Naming the Baby Ends in Eliza Backwards
In Mr Westmoreland's parlor the family quarrels over a baby name. Mrs Westmoreland longs for a fitting title while insisting on family or artistic ambitions, as Edith and Robert push a playful solution leading to Eliza backwards, Azile, and uproar.
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Mrs. Westmoreland
Mr. Westmoreland
Edith Chamberlain
Robert Chamberlin
Edith
Robert
Mr. W
Carrie
Mrs. W
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Mudder
Frank
Eliza
Baby
Bob
Jove
Sis
Rascal
Why a Cat Lights on Its Feet
A historical excerpt discusses why cats land on their feet with nine out of ten certainty. It cites Paris researchers studying cat falls and a German professor who claimed cats twist their tails to adjust gravity during a descent.
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Paris
American bridge builders span world with shared craft
excerpts from Harper's Magazine describe a diverse crew of bridge builders at a major project. Workers include Scandinavians Lithuanians Hungarians Americans and ex-sailors who spoke a common work language and shared cosmopolitan conversations. The piece praises American bridge-building talent and the appeal of city scaffolds above busy rivers.
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Edward Hungerford
Ohio
Middle West
South
New England
Thebes
Egypt
City
Harper’s Magazine
Understanding Champerty in Legal Ethics
Champerty means a lawyer taking lawsuits on spec with a fixed percentage of the winnings. It covers bargains where the attorney prosecutes at client or own expense in exchange for most of the proceeds. It is a common law offense and professional ethics breach, deserving disciplinary suspension to deter abuse of justice.
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Champerty
Joseph A. Shay
New York
Shay
Sale of Old Army Rifles Stopped
The United States previously sold discarded rifles to dealers who dumped them at low prices. Many rifles reached department stores and were resold cheaply, especially in Chicago, prompting police concern over riots and strikes. Protests and risks led the government to halt sales to non patriotic buyers.
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United States
Chicago
South America
Modern Organ Project Replaces Boston King's Chapel Instrument
Workmen assemble parts of a new organ for King's Chapel Boston as the 1756 instrument is replaced. The original organ, imported from London over a century and a half ago, was famed in town and played by many musicians. It is said Handel approved its test before shipment to America.
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King’s Chapel
Boston
London
America
Handel
Gardener’s Novel Sign Teases Trade Branches
A Philadelphia Ledger note describes a gardener who posted a card promising all branches of his trade. The sign prompts readers to find items like flowers bulbs bushes leaves and herbs, urging playful word usage without skipping letters.
Simple knuckle method shows days in months
A Popular Mechanics tip explains a quick calendar trick using the knuckles to remember month lengths. Starting with January on the first knuckle, February sits between knuckles, and July ends on the little finger. repeat for August to December. 31 days on knuckles, 30 days between, February 28 days.
You Are a Brick Old Fellow A Quaint Saying Origin
A village tale explains a boastful phrase from two kings in ancient times. An ambassador wonders where the city walls are and the king points to his army, declaring every soldier a brick that guards the city. The saying emphasizes strong defense by people.
There Three Twos In The English Language
A fragment notes a sentence about there being three twos in the English language and the challenge of spelling each "two" differently. The piece explores punctuation and written form versus spoken correctness.
Feathered Circle Game Among Players
A fragment notes players sitting in a circle with a small flossy feather while one participant speaks and a chant or game begins with a question likely about possibility. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or names.
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Senny Sousther
Pug and Cat Trade Taunts in a Playful Round
A boastful pug flaunts boxing gloves and claims championship of all small dogs. A Maltese cat agrees to spar from safety, prompting a playful exchange about who will descend or ascend the tree as the bout begins.
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Pug
Moon Circle Word Link Game Described in Circle
A social game requires a player to start with a subject and others respond with linked facts. The questioner moves around the circle asking what you know about each topic, ending by tying back to the original subject. The loser is who cannot conclude within ten turns.
How to Make a Simple Farm Level From a Square
The drawing shows a method to obtain a level using a common square. A notch is sawed in one end of a board and driven into the soil. The square is set as in the figure and a string with a light weight provides the level.
Lightest hats and easy cases from old jokes
A collection of punny riddles and lines asking why hats aren t felt lightest, why stairs beat lawyers for ease, and other wordplay on drowning heads rooms for dinner and pities of the eye pupil with jokes about hens ships and selfishness plus a misprinted fog and tramp lines and a kitten riddle.
Fulton the Fiery Dreamer Who Shaped a Nation
By Albert Payson Terhune. A portrait of Robert Fulton, from a failed artist to the maker of the Clermont, his first successful steamboat. The piece covers his early experiments, wartime trials, public ridicule, and eventual triumph, ending with his 1815 death and legacy.
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Fulton
Albany
New York
Robert Fulton
Trinity Churchyard
Samuel Morse The Man Who Abolished Time and Space
An American artist Samuel B. F. Morse returns from Europe in 1832 and invents the electro magnetic tele graph after years of poverty. He lobbies Congress for funds, faces setbacks in patent and funding, and finally sees the first telegraph message in 1844 What hath God wrought and the Atlantic cable follows after further trials.
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Samuel‘ Morse
Europe
Samuel B. F. Morse
New
Morse
Congress
Baltimore
Washington
Gongress- Yeland
America
Heaven and Earth
Penni Jess
Dr. Jackson
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