was a Bates College student and a former varsity third baseman. After graduation alumni invited him to return as third base man for a game with undergraduates he declined saying he was now making home runs for God. The arranger warned him to be careful not to get put out sliding home.
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Elijah
Sandford
Frank W. Sandford
Shiloh
Bates College
God
Frank
The Future Bargains Hospital Adjoins Store
A dry goods merchant envisions a hospital attached to the store to treat bargain rush victims and other complaints at low prices. He envisions advertisements offering cut rate appendectomies with one operation per customer and money-back guarantees.
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Puck
No Support for Current Administration Cited in Detroit Tribune Dialogue
In a quoted exchange Mrs Differs accuses Mr Biffers of lifelong failure to support anything or anyone over seventeen years of marriage. The Detroit Tribune presents their dialogue as a social snapshot.
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Biffers
The Making of a D. D. Bacon-Men don't become doctors all at once, do they
Exgbert says no, doctors come by degrees. The remark covers the lengthy, patient process of training and credentialing in medicine, highlighting perseverance and gradual mastery rather than instant achievement.
Lafayette Desk in Middleboro Home Sparks Claim Debate
A desk once used by Gen. Lafayette during his U S visit, now owned by Leonidas Deane of Oak Street Middleboro Massachusetts, is praised as genuine by Frost family descendants who kept it in Elizabeth New Jersey for a century. Investigations support the Frost family’s assurance it is Lafayette’s desk.
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Middleboro
Mass
Gen
Lafayette
Leonidas Deane
Oak Street
America
Ellen V. Frost
San Juan
Elizabeth
N. J
Deane
Frost Family
Panzoologico mineralogia and the old tongue twisters
An etymologist compares today’s scientific jargon with seventeenth century long winded terms. He cites a treatise titled Panzoologico mineralogia and a blank verse play with the opening line Aldeborontiphoscophornia and Chrononhotonthelogos.
Rare 1605 Richard the Third edition found in England
In Buckinghamshire a fragment of the 1605 quarto edition of The Tragedie of King Richard the Third, augmented by Shakespeare, bears five autographs of William Penn. Only four other copies known exist in the British Museum and Bodleian. Also found: a 1605 quarto of The True Chronicle History of King Leir linked to Lear. London. Beggar Takes Meals at Fine Hotel. Thomas Burt a former Dick Seddon associate, now in hardship, is hosted at Hotel Cecil for meals while the premier visits England. Burt later lodges in a lodging house.
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Richard
England
Buckinghamshire
Richard the
William Shake-Speare
British Museum
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Leir
Shakspeare
Lear
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Dick Seddon
New Zealand
Thomas Burt
Mr. Seddon
Hart
Strand
Cecil
Burt
Sunken world’s peak peeks through half a mile of water
In the Pacific depths lies the highest mountain ever known, submerged beneath a half mile of ocean. The remarkable view shows the summit piercing the blue below the surface as explorers note the undersea peak’s height and location.
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Pacific Ocean
Soapsuds Kill Currant Worms Demonstrated by Clark
Reuben C. Clark of Berwick Maine reports a long battle against tent caterpillars and currant worms. He uses a sprig of soapsuds from old-fashioned soft soap as a spray and says the remedy works. insects die or retreat after contact.
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Reuben C. Clark
Berwick
Blue Law Enforcement Petition Sums 1800 Boston Streets
In summer 1800 a petition seeking city enforcement of the law against sinking on public streets and Ways was posted for signatures at the Merchants Exchange in Boston.
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Merchants Exchange
Boston
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Tom
Gideon Smalley
Gid
Bingville
Wimmen
Suddint
Deacon Butterworth
Storm
Ray
Valiant Jones
John Paul Jones
Zany Jones
Mary
Arthur Gutterman
New York Times
Carrie
Flolen
St. Andrew's
Jon
Glasgow
Sary
Daddy
Alexis Piron
Piron
Pacific
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