Perils of Subscription and Front Page Folklore in Hull Note
An excerpted fragment from the Hull Iowa area column references the Gull Index, a small paper and its subscription terms, gossip about local editors, and a satirical jab at Roosters in newspapers. It also recalls a Des Moines interview affecting political chatter around Geo Perkins for governor and notes a White House reminiscence by Rene Backe. A New York piece on dental tech shows a grinding machine replacing teeth work.
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LéMars
Steet
Forks
White House
Rene Backe
Ladies’ Home Journal
Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Jackson
Jefferson
Giuch
Prealdest Dackson
New York
New York Press
Spartan Plot and Theban Rout Ends in Death
The Spartans seized Thebes and installed Archias over the Rartisan. Telopidas and 11 others conspired to kill Archias, delivering a full plot to the Spartan Polemarch. Archias hid the letter, claiming business tomorrow, but the conspirators killed him as casualties mounted.
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Gustacus Tomorrac
Thebes
Archias
Telopidas
Tanguet
Sim
Literary Club Nearby Inquiry Echoes in Norwich
A long haired visitor asks about a literary club while an editor replies. The scene mentions notable figures Wyler Tiptoin Hayes and Cleveland among Mason’s pioneers in Norwich, Connecticut, as the Catholic Standard and News notes.
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Catholic Standard and News
Wyler, Tiptoin, Hayes
Cleveland
Magar Jetut Mason
Norwich
Conn
Joke Shows English Wit Across the Atlantic
A Brooklyn Life excerpt relays a London scene where a young Brit teases Americans about jokes while a duke makes a paradoxical admission about his head. The anecdote hinges on a quip about a duke’s frank claim and the punchline about an empty head.
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London
M'lord
Brooklyn
Anecdotes of Evarts and a Country Fable
A Windsor country home tale recounts Senator Evarts meeting an anxious admirer after long hotel stays and his later riddle about being stuffed with sage. A series of humorous misreadings at a clerical sermon and a carnival balloon anchoring misunderstanding mix local lore and light satire from the era.
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Evarts
Wiliam M. Evarts
Windsor
Senator Evarts
Home Journal
Greasing the Wheels on Siberian Railways
An account from a Russian paper describes widespread tipping or greasing along the Siberian railway. Merchants add bribes to prices, and tips to officials enable faster freight movement from Irkutsk to Chita. Laundry and dry cleaner theft anecdotes follow, including money lost in clothing and a diamond forgotten in a garment.
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Siberian
Irkusk
Chita
Siberia
Stateu
Eatzo
Reading Matter For The Duke Of Edinburgh Australian Tour
A tale about supplying a duke’s viewing party with books highlights a humorous mix up and a clever courier. A Melbourne bookseller delivers a ton of assorted books after an urgent telegram note from a squatter. The clock anecdote ponders Chinese timekeeping via a cat’s eyes.
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Duke of
Melbourne
Duke —London
Frozen Butterdler and Butterflies Near North Pole
Mountain climbers find frozen butterflies on snow that crack in handling but thaw and fly once warmed. Six species of Snitterflies observed within 200 miles of the north pole in St. Louis Dispatch. A Mitile girl aged 41 writes a waring letter to her father asking him to post it. he asks what she said and she replies she did not read it.
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Hix-Honie
Cambridge
Lowell
Mr. Lowell
aGurac
Thompson
Rkiach
Gidcouree Agalnet Druikennéssy
Tohoanle
Adeed
Davie
Skansat
North Pole
St. Louis
Papa
Rosmoond
Napa
Tex Chase
Fairy Rising and Time Wasted in Chicago Review Note
Fragmentary quote reflects frustration with time and self admiration. Appears in a Chicago review, mentioning early rising and affordability concerns. No clear events, dates, or identifiable individuals provided.
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Chicago
Mthel Shaped by Her Quiet World in War Bazaar Tale
A fragmentary piece hints at Mthel as a singular girl who defies many women, with a note about Trilianto at home and a reference to a war bazaar. The readable text is sparse and non-specific.
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Trilianto
Warpers Bazar
Fragmentary gaggle of Ladies Lege in Stafford Mouse tale
In a skewed reminiscence the Dame Countess of Frarneath and her daughters, the Ladies Lege, are described at Stafford Mouse. A misheard line leads to a clipped but comic moment as the courtly retinue echoes the servant.
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Frarneath
Stafford Mouse
Pithenatiies in the War Itinerary Shifting Words
The rejected lover swears vengeance saying he will make the name a hissing and byword. The prowling beauty retorts with contempt declaring only fate can judge and notes the name Delia Miller as a chilling example. The exchange reads as sharp witticisms amid a tense confrontation.
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Jadament
Bss
Delia Miller
Chicago Tribune
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