Petrow Vows Revenge and Plans for Sascha
Petrow Alexandrowitsch endures a beating and plots retribution against Nikola Michailowitsch after a clash at the castle. Sascha, now grown and beloved, prepares to travel to St. Petersburg with Petrow as her body servant, amid courtly scenes and ballrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rascal
Petrow
Nikola
Sascha
Petrov
Petrow Alexandrowitsch
Nikola Michailowitsch
St. Petersburg
Scenia
Sonja
Alexander
Suschaj
Russia
Amulets of the Burman Gems and Immunity Beliefs
Describes Burman belief in gems such as ruby diamond cristil pearl coral topaz sapphire extseye amethyst and emerald as talismans warding sickness and danger. The cntseye is linked to war invulnerability, incantations accompany stones, water soaking and drinking purportedly grant immunity, and rubies are cursed with spells for flesh amulets against wounds.
Hood and his pigtail sailor pun in verse
A London Tatler notice recalls Tom Hood and a nineteenth century British sailor who chewed a tobacco brand called a pigtail. The amusing pun is highlighted in Hood’s verse about a sailor whose head was turned and who chewed his pigtail until death, a joke the lower deck would find puzzling today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hood
England
Thomas Hood
London
Dinner Pause in Egypt A Berber Cook Dies to Finish Banquet
An Englishman in Egyptian service plans a prime minister dinner. Berber cooks quietly sustain service through a long pause then the cook dies of cholera. The guests remain unaware as the meal continues and ends successfully.
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Egypt
B. L. Butcher
Feat of a MacGregor Hero of Fiji Rescue
Sir William MacGregor acted colonial secretary and led a daring rescue after the steamship Syria struck a reef near Suva Fiji He dragged a man and a woman to safety and saved a captain and officer from a sea sweep His clothes and skin were torn on the reef and he returned in pajamas The governor later relayed the full tale to the queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William MacGregor
Syria
Suva
Fiji
MacGregor
London Graphic
The Name of Arizona History Note
H H Bancroft discusses the origin of the name Arizona from native terms near the Planchas de Plata mine. He notes Arizonac variants, Spanish influence, and suggests Arisona as closer to original pronunciation, with origin on the headwaters near Saric and the eight eenth century mining camp.
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Arizona
Saric
Planchas de Plata
Real de Minas
H. H. Bancroft
Pacific States
Charles Reade as He Ate and Other Oddities
A column recaps eccentric quotes and anecdotes about Charles Reade and his menus at the Garrick club. It notes his unusual dietary choices and drinks, plus small jokes about a rolling habit, a merchant who eschewed advertising, and a Locke quote on happiness and misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reade
Garrick Club
Rebuked as emperor Gluck and the Vienna court
Gluck refused to coddle imperial interpretation of his music at a Vienna court. He denounced the singers for misrendering his work, saying he would rather walk six leagues than hear his composition distorted. Joseph II showed rare receptiveness, while others doubted such criticism would be tolerated by rulers like Nicholas.
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Gluck
Joseph II
Vienna
G Luck
Joseph Ll
Guarding a Secret and the Limits of Trust
In a reflection from Lady Dorothy Nevill's Under Five Reigns, the piece notes that the safe sharing of a secret rarely exceeds two people. It recounts a commercial secret passed to a friend who seeks to tell another, a chalk-mark test showing that the mind multiplies beyond two leads to a claimed third disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Nevill
The First Society of Authors and Its Exit
The First Society of Authors founded in 1783 aimed to aid authors and secure profits, but was run by noble patrons who funded it with annual subscriptions and an entrance fee. It published books without taking fees, proved amateur in trade, and failed, winding up in 1749 with £20 12s balance donated to the Foundling Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Authors
Society For the Protection of Authors
Foundling Hospital
London
Fled From Death and Foresight in Brief Exchanges
A fragmentary collection of comic captions and quips from newspapers shows a laundress applicant questioned about marriage and her dead husband, a forewarned groom, and light humor about family ties and social wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yassuh
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Ion and Its Incredible Tiny Scale
A discussion of ions as the smallest units of matter, detailing how they are smaller than imagination and how counting ions in a balloon would require 100,000,000 people over 4,000,000 years. The passage muses on the division of matter, hinting at a boundary between physical and spirit realms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Journal
Over the Phone and a Dog Fancier Mixup
Mrs Blinks reports her husband has not slept, aches in his bones and a headachy feeling. A crossed line leads to a dog fancier offering to cut his ears this afternoon, prompting a peculiar miscommunication reported by the Pittsburgh Press.
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Mrs. Blinks
Pittsburgh Press
Two Evils Preserve Coats of Stomach and Teeth
A quip on two enduring human burdens. The speaker notes that some evils offer no comfort, comparing chronic dyspepsia and toothache to universal afflictions. The saying reflects a Burwer-Lytian style praising restraint and endurance.
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Tie
Washington Star
Pat—Yis
Partea
Garper
Bazar
Hazel
Tapa
Mamma
Mr. Meek
Castell
Chapin
Spruce Villa Dairy J
Brubaker Proprietor
S. Spruce St
A. R. Keller
Planty Bro’s
J. C. Felket
Warwick
Turnpike of Universal Telephone Service
Bell
THE
Bell Telephone CO
Penna
R. E. Smith
Mgr
Lancaster, Pa
North Broad ST
Joseph Dreifus
S. M
Red Cross
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Lititz
Hershey & Gibbes Conveyancers Scriveners
Tad
Tel
W. M. Grube
the Square Deal Shoe Dealer
Lititz, Pa
Florida
Cedar Creek
E.c. Ritchie Railroad Restaurnt
Ind
Zig Zag
Gillette & Durham
D. E. Light & CO
S. Broad St
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Graul’s Bread
D. D
Graul
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