An Australian View of Washington as a Mecca
A Melbourne resident praises Washington DC in the Washington Post noting the city offers pure air skies rivaling Italy fine streets and a population not consumed by wealth, claiming he would stay longer than planned and would tell friends to visit if touring the United States.
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Australia
Melbourne
United States
Washington
New York
Chicago
Italy
Washington Post
Destruction at Milton's Tomb a Graver Robbery Tale
The Milton tomb heist in 1790 saw two overseers and a carpenter breach the lead coffin at St. Giles Cripplegate. They pulled teeth from Milton's remains and stole rib bones and hair while a gravedigger sold peeks for threepence each.
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Milton
Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate
The Lobster's Life and Hidden Dwellings
The piece explains lobsters hide in rock holes and earth burrows like rabbits. They sleep during daytime, waking at night for food, with highly sensitive antennae that react instantly to any touch or movement in the water.
The Missouri River Dust Joke by Burdette
A Kansas City Journal quip describes the Missouri as a dust blown river where dust erupts in a single column, catfish sneeze at the surface, and the water shifts from seal brown to iron gray after rain. It compares the river to a pourable cocktail when wet and to a stirred liquid when dry.
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Missouri
Missouri River
Bob Burdette
Kansas City Journal
Hornet Weaponry Described In Historic Exposition
A historic account details the female hornet’s rapid fire attack and defense, its accurate sting with a poison-sac at the sting base causing pain and swelling. It notes the sting’s shock like effect and warns that injections on sensitive areas can be dangerous, with strong ammonia as the recommended antidote.
Burmese Golden Temple Shimmering with Gold Leaf
Rangoon the capital of lower Burma houses a famed pagoda whose exterior gleams with gold. The shimmering coating comes from years of votive offerings as devotees worldwide place gold leaf on the pagoda.
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Rangun
Lower
Burma
Buddha
How to Live a Hundred Years Concept Sparks Debate
A Chicago Tribune excerpt features an agent presenting a work titled How to Live a Hundred Years. Gayboy comments the book is only useful if it shows living a century in ten years, highlighting a provocative take on longevity techniques.
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Gayboy
Chicago Tribune
Quotable Exchange About a Photo Request
A humorous exchange where one character urges another to take a new photo and questions the reluctance to look pleasant. The dialogue hints at social expectations and personal pride in a light Punch magazine tone.
Prescription by Age According to The Times Democrat
The New Orleans Times Democrat jokes about age based “prescription” for gum. At ten a cheery gum package pleases a girl, while at seventeen a morning matinee gum must be added.
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New Orleans Times- Democrat
Those who complain most are most to be complained of
A reflective aphorism attributed to Henry stating that frequent complainers are the ones most deserving of criticism.
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Henry
Place Names In England Phonetic Laziness
A London Chronicle correspondent notes how English face and place names are simplified in daily speech. He cites examples from Lancashire Cumberland and Essex where locals shorten or mispronounce names like Ulverstone Little Urswick Aspatria St Osyth and Toosy, reflecting stress and hustle in modern life.
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England
London Chronicle
Lancashire
Ulverstone
Urswick
Cumberland
Aspatria
Essex
St. Osyth
Toosy
Tribute to The Thunderer and English journalism
In 1841 the London Times helped expose a forgery scheme harming English and European bankers. A court ruling gave farthing damages and refused costs. The public raised funds to reimburse the Times, but the firm kept the money and funded scholarships at Oxford, Cambridge and Christ's Hospital with memorial tablets at the Royal Exchange and Times Office.
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Thunderer
London Times
Europe
Times
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Mansion House
Oxford
Cambridge
Christ's Hospital
Royal Exchange
Henry Clay’s Father John Clay, Baptist Preacher in Hanover
Henry Clay’s father John Clay a Baptist preacher who lived in Hanover’s slashes near his Ashland farm. Born there Henry Clay and likely Porter Clay, who moved to Kentucky as a noted Baptist minister. Semple notes John Clay founded Black Creek Baptist church and pastored Chickahominy church doing regional missionary work.
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Henry Clay
John Clay
Hanover
Ashland
Henry
Porter Clay
Kentucky
Robert B. Semple
Virginia
Black Creek
Hanover County
Chickahbominy
Only One True Word From the Alphabet Says Young Man
A observant youth contends that among the English alphabet’s twenty six letters the word No is the sole genuine word formed by their natural order. He notes Ab and Hi are merely abbreviations or questionable fits, leaving No as the language’s only bona fide example.
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Abraham
Philadelphia Record
Early Steamships On Hudson and Rivers
The first steamship appeared on the Hudson in 1807 with Robert Fulton and the Clermont. A decade later the steamboat era spread to the Ohio and Mississippi, and in 1827 the Chancellor Livingstone began the New York to Providence run via Long Island Sound. The Chancellor measured 157 by 33 feet and was a giant paddle wheeler in its day.
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Hudson
Robert Fulton
Clermont
Ohio
Mississippi
Chancellor Livingstone
Long Island Sound
New York
Providence
Thoughts and Faces Shape Expression and Demeanor
Subtle and sure thoughts govern beauty of the face and dominate behavior. Motives power the life and reappear in facial expression and gait, telling the story of the life lived.
Present for John F. Jones Inscription on Umbrella
A dialogue reveals a niece's umbrella marked present to John F. Jones with no listed giver. The exchange notes the inscription implies a presentation rather than a personal gift.
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Kifter
Lifter
John F. Jones
Happiness and contentment yield a nobler life
A reflection on happiness as contentment with reasonable means. It argues time and strength should be saved for the cultivation of nobler nature rather than indulging weaknesses.
All He Said. Binks and Jinks Joke in Cincinnati
Comic exchange from the Cincinnati Tribune notes a husband arriving late and his wife starting to talk as soon as he enters. The brief joke centers on the line My dear and a playful question about the time.
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Binks
Jinks
Cincinnati Tribune
Noisy Company in Quiet Apartment Row
A landlady objects to singing by Topnote and his companion in a shared flat. The quarrel centers on inappropriate performance in the apartment and the landlady’s remark that the room is better than the company.
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Soarer
Topnote
Roarer
Public Trustee Sale Notice for Weld County Property
Public Trustee George K. Staller announces a sale of extensive Weld County lands and water rights including The Little Crow Ditch and The Neilson Ditch. The note for nine thousand dollars to Martin A. Bunker is in default. taxes for 1903 are unpaid. sale to satisfy the trust deed proceeds.
Public Auction of Adams Property in Weld County Colorado
At ten oclock in the forenoon the described premises of George S. Adams will be sold at public auction at the east front door of the County Court House in Greeley Colorado to the highest bidder for cash. The sale pays the note principal with eight percent interest from May 1903 taxes for 192 year and costs of this trust dated December 7 1904. Public Trustee George D. Slater of Weld County Colorado conducted the trust and notice ran in Greeley Tribune from December 1904 to January 5 1905.
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George S. Adams
Greeley
Ef Weld
Colorado
George D. Slatler
Weld County
Asa
Greeley Tribune
Notice of Change of Point of Diversion in Colorado Water Case
Court in Larimer County Colorado appoints Horace I Garbutt as referee for Herbert Straker petition seeking change of point of diversion for William Calloway Ditch No 1 in Water District No 3. Order requires publication and mailed notice to interested parties before hearings on possible adverse effects and rights.
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Herbert Straker
William Calloway
State of
Colorado
State of Colorado
County of Larimer
Consolidation Granted In Colorado Water Case
In open court Judge James E. Garrigues orders consolidation of the City of Fort Collins petition to change point of diversion on Cache La Poudre River with Herbert Straker’s petition for a decree. The action invokes state water change procedures approved March 27, 190%, with hearing set in Larimer County District Court.
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James E. Garrigues
State of Colorado
County of Larimer
District Court
State of
Colorado
City of
Fort Collins
Herbert Straker
Cache la Pondis
Cornelius Ferris Jr
William Calloway
Notice of hearing on water rights priorities in Fort Collins
Horace I Garbutt announces a public hearing beginning December 8, 1904 in the district court room Fort Collins Larimer Colorado to hear and take evidence on priority of rights for ditches and reservoirs in Water District No 3. Interested parties must attend and file claims if not already on record. First publication December 8 1904 in Greeley Tribune.
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Fort Collins
Larimer
Colorado
Cache la Pondre
Horace I Garbutt
Greeley Tribune
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Illinois Central steam trains with new cars and dining service
The article outlines fast steam heated trains with dining cars buffet library cars sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. It details agents of the Illinois Central and connecting lines and their services and accommodations for passengers.
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Illinois Central
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