How Legends Grow in the Mocking Bird Tale
The New York Post notes a theatrical hoax around the song Listen to the Mocking Bird and questions the forgotten authorship of Septimus Winner. It cites an 1852 Philadelphia neighbor story of a mocking bird and a ragged boy who reportedly inspired the tune, and recalls Winner’s earlier song Give Us Back Our Old Commander tied to McClellan.
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Aso
New York Post
Anon
Hamlet
Septimus Winner
Mr. Winner
Philadelphia
Winner
Gen. McClellan
Army of the the Potomac
Stanton
Lafayel’s store lights Paris as credit commerce grows
The Lafayel establishment stands out in Paris for a massive credit system allowing customers to buy household goods with small upfront payment and weekly installments. The system, praised for fairness to cash buyers, has attracted over 5,000,000 orders processed by 3,000 clerks, totaling about 26 million dollars yearly. The store occupies a large tract with multiple levels of artful decor, statues and paintings, aiming to lure diverse customers with lavish presentation and generous terms.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Lafayel
Fregch
Dafavel
Cistom M
Dufnyel
Lucky Peasants Find Ancient Gold Hoard in Sicily Dam
Two Sicilian peasants near Castiglione rescue ground from flood damage and uncover a hoard of ancient Greek gold coins. The treasure is valued at roughly £9,400.
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Castiglione
Sicily
Women Bricklayers in Bucharest Carry Bricks Upward
In Bucharest Romania women perform heavy labor on construction sites mixing mortar and carrying bricks to the upper stories of buildings during ongoing construction work.
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Bucharest
Romania
Tiny Fairy Pipes Supposedly for Pigmies in English Folklore
London Tit Bits notes that tiny clay pipes found in England are not for smoking but were used in superstitious customs. Dead smokers’ friends placed pipes on coffins and fairies were appeased with pipes at fairy rings. Once common, these miniature pipes are scarce now and valued by antiquities collectors.
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England
London
Meanings of Words Change in Public Life
The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes that idiot once meant a private person, a civilian, not a fool. Trench and Jeremy Taylor are cited to show how the term evolved, contrasting private citizens with office holders and warning a candidate against addressing voters as fellow idiots.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Salls Trench
Jeremy Taylor
Trench Adde
Edinburgh peds win open hundred yards handicap in Scottish village
In a village track event last season Edinburgh runners entered the open hundred yards handicap. A local competitor mocked the start, claiming the pistol hadn’t fired yet, while the Edinburgh men exploited the rule, each time incurring a yard penalty as the starter warned of a forfeit for early start and the local lad urged to keep pace against them.
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Edinburgh
Auld Reekie
Destruction of the Athenian Parthenon by Venetian shell
A historic note recalls the 1687 shelling of the Athenian Parthenon by Venetians, leaving the once famed temple in ruin and symbolizing a clash of empires in the Ottoman era.
Burlington Route Homeseekers Excursion Ad
Homeseekers tickets sold on first and third Tuesdays of each month at one fare plus 2.00 for round trip east of the Rocky Mountains. One way settlers rates on same dates to western territory at about half rates. The generous harvest of 1902 invites investors and renters to visit the west to see farmers’ gains along the Burlington, Northern Pacific and Great Northern routes from the Mississippi to the North Pacific. Through California excursions in tourist sleepers. Contact Burlington agents or write for publications. L. W. Wakeley and Chas. E. Michel, Genl Passr Agent, St. Louis, and 604 Pine St., St. Louis.
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Homeseekers
Burlington
Rocky Mountains
Western
West
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Mississippi River
North Pacific Coast
Bar- Hngton
Denver
Kansas City
Frisco's New Train Route to Dallas Across the Southwest
The article describes an addition to the trains route via Ozarks Indian Territory Sapula Denison Sherman Fort Worth to Dallas and beyond, with a fully new equipment train including Palace Day Coaches and dining car. It notes electric lighting, fans, and an observation saloon, managed by Fred Harvey, and promises improved service and faster travel to a developing region.
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Ozarks
Indian Territory
Sapula
Red River
Denison
Sherman
Fort Worth
Poloto
Houston
Texas Central
Dallas
Fort Smith
Paris
Texas
HW WANSOR INSURANCE NOTICE FOR FARM PROPERTY
An insurance office in Lexington advertises farm property coverage with risk written in any town in the county. They will perform personal inspection and name rate upon application and claim to insure anything. Residents are invited to write or visit the office.
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Lexington
Real Estate for Sale in Lexington Offers
Real estate listing notes farms and houses for sale or rent in Lexington. Advertising says no cost if no sale and invites sellers to place properties with the office in Lexington.
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Lexington
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