The Watch Causes and Cures in Daily Use
A dated column explains watch faults and remedies from temperature effects and electrical magnetization to position changes and jolts. It notes the New Woman's impact on watch repairs, wind routines, and the need to keep watches in site position. It also mentions a German officer's demotion, Swedish settlement milestones, and Russian forestry trends.
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Journal of New York
Sid Yullliahes
Oftem
Heronet
Recipe for cleaning and preparing a sponge and cloth
A garbled instruction describes washing a soft sponge, wringing it, dipping into wine, and rubbing over a surface with a gentle cloth. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear subject context or full steps.
The Old Joke is Dead in Dreadful Stage Farewell
Two Christy minstrels aided a weathered comedian as he prepared for a final performance. He rallied briefly before collapsing, later carried away by sobbing rivals. The audience laughed one last time as the famed joke was pronounced dead.
Princess of Wales and her fashion sense and music
The Princess of Wales grew up with a scholarly father and capable mother, excelling in music and dress. She inherited musical skill from her mother and is adept at piano and harp. She favors tasteful, practical clothing, rejects extreme fashion, and often designed her own simple headgear in girlhood.
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Princess of Wales
St. Anne's
Soho
Denmark
Europe
Amazing Hearings Across Distances Across Water and Air
The article notes record voice propagation distances from historical experiments and anecdotes. It cites Carsell's Saturday Journal counting eighteen miles along the Colorado canyon, Port Bowen conversations at about one mile, Franklin's mile plus sound in water, Gibraltar ten miles, and underwater hearing in Lake Geneva beyond sixty miles. It also cites Thames readings at 140 feet and balloon-based hearing far beyond airborne reach.
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Carsell
Saturday Journal
Grand Canon
Colorado
Bob
Onend
Theother End
Lieutenant Foster
Peary
Arctic
Serosa
Port Bowen
Sir John Franklin
Young
Gibraltar
Colladon
Lake of
Geneva
Franklin
Hutton
Thames
Chelsea
A Curious Calculation On Nails And Costs
A Pittsburg Dispatch note quotes William Garrett claiming wire nails are so cheap that dropping one costs more to pick up than it is worth. A statistician estimates recovery costs at 0.083 cent per nail. even at lower wage rates the cost remains well above a nail’s value. The piece notes a fallacy and suggests sweeping up nails in one pass may be cheaper. The column also mentions The Bicycle Fass and Princess Beatrice with brief anecdotes.
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William Garrett
Pittsburg Dispatch
Ear rings revived in fashion debate at Home Notes
Home Notes worries ear rings may return as fashionable gifts and warns of potential harm. The piece cites a royal gifting of a brooch and earrings to Lady Eva Greville and urges readers, especially women, to consider the temporary nature of the trend and potential damage to ear shape.
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Home Notes
Hag
London to Build Seventh Lunatic Asylum and Other Finds
The passage notes London plans a seventh lunatic asylum amid superstition and a claim of 12,000 certified lunatics supported by public funds. It mentions Meld mice plague in Swabia and Greece, and the writer details music copyright economics including Mrs Allen and the songs Rock me to sleep and Kathleen Mavourneen.
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London
Kent
Swabia
Scotland
Greece
Allen
Kathleen Mavourneen
Telephone misfire at Aberdeen office boy rushes reply
Penteon's Weekly recounts a Aberdeen firm story where a junior clerk at Bidmaster's failed to calm a caller. The boy, asked for the fourth time if someone is there, finally snapped into the line and muttered for half an hour. This anecdote underscores the strain of long telephonic duties on a young operator.
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Penteon’s
Aberdeen
Tea Infusion Practice in Household Use
The article discusses tea as an adjunct to food rather than a meal, highlighting its stimulant value and the water it supplies. It stresses avoiding bitterness in infusion, noting each tea’s peculiarities and the housekeeper’s duty to determine the correct steeping time for proper infusion.
Trick horses cost about £1000 for a top trained animal
A reader of Success who wants a well trained trick horse should expect to pay around £1000, though even then the best animals may not be obtained. One trainer bought four French Percheron horses at £50-£60 each, trained them, and sold them for £4000. Edward Wallace valued Lohengrin at £2000 and Harold at £2500.
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Edward Wall
Lohengrin
Harold
Quotation Talk Sparks Market Mockery
A dialogue features Mrs Mount Morgan’s daughter praising Algernon for being well posted on Shakapearian quotations. The millionaire father warns her against being deceived and notes there is no such stock on the market. The exchange hints at skepticism toward clever talk and unfounded investments.
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Algernon
Amusing Coleridge Story and Cart Clash Recounted
A granddaughter of the pet tells a true amusing tale about the late Lord Chief Justice Coleridge at Westminster Abbey. A London correspondent notes Mr Pusey sketches drawing urban humor as a Knightsbridge omnibus dispute erupts between a landau coachman and a newspaper cart driver with sharp quips.
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Christabel Rose Coleridge
Patertamillias
Westminster Abbey
Poets’ Corner
T. C
Putber
Coleridge
London
Puseh
Brompton
Knightsbridge
Scottish cleric’s witty comeback to a determined admirer
A humorous medieval anecdote recalls Dr Chalmers reacting to a lady courting him. She claimed they would marry, offering purse and heart. He advised, “give your heart to God, your purse to the poor, and your hand to him who sees it.”
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Dr. Chalmers
Prayer for the Dead in Early Christian Practice
A survey notes Protestant rejection of prayers for the dead, contrasting with Roman Catholic and Eastern churches. It traces the practice to Jewish origins, cites early fathers like Termilan, St. John Chrysostom, Cyril of Jerusalem, and St. Augustine, and mentions its partial appearance in Anglican rite until revisions removed those prayers.
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Termilan
St. John Chrysoatom
Cyril of
Jeruesiem
St. Augustine
Imm My Keot Thal vee yee saab on water surface
Immersed in a Glasgow water test Thal vee yee saab travels three miles per hour on the surface with perfect safety. A Monkland Canal trial involved 200 persons amid a peaceful Winner party setting.
General Op Arhsridgs. When Nature is too cheap.
The text discusses diet and economic hardship, contrasting English and Continental eating habits. It notes bread and butter as common but expensive staples, and argues retrenchment favors the well fed, while poor households face famine. It critiques domestic cheeseparing and praises culinary skill yet laments reliance on cheap fare during hard times.
Retarded development in women's dress argues wealth symbol
Professor Patrick notes persistent ideas that dress reflects wealth, not protection. He cites continued foot binding in China, restrictive footwear in the UK and US, and costly, uncomfortable fashions. He compares women’s emancipation to men’s slower progress and laments ongoing fashion tyranny.
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China
United Kingdom
America
Professor Patrick
Popular Science Monthly
Duchess of Wes minster and the curious Swiss clocks
The Duchess of Westminster displayed three Swiss clocks with a printed notice Please do not touch. When a famous Canadian guest asked why women are curious she joked that many men ask the same question. She claimed to keep a list of those who inquired, noting only one exception Mr Fawcett.
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Wesminster
Tam
A. Whit
Mr. Fawcett
Wearing Ueleors Admonishes Color in Dress
An English poet of the last century offers color advice for women. The lass with hazel brown skin should wear brighter colors to overcome her tone. The fair nymph with a rosy cheek should don cheerful green. The pale, sickness-haunted woman should choose sable mourning hues, for the pale moon still shines under a night mantle.
Recruit Evading Service Faces Inspection Issue
A fragment indicates a recruit seeking to avoid service was subject to inspection. Details are sparse, but the note suggests disciplinary or administrative action linked to evasion concerns.
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Patel
Ralle West of Spl Float of Al Bout
A fragmentary notice mentions Ralle West and Spl float positioning related to an Al Bout event. Details are unclear but indicate a local notice context with names and a setup or matchup.
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Ralle
Albout
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