Their Wedding Silence
A humorous tale from an elder bachelor about Mabel Burnet and Alec’s wedding vow of silence drawn from a Korean custom. The bride remains mute through the ceremony and trip, provoking mixed reactions, a quarrel, and an eventual, long run gag about a silent marriage and Alec’s deafness. The piece closes with a wry note on honesty in a separate anecdote about a Scottish man who finds and returns his own stray pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mee
Mabel Burnet
Korea
Alec
Mabel
A P Want
Alee
Aleo
Beau
Alve
Male
Baya
Alec Aleks
Zod
Alexandor Rly
London
In Case of Accident Dont Bluster Be Tactful
Advice on handling injuries and accidents with calm first aid, avoiding hasty or excessive aid, selecting resuscitation methods, and preserving decorum. Recommends keeping notes, cooling off, and not alarming the coroner with improper actions, reflecting a cautionary editorial tone from Puck.
When Millais's Chill October Sold for a Thousand Pounds
The Frank Critic recounts Sir John Millais painting Chill October on the Tuy near Terth. A Kinfouns railway porter ferried the canvas and befriended the artist, overhearing news that Millais sold the painting for a thousand pounds, provoking the porter’s humorous disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Millais
Tuy
Terth
Kinfouns
Johm
Chil
Sir John
Porter
Lost ancient earth shape theories revived by a New York paper
The article traces early beliefs on Earth's form and motion. Thales posited a globular Earth as early as 610 B C, Pythagoras used stellar altitudes to argue a spherical world, and Aristarchus proposed rotation and heliocentric orbit, faces backlash from contemporaries. It credits Galileo and Copernicus with restoring ancient knowledge.
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Earth
Thales
Miletus
Pythagoras
Aristarchus
Samos
Galilei
Copernicuk
New York American
Murder law in Germany distinguishes two kinds of homicide
The London Chronicle notes Germany distinguishes premeditated murder from intentional homicide without defiblation, with death and penal servitude respectively. It also describes dueling as a misdemeanor, where the killer of a duel opponent is charged with dueling rather than murder, punished by up to fifteen years in fortress detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London Chronicle
Ruffed His Feathers Cartoon Describes Battlefield Basket
A London Standard quip notes a cartoon in which an artist shows a friend his piece claiming lifelike battle light and shade. The friend responds with capitalized praise and a joke that the scene resembles a “basket of fruit” rather than a battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital
Paul Rubens
Loudon Standard
Parsonage Echoes In Roadside Jotting From Chicago News
A fragment from the Chicago News mentions a worn saying about pulling elopers up to the parsonage and the notion that two will be made after leaving the parsonage. The odd dialogue involves a "friendly gene" at the roadside and references an old nag jogging up the bot.
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Elopers
Tes
Chicago News
The Editor Regrets and the Office Boy Debate
The editor says he cannot use the drawings and thanks the contributor. The office boy relays the editor’s remark, saying he told him to take them away and they make him sick, in a London Tater style quip.
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Office Boy
London Tater
Myre Paling Vocal Duet A Silent Greeting at Valentine
A fragmented social page notes vocal duets and piano pieces featuring Mrs Miller Mrs Bawanis Mrs Fingey Mrs Bailey and others with titles The Wooing The Ring and Lebengrin hint at a wedding and concert themed event with performers listed in a garbled sequence
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Myre
Paling
Esser
Mia
Dorsohel
Richard Suransx
Biry
WiMams
Eee
Eene Hensel
Fingey
Bailey Vora
Slevekian Mors Wrnity
Marshfield bids for stone to feed sewer plant job
City of Marshfield will purchase 75 cards of stone and pay two dollars and fifty cents for fifteen thousand pounds delivered at the sewer disposal plant. Stones must not exceed six inches in diameter. By order of the Board of Public Works. Dated Marshfield Wisconsin February 1908. M. G. Fleckenstein, City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Board of Public Works
Wisconsin
M. G. Fleckenstein
Unclaimed Letters at Marshfield Post Office
Post notices list uncalled letters at the Marshfield post up to February 12 1908 in Company E Gauss Mrs Mundock Raffalle Peter Rohrbecker. Callers must say advertised. Jonny F Cozy P.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
E. Gauss
Wm. Mundock
A. Raffalle
Peter Rohrbecker
Jonny F. Cozy
P.M
Wisconsin Banking Department Authorizes New Bank
The Wisconsin Banking Department issues a charter to a new bank at Marshfield, Wood County, confirming a paid-in capital of 880,000 and compliance with state banking laws. Commissioner Murray C. Bergh certifies authority to commence operations under the act, dated February 5, in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Uank
Marshilpid
County of Wood
Wisconsin
Mudersinned
Hanks
Mureay C. Bergh
Cam Hank
State Banking Department
Caprio
Madison
Smoke the City Hall ten cent cigar produced by Poelz
An advertisement notes a ten cent cigar labeled Smoke the City Hall, manufactured by John G. Poelz in Marshfield.
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City Hall
John G. Poelz
Marshfield
An Egg as the Earth a Kelvin Idea Recalled
The piece recalls Lord Kelvin's reasoning on Earth’s interior. He argued against a liquid core by comparing spinning eggs, suspending a hard boiled and a raw egg. The raw egg slowed and toppled, while the boiled egg kept spinning, used to claim a solid interior would persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science
Lord Kelvin
London
Graft History in Old New York Described
A historical note explains the first use of the term graft in New York about 230 years ago. A swamp fed stream near Broad Street was lined to become a ditch, described as a graft or canal, built by three laborers under a five‑member committee. The upstart sheriff was ordered to oversee the craft and authorize boats to operate.
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Old
New York
Broad Street
Burgomasters
The White Lady of Threadneedle Street tale
A plate of excerpts from Youths Companion recounts the Bank of England’s famed White Lady, a noon visitor seeking her brother, a forged signature condemned in 1809, with the famous oddities of Threadneedle Street noted alongside vignettes from French Normandy and Brittany praising affordable meals and local elder drinks during travel.
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Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
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Oostens
Piubo—Hope
Connor
Tunder
Lidal
Lofman
Schaweb
Mes. Miller
Maren, Tron Wagner Dowie Gimnsetes “Lebengrin
Mrs
Iannor, Linder
Mancts
Reno
Amissioner
Val
Blatz
Wiener
Wis
Pisa
Mr. Frederick
Ming
Normandy
Brittany
Fou
France
Touraine
Lve
Frank Presbrey
Outiog Magasine
Ayer
Amu
Lewath
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