Napoleon Caricatures Across Europe From Brienne To Paris
The article surveys Napoleon in early caricature, noting a Brienne academy sketch by a schoolmate showing a determined Napolean with musket, and describes how European artists from France England Germany and Austria turned him into a dominant subject in political satire from 1709 to 1815.
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Brienne
Napoleon
France
Giray and Rowlandson
England
Germany
Austria
Tonaparte
Norwood Young
Young Bonaparte
Corsica
Bonaparte
Paoli
China
The Persians and Their Etiquette Practices
Mary A. Colquhoun notes in Los Angeles lines that Persians are not caste bound yet uphold strict etiquette. Many cannot read or write, yet they are natural linguists who speak multiple languages. Education varies, but social rules remain rigid, with ceremonies guarding rank and royal conduct across villages.
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Persia
Nasir £ Din Bhab
Anderun
Zi Sulrin
Naatrd Din
Mary A. Colquhoun
Los Angeless
Curiosity Box In Waiting Room Amuses Patients
A New York Sun note describes a desk box puzzle left by a specialist. Visitors open a sequence of nested boxes, each revealing a smaller box until a final tiny one holds a single word, Curiosity. The caption says the joke amuses waiting patients and grows as more people explore it.
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India
New York Sun
Peg Tankards and the Dueling Drinking Cups
Lt Dunstan introduced peg tankards to curb intemperance by limiting each man to the same draft. The device backfired as even the soberest were forced to drink to a fixed peg, regardless of their ability to do so.
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Lt. Dunstan
St. Dunstan
Different Positions In A Philosophical Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts desk work and easy chair idle, noting one checks cash while the other cashes checks. A philosopher proclaims happiness comes from pursuit, not capture. The plain citizen asks about chasing the last car, reflecting on meaning.
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Plain Citizen
Toledo Blade
Perfumed fruit five fingered orange grows odd and fragrant
A Pearson's Weekly note describes a strange five fingered orange from Japan. The fruit twists on a small shrub, with claw like nails at each finger and a greenish hue toward the stem. Though highly scented, it is not pleasant to eat.
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Japan
Pearson’s Weekly
The Shortest Speech and Other Oddities
Fragment from a historical column featuring Caesar's rumored one word speech Quinites to quell mutiny and dismiss soldiers. It also surveys spiral nebulae, cosmic scale, and translator woes from hymn mistranslations, concluding with a quip about clothing donations in an emergency.
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Cassar
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Ronn
Alps
Thames
Rhine
Pyrenees
Rubicon
Leprosy in India and the Untouchables’ Suffering
Paint Nihal Singh to Southern Wortman notes that untouchables live in palm leaf huts with a single doorway and no furniture. Families sleep on bare dirt, wear ragged clothes, and struggle with hunger. Leprosy is widespread due to poverty and deplorable social status, with educational neglect and widespread degradation among 53 million Hindus.
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India
Nihal Singh
Wortman
Freezing Lungs Warned In Extreme Cold Conditions
An Alaskan traveler recalls how 60 degrees below zero can freeze exposed ears and the lungs if one breathes cold air through the mouth. It is warned that breathing through the nose protects the lungs, and horses use breathing bags while people wear protective face coverings. Slavery in Scottish Mines Is Noted By Hackwood, with miners bought and whipped until 1775 before the 1789 law granted freedom.
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Sweden
Seattle
Northwest Mounted Police
Wishington Herald
Mr. Hackwood
Scotland
Paschal
Yule
London Chronicle
Terse in The Humoriats and the Dutch courage reference
The note discusses terse as a word with implied meaning in Shadwell's act four of The Humoriats from 2071. It suggests terse claret as a condensed form linked to Dutch courage, a notion of bravery aided by alcohol and a possible drink aiding business without circumlocution.
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Shadwell
Monocle Fashion Sparks Friendly Debate
Washington Star quotes a witty exchange where a critical girl mocks monocle wearers and a candid youth counters that the wearer looks foolish, not the monocle, highlighting playful social banter about style.
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Washington Star
No Wedding Day Sergsin Quarrel Reveals Bargain Echoes
A brief Variety Lite exchange shows a husband and wife in a quarrel over bargains. The Husband accuses the Wife of constant bargaining, while she retorts that on their wedding day there was no such habit. The lines capture a sharp, light moment of domestic dialogue.
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Variety Lite
The Cynic Quote Exchange on Engagement and Marriage
A tongue in cheek dialogue features a jab about being engaged and not yet married. The banter plays on language and misunderstanding as a humorous aside.
In Memoriam Jacob Alvan Trees
Jacob Alvan Trees son of Me and Mrs G W Treove of Montgomery Township died Monday morning July 21, 2011 aged a year ten months and days. Interment was made in Mast Mahontog cemetery. Also notes a sale and furniture discount campaign by H H Steving & Son with cash sale offers.
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Jacob Alvan
G. W. ‘Treove
Montgomery
Mahontog
Teachers Wanted at Mechamesbathng School Board
The school board seeks a teacher for the coming term at Mechateshore. W. Rosier is president and Ceeastas McMullien is secretary. Also notices for Clarksburg Independent School and Blacklick township bond meeting to hire five teachers and award coal contracts. Auditor W. M. Mahan to report distribution in Partition Proceedings No. 144 in Thinks township Thinks on August 22, 1901.
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Mechateshore
Monnday
Jily
Teooleuet
W. Rosier
Ceeastas
McMullien
Blacklick Township
Gordon
Archibald, Warhart, Mahan
Hunter and
Cordon
Widhe
G. Whith
Orphans’ Court of India
J. Blair Sutton
Orphans’ Court
Eliza Graham
Thinks
Miarshall
Inditon
W. M. Mahan
Fiiy
Notice of school heating project and executor claims
Notice details a school heating installation at Teelin Young township schoolhouse with bids rejected if needed. Also executor’s notice for Mikola A. Dydiek estate requests claims and debt payments. Additional contractor bids invited for South Mahoning township election house with bid security and acceptance rights. July 1933 records.
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Ss. M. Tack
Mikcola A. Dydiek
Cherryhill Townalp
Epwaanrd N. Lydick
Indiana Pa
Indiana
South Mahoning Township
Commissioners’ Office
Dr. T. Nibl
A. F. Bowman
J. M. Marshall
Walythr
Aynrs
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Napoleon Caricatures
Lew Wallace
Lick Observatory
James H W. Keeler
Byrathiz
Qarrett P
Bervias
New York American
Glasgow Herald
Washington Times
Leprosy
Huffering
Banaher
Memoriam
H. H.‘Steving & Son
Indiana House
OM. Duck
Orphan’ Court
Indiana County
Livings and ‘Trust
Indiana, Pa
Martha Wohler
Harry 9
Wohler
Center Township
Indiant County
Center
John Walker
Peter Mannon
Mailroad Avenue
Sailroad Ave
Water St
Mid
Belle Wohler
Lloyd Pumps
Savings & Trust Company
Hidlana
Puly
Clarksburg
Seheol
Tarrie
Pargusgn
AY Harribon
Sarah L
Sansom
Bell
Satta Elisaloy
Attra Ecu
Tention
Cunningham
Progressive
National Guard
Nott
Omar
Ga.wn
Oxfords
Castle Rock
Go Ib
Henkel
Young Township
Teelin
We McCombs
Jouln Gemmell
Charisty
Philadelphia Street
North Sixth Street
Conner Vehicle CO
PENNA
Shakespeare
Indiana Dye Works
Levine
Prop
Mexcemen Proveulion
John $. Fisher
Henry Hall
H. L. McCullough
John A. Scott
Joan T. Bell L. F. Sutter
F. Rinn D, H. Tomb
J. Wood Clark
Geo. T. Buchanan
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