First Public Flight of Heavier-Than-Air Machine in America
In Curtiss Aviation Book Glenn Curtiss recalls the first public aeroplane flight in America. Baldwin climbed into the seat, released the hold, and the craft sped over ice. It rose six to seven feet and covered 318 feet 11 inches before crashing on its side. seven weeks built, twenty seconds of flight, a historic achievement.
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Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss
America
Alexander Graham Bell
Baldwin
The First Watches and Their Early Features
The article traces early watches from plate sized pocket clocks with weights to spring driven models around 1550. It notes single hand dials, biannual winding, crude cases without crystals, and prices around $1,600 in modern currency with long production times per Exchange.
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Edward VI
Sober reset ends botched sales pitch in New York
A stammering salesman visits a New York buyer with a strong proposal but drags on as he stutters over ps and ros. The caustic buyer interrupts after five minutes and orders him to return when sober, prompting the red faced salesman to depart in anger.
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New York
Washington Star
Macaulay as a Talker in London Chronicle View
The London Chronicle notes Macaulay spoke at length and with abundant memory, but his excess of materials wore out audiences before the subject could be exhausted. It argues he failed to balance substance, delivery, and restraint to make his talk engaging.
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Macaulay
Greville
Johnson
Henry Taylor
London Chronicle
Juvenile Wit At Washington Monument
A five year old girl walking with her mother in a Boston public garden asks about the Washington monument. The mother explains it is a statue of George Washington. The child then quips Washington didn’t take a very good statue.
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Boston
Washington Monument
George Washington
Washington
It Was on Foot Movement in New York Press Quip
A witty exchange from the New York Press mocks plans moving on foot versus by horseback or airship. The quotation references a movement on foot and nods to Providence's favors as per Goldsmith.
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New York
Your Weight In Gold And Its Real Worth
A humorous look at the phrase worth one’s weight in gold using gold prices around $20 an ounce. It converts individual weights from people to gold value in dollars, noting a 150 pound man is about $36,000 while a 110 pound woman is about $26,400 and a two ounce pipe is $40.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wit and witless tricks of Philip of Macedon
Plutarch recounts Philip’s sharpness in routing two rogues with a chase, and his desire for a passage wide as an ass laden with gold to a near impregnable stronghold. He also claims the king dismissed a dyed haired judge for false hair and doubtless false judgments.
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Philip of
Macedon
Plutarch
Macedonia
Philip
Tutarch
Tennyson and Tobacco and Deep Earth Temperature Theory
A fragment from Mrs. Walford's Recollections recalls Tennyson's stubborn insistence on smoking in his Plymouth lodgings, provoking the hostess to send him to his hotel. The piece continues with a discussion, attributed to Humboldt, on temperature rise with depth and the implications for melting points at great depths.
Von Moltke at Cards and Other Fragments
A miscellany notes von Moltke as undefeated in battles and annoyed by card losses. It also cites scientific figures on stellar light and moonlight, a quip about daughters' musicality, and a linguistic cartoon about French and English humor.
After Dinner Speaker Gabe Gets Praised
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes Gabe as a fine after dinner speaker while Steve quips he always says, Waiter, bring me the checks.
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Gabe
Steve
Cincinnati Enquirer
Now's the only bird lava eggs of gold Lowell
A terse fragment mentions a phrase about a lone bird and lava eggs of gold tied to Lowell. The text reads as an abstract line rather than a clear event or report. No identifiable persons or organizations are provided.
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Lowell
Monsters That Kill Salmon and Drown Eels in New Zealand
A London Telegraph report describes huge New Zealand eels attacking swimming bathers by gripping legs or feet and dragging them underwater. Eels reach twenty to thirty pounds, and drownings occur where strong currents hamper escape.
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New Aealand
Wess
London Telegraph
Old Clothes Model and the Rich Man's Garments
A frugal man recounts posing in a wealthy neighbor's garments after being offered a job and two dollars by the owner, who planned to donate six suits to the Salvation Army while the rest passed as usable. Also notes the term caddie's origin in 18th century London and a Scottish tale of punishment for a swindle.
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Salvation Army
New York Press
Japan Trio and Aye Aye Wildlife Feature
The article notes the kokiu a two string Japanese violin held vertically and played with a bow as part of the musical trio with the samisen and koto. It also describes the aye aye a Madagascar lemur feeding on wood borers using a long finger with a hooked claw. Finally a humorous exchange shows Willie resisting early rising for fishing despite the father’s worm saying.
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Japan
Madagascar
Barber Demonstrates With Illustrations in Quirky Exchange
A barber explains his self designation as a tonsoria and uses a few cuts to illustrate the point, as described in a brief, local style fragment from the Pittsburgh Tost.
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Pittsburgh Tost
One Point of View Quip Ends With an Unexpected Marriage
A playful exchange contrasts a coal engagement ring with fate and marriage. The Philadelphia Record quotes Cynicus and Sillicus referencing an unlucky gift and a marriage arising from an odd gesture, ending with a Seneca line about life and time.
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Cynicus
Sillicus
Philadelphia Record
Trolley Road Schedules From Lancaster And Lititz
Transit timetables list Lancaster and Lititz departures from early morning to late evening with hourly, half hourly, and special weekend runs. Additional services cover LANCASTER, PETERSBURG AND MAST lines with multiple daily departures and revised weekend patterns.
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Lancaster
Lititz
Petersburg
Mast
Manhelm
Manheim
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Horace
Chicago Tribune
Providence
Goldsmith
von Moltke
Count von Moltke
Germany
Butte
Vega
M. de France
NEW Zealand Eels
London Morning Penny Post
George II
Scotland
Duncan Grant
Edinburgh
Tolbooth
Liberties
Westminster Gazette
Willie
Seneca
Royal Wincroft
Wincroft
S. M. Huber
East Main Stree
Y. Fraek Kline, WD
King St
Kofroth
Electrician
Centre Street
Lititz Tool
C. H. Kreider’s Hardware Store
Main St
Conkey
Fuline of
Conkey’s
Cornman’s, Hess &Clarke, and
Garber’s Poultry Powder
Lewis N. Moyer, P. D
Main Street
Brunnerville
A. R. Bomberger & Co
W. D. Fichthorn
Bow- Rudy's Meatmat
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
Inv
Phons
New Stand
John Tshudy
Jones
Fry's
Cor. Main and
Cedar Sts
H. P. Gingrich & Co
Broad St
Liteiz, Pa
Pine
Depot Lititz, PA
New Implement House
Bear & Long’s Coal and Lumber Yard
W. F. Groff
Ind
Lifitz
Eapla
W. H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
Spruce Villa Dairy
Brubaker
Bo, L. Keith
Justice of the Peace
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