The Resourceful Mole and a Courtroom Quip Highlight
A columnist extols the mole’s keen hearing and swift exits after burrowing. The piece blends natural history with a courtroom exchange where a witness deflects questions about alcohol and livelihood. The tale juxtaposes animal lore and legal dialogue.
One Thing at a Time by Robert Jaggsby
A London Express vignette describes Robert Jaggsby posing for a photo. His decorum collapses into inanity as he frets over beauty, ads, and rat poison with a comic aside about his bandy legs.
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Robert Jaggsby
Robert
London Express
The Height of Clouds
The article explains cloud heights by class. Cirrus and cirrostratus average around 30 000 feet, second class clouds rise 10 000 to 23 000 feet, and lower clouds typically stay below 5 000 feet with bases at 3 000 to 4 000 feet and summits at least 16 000 feet above ground.
Wit In the Courtroom Iris Fiats in Courtroom Wit
A fragment notes Iris Fiats known for wit in a courtroom scene. The text references Thomas Fiat and a courtroom piece, indicating a satirical or theatrical context within a legal setting.
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Thomas Fiat
Iris As Wit
Women rule on tiny Minikol island in India
In a small island off India’s southern coast, women are the masters of all they survey. The wife heads the household, owns the house and wealth, and the husband belongs to her. Upon marriage, she gives him her name rather than taking his.
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Minikol
India
Wi House
Father of His Country sobriquet history and anecdote
The term Father of His Country traces to Marius and Cicero before finally applying to Washington who was called Stepfather of His Country by foes. Henry James recalls a Boston dinner anecdote about a bookshop clerk and a request for Herbert Spencer poems.
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Marius
Cicero
Washington
Henry James
Boston
Mr. James
Spencer
Herbert Spencer
Poor Joe Chamberlain Faces A Gallery Of Nicknames
Birmingham supporter of Joseph Chamberlain lists epithets used against him including The artful Nodger imperial ist knave political hamstringer great Panjandrum mugwump and many more such as imperial bagman crafty muddler and lying campaigner.
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Birmingham
Joseph Chamberlain
Nodger
Panjandrum
An Old Roman Altar Found at Newstead Camp
A perfectly preserved Roman altar four feet high was uncovered at the site of an ancient Roman camp near Melrose England. An inscription in Roman reads to Jupiter Pisella a hero of the twentieth legion praising his vow and victory.
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Newstead
Melrose
England
Jupiter
Pisella
Chamberlain's Salve for Various Skin Ailments
Patent medicine note advertising Chamberlain's Salve intended for sore nipples burns frost bites chapped hands itching piles chronic sores and many skin diseases including tetter ring worm eczema. Claims unparalleled success and lists price at 25 cents per box with sale by all druggists.
Minting a Billion Would Take Until 2016
The piece argues that if all U S mints began coin production on Sept 25 and continued at historical rates since 1792, producing double eagles to pennies, the total would reach one billion dollars by August 20, 2016.
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United States
Italy Censors Telegrams to Foreign Countries
The Italian government blocks telegrams to foreign nations. A London Express correspondent submitted a dispatch on Rome's severe summer heat, which the censor refused to pass.
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Italy
London Express
Rome
Eight Per Cent Investment in Valley Reservoir Company
The secured assessment script for Pourde Valley Reservoir Company earns eight per cent interest. Contact S. H. Southard secretary room 23 First National Bank block for details.
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Pourde Valley Reservoir Company
S. H. Southard
First National Bank
Loan offer for farm security in local market
Advertisement states loan option of five thousand dollars or twenty six thousand on first class farm security. Identified as by Wm. F. Stephens, agent, Room 9 percent, opera house block.
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Wm. F. Stephens
Opera House
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