Store Tea Brings a Teasing Bargain at Letcher County Store
In a Kentucky town, AE Mitchell Capital roasts his store tea amid a lively argument with Colonel Bill about the Adley-Hunter split’s effect on the Republican party. Old mountaineer Tom Moseley buys a pound at 50 cents after Brown offers a reduced price for a trial. The exchange ends with Moseley praising a slightly greased roast tea and recalling mountain topics.
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Ivery
Bill
adley-Hunter
Kew
Tom Moseley
Letchery
Moseley
Ed Brown
Notterday
Frank
Eny
Rown
Hyson
Brown
Etter
Mose
Webster's Nantucket Bargain A Week of Legal Tricks
A Nantucket man hired Daniel Webster for a week to handle a local dispute. Webster demanded at least 1000 dollars for the entire docket, but the client paid up and Webster spent the week appearing in every case. The neighbor routed the plan by engaging Webster for all comers, netting the client service for nothing and a profit for the local promoter.
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Webster
Nantucket
The Old Hegelian Refutes the New Philosopher
A Leipzig privat docent visits Professor Johann Erdmann in Halle. The frail Hegelian, beneath white hair, questions contemporary systems and asks what is man. He rebukes the younger philosophers for claiming modern insight, suggesting their answer is that man is an ape.
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Leipsic University
Johann Edward Erdmann
Halle
Hegelian
Hegel
Schopenhauer
Schoolboy Answers in The London Journal of Education
The London Journal of Education prints schoolboy answers as genuine. One reply claims Lord Wolseley was a minister of Henry VII who said if he served God as he did his king he would not have been beheaded. The note cites a post mortem speech and adds a curious definition of tithes linked to stage wear in circuses and pantomimes.
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London Journal of Education
Lord Wolseley
Henry VII
Wolseley
Wolsey
Not Built That Way Epigram Poster Cited by Enquirer
A humorous exchange quoted by the Cincinnati Enquirer contrasts publisher and poet attitudes toward the printing of a book of epigrams. The publisher seeks guaranteed costs while the poet declines, saying he cannot profit from his own witticisms.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Postmaster Blumper’s Bold Stamp Ad Wins Town
A country town comic tale shows Blumper, ruined by poor advertising, learning from failure. He rebrands with a bold stamp ad promising lowest prices and guaranteed reliability, drawing buyers from 100 miles and restoring his fortunes before returning to private business. The Detroit Free Press reports the anecdote.
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Blumper
Detroit Free Press
Not Their Exact Words In Language Translation Parable
A humorous piece notes how people reinterpret others speech through their own lens. A Boston girl learns bicycle riding and misquotes a trainer saying Youll do just rate for a new beginner. Bryant on a chair echoes similar mishearing with I joggles just right.
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Boston
Thad
Bryant
Boston Tip Meant as Lesson in Courtesy at Dinner
A Boston fashion scene tale describes a couple dining before a theater where a waiter delays returning $2 change from a $5 bill. The waiter claims to keep the change, the lady defends fairness about wrappers, and the gentleman ultimately pays the extra quarter to avoid further trouble. The piece notes the need for prompt service and the waiter’s sly handling of the situation.
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Boston Herald
Wanted a Good One Coat of Arms Taste Sparks Family Feud
The New York Mail and Express cites a German brewer's daughters who commissioned personalized coats of arms from an engraver. The elder combined features from three English houses while the younger used elements from five, insisting on unique designs to avoid mixups and ignoring clerks' objections.
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New York Mail and Express
Dime Novel Cure
A resolute father explains his method to curb his son's dime novels by requiring him to memorize two pages daily. The boy now avoids cheap fiction and spends his leisure with schoolbooks, a change cited by the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Begging Easier Than Work Says One Man Sold Stand
A veteran street beggar explains he earned 3 to 4 dollars weekly at a stand until a pickpocket left him skeptical. A quarter offered a better return, so he sold out and began begging, counting on a routine of 100 blocks daily and about five dollars a day in recent months, highlighting the ease of the profession.
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Mission Street
Union Square
Pacifico Union Club
Overland
Disraeli’s Manner and the Clever Ass Comment
A reflective sketch of Benjamin Disraeli noting his insouciant walk mindsight and use of glasses. The observer recalls his poet like brow and eyes, popularity among friends, distrust in opposition, vivacious postprandial feuds, and a quip about Lord Robert M as a clever ass.
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Disraeli
Hhis Place
Stanley
Robert M
Benjamin
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy
Coal near gold mines signals bright Transvaal prospects
In a near minecollected description Younghusband notes a 70 foot thick coal seam near the gold mines that suffices for mining needs and may outlast the miners. He cites extensive coal beds between Pretoria and Delagoa Bay with iron ore, railway lines, and a port on the Indian Ocean, predicting a booming coal industry. The figures emphasize hundreds to thousands of square miles of coal in the Middleberg and Ermelo districts.
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Transvaal
Vaal
Cape Colony
Middleberg
Ermelo
Pretoria
Delagoa Bay
Indian Ocean
South Africa
Younghusband
The Bicycle Fiend Rants About Possessive Words
A New York Sun quip surveys the bicycle fiend as overly possessive of his machine, praising an observer who notes how he says my wheel my saddle my tires and other parts in endless self reference. The piece mocks the throttle of ego in cycling discourse.
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New York Sun
No Aid From Him
A Yonkers Statesman letter depicts a patient pleading for cosmetic help with facial pain and a doctor replying uncertainty about improving appearance. The exchange highlights patient frustration and limited effectiveness of medical advice in cosmetic concerns.
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Yonkers
Germany’s Empire Expands To Million-Square-Mile Dependencies
Twenty years after losing colonial possessions Germany now holds territories totaling about 1,000,000 square miles with an estimated population near 8,000,000. The shift marks a dramatic imperial reassertion and future economic and strategic implications are discussed by observers.
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Germany
Revival of an Ancient Jest in a Cleveland Bill
An elderly out of town customer corrects a wire company bill in Cleveland. He argues a $20 total is wrong when items read $16 for four wheelbarrows and $4 for a wooden door, noting the $4 should be subtracted, not added. The customer insists he will pay only $12, highlighting a $4 miscalculation. The tale hinges on the ditto sign joke revived in a 20th century billing quirk.
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Cleveland
Phineas T. Blank
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chic Dogs in Paris Society Divide by Breed and Bond
The Paris canine scene centers on aristocratic favorites from Kiki the white and silver caniche of Countess Mailly Nosle to Count de Beilhac’s chestnut companion. Royals and dukes prefer terriers, bulldogs, griffons, and mastiffs while Rothschilds showcase a butterfly-eared terrier and other pampered breeds. An American collector favors a surly wolf dog, all reflecting status and affection in high society dogs.
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Paris
Kiki
Mailly-Nosle
Count de Beilhac
Orleans
Arthur de Rothschild
Gustave
Mme
Ferdinand Bischoffsheimes
Philadelphia Ledger
Portrait of Zola A stark mordant reading by Henry
Stuart Henry in Hours With Famous Parisians portrays Zola as a businesslike man devoid of emotion ideals or imagination. He treats life as a commercial career and fiction as costly editions. His personal magnetism is absent yet he boasts Titanic capacity and toil to conquer Parisian culture.
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Zola
Stuart Henry
Victor Hugo
Senator Lindsay's Luxuries Revealed by a Party
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky told a party he would indulge in two luxuries if wealthy music at all meals and cigars priced at fifty dollars a hundred. He imagined a small orchestra playing soft airs and occasional vocal numbers by colored voices including When the Watermelon Hangs Upon the Vine. The reminiscence recalled a Mississippi river boat trip with Hooker of Mississippi and aboard darkies who played banjos guitars and fiddles.
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Senator Lindsay
Kentucky
Hooker
Mississippi
Washington Star
Marriage broadens a man says Benedict in Bits
The Better Word column quotes Bond and Benedict debating marriage. Bond suggests marriage broadens a man while Benedict counters with a joking line about how it can flatten him. The exchange appears in London Tit Bits.
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Bond
Benedict
London
Lincoln and His Sabinet Apple: Cabinet Denomination Discovery
Prominent writer Mr. F sought Lincoln’s appointment and learned the president checked his cabinet’s religious makeup. Lincoln admitted uncertainty about Blair Seward and bishops, noting Episcopalians and non Episcopalians ran the departments. Bishop Simpson’s claim that all appointments favored Episcopalians proved true after a cabinet visit. The account, relayed by Christian Advocate, highlights who held power over posts.
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Lincoln
Simpson
Blair
Seward
Gladys Willikins Seeks News Of Fathers Mood At Luncheon
In the Cleveland Leader excerpt, Gladys Willikins queries her father’s mood after a luncheon talk with Henry Twickenham about his plea to the jury in the Mundle versus Binkham case. Twickenham cannot reveal details, noting the father’s busyness, as Gladys expresses frustration and a wish that the case were in Skaguay.
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Papa
Henry Twickenham
Gladys Willikins
Skaguay
Cleveland
Pigtail Peculiarities Across The Street Cars
A Washington Post item notes two Chinamen alighting on a Pennsylvania Avenue streetcar. The conductor recalls they typically ride together, buy tickets, and often share fares, with both hands reaching for the ticket first. The piece comments on their custom of paying for one another.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Post
Fight with the Mohmands Ends as Relief Arrives in Village
In a village held by Mohmands all night General Jeffery and a small Buff force faced torrential rain and stone showers while ammunition ran low. A wounded officer’s last revolver shot and a sudden gun flash preceded silent bayonets and a relief by Major Worlledge with Sikhs and guides, ending the siege.
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Jeffery
Lever
Color in Electric Light Amid Broadway Shopfronts
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes electric lighting makes Broadway shop colors appear intensely pure and two dimensional, unlike daytime atmosphere that blends hues. Impressions by Monet reveal how plein air seeks atmosphere, while electric glow yields sharp, clear color with no soft background.
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Broadway
Monet
New York
Apprenticeship of Huntsmen Through the Ages
The article recalls strict early training for huntsmen in historic titles, noting Gaston de Foix urged starting at age seven in kennels, while King Charles sought a twelve year old ideal veneur. It highlights the emphasis on health, judgment, and painstaking care, and contrasts with later two-year tuition claims. It also notes royal patrons personally knowing hounds and joining hunts with rymers to quest for stags, per Pall Mall Magazine.
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Gaston de Foix
Charles
Gentilhomme
D’yauville
Lebors
Pall Mall Magazine
Naval Terms From a Buffalo Express Riff on Sea Life
A comic Buffalo Express piece redefines naval terms with playful mispronunciations and tongue in cheek definitions. It features pokes at docking a ship a misread “hull” and jokes about the magazine the crew uses to vent grievances plus quips about coal bunkers and a boiler room.
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Buffalo Express
Barber testimony at statehouse echoes hands washing
A barber testifying at the statehouse recalled that when giving a shampoo he is also washing his hands. The domestic who mixed dough for bread added that it cleans grime from one’s hands, a point noted in the Boston Transcript.
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Statehouse
Boston Transcript
Politician’s Wife Seeks Fairy Tales Between Voter Meetings
In a Washington Star snippet, the politician’s wife asks for fairy stories from the speaker who replies he needs a respite after a day talking to many voters. The exchange shows a rare light moment amid campaign routine.
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Washington Star
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Greece
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Turkey
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