A Brief Elopement in Medina School Tale
In Medina a bachelor professor at Union School becomes entangled with the deacon’s young wife. After elopement plans erupt into a chaotic journey by buggy and horse, storms, fights, and a dramatic pursuit, the professor’s hidden tenderness emerges as he reprimands students then reveals his softer side. The deacon’s wife disappears, leaving the professor briefly blamed before the town learns of his true nature.
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T. C. McClure
Union School
Medina
Professor Wellman
Descont Hardman
Deacon
Berryville
Pacific
Tia
Tno
M. Quad
Chivalry and Fatness in a Dizon Lewis Tale
A Washington Post note recalls Dizon Lewis a stout Alabama congressman of Virginian birth who after a wrecked steamer chose not to crowd into a small boat to spare others. He faced danger but was ultimately rescued.
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Congress
Alabama
Dizon Lewis
Senate
Washington Post
Famous Epicures in Nero’s Golden House Palatine Dining
In Nero's Palatine dining room extravagant feasts featured revolving ivory compartments showering scents and flowers on guests. Slaves crowned dined guests with wreaths as courses passed and tables moved. Feasting extended until guests collapsed. generals spent fortunes on meals. Lucullus and Cicero famed for lavish banquets. Pithy lus wrapped his tongue in linen and cleaned it with fish skin.
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Nero
Palatine Hill
Lucullus
Cicero
Wompey
Pithylus
Walters' Club President Spars With Opponent
In a tense exchange the New York Walters' club president told his rival that the reply was beside the point and irrelevant. He compared it to a German court woman's remark in a poisoning case, noting the arsenic claim and a quip about a "big eater" of a husband.
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Walters’ Club of
New York
Tipning
Trouble Ahead in a Quiet Neighbourhood
Parke and Old man discuss a plan to bring their wives together before confessing a grim motive. The arctic explorer bids farewell to his wife with a warning to ensure ice safety as a dramatic, chilling exchange unfolds.
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Parke
Jane
Goodby
John
Arctic Explorer
A Ducal Estate and Chatsworth Park Lengths
The Chatsworth estate park spans about twelve miles in circumference. The house facade extends about 1500 feet in length, as noted by Pall Mall Gazette.
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Chatsworth
Pall Mall Gazette
Large Mastiff Leads Girl On Wild Street Trek
A huge mastiff drags a small girl along a quiet side street in a comic scene. The dog seems to lead and even darts into a corner saloon, prompting the girl to protest as the doors close and a bystander notes the quip about ladies not going there.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Starfish Feast Melts Mussel Hinge in Aquarium Show
At an aquarium the curator lured a reporter to a tank with six starfish feeding on mussels. The starfish used their gastric juice to melt the mussel hinges, opening shells as the creatures fed, then departed leaving empty shells behind.
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Aquarium
Cinecinnati Enquirer
Early 19th Century Views on Drunkenness in Society
The London Spectator comments on attitudes to drunkenness in the early nineteenth century from The Early Married Life of Maria Josepha, Lady Stanley. It notes a christening party where guests were very drunk, laborers less so, and Lady Sheffield’s remark about balls causing social discomfort and mutual merriment.
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Maria Josepha
Stanley
London Spectator
Maria
Lady Sheffield
London
Leaving Home and Encouragement to Young Men
Frederic Shelford urges young men, especially if unmarried, to travel and work abroad to gain language skills and experiences, noting distant countries offer valuable adventures beyond home restrictions.
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Frederic Shelford
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