The Harp That Grew Retold in Jack and the Giant
The tale follows Jack the Giant Killer reclaiming his father’s castle and treasures including the magical Harp. After slaying the Giant, Jack hides the Harp, later hears a voice urging marriage, and travels to find a wife. The Harp sings, guiding him to a maiden who becomes his wife, and as she plays, a imprisoned princess is released from the Harp to join them in happiness.
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Jack
Belle Moses
The
Washington Star
A Problem for the Inventor as Pulp Costs Climb
The New Haven Register warns that wood pulp for newsprint is rising in price and timber shortages threaten paper supply. Daily papers rely on spruce pulp, with costs moving from two to up to six cents a pound, risking the one cent newspaper unless a substitute is found promptly.
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New Haven Register
Ijlayen Register
A New Vocabulary for a New Industry in Automobiles
The piece traces the adoption of terms in the early auto era noting how French words like automobile chauffeur tonneau chassis and taximeter entered English usage. It links linguistic shifts to technological progress from carriages to automobiles and highlights evolving meanings from Limousin to limousine and Cardan joint.
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Chasses
Georges Huillier
Mors
Paris
Huillier
Jerome Cardan
Cardan
Professional Fools Across History and Royal Courts
Garzoni notes lords and fools depend on each other for morale. Kings treasured jesters with tombs and gifts marking their gratitude. Francis I and Charles V maintained jesters. Charles VI sought distraction. Leo X’s buffoon was at the pope’s deathbed.
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Garzoni
St. Maurice de Senlis
Thevenin de Saint Ligier
Our Lord
Ermine
John the Good
Poictiers
Jehan Arcemalle
Caillette
Francis I
Charles V
France
Charles VI
Leo X
Flour Bleaching Sparks Health Debate and Quality Logs
A New York Times report notes that flour bleaches use electrical and chemical methods to improve keeping quality and bread making. Tests by Mr. I F Alway show bleached and unbleached flours differ mainly in color, with no taste or texture changes, though excessive nitrogen peroxide harms color and market value.
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IF. J. Alway
Nebraska Experiment Station
Alway
New York Times
Gods angels guarding child endures spooky bite tale
A Harper's Weekly-item describes a little girl calming her parents with a bedtime fear as she reports that gods angels are buzzing around her and one has bitten her. The tale blends bedtime reassurance with a supernatural fright in a summer night setting.
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Manma
Harper's Weekly
Preservation of shingles and national forest notes
The Forest Service outlines creosote treated shingles that resist decay and cost more upfront but last longer, boosting value for inferior woods. A report cites India needing American style railway cars for safety and notes 1907 National Forest reserves exceed 160 million acres with income surpassing administration costs.
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Forest Service
Forest Service At
Washington
Harper’s Weekly
Roosevelt
Persian Rug Weaving Measured by Labor Time
A square foot of a Persian rug equates to twenty three days of a weaver’s labor, illustrating the high effort required for traditional handwoven carpets.
Abyssinian Ministry Decree Calls European Cabinet
The Emperor Mene lik announces plans to form a European style cabinet. He says the lion of Judah has prevailed and lists appointed figures including Affa Negus Nasibu, Habta Giorgis, Gabra Selassi, Mulugata, Katama, Haila Giorgis, and Walda Sadik.
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Menelik
Affa Negus Nasibu
Fitaurar Habta Giorgis
Gabra Selassi
Bejirond Mulugata
Lilkamaquas Katama
Nagadras Haila Giorgis
Santiba Walda Sadik
London Standard
Shipboard Plowing as Cargo Unloading Method
A ship at San Francisco faced fifteen hundred tons of frozen nitre filling the hold. Unable to use explosives, crews used a large plow pulled by block and tackle and a steam winch to loosen the mass, then shovelled into steel buckets. This marks a rare instance of cargo discharge by plow.
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San Francisco
Sellin a Sheep: Scots Talk of Fifty Shillings Charity
Two Highland farmers meet on their way to church. Donald quotes fifty shillings for a sheep while Dougal argues the sale on Sunday is not business but charity. The exchange humorously contrasts commerce and sacred observance in a rural setting.
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Donald
Dougal
Return of Gifts After Breakup
In a dramatic exchange, a young man named Henry asks Miss Berkenhead for the return of costly presents given over six months, claiming he was misled about being engaged. She replies that he must observe sixty days' notice, hoping confidence might be restored.
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Chicago Tribune
Sergeant Punished For Vegetarian Soldier Joke
In a National Guard camp, a captain records Private Mooney for parade slovenliness. The sergeant notes Mooney is a vegetarian and cannot be served meat. The captain then orders Mooney to have meat and soup for the day.
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National Guard of
District of Columbia
Mooney
Harper’s Weekly
The Brooklet Creature and a Playful Chipmunk
A playful verse recites a gay chewink and a merry chipmunk near a brooklet. The chipmunk jokes about counting to three and hibernation while the chewink cautions and observes the chipmunk’s late antics. A crowd of nature inhabitants gathers as the scene unfolds.
Witty Quotations and Humorous Snippets From Past Newspapers
A collage of jokes and light exchanges from Life Cleveland Plain Dealer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Evening Record and other papers. Snippets cover romance domestic life manners war memories and social quips with varied humor and tone.
Failed Again at the Station Weighing Machine
A stout man at Bushby station attempts to weigh himself on a weighing machine in a waiting room. He complains the device is an imposition after failing to read the pounds, then exits after a brief exchange with the ticket agent.
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Bushby Station
Pekin Limits Student Marriages to Graduates or Adults
The Pekin Government announces a policy restricting marriage for students. Only graduates or individuals over twenty years old from middle school are permitted to marry, while younger students are barred. This decision appears in the Shanghai Mercury.
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Pekin
Shanghai
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