Amazing linguists teach Spanish and Arabic tale
A deputy pressured a minister for a constituent to become a Spanish teacher. The new tutor, unaware of his skill, delivered poor Spanish but impressed a university professor who spoke no Spanish. Emanuel Arene also told of a Marseillaise boastful of Arabic who failed to interpret a murder defendant. the judge used him to translate and he declared the Arab confessed everything.
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France
Pubic Instruction
Cervantes
Emanuel Arene
Marseillaise
Marseilles
New York World
America Vespucci Seeks Citizenship and Corner of Land
A sensational Washington appearance during the Van Buren era featured an Italian woman calling herself America Vespucci who claimed descent from the navigator. She petitioned Congress for citizenship and a plot of public land but was met with an adverse report praising her intellect while noting the impractical request. Later it emerged she was an impostor.
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Washington
van Buren
America Vespucci
Adams
Daniel Webster
Congress
America
Perley
Man and a Wife
A Puck aphorism compares possession to marriage, stating animals grab meat and guard it, and humans seek a wife to possess and protect a home or hollow shelter. It frames matrimony as a guarded resource driven by instinct.
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Puck
Growth Phases Of Young Squabs In Early Rearing
The article notes rapid growth in the first twelve hours and accelerated development after day three. Down starts as sparse filaments at the base of each feather, with some down tips remaining briefly before absorption into the feather shaft.
Too Liquid. A verbal quarrel over speech and wit
A quarrel erupts as a woman accuses a man of raving about her liquid voice and he defensively admits the praise turned into torrents of words. The exchange appears in a St. Paul Dispatch column.
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St. Paul
Hard to Collect
The Washington Star notes that collecting debts is challenging and requires smart judgment to obtain a legal debt recovery.
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Washington Star
When War Ends, Prophecy Echoes in Faith Debate
In Chicago Tribune prose a dialog frames a prophecy of swords beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. The exchange asks when the time of peaceful fulfillment will arrive, tying it to another foretold event and the end of days.
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Millsap
Chicago Tribune
His Wish Hardworkin Wife Youve Got Bil
Says a husband admires his hardworking wife, remarking with humor that he wishes for a pair of such mates, while noting the exchange in a lighthearted tone.
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Bil
Murat's Daring In Battle Memoir Excerpt
Princess Murat recounts her grandfather Prince Murat famed for chivalric courage and generalship. She notes his tall stature fiery eyes three cornered hat plume and remarkable coolness under fire. She recalls Aboukir charge driving Turkish ranks into the sea and his elusiveness to enemy bullets.
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Murat
Prince Murat
Aboukir
Princess Murat
Passed the Bottle Too Quickly in Montmartre Tale
Painter Low recalls a boisterous Montmartre evening with Robert Louis Stevenson. A heated argument sparked a flying bottle, but Stevenson sprang up and halted the scene saying, If the bottle is passed so quickly none of us will be able to stand out the evening.
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Will Low
Robert Louis Stevenson
Low
Stevenson
Louis
Tie
Montmartre
George
Marseilles
Buffalo Express
Thackeray and Dickens Attend Winkle Sportsmen Banquet
William Thackeray and Charles Dickens led a notable group of writers at a Winkle order gathering. A written excuse to Mrs. X caused embarrassment. she fled toward the kitchen as the party learned Dickens would not attend. Thackeray felt diminished by the moment.
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Thackeray
William Howard Russell
Dickens
John Beech
Jerrold
Lemon
Ibbotson
Watford
Nile and Sky in a Cleopatra Night Descriptive Image
The scene compares a speeding barge on a river to fame and myth, with a silver wake soon erased. Banks colored yellow and salmon roll by, blending with the double blue of sky and water, blurring where land ends and horizon begins.
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Theophile Gautier
Confirmed His Suspicion by Ben Nathan
English humorist Ben Nathan returns home from a visit to California and extols its glories to a friend. The friend asks about disadvantages and Nathan replies that there are none for the worker, prompting the friend to concede there must be some after all.
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Ben Nathan
California
Mr. Nathan
Eyes of the Giraffe and Its Defensive Kicks
The giraffe, a timid animal, resists approach due to eyes placed well for seeing both behind and ahead. When threatened, it uses this vision to aim precise kicks in defense, directing a rapid storm of powerful strikes.
Castles in the Air as a Thoughtful Maxim
A concise reflection credits Thoreau for the idea that lofty dreams need solid groundwork. The quote urges transforming airy ambitions into practical foundations.
Inclusive Willie Papa trial marriages mystery
Inclusive Willie Papa asks about trial marriages in a brisk exchange. Mr Hennypeck erupts with a startled answer about all of Tom. The Washington Star notes Briggins’ discomfort at a banquet and his feeling of being overlooked for a speech.
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Willie Papa
Hennypeck
Tom
Puck
Briggins
Washington Star
To Shine
Aunt remarks on the bride’s beauty potential while the nephew counters by citing her bridesmaids as a possible better display of splendor. The exchange highlights family humor over wedding preparations.
Marcus G No 48024 Stallion At Jones County Fairgrounds
For sale notice features Marcus Q a trotting stallion offered by 4412 Hiland Ward proprietor. The ad also lists a large eight room brick house in Monticello two blocks north of Main on Cedar with owner Mrs W J Kiburz at 9 N Jackson Ave Kansas City Missouri inviting small payments and rent balance.
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Marcus G
Jones County Fair Grounds
Marcus Q
Hiland Ward
Monticello
Main Street
Cedar Street
W. J. Kiburz
N. Jackson Ave
Kansas City
High Grade Farm for Sale Near Mount Vernon Iowa
I offer 450 acre Linn County farm lying two miles north of Mount Vernon and Lishkon. One of the best farms in area with two sets of buildings. Price 200 dollars per acre with one fourth down and balance over 10 years at 5 percent. Contact 4213 North K Beechley Cedar Rapids.
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Mount Vernon
Lishkon
Linn County
N. K. Beechley
Cedar Rapids
A Father's Vengeance and a Kidney Remedy Claim
Peter Bondy of South Rockwood Michigan speaks of his son’s struggle with kidney trouble and praises Electric Bitters as the cure after six bottles. The ad warns of backache fatigue nervousness and loss of appetite signaling kidney trouble and promotes the medicine as the safe guaranteed remedy priced at 50 cents.
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Peter Bondy
South Rockwood
Mich
Bright
O. H. Soetje’s
Insurgency Troubles Senate Parties Face
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes uncertainty as to whether Republicans or Democrats in the Senate are more troubled by insurgency, suggesting a period of investigation and concern ahead.
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St. Louis
Chamberlain
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Fair Grounds
Perkins, Eclipse and Star Windmills
Leroy Clark
Avery Threshing
H. P
W. G. Krause
Wyoming
Locher Bros. Music Store
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Victor
Singer and Wheeler & Wilson
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Des Moines
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Stover
Fuller & Johnson
M. Campbell
Iowa
Dreadnaught
Moline
Chicago
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Furmiture
A. Lil, Gruenstein
Watchimaker, Jeweler
W. J. Brull, Marshall, Minn
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H. D. Ely
Banton
Ohio
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Light House
W.w.stickford
Onslow Pharmacy
F.K. Barnes & CO
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The
Eclipse Lumber
Monticello, Iowa
Yours Truly
J. H. Henry
Cross Hardware CO
DR. A. M. Maurice
Lovell
E. F. Reed
Burriehter’s Drygoode Store
Owa
Frank Carroll
Dalbey & Carroll
Ely Block
South 3Rd Street
H. M. Remley
James Remley Remley & Remley
Anamosa
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