Bishops Press Claims Over Soaring Pay in Parliament Debate
A Harper's Weekly excerpt notes bishops demanding higher incomes despite planned cuts. It cites the Archbishop of Canterbury at 75000 dollars annual, the Bishop of Winchester at 36000, and a bishop criticized for lavish palaces. The piece recalls historic wealth and a London bishop mocked by a village old woman.
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Archibishop
Canterbury
Winchester
Hugo Trollope
Mr. Harcourt
John Morley
Harcourt
Gladstone
London
St. Paul
Harper’s Weekly
Tantalizing Man in a Suffrage Talk
A breakfast table remark from Mrs. Blinks cites a suffragette delegation arriving in the country to address the President while her husband Mr. Blinks remains silent. The exchange captures a moment of domestic humor cited by the Atlanta Constitution.
Alma-Tadema and the lucky number seventeen
The article notes Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema’s belief in the number 17. It cites that his wife was 17 when they met, the house at marriage was number 17, and his current house bears the same number, reflecting a long association with 17. The piece references rebuilding during 1886.
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Lawrence Alma'adema
Ter
Businessman meets Abbot Lawrence in cordial sting
A Boston Herald anecdote recalls an up country merchant who, after 20 years of unspecified trading with Abbot Lawrence, asserts the Abbot ought to know him. Lawrence feigns unfamiliarity then suggests the merchant’s timely payments explain why he knows others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbot Lawrence
Boston Herald
Mr. Smith
Mr. Lawrence
Prairie Scratches Cured in Thirty Minutes by Wolford Lotion
TrTer Mange and other skin ailments on humans and animals reportedly cured in 30 minutes by Wolford's Sanitary Lotion. The ad claims rapid relief from itchy conditions with this remedy.
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Wolford
An Aristocratic Young Person
Fragmentary text centers on Mabel as a perfect aristocrat. It hints at pride and wealth, noting hesitation to engage Pye Winkler until he revealed his money. The passage ends with a fear he might have hidden something or misled her.
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Mabel
Pye Winkler
Riddles and Wordplay Jokes for Light Humor
A collection of jokes and puns presented as light brain teasers. The questions range from biblical figures and historic myths to wordplay about animals, colors, and vehicles. The humor hinges on homonyms and literal interpretations.
Need for Passion Over Science in Flight Pioneering
An Emporia Gazette editorial argues that true flight requires impulse and determination rather than pure science. It claims Santos-Dumont must feel a driving desire to rise from the earth and push into a new environment, else gravity and effort prevent progress.
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Santos-Dumont
Butter Dyes Spark Whimsical Color Debate
The Boston Herald notes a fad for colored butter using aniline dyes and questions health risks. It imagines blue green or purple butter to match floral decor and cites a Washington call for red butter, suggesting carrot-fed cows could produce varied shades.
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Washington, D C
Boston Herald
Minard’s and a compliment to President Hadley
President Hadley of Yale hosted dinner for the son of a classmate, a Yale freshman. The talk turned to football and Hadley’s remarks surprised the young man who admired his host, telling Mrs Hadley that one can learn something from anyone.
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Hadley
Yale
Boston Herald
Salesmanship Etiquette For Win Over Customers
A seasoned salesman explains a method to strike up sales by standing while the customer sits. He says offer no chair, insist you have been sitting too long, and use the moment of gaze as a form of business hypnotism to influence the buyer.
Town swallowed by a lake recalls Oakville's fate
In Lawrence county a twenty acre lake sits on the site of the old town Oakville, once a thriving village that sank under the ground fifty years ago. Residents remember the sudden subsidence that wiped out the town and its merchants. Today the lake teems with fish and hosts picnics and fish fries as visitors reminisce. Decatur correspondence Nashville American.
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Lawrence County
Oakville
Decatur
Nashville American
Danish Baron Rosenkrantz links to Hamlet through lineage
In Transatlantic Tales for May a Danish novelist Baron Palle Rosenkrantz is traced to Holger Rosenkrantz an envoy to James I and possibly the source of Hamlet name Rosenkrantz. Baron Rosenkrantz born at Elsinore is noted for a learned line and a career in the army and magistracy. His novel The Magistrate's Own Case is praised as among his best works.
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Hamlet
Palle Rosenkrantz
Holger Rosenkrantz
James I
England
Shakespeare
Rosenkrantz
Baron Rosenkrantz
Elsinore
Baron Palle
Denmark
Better Than Spanking Home Treatment for Bed Wetting
A Windsor Ontario ad by Mrs M Summers offers a free home treatment for bed wetting claiming the method cures children and helps adults with urine difficulties. It urges mothers to write for full instructions and notes no payment is required.
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M. Summers
Windsor
Ont
Proper Care of a Razor in Everyday Shaving
Advice on razor maintenance and sharpening methods. Emphasizes using a sawing motion with a side wire, proper stropping, and honing technique. Warns against clogging teeth with pulled hair and against improper honing by barbers. Includes step by step honing directions and thumb nail test.
Minard’s Liniment as Physicians Used by Wigg Casefist
A fragment notes Minard’s Liniment used by physicians and a remark about a character named Wagg paying a doctor’s bill. The dialogue suggests skepticism about postoperative experiences and personal expenditures in a humorous, clipped exchange.
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Minard
Prisoner Seeks Immediate Commencement of Term
Felix Gongales of Socorro, sentenced to two years for assault with a deadly weapon, sought immediate imprisonment after the New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed the lower court. He lacked commitment papers at first, then returned with documents and began serving the sentence at the penitentiary near Santa Fe.
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Felix Gongales
Socorro
Supreme Court
Trelford
Gonzales
Santa Fe New Mexican
Minard's Liniment Advertisements by Multiple Readers
I cured a horse of the Mange with MINARD'S LINIMENT. CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS. Dalhousie. I cured a horse, roomy torn by a pitch fork, with MINARD'S LINIMENT. St. Peter's. Co. B. EDW. LINLIEF. I cured a horse of a bad swelling with Bathurst, N. B. THOS. W. PAYNE.
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Minard
Christopher Saunders
Dalhousie
St. Peter’s. Co
Linlief
Bathurst
N. B
Thos. W. Payne
Weather Hinders Patent Leather Finishers This Winter
A leather goods manufacturer notes that patent leather finishers faced unprecedented weather woes this past winter. He cites sticking in heat and inability to finish in cold conditions, explaining bright sunshiny weather is needed for lacquer work and delays remain substantial.
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Shoe and Leather Reporter
Woman Prefers Reading Old Love Letters Over Writing New Ones
A woman finds more pleasure in reading old love letters than in composing fresh notes. The quote contrasts her nostalgia with a man’s habit of drafting new missives.
Paris Hotel Site Where Corday Slept Faces Demolition
The London Globe reports the Hotel de la Providence on Rue d Argent in Paris, where Charlotte Corday rested before her 1793 assassination of Marat. The site, once nicknamed Vieux Augustins Street, is threatened by road expansion and slated for demolition despite historic associations.
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Paris
Charlotte Corday
Scientific Farming and its Need forFormal Training
The Boston Transcript argues farming is a scientific pursuit requiring formal education. It contends trained farmers gain not only material returns but also intellectual and moral benefits, matching the status of doctors lawyers and engineers and boosting human power and happiness.
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Boston Transcript
Spavin Lotion Claims World’s Best Blemish Cure
English Spavin Luniment promises to remove hard or soft blemishes in horses from blood spavin to ringbone and splints. It advertises savings of 50 dollars and claims to cure sore throats and sprains. Sold by druggists.
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Kendall
Montreal
Kendall Serveys
Popularity of Baseball and Its Democratic Appeal
Baseball is described as the popular national game that brings together people from all walks of life. The sport is portrayed as a democratic pastime where fans focus on the home team’s success and leave daily cares behind when at the ball field.
Married men recall a double blessing in devotion
A reflective line notes that in marriage a man gains more than one blessing, acknowledging the enduring value of partnership and fidelity as a source of extra joy and strength.
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Canada
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Navy
Noah
Ark
Rahgehahs
Chemins’ Co
Hamilton
Toresic
Kansas City Star
Mothers’ Treasure
Ptc
National Drug & Chemtee Co., Limited
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Br. BF
Tsu
Ence Company, Limited
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Priscilla
Hercules ES
Vince Strong
Gibraltar
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Chipman-Holton Knitting Co., Limited
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Hull
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Toronito
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