Pun Lovers Recall Classic Wordplay Masters
The piece surveys a gallery of renowned punsters from Aristotle to James I era, highlighting Tom Hood, Sydney Smith, Jerrold, Foote and others. It notes their wit in print and speech, quotes several gags, and mentions a forthcoming volume titled Bun that catalogs punning lore and laughter across ages.
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Hood
Thesquimaux
Aristotle
England
James
Charles Burleigh
Burleigh
Heaven
Douglas Jerrold
Jerrold
Purgatory
Sydney Smith
Foote
Travertine Exports From Mono County Quarries Hit San Francisco
About 60 tons of travertine have been shipped to San Francisco from the travertine quarries near Bridgeport Mono County California. This stone may displace Egyptian marble in markets as demand grows and Mono County quarries report ample supply.
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San Francisco
Bridgeport
Mono County
Cal
Parisian Papers and the Rise of the Press
Paris prints show 2500 newspapers weekly across categories including politics fashion medicine and finance. The oldest political paper Gazette de Brance dates to Louis XIII era while Petites Affiches rivals in age at 284 years.
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Paris
Gazette de Brance
Louis XIII
Bathing Cure for Dyspepsia and Recovering Strength
A historical excerpt describes a home bathing regimen using hot air, steam, and cold sponge baths as a cure for dyspepsia. It details twenty minutes in a hot air box, followed by a cold dip to restore vitality, plus a rest and coffee to finish. The advice is attributed to Dr Gordon Stables and emphasizes improved energy for evening activity after travel or exertion.
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Gordon Stables
Birthday Flower of the Month Table Decor Ideas
The piece lists birthday flowers by birth month with meanings such as snowdrop for consolation and primrose for youthful sunshine. It cites a Ladies' Home Journal passage about morning baths, dry skin rubs, and weekly hot baths to improve liver kidneys appetite and general health.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Gordon Stables
Too Much Nerve Already in a Newspaper Office
A patent medicine maker asserts his product’s promise and hails a paper’s wide reach. The manager of a local firm defends cautious policy with the maxim He who hesitates is lost as the visit ends with a brisk departure and chatter about advertising.
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Cates Kingdom
Joni
Slough
Paternal Grief At The Railway Station Train Error
A distressed narrator recalls the baby’s remark repeated repeatedly as neighbors react. Mr Newleigh curses his fate, imagining himself as the father of a railway station train error, his hair bristling with tension as onlookers close windows.
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Mr. Newleigh
Engineering feat seals Brenta riverward path to Chioggia Lagoon
A historic project near Venice completes a major engineering work after 58 years of planning. Austrian measures redirected Brenta to curb fire risk from river overflows, then a 16 kilometre channel was built to provide a direct outlet near Brondoia. The scheme, with a high estimated cost, marks a significant hydrological achievement.
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Venice
Chioggia
Brenta
Brondoia
Polish Estate Plans By Paderewski And De Reszke
The London Daily News reports pianist Paderewski has commissioned the De Reszke brothers to buy him a Polish estate on the Cracow Warsaw line. He plans to build a chateau there and drive five miles from the railway to his home over his own land. Jean de Reszke says he has no fortune, only land, with Polish estates costly to maintain. A hurried funeral scene follows with a somber cortege and quiet scandal, echoing English decency as the coffin is lowered.
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London
Newa
M. Paderewski
Brothers de Reszke
Cracow
Warsaw
Jean de Reezke
Poland
Original Judge Intervenes Over Two Dollar Dispute
An Original Judge An American Judge once intervened to save words. In chambers he saw the first case would hardly be contested and asked the amount. Two dollars, replied the plaintiff’s counsel. Till paid it, said the Judge, handing over the money. Call the next case.
Rough on the Smokers in a London Train Carriage
A London correspondent recalls a smoking compartment dispute on the North London line at Willesden Junction. A buxom woman entered and explained she needed to reach a hospital with her daughter to remove an infection. The other male passenger and the witness pulled against the intruder until she retreated at Acton.
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North London
London
Willesden Junction
Acton
Cooking Potatoes With Skins Preserves Nutrients
Dr Letnepy conducted exams years ago on potato cooking showing skins left on reduce juice extraction loss to about 3 percent, while removing skins before boiling causes around 7 percent loss. Findings explain why baked potatoes taste better and are more nutritious than boiled, unless potatoes are boiled unpeeled in salted water.
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Letnepy
A Literary Career Started
A woman declares plan to pursue literature seriously after admitting long contemplation. She displays a Louis XVI desk, exquisite stationery, a gold pen, a mother-of-pearl penholder, and a filigree inkstand as the start of her writing life, awaiting a piece to write.
A Little Lotion As A Hair Aid And Domestic Banter
A barber offers hair improvers while a reluctant customer jokes about a drink next door. A woman asks for a crushed strawberry eress, sparking a wry exchange about finances. A girl boasts cooking lessons yet remains single, amid light, humorous chatter.
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Danville
Golden sponge roll and baked puddings of a curious mix
The article describes making a sponge roll with warm silk like batter, jam filling, and a dusting of sugar. It then outlines Baked Golden Pudding using suet, breadcrumbs, flour, eggs, milk, and marmalade layers baked in a pie dish with a sugar finish. Greek Pudding is prepared by flavoring milk with cinnamon and lemon rind, adding eggs, baking with brown bread slices on top, and serving with treacle.
Old Time Orange Cordial And Cocoanut Pudding Recipe
A Colonial recipe mix of orange cordial with options for essential oils and saffron. Also describes a baked cocoanut pudding with butter sugar milk eggs and nutmeg. Steps include macerating oranges in rectified spirit for two weeks and baking the pudding for about forty minutes.
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Seville
Rice and Egg Breakfast Dish
Wash one breakfast cupful of rice and boil until tender in two quarts of milk with one tablespoonful of salt. Strain the rice, add half a ounce of butter, mix well, and spread on a dish. Cut six hard boiled eggs into slices, arrange on the rice, and serve.
Brown Bread Pudding and Suet Paste Recipe
A historic kitchen note details brown bread pudding with saff lower crumb, milk, vanilla, lemon rind, eggs, and stiff cream, steamed for ninety minutes and served with sherry sauce. Also includes a suet crust with flour, suet, baking powder, and salt, filled with dried figs and rolled tightly in a floured cloth before steaming.
Watch Magnetism From Everyday Electrical Machines
A historic note explains a common watch ailment caused by magnetism from nearby electrical equipment. Dinamos, trains, and even street corners can magnetize watches, knives, buckles, and other iron parts, disrupting timekeeping. Tests involve soft iron binding wire to assess susceptibility.
Household Hints for Bunions and Household Tricks
Practical tips for bunion care including loosening shoes and reshaping footwear. Then do it yourself guidance on crystallizing alum solution for craft uses, cleaning scratched plate glass, tying shoelaces, cleaning white shoes, treating corns with turpentine, and cleaning paint brushes with a soda solution. The article blends medical folk advice with DIY household hacks.
The Woman On Wheels and the Petticoat Confusion
A humorous tale mocks urban sarcasm as a cycling woman in rational dress visits a chatty old woman. The visitor offers tea sugar and a warm flannel petticoat while the old dame notices the attire. She quips about the lady cutting the master's trousers to wear as undergarments, ending the encounter quickly.
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Susan
Leddy
To Lovers Quarrelled Yes You Have Parted For Ever
A reflective guidance piece urges lovers who have split to pause and reassess. It questions whether the quarrel justified the loss and whether the other person was entirely at fault. The text contemplates the future without the beloved and the cost of words spoken in anger.
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