Admiral Farragut Surprised by Cook Salute at Sea
A Washington Army and Navy Club tale recounts Admiral Farragut preparing to greet General Canby aboard the flagship Monongahela at Pensacola Bay. A mistaken salute honors Pomp the cook instead, provoking laughter and a nickname “General.” Canby later visits the ship, finding the joke to his amusement.
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Monongahela
Pensacola Bay
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General Canby
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Marine Guard
Marie Farragut
Fire and Flame Tricks Through Ancient Breathers
The article traces early fire breathing, citing Iunius in 120 B C as the first known performer who sparked followers with flames. It explains a shell method and a flax ball technique, then notes old beliefs on iron handling and alum protection for fire safe costumes, ending with a Milanese costume revision using alum and wire gauze.
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Iunius
Sicily
Kunus
A Famous Parlor Maid and the Yorkshire Butler
Sydney Smith described making a village girl into a butler and valet in a Yorkshire parsonage. Bunch, as she was known, trained others, kept the master ready, and became the county’s best butler. A visitor recalled her daily ritual of shaving the master with a painter’s brush and a large bowl.
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Sydney Smith
Yorkshire
Sydney
Bunch
Mambrino
Making the King's Bed in Tudor Royal Guard
Richard Davey notes tasks of the yeomen of the guard at the Tower of London. Yeomen ritually prepare the king for sleep with cross making, kissing the bed, and holy water. Henry VIII enriched their dress with cloth of gold horse cloths. Katharine of Aragon's bodyguard later served Anne Boleyn.
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Katherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Richard Davey
Tower of London
Willing to Be Martyrs and a Quixotic Escape
A French tradesman wished to be guillotined instead of a condemned murderer but was refused. A Russian peasant offered to be shot to spare a revolutionary, not from sympathy but to oppose killing. A Quebec man posed as a murderer to escape a miserable marriage, claiming his wife drove him to seek execution.
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Quebec
Pearson's
Evidence of Husband Behavior Mentioned in Street Exchange
A Washington Star excerpt quotes a quarrel where a wife describes her husband as acting like a bear on Wanl Street, prompting a quick acknowledgment from the young Mrs Vorkins who defends his temperament.
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Washington Star
A Young Cynic and Grandeur Tax Reflections
Dialogue fragment contrasts a jocular remark about beauty with a cynical reply and a note that Grandeur carries a heavy tax. Names mentioned include Tom Jack Boston Tran script and Alexander Smith. The passage reads as a brief script fragment from a publication.
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Tom
Jack
Boston Transcript
Alexander Smith
Passport surrender rules for travelers in Russia
Arriving travelers must surrender their passports to hotel or house managers and provide family details for registration. Duplicate blanks are submitted to police and address bureau to track residents, with moves recorded and departures noted.
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Russia
Hat Rules in Court Echoes Overledg Fight
In a historic quip, Sir Edward Coke declares a prisoner’s hat must be removed to reveal truth while a woman argues men cannot know holy mysteries. The exchange highlights tensions between law, decorum, and understanding in early judiciary.
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Sirdward Coke
Sir Edward Coke
Connecticut Yankee Reputation Traced to 1760 Will
In a surprising historical note the will of Lewis Morris of Morrisania, dated 1760 and probated 1762, expresses a desire that Gouverneur Morris receive top education in England or America but forbids sending him to Connecticut, fearing the colony’s craft and cunning. The remark was cited by a New York Sun article as evidence of early perceptions of Connecticut.
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America
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