Refused to be King and Crown Refusals Across Europe
The article recounts multiple historical refusals of crowns from Greece to Romania and Spain. It notes Lord Beaconsfield or his gold crown episode, Prince Leopold and Prince Wilhelm, Archduke Franz Karl, and Napoleon’s nephew. It ends with a hunter tale of buck fever.
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Cromwell
England
Greece
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Derby
Prince Leopold
Leopold
Crete
Queen Victoria
Duke of Edinburgh
Alfred
Denmark
Austria-Hungary
Franz Karl
Ferdinand I
Archduke Franz Karl
Roumania
Prince Wilhelm
Marie
Victoria
Napoleon
Ferdinand VII
Spain
Lord Beaconsfield
Tracy Turnerelli
Philadelphia Times
The Effect of Drink as Told by Senator West
West recalls a temperance anecdote from Kentucky in which a 90 year old drinker challenges a lecturer, arguing longevity despite drinking. The tale ends with the old man warning he would be shot on judgment day if he continues drinking, highlighting social attitudes toward alcohol.
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Senator West
United States Senate
Kentucky
Taper
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A Modest Writer Seeks Editor and Staff Echoes
A young man enters a newspaper office in satire claiming to be a modern fiction writer. He insists on meeting an editor and representatives from all departments to confront a critic who called him a decadent litterateur. He seeks a chance to respond to the use of a misspelled word.
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Washington Star
Bishop Dudley’s Beattyville Visit and a Lasting Reprieve
The Right Rev. Thomas Underwood Dudley recalled a Beattyville encounter with Bill Dolan a Virginia native and blacksmith who welcomed him roughs and all. Years later the bishop learned Dolan died, and in his final words Dolan asked the bishop to know he loved him, a quiet testament Dudley called compensation.
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Thomas Underwood Dudley
Beattyville
Virginia
Pard
Bill Dolan
Bill
Louisville Coutier-Journal
New York Speech Echoes Shifting English Habits
A New York observer returns saying locals mix words and slang, while some speak in fewer words yet others are tediously tautological. He notes frequent repetition and the overuse of the phrase I say in daily talk, with no suggested remedy.
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New York
New York Times
Two Women Say Goodbye in a Corner Conversation
In a Boston Budget excerpt, two women part at a corner. One healthy and cheerful tells the other, ill and troubled, not to take medicine, claiming she is perfectly well and that God is love. A note adds the etymology of colonel from column in several languages.
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Goodby
Boston
Pumping coal the modern way from sunken canalboats
The article explains a new method to recover coal from sunken canalboats using a centrifugal pump on a wrecking boat. The eight inch pump can process 800 tons daily and reach depths from 5 to 200 feet. Coal and water are pumped to a receiving boat through a long flexible suction pipe with flanged iron sections joined by rubber gaskets.
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York
New York Sun
Man Refuses to Remove Hat at Library With Bold Protest
A middle aged man in a crowded library line refuses to remove his hat claiming a right to stay covered in a free country. An attendant explains the rule and after prolonged insistence he finally removes the hat under protest, revealing a bald head and an inscription for Smithby’s shaving soap.
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Smithby
Burma Women Stand Equal to Men in Inheritance Rights
A writer notes Burma differs from other oriental countries by granting women broad freedom. Girls share equally with boys in inheritance, contrasting with England where thousands of girls work in public houses and drink bars.
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Burma
Fire bush tale from Texas trip ends with cactus ignition warning
A Southern Pacific ad man recalls an ill fated trek in west Texas where a cactus known as the fire bush allegedly catches fire by spontaneous combustion when shaken. The episode ends with the man narrowly avoiding severe burns and the rancher Merriwether explaining the plant’s fiery behavior.
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Texas
Southern Pacific
Saul
West
Merriwether
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Mutilating the Teeth Across Cultures and Eras
A Pearsons Weekly summary notes diverse tooth mutilation practices. It cites Japanese women staining teeth black before marriage, West African tooth breaking, removal of front teeth from servants, Peruvian links to slavery, Kongo and Hottentot customs, Malay tooth staining, and Livingstone on Kaffir customs. It also reports upper Nile practices of extracting teeth to diminish slave market value.
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Africa
New World
Peru
Hottentots
Livingstone
Upper Nile
Pearson's Weekly
Curious Cemetery Graven Stone Stirs Delegates Wonder
A church convention delegate wandering a village cemetery finds a large monument engraved A Lawyer and an Honest Man. He ponders how two men were buried in one grave while another man asks if he has found an old friend.
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St. Joseph
Boy asks why a man works when he has money
A Louisville theater scene from Jim the Penman features a mother and child. The boy learns pound to dollar conversion, then muses that sixty five thousand pounds would be a fortune and questions why Mr Eagle works hard instead of spending the notes.
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Louisville
Jim
Eagle
Opening His Eyes Jack Confesses Love to Nell
Jack tells his little brother Tommy he is in love with Nell. The family has discussed an introduction since Aunt Emma promised Nell would be brought together.
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Jack
Tommy
Emma
Nell
Fields For Science Hypnotism Quote Cited In Chicago Record
The Chicago Record notes a quip that hypnotism could aid three fields Politico football and bargain rushes. The remark frames hypnotism as a playful take on focus and strategy in public life sports and commerce.
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Politico
Chicago
Dana as an Editor and the Craft of Typographical Precision
An excerpt recounts Dana’s meticulous editing standards at The Sun, noting his insistence on correct typography, punctuation, and word use. It recalls specific anecdotes of sharp edits, admonitions, and his habit of blaming himself for slips, plus a humorous tale from The Old Sailor’s Yarn about marooned life and a sea gull trained like a dog.
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South Sea
Detroit Free Press
Herbert Spencer Tragedy Echoes in Diaries
Excerpts from Sir Grant Duff diaries cited by English papers recount a joke about everyone writing a tragedy and a noted anecdote on Lord Cowley Walewski dispatch exchange. The Cincinnati Enquirer attributes the tale to a Leweses discussion and Huxley’s remark.
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Herbert Spencer
Grant Duff
Arthur Russell
Lewes
Huxley
Lord Malmesbury
Lord Cowley
Walewski
Unconventional Dinner Party Amid Lady Aberdeen's Telephones
A tale details Lady Aberdeen arranging dinners by telephone, inviting Mr. and Mrs. X. to a joiner guest list. An engagement prevents their arrival, prompting Lady Aberdeen to insist the couple still come, while Lord Aberdeen objects to further calls.
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Lady Aberdeen
Mrs. X. Tezal
Mrs. X
Lord Aberdeen
Draw and Bet Build Tense Card Game in Pittsburgh
In a late night card session in Pittsburgh, Bill opens the pot with a pair of jacks and bets $75 after Ed and Sam reveal tens and an ace. Frank shows four kings, sparking envy as the players chase full houses and higher hands while the dealer deals three, then two more cards. The room tightens with sharp remarks and drifting blue atmosphere as the outcome looms.
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Bill
Sam
Frank
Pittsburg Dispatch
Silvered flaxseed varnish guards iron from rust
San Francisco Scientific Press describes a rust protection method using ferrocyanide mixed with flaxseed varnish and small turpentine or benzol portions. The varnish dries to a coat that shields iron after rust removal. A second metallurgical advance replaces German silver with a manganese alloy for similar look and strength.
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San Francisco
Aunt Penelope Wiggins and a Niece at Penelope's Summer Visit
A short tale recounts Aunt Penelope Wiggins hosting a visiting niece from the East a Vassar graduate. The exchange turns on the niece's college talk and a mispronounced name, with Aunt Penelope joking about being called Aunty Penultimate before correcting to Penelope. The humor centers on generational and educational differences.
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Penelope Wiggins
Vassar College
Penelope
Matilda
Talking With God and the Bishop’s Delicate Plan
In a street car, three or four elders discuss the closing work. One warns not to be too sure because Bishop Fowler may commune with God and shuffle arrangements so they cannot identify a permanent location. The Lawrence Journal notes the potential for changes after such divine aid.
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Fowler
God
Lawrence Journal
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