Wee Jonkydles and the Barnyard Mischief in Scots Speech
The piece strings a humorous Scottish dialect vignette of Wee Jonkydles causing chaos at home and in the barnyard as a teasing portrait of a child and family life. It shifts to a detached narrator musing on courtship and marriage patterns, suggesting mood, clothes, and circumstance shape matches more than heaven or fate. The essay concludes with reflections on disillusionment and a candid quip about avoiding old maid status.
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Love
Forfar’s Rock and Riches Shape Town’s Public Works
The article notes Forfar's fame for the Forfar rock sweet and its fortune maker who donated 25 000 pounds to build a public hall and park. It describes a small town of about 15 000 on a north south transport axis, once known for brogues and weaving, now with thriving linen factories supporting local prosperity.
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Forfar
Reid
Dundee
Lesson From a Rolling Stone in Kirkcaldy Church
An old Kirkcaldy anecdote from a late eminent divine’s memoir warns that chasing edification by hopping between churches is usually unprofitable. The tale recalls Dr Andrew Thomson of St George’s Edinburgh, who, asked about a preacher’s worth, answered with a dry anecdote from a Fast-day sermon in Kirkcaldy and a brief comparison to a Glasgow chapel variant.
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Lang Toon
College
Glasgow
Dr. Brown
St. John’s
Andrew Thomson
St. George's
Edinburgh
Thomson
Boanerges
Kirkcaldy
Gordon
Cathcart Castle and its storied 700 year lineage
A fragmentary account recalls Cathcart Castle as a twelfth century keep among Scotland’s oldest. It traces the Cathcart family from 700 years of possession to battles at Loudoun Hill and Longside, and notes their later move to Yorkshire and a later remake of the estate near the Cart river.
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Cathcart
Sir Allan Cathcart
Fruce
Loudoun Hill
Barboud
Wight
Allan Cathcart
Cathcarts
Prisley Abbey
Bogton
Blackfriars
Glasgow
Fiedden
Longside
Sheriffomir
George Cathcart
Inkermar
Anrestrel
Yorkshire
Queen's Krewe Spot Faces Preservation Challenge
A historic site named the Queen's Krewe rests with fragile walls after a mid eighteenth century sale to a builder. He removed wood and lead, then quit when the walls proved too strong, leaving the castle in its current state of preservation.
Nursery toys from two millennia ago in Bloomsbury
A review of Greek and Roman nursery figures in the British Museum reveals toys from the lead age, including chariots and dolls, showing continuity with modern playthings. The exhibit highlights the craft of Swiss and Roman carvers, the appeal of noise making objects, and a shift toward adult-like dolls, with one rag doll noted as a child’s baby, not a toy for display.
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Stevenson
Brienz
Limerick
Bloomsbury
Verdigris and hollow bronze spark council critique at unveiling
At Chalon on the Stone a monument by Moreau-Vauthier and Berard to a cuirassier is unveiled. The mayor scolds verdigris and hair detail while a councilor notes the hollow bronze horse, sparking a playful exchange chronicled by Le Cri de Paris.
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Chalon-on-the-Stone
Moreau-Vauthier
Berard
National Defence
Monsieur A
Chalon
le Cri de
Paris
How They May Be Trained For Service
The article argues senses are gateways to knowledge and must be cultivated. It cites Rousseau, Peres, and Camilla E. Telsen on developing sight, hearing, taste, and touch from childhood, noting benefits for artists, artisans, and manners. It describes passive and active senses, interpretation, and examples from deaf education and animal hearing to illustrate the reach of sensory training.
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Rousseau
A. Peres
Willington Miller
Camilla E. Telsen
Pennsylvania Institute For
Shark Attack at Salina Cruz Aboard Arizonan
Franks Foals a crew member fought a ten foot shark off Salina Cruz after a bathing incident near the Arizonan. The monster bit his forearm and nearly severed his right foot and fingers. He was rescued and taken to hospital where his condition is critical with life threatening injuries.
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Frank Foals
Santa Cruz
Fonda
Salina Cruz
San Francisco Chronicle
How to Be a Sailor Master of the Sail
The piece argues mastering a sail requires strategy finesse and perseverance not brute force. A skilled sailor negotiates different sails with tailored techniques showing wide body coordination and patience.
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Dey
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Jonkydsidles
Cathcart Castle
United States Civil Service
Civil Service
Willaston
Heries
Mediterranean
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