Wolves on the Russian Steppe Chase a Troika Sleigh
A Russia bound troika sleigh carries Sascha Nikola and Petrov Alexandrowitsch through a snow swept steppe. Wolves are sighted as night deepens and the horses react with fear and urgency. The driver Petrov faces danger as howls draw closer and the dash becomes a race for life.
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Nikola
Russia
Troika
Baron Vladimir
Sascha
Petron
Petron Alexandrowitsch
Petrov Alexandrowitsch
Petrov
Nikola Michailowitsch
Petrow Alexandrowitsch
Petrow
Nikula
Sascha Wladimirovna
Curious Night Ride of the Czar and London Banter
An imaginative tale recounts Czar Nicholas in masquerade as Satan who ride a cab to Quai Anglais and, after a cemetery detour, threatens the driver before paying him. The piece shifts to witty Welsh MPs teasing government jabs on bombs, navy, and fortifications in London.
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Nicholas
Quai Anglais
Naval Nicknames Across Fleets Keep Mystery Through Time
A New York Tribune piece notes that naval and merchant marine crews use enduring nicknames from before transoceanic travel. It cites examples such as Shiner for Wright, Nobby for Clark, Jimmy for Green, Knoecker for White, and Gunnery Jack for the gunnery officer, with many more on ships and among crews.
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Golden Gate
London Docks
Wright
Shiner
Clark
Nobby
Green
Jimmy
White
Knoecker
Spod" Murphy
Dusty’ Miller
Lofty
Shorty
Sparks
Navy
Tommy Pipes
Chips
Jimmy Bangs
Cooper
Sailmaker
New York Tribune
Ruskin’s Fury at Wagner’s Music Revealed in Speeches
In a Pearson's Weekly excerpt, John Ruskin is described as loathing Wagner’s music with extreme force. The piece quotes Ruskin criticizing The Meistersinger and the Lied with vivid, harsh language. It notes Ruskin’s early literary feats and his prodigious memory and writing as context for his merciless verdicts.
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Ruskin
Wagnett
E. T. Cook
Huskin
Huskin,” Filled Him With Blind Fury. Thus To Mrs. Burne-Jones
Harry
Lucy
Brown
Pearson's Weekly
The Wood Pile Philosopher Dispenses Timber Wisdom
Erastus Johnson of Wobrook-in-the-Hills offers practical insight to campers on easing wood cutting. He advises placing the largest logs at the bottom so lifting smaller sticks stays manageable, a principle he notes applies to stacking in general.
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Erastus Johson
Wobrook-in-the-Hills
Hrastus
Ancient butter use from antiquity record
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes butter was scarce in ancient times and largely used as an ointment by Spartans and Greeks. Herodotus mentions it earliest, with Plutarch recounting a Spartan visitor whose presence was hated for being butter-sheared. Greeks learned butter from the Syrians, Germans showed Romans how to make it, but Romans used it only for anointing.
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Herodotus
Plutarch
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Right In His Line and Quips on Policy
A murky collection of quips and exchanges from newspaper snippets. The text features a street conversation about sponges and a lawyer, a jab at a long marriage, and a joke about paying premiums. It blends humor and legal references in a clipped, period-voice style.
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Blackstone
Chicaso News
High Grade Goods For Sale In Stock
We offer Company Coal Hard Medium and Soft in all sizes a large lumber stock slate plaster pewter sand roofing materials ground alum and common salt Ritsoll rock salt and table salt plus high grade Griffith and Boyd phosphate.
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Victor
Griffith and Boyd
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