A Very Ancient Tune and Its Global Fame
The article traces the origins and wide reach of a single tune known in America as We Won’t Go Home Till Morning. It suggests tenth century roots, notes use by Arabs, French soldiers, Marie Antoinette’s child, the French Revolution, Napoleon, Beethoven, and Beaumarchais intake into Figaro. It concludes the tune remains widely familiar today.
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Louis Elson
France
Chateaubriand
Orient
Duke of Marlborough
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon
Beethoven
Europe
America
Malbrook
Father Prout
Beaumarchais
Figaro
Butler Wins Damages After Streetcar Fare Debate
A historic Brooklyn case turns on an old street railway fare rule. Benjamin F. Butler recalls a conductor’s strict fare collection as witnesses clash over truth and liability, leading to a $15,000 verdict for Butler’s client. The dispatch notes curious coinage and naming of foods in European markets.
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Benjamin F. Butler
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Street Railway
Butler
Brooklyn Eagle
The Man Fish of Old English Lore
A historical note describes Mathew Buchinger called the mat fish as a time famed curiosity. He reportedly lacked hands arms feet or legs with two finlike excrescences and multiple rows of scales along his back. His eyes are noted as fishlike and a puckered mouth and ears are mentioned.
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Mathew Buchinger
Witty Exchanges on Church Sermons and History Quips
A humorous exchange notes a husband slept through a sermon about women’s extravagance and a playful history joke about Damon and Pythias around 1830. The snippets come from a Boston transcript and Louisville journal humor pages.
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Exe
Damon
Pythias
Castor and Pollux
Louisville Courier-Journal
Emperor frees taxes after famine in ancient Japan tale
A third century Japanese emperor climbs a hill and sees no smoke as villages lack fuel and food. He cancels taxes for three years, the palace decays, and rain drenches him. After three years smoke rises and taxes return, aided by villagers who raise funds to repair the palace.
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Japan
Edward King warned that chapel attendance can breed formalism
Provost Hawkins of Oriel College scolds Edward King for perfect chapel attendances noting that even strict habit may lead to formalism. The exchange shows the provost’s sharp critique of undergraduates and the moral focus of chapel life at Oxford.
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Hawkins
Oriel College
Oxford
W. G. E. Russel
Edward King
Lincoln
King
Oriel
George Herbert
Saint Francis de Sales
Those Perfect Pairs in the Potato Plot
Mrs. Pare the potatoes and Alice the domestic misinterpret a dinner prep. Alice has paired off all potatoes except one misfit, prompting Mrs. P to exclaim in disbelief as she returns with meat for the meal. The humorous scene ends with the maid insisting she did as told.
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Alice
Mrs
Fair Maid
Pearson
Where the Apostles Fished and Other Notes
The article surveys Galilee fishing with nets linked to apostolic times and notes Syrians using similar gear. It contrasts pellucida lake water with Jordan silt, then shifts to granite as Earth's bedrock and absence of life in it, followed by a Wordsworth cartoon from Pall Mall Gazette.
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Sea of Galilee
Jordan
Sea of Lot
London
Wordsworth
Charles Lamb
Pall Mall Gazette
Not Hard Headed and Not So Easy Dialogue Snippet
A Boston Transcript exchange contrasts Not Hard Headed and Not So Easy as Griggs and Briggs discuss Lapleigh’s possible job search and the difficulty of saving money due to creditors. The humor centers on prudence and headship in a humorous dialogue.
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Griggs
Lapleigh
Briggs
Boston Transcript
Close Father Refuses Consent Over Conflict of Interest
Dialogue centers on a daughter seeking consent from her father figure who withholds approval citing his protective stance. The exchange hints at a strained relationship and questions of trust, authority, and personal history, with the speaker noting lack of past generosity.
Native Egyptian Wedding On Camels At Heliopolis
A Wide World Magazine observer recalls rural Egypt customs with a camel borne canopy concealing the bride and groom. The procession follows on camels loaded with women, rugs and feather beds, as shrill festive songs fill the air, creating a comical scene.
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Cairo
Wide World
Egypt
Heliopolis
Ingenious Prisoners Win Pardon For Escape Plan
Two marine engineers in New Caledonia prison secretly dug a tunnel from their hut to the beach and built a boat with driftwood and smuggled metal. After seven years they prepared to launch but were betrayed. the French commandant granted them a pardon a year later for their daring, inventive labor.
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New Caledonia
Pearson’s Weekly
Tanning Rabbit Skins for Fur On Use
Instructions from Lendon Mail describe tanning rabbit skins with fur on. It covers laying the skin fur down on a board, tacking it, washing with salt water, alum solution, and moistening with a sponge. The process repeats every four or five tours for three days to soften and finish the skin.
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Lendon
Musk Perfume Odor Forces Masked Refining Conditions
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes musk pods emit a repulsive odor, requiring workers to wear thick cloths over mouths and noses to avoid nosebleeds. Civet and ambergris are pleasant in small amounts but abominable in large quantities, while hawthorn blossoms and tuberose smell sweet yet overpowering in enclosed spaces.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
What a Snob Really Is and Humorous Quips
A collection of jokes and quips about snobs and social pretensions drawn from jokes and cartoon captions. The snippets include Uncle Roy explaining snobbery, a brash husband, and comic exchanges about social missteps and manners.
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Roy
Eddie
Woman suffrage amendment passes in Harrisburg house
The resolution to amend the state constitution to allow women to vote passed the Harrisburg house 181 to 70 and goes to the Senate for concurrence. If approved this session, it must be adopted by the 1915 legislature before being placed before the people under current law.
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House of Representatives
Harrisburg
Senate
Public Sale Notices From Local Auction Listings
A series of forthcoming sales across several townships lists dates from February 7 through February 19. Items include horses, mules, cattle, cows, shoats, poultry, wagons, tools, farming implements, and household goods. Executors and sellers include Cyrus G. Kline Jos W Baker John D Bair LL Carpenter Gao S Denny F Blantz J H Reitz Mary Behmer Levi Hady David W Kurtz Elvin M Brubaker Daniel B nose J S Gamber and Clayton R sromt.
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White Oak Station
Cyus G. Kline
Leber's Eare
Ephrata
Jos. W. Baker
Warwick House
Lititz
John D. Bair
Franklin Farm
Brownstown
Rothsville
Ll. Carpenter
Ephsain
Denny
Clay Township
Burlach
Mt. Airy
la F. Blantz
Millway
J. H. Reitz
Warwick Township
Kissel Hill
Roshsville
Joha M. Behmer
Levi Hady
Mary Behmer
Tphrata
Middle Creek Meeting House
Meadow Valley
David W. Kurtz
Lititz and
Lexington Pike
Elvin M. Brubaker
Clay
Schoeneek
Durrach
Daniel B. Nose
Zook'’s
Lancaster
Earl Township
Gamber
Trunnerville
Lincoln
Nara
Jay
Clayton R. Sromt
Elizabeth Township
Mary H. Bomberger
Em'l H. Bomberger
Benj. Grayhill
Springville
Ephrata Township
Stevens
Curtis M. Wasneenich
Hriday
Manheim Township
Brickerville
Brubaker’s Mill
Gideon Schmuck
Elias Eby
H. 5. Keller
Oregon
Penn Township
Kim
Penryn
A. B. Dommy
Brunnerville
Abraham Bittner
Jacob G. Hershey
Jenryn
Wartownship
Lexington
C. H. Royer
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Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Saxony
Wagland
London Chronicle
Dibble
Smith
Dack
Algy
Tom
Josh Billings
JHC
Einbach
House
Get
Will
Nowhereville
New Yorker
JOHN D._BAIR
Illinois
Degen and
Pinsa
Kansas
0. C. Blackburn
General Purpose
Missouri
Dwi
Johan C. Bair B
M. Shaubach
Cler
Horse & Mule Barns
Blue Ball
Pt Nsiveta Cole
Ay Piayanc Cou
John Bb. Bair
Leber
Kansas & Nebraska
Menno Kurz
Fresh & Close Springers
Geo, S, Demmy
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