Tolstoi the Meat-Beloved Peacemaker of Russia
A portrait of Count Leo Tolstoi, the renowned author and reformer at Yasnaya Polyana. The piece praises his democratic kindness to peasants, wealth used for charitable gifts, and his moral philosophy rooted in the Sermon on the Mount, noting his influence on peace efforts and social reform in Russia.
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Russia
Leo Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Fearlengs
Tolatoi
United States
Yasnaya Polyana
Toletoi
Acta of Justice
Iterery
Mother Earth
War and Peace Author From Yasnaya Polyana Biography
The text outlines Leo Tolstoy’s life events including birth at Yasnaya Polyana in 1828, studies of Oriental languages at Kazan, a 1886 diploma as lawyer in Kazan, military service in the Crimean War, a visit abroad in 1857, marriage to Sophie Behrs of Moscow in 1862, composition of War and Peace in 1864, imprisonment in 1890, and a brief prison stay in 1897 amid alleged opposition to government.
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Kazan
Dan
Yasnaya Polyana
Sophie Andreyevna Behrs
Moscow
PRION
Trick to swap trousers for tinware in kitchen caper
A confection of a kitchen trick describes a confederate with tin ware delivering a fake mining stock tale. The wife sneaks to the wardrobe and returns with trousers that are swapped for tin pans on the kitchen table while the husbands remains unaware. The gag relies on timing and a frightened peep at the back door.
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F. P. Pitzer
Calculating Speech Marks in 19th Century Britain
The piece notes how London humorists used words like calculate and guess to mark American speech in old novels and papers. It cites Carlyle’s New Letters as an example showing the pattern, with a sentence about a parcel and reading.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scribner
Worshipers Carry Fire in Cathedral Dues
Inside the cathedral worshipers transport wicker baskets holding tri angular earthenware dishes with glowing embers. They empty the contents into metal bins in the cloisters as a cold ritual linked to a doppeltier payment and peat under perforated footatooia chair bases.
Vanity to Frog Transformation in Meadow Tale
Two tadpoles live in a meadow pool. One grows pale green legs and becomes a frog after vanity, while the other remains slow and unseen. The vain sibling is eventually eaten, while the patient tadpole continues to swim unseen, illustrating that it may not pay to seek attention.
He Was an Exception Bishop Fitzgerald Speech
In St Louis, Bishop James Newbury Fitzgerald declared sympathy is key to success in ministry. He cited a young Baptist friend condoling a jailhouse housebreaker with a flippant line about being here today and gone tomorrow. The anecdote highlights restraint in speech.
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James Newbury Fitzgerald
St. Louis
Fresh Food In the Country
The late Senator Pugh argued the country life was overrated, preferring the city. He recalled meeting a friend renting a summer house outside New York who boasted fresh eggs and vegetables from Scraggs Four Corners as cheaply as in town.
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Senator Pugh
New York
Scraggs Four Corners
Care of a Canary in Transition to New Cage
When moving a canary to a larger enclosure ensure the bird is not frightened by the new home. It may refuse to light from a high perch and starve if not reassured, so provide calm, gradual acclimation and secure placement.
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Fragmentary text discusses moral pride and attitudes of individuals toward others, critiquing those who voice harsh opinions while neglecting social harmony and duty to neighbors. It reflects 19th or early 20th century rhetoric on conscience and public conduct.
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China ‘Catacombs
Pet ‘Pons
Astonished child of Lums meets stark street contrast
A white enameled baby carriage with a pink infant sits on an uptown street as a group of dirty dressed Italian children, many about babies themselves, pass by. One girl looks under the hood and gasps My! What a whiteness.
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New York Times
Strees
Elephant and crocodile tale from Ngami lake
An African hunter recounts a crocodile hung in a tree ten feet high, explained by natives as the work of an irritated elephant. Elephants wade into Lake Ngami and torment crocodiles which bite their legs, sometimes lifting a crocodile into branches as a warning.
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Ngami
Why Caged Birds Die
A dealer recalls a canary that died after being hung high in a cage. He notes air quality near ceilings worsens at night with oil or gas lamps and smoking. The old saying that birds hung high always die is invoked as a warning.
Good Location for a Doctor Beech Hill suburb
Two young physicians greet each other after graduation as they settle in Beech Hill a suburb famed for health yet bustling with football cars and lively social events. They express satisfaction with their practice and the area’s family life.
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Beech Hill
Love and the Man
A compact vignette on courtship dynamics contrasts the eager attentions of lovers with a husband’s desire for solitude. It laments overbearing devotion as a clinging vine trait in women and notes the need for tact in romantic relationships.
I Found a Lead in the City Hall Archives
A narrator recalls digging for a big city hall story aided by a managing editor who warned of a liability danger but supplied affidavits. The tale traces three days of climbs, a hidden archive, and a sudden pay routine that reshaped a newspaper career.
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Rogers
City Hall
Sion
Brinkle
al Waa
Ama
Vatil
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