Chatterton Forgery Youth's Feigned Medieval Manuscripts
The piece recounts Thomas Chatterton, a teenage forger of fifteenth century works like The Parliament of Sprites and The Battle of Hastings. His talent fooled scholars including Horace Walpole, yet he died by arsenic in 1770 after a life of financial hardship and misfortune. His epitaph on his grave at St Mary Redcliffe memorializes his brief, brilliant deception.
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Flinoure
Juga
Tom
Chatterton
Thomas Rowley
Horace Walde
Earl of
Oxford
Thomas
Hastings
Sir Charles Bawdin
Charitie
London
St. Mary Redcliffe
Thomas Chatterton
Gems Of Thought In Self Mastery And Charity
A collection of short ethical maxims from Aristotle Mary Baker Eddy James A Froude Cecil Henry Ward Beecher and George Macdonald. The quotes explore self control humility altruism and the impact of inner motives on action and guidance for others.
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James A. Froude
Henry Ward Beecher
Victoria Junkman Leaves Swank Area With Dignity
Harry Haigh the junkman who climbed Government Hill has descended in white tie and tails. Once neighbor to Lieutenant Governor Clarence Wallace since 1952 he sold Piermont renamed Ching Do Foo Oc and moved to the “other side of the tracks” near his work. He spoke warmly of the governor and his new neighbors at the New Year’s reception.
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Victoria
Harry Haigh
Government Hill
Harry
Clarence Wallace
Piermont
Government House
Ching Do Foo Oc
Mrs. Haigh
Mr. Haigh
Funny Cake Perfect for Parties in Pennsylvania Dutch Style
A recipe for Funny Cake served with ice cream, baked in a pie shell with a sauce layer. Includes cake batter steps with flour sugar and milk, and a chocolate sauce with unsweetened chocolate and sugar, baked 350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes.
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Dorothy Maddox
Hints For The Busy Housewife
Practical tips for homemakers with quick guidance on coffee, pie filling, cookies, crust removal, refrigeration, shoe laces and rope, wax coats for fireplaces, pot roast flavor, and refreshing awnings with linseed oil and turpentine. It emphasizes cold water coffee and simple preservation tricks.
Memory of Waitress Is Amazing Memory of Waitress Is Amazing
Cambridge story recalls Eleanor Candis a Arlington waitress whose seven years on the job earned praised for a flawless memory. She recalls past orders without writing them down and even predicted drink choices for regulars citing a Boston hotel memory. Friends joke she is misfit at the Reservoir Club preferring Memory Lane in Somerville.
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Cambridge
Mass
Reservoir Club
Eleanor Candis
Arlington
Miss Candis
Boston
Polygamy Practical In Punjab Ferozepore
Education Minister Jagat Narain tells a school conference in Chandigarh Punjab that water scarcity explains polygamy’s popularity. He cites eight to nine mile water trips and says one wife cannot fetch enough water in a day, so more wives are a solution.
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Feroqzepore
India
Chandigarth
Punjab
Jagat Narain
Hairy jungle beings draw Malaya search and speculating theories
In Northern Malaya, workers were alerted to watch for ape like creatures said to be a vanished race. Anthropologists hailed the sighting of a trio as authentic while authorities noted the creatures appeared friendly despite crude weapons. natives described them as primitive with fangs and jutting brows.
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Malaya
Liar of the Year Award Goes to Richmond Man in Wisconsin
Burlington Liars Club named Bee McIntyre of Richmond, Virginia the world’s champion liar of 1953 for a wind tale about a three foot wide cast iron kettle blown across the yard and struck by lightning five times. Others honored included Harry V. Cummings of Dallas and L C McRoberts of Kingsville for tall tales and humorous fabrications.
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Burlington
Wis
Bee McIntyre
Richmond
McIntyre
Harry V. Cummings
Dallas
Tex
Korea
L. C. McRoberts
Kingsville
McRoberts
South Texas
Bennett Cer mocks and mulls a jail letter gag
A warden receives a large registered letter addressed to an unknown inmate with a cheeky postscript. A string of light vignettes follows including ghosts in Poland, a Broadway waiter's quip, a misfitting movie theater screen, a French political bungle, and a quip about a Racquet Club member.
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Calgary
Redfield
Sexton
Aristotle
Mary Baker Eddy
Cecil
George Macdonald
Victoria Junkman
Swank
al Liar
Bennett Cer
Occupied
Poland
Gdynia
France
Simpson
Oveta Culp Hobby
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