Easter Surprise Egg Garden Planned by Children
A cheerful Easter tale from Youth’s Companion recounts Aunt Laura’s arrival at Sodbury Square as children led by Uncle Harry devise a spring surprise. Ned Elsie and Frankie shape a flower egg bed using sticks and cords, planting hyacinths daffodils and crocuses to form a long lasting egg display.
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Sodbury Square
Mother Brown
Wee Baby Brown
Laura
Ned
Frankie
Mating
Harry
Dunty
Elsie
Sharry
Toni
Aunty
Emmy
Abe
Gary
Elshe
Marie Antoinette's Tomb Unearthed in Paris Chapel
A Manchewtr Guerdian contributor recounts descending to a hidden subterranean chapel beneath the Madeleine burial ground site in Paris. The piece describes partial remains of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, including skulls and relics, and reflects on the silent witness of the injured dead and public indifference nearby.
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Rue Des Muthurias
Paris
Lous Belse
Marie Antoinette
The
Madeleine
St. Denis
Louis Seize
Burke
His First Taste of War and Schley’s Fearful Moment
Washington Post recounts Admiral Schley’s claim that his first experience under fire nearly frightened him to death. He recalls Farragut at Mobile Bay, the captain slain, and a shell whistling past the deck as Farragut urged him to stand firm together.
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Schley
Admiral Schley
Atlantic City
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Farragut
Mobile
Tmy
Admiral Sehley
Karra
Warragut
Washington ‘Post
Lion For Dinner in Paris 1874 Christmas feast
A curious Paris dinner at Magny's restaurant on Christmas 1874 gathered contributors and draftsmen of the Chasse llus tree under publisher M. Firmin Didot. They tasted nanny and heart of the last Won killed in Algeria by Constance Cheret. The meat was firm and horselike yet palatable, with the bar favored over the heart despite careful preparation with truffles.
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Paris
M. Firmin Didot
Algeria
Constance Cheret
Texas Identity Quiz Sparked by Regional Stereotypes
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a native quip about Texas region labels. A resident explains that eastern Texans are southerners, western Texans are westerners, and northern Texans are Yankees, highlighting regional clichés in a light remark.
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Texas
Louisville Courier Journal
Mystery Explained and a Woman's Shifting Mind
A Milwaukee Sentinel cartoon caption notes a woman who often changes her mind. This trait enables her to give someone a piece of It and still have enough left for the next person.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Talkative Family Pops Up In Exchange From Baltimore
A Boston Transcript item quotes a puzzled exchange about a father and son arguing over a lively family reputation. The dialogue touches on misinterpretation and boasts within a traveling or itinerant context. References to Boston and Baltimore suggest a syndicated or reprinted quip.
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Boston Transcript
Professor Tweeg and Nan Jones Hunt Fossil Treasure
Nan Jones, a cowboy-clad freshman, helps Professor Tweeg evade mine owners while he explains his university mission to dig for dinosaurs. The pair flee to a gulch as armed miners close in, with Tweeg insisting he seeks bones of the ichthyosaurs and dinosaurs, not a modern claim.
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Phere
Tweer
Nile
Tweeg
Nan Jones
Nan
Reeckon
Stone
Tam
Bones
Antnunte
Fabulous Table Animals Described From Food Lore
A New York Americin brief sketches whimsical kitchen creatures like Welsh rabbit, Cape Cod turkey, and mock tortie. It mentions Wald Rabbit, Sooten Wood cock, Mock Crab, and other mythical dishes with brief prep notes and playful origins in a culinary oddity.
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New England
New York
Americin
Curious Resemblance Between Nuggets and Meteorites
An Australian investigator cut and polished rare gold nuggets to study their structure. He found a crystalline pattern on etched surfaces, similar to meteorites, though nuggets differ in crystal form. Heating nuggets caused rapid surface explosions from expanding gases or liquids, dispersing gold fragments. Harpers Weekly.
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Australia
Harpers Weekly
Fake Curios and the Egyptologist Warners
Fake Curios, Dr Wakeling, the Egyptologist, notes that warning tourists is useless against fakes. He recalls a lady who bought a carved seal from a boy claiming it came from excavations in the temple of Akhnaten and wore it with the boastful line about its honesty.
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Dr. Wakeling
Ross
Timsett
Aknnaten
Chattle Team Winters Again In Local Victory
The Chattle Champions toppled Oakwood A C 37 25 in a thrilling local game. Standouts Bennett Woolley and Earl Van Brunt led the visitors with four baskets each as Chattle surged in the second half to pull away. Cubs also beat Sea Bright A C 32 14 behind Capt Sinclair and Hush Howland while noting misprints on county banking figures.
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Bennett Woolley
Earl van Brunt
Chattle
Gano
Blassdell
Arventie
Oakwoods
Slong
Chattles
Waitt
D. Woolley
Blaisdell
Woolley
J Suard
Oakwood
Capt
Briskey
Arzenti
R. Woolley
van Brunt
B. Woolley
Rank Helles
Arch Reid
Mr. Woolley
Cubs
Chattle Cubs
Sea Bright
Capt. Sinclair
Dick” Bower
Bush” Cavaliere
Hush
Howland
Covert
Sweeley
Sea Bright Boys
Ben Bright
Sinclair
West
Skillman
Cavaliiere
Sex Bright
Wilson
Land
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Baltimore American
Professor Tweeg
Jeesey
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Chicago Record- Herat
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Long Branch Daily Record
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Thin City
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Te Bag Waitt
Arzenti Joreene H. Hube
Waitt Guard
Priskey
O Cattle Cube
Sea Bright A. C. Sinclair
Howland Rward
Sheimman
Cavaliere
H. Covert
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Bweeney
Keyport Banking
Monmouth’ County
Keyport
Asbury Park Trust Company
Grand Theatre
Geo. R. Guy Presents
GUY Brothers
Greater Minstrels
Old Colony
Rogers Bros
Hick's Jewlery
Broadway
Long Branch
N. J. Diamonds
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