Do You Know the Difference Between Pie and Tart
A fragmented feature on culinary terms argues over pie and tart origins. It traces to pastry roots from tourte in French and tart from twisted pastry, noting apples can still be called pie while a plain fruit tart may be misnamed, with quotations from Beeton and Lords Dudley and Alvanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Dudley
Prince Esterhazy
Beeton
Supreme Court of Appeal
Lord Alvanley
Pall Mall Gazette
Billy Finds a New Home for the Dog
A remorseful Billy admits keeping a dog and, moved by kindness, the rector and his wife offer him a family place as their son with the dog as his own. Tears show his relief as he accepts the compassionate arrangement. The scene ends with Billy embraced by the motherly couple.
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Billy
Barry
Hilly
Hit
One Quail a Day Delusion and a Rope of Sand
A Kansas City Journal piece mocks old beliefs about limits on eating quail and pulling a sand sack by rope. It cites Iola and Lawrence anecdotes about quail eating, horse strength, and a line about Meandering Mike joking to a policeman who offered a collection.
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Mike
Canada’s Liberal Subsidies Spark Oversea Trade Push
The article argues Canada may need heavier bounties to expand overseas trade, citing steamship, railway, iron and steel subsidies, with Canada already paying millions in subsidies. It notes rail subsidies by governments and banks’ growing deposits as prosperity marks five years, and mentions immigration shifts and a London trip to boost British settlement. It also covers royal Christmas scenes at Rideau Hall and plans to aid soldiers and agriculture education in Ontario.
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Canada
National Treasury
British West Indies
Great Britain
Dominion Statisician
George Johnson
Department of Immigration
United States
James Smart
London
Prince of Wales
Dominion
Rideau Hall
Hans Andersen
Lady Minto
South Africa
Daughters of the Empire
Halifax
Montreal
Ottawa
Came and Went Check Story Ends in Swindle
A Connecticut farmer James Thomas from Litchfield county returns home to find a check for 159 dollars made out to him after boasting of a loan and 60 percent profit. A New York commercial traveler named James Thomas arrives with a letter matching the signature, exposing the ruse and prompting the culprit to fall silent.
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Ronco
New York
James Thomas
Housatonic River
Litchfield County
Connecticut
James ‘Thomas
Sam
New York Herald
Ancient wedding rites of blessing and sacrifice described
A nineteenth century account details a bride’s pre dinner bath with female kin, a night procession to her new home, alms, and a fireworks finale. Women’s cries greet the groom, the bride is veiled on a horse, lanterns borne, and the ceremony ends with a sheep sacrifice on the bride steps. What the sacrifice signifies remains debated.
Quail a Day Challenge and Rope Tricks Probed
A Kansas man in Iola bets a quail a day for thirty days to prove a common delusion wrong. Lawrence once saw Will Upton eat two quails daily for over thirty days after an initial hunger struggle. The piece also dismisses the myth that a horse cannot pull a sand sack on a 200-foot rope, noting any cow pony in Kansas can haul such a load.
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Iola
Lawrence
Will Upton
Kansas
Kansas City Journal
Kan
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Daily Story Publishing Company
Wfe
William Macdonald
Montrend
Ontario
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Mills
The
Agricultural College
Hie
Persia
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