Portuguese Bullfights and Artful Displays in History
A fragmented passage describes Portuguese bullfights with padded stumps and skilled horse and foot participation. It notes no killing of bull or horses and comments on costumes, suggesting a display rather than torture. The text shifts to unrelated notes on mucilage, catarrh remedies, and a sculptor discu ssing refined work and museum acquisitions.
The Marrying Squire and His 1400 Wedded Couples
An old ad recounts Geo G Law of Brazt Indiana famed as The Married Squire. It claims Justice Law earned the nickname by marrying 1400 couples. The piece closes with a kidney remedy pitch for Dean's Kidney Pills, 50 cents a box, via Milbern Co. Defiale, NY.
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Practical Cookery notes and kitchen tips from a historic menu
A scattered collection of cooking instructions and home remedies. It covers broiled chicken method with butter and seasonings, almond cream pudding preparation, an onion based cold relief claim, bread or apple to keep cake fresh, and various generic kitchen tips including vegetable prep and a hot dish serving note.
Rusks From A Home Cookery Page
A historical recipe describes making rusks with milk butter sugar and yeast. Mix into a stiff batter, rise in warmth, add flour to form a soft dough, rise again, shape into rolls, let double in size, then top with sugar and milk and a light cinnamon sprinkle before baking. Serve hot.
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Misread Letter Lures Curate to Earl Enclave
A misread bishop's note leads a young clergyman to accept a poorly paid curacy. The daily two hour visit to the Earl, intended for church duties, hides a social lure with dinners and powerful, fashionable connections. Tragic irony unfolds as the curate learns the truth.
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Earl
Admitted Challenge on the Horizontal Bar
A dialogue shows Miss Gabbiell boasting she can chin a horizontal bar sixteen times and Miss Chilitcon agreeing she could perform similarly and endure additional attempts.
Young Man Leaps Into Asama Crater
A Japanese youth ended his life by entering the Asama volcano crater and left a note expressing despair and the wish for a splendid death and ascent to a higher life above the sky.
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Japan
Brandreth’s Pill a Century-Old Blood Purifier Remedy
The advertisement touts Brandreth's Pills as one of the oldest safe remedies, a vegetable blood purifier and laxative suitable for all ages. It claims consistent dosing efficacy, never needing higher doses, and notes long-standing availability in overthecounter forms across many lands.
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Brandreth
From Two Senators and a Left Handed Wonder
A clipped dialogue depicts a scene with Col Bunker and Senator Letsmun and a remark about being left handed. The text shifts to a mock remedy for children and a talking rabbit mentioning a left hind foot and escaping a dog.
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Col. Bunker
Senator Letsman
Senator Letsmun
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