Not Want a King or Crown to Rule My Simple Life
A reader rejects monarchy and royal trappings, claiming personal freedom and simple pleasures over gilded courts. The narrator says a king cannot live like an ordinary person, shop or fish, and prefers a modest life with no constant scrutiny or ceremony. George is mentioned as welcome to his throne, while the speaker remains content with their own happiness.
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Fina
Ani George
Mins
Grand Rapids Press
Local court filings rise in June and widespread berry crop floods note
The report shows 26 divorces initiated in circuit court in June, three chancery bills, seven tax cases, and a total of 272 licenses issued in the year’s first half. Raspberry crops are described as the best in years with every bush laden. Battle Creek hosts fifteen saloons with none open on Saturdays. A series of accidents and crimes, plus a university portrait gift and a workplace accident, fill out the local page.
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Fune
Balloon shaped craft sighted over Marshall causes local stir
Great excitement swept Marshall as a blimp like object floated low over town yesterday. Spectators, some claiming a propeller, believed it may be an advertising aeroplane from Battle Creek, while others wondered about its origin and purpose.
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Battle Creek
Tact That Made Friends in an English Cavalry Unit
A well known tobacco maker's son entered a crack English cavalry regiment to the disgust of its aristocratic officers. A plan to humiliate him failed as a polite pinch of snuff from his father’s box sparked cordiality. The young man offered a pinch to the officers and the antagonism dissolved.
Underwater Photography Advances in France
In France experiments show promising submarine photography from depths around twenty two to twenty three feet. A diver carried a special camera for half an hour to capture usable negatives with best results from a blue glass filter. Plans for improved underwater lenses and flash photographs at greater depths are noted.
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France
Harper’s Weekly
A Vain Precaution About Smuggling In New York
Lord Talbot De Malahide voices concerns on the thoroughness of customs investigations in New York. He argues smugglers will be caught only if they test their luck at this well managed port. A comic Irish dream anecdote accompanies the accusation of overprecaution and pokes fun at official effort.
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Talbot de Malahide
New York
Queen Victoria
Towli
Eaid
Weather Signals Displayed Daily by Government Bureau
The Evening Statesman announces that official weather signals will be displayed daily at 10 o clock from the newspaper building on Jefferson Street to indicate the 24 hour forecast. The bunting banners mark the weather, a convenience urged for public planning.
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Government Weather Bureau
Evening Statesman
Jefferson Xetriat
State OF Michigan
Cantona
Marshall
Jamne
William H. Porter
Catherine Barrigan
Mercy EL Bardgag
Sindra
Ingirdmenzia Weiing
Harcigan
Learing
Marshall Statesman
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Aires
Jessie
Porter Snatas
Probste
Jois FE
Blessing Ceremony at Earl of Craven Estate
The article notes a rural blessing of crops held on the Earl of Craven's estate at Binley in Northeast Warwickshire. A parish church service preceded a candlelit procession visiting several well known farms nearby.
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Earl of Craven
Binley
Warwickshire
London Daily Mail
First Calculating Machine by Pascal Unearthed in France
A fragment notes that Blaise Pascal at nineteen invented and built the first calculating machine in 1642 with one assistant, presented to the Chancellor of France, later found in a junk shop during the Revolution and now held by M Bouguin in a French city. The device performed the four basic mathematical operations.
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Algize Pascal
France
Barieaux
M- Bougouin
Woman Chooses Gown Over Rug in Cherryvale Tale
A Cherryvale woman, after three sleepless nights, opts for a new fall gown instead of a summer rug. The Journal notes she expects many to see the dress, even if the parlor darkens and the rug remains.
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Cherryvale
Kan
Anatomy of Melancholy on Laziness by Burton
The text refers to Burton’s famous work describing laziness as a form of poison harming body and mind. It calls laziness a deadly sin, a danger to endurance and talent, and notes metaphorical connections to Devil’s pillow and misfortune in mental effort.
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Orley Owens
Stuart Farm
Dr. Hovey
Aubnal
Burton
Miner Brack Fined For Missing Petition Stamp In Austrian Red Tape
At Woplst near Gives in January a miner named Brack saved a boy from drowning at personal risk. The act left him severely ill and ill for long. after weeks he was told by authorities he must pay one crown for not stamping his plea for help. Prague correspondence Pall Ball Grasite.
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Woplst
Gives
Brack
Prague
Modern Teachers Criticised By Dr Borla Sidis
A critic questions public education as he labels teachers as pedants and philistines. The piece denounces the superintendent as mediocre and lacking originality, reflecting concern over educational hype.
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Borla Sidis
Parson's Poem and Gem Featured in Rev H Stubenwell Talk
Allison Ta preacher Prov Rev H Stubenwell promotes Dr Kings New Life Film with a sales pitch for pills priced at 25c at Wm Bradshaw's. The ad claims the pills restore health after failed remedies and urges household use.
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H. Stubenwell
Allison
Pratea
Dr. King
New Life
Bradshaw
Fragmented ad copy from old newspaper catalog
Fragmentary classified item listing remedies and sales notes. Mentions Burdock Broad Bitters and a product by J. H. Walker of Sunbury Ohio and Boston Bull a few lines earlier. References to two dark Ertodle images and a white bead description, then a brief for pedigree or further details by Harry Ll Carrier No 3 HMarshall ich. Also a FOR SALE notice offering four female toy items.
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Boston
Harry Ll
Carrier
Hmarshail
Ich
Boat Wanted in Safe Rowing Development
Classified note seeks a good safe rowboat in acceptable condition for general use. Inquiries directed to the States Man office with favorable terms and reasonable payment.
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Funl
Mit
Farmers and Gardeners Sought for Cucumber Contract
Advertises contracting cucumbers for a factory with promising profits. Provides contact A. E. Scribner and phone 53 at Mar Shatl Bell. Mentions warnings about injuries and promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for instant pain relief.
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A. E. Scribner
Mar Shatl
Thomas
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