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The Magnificent Revenge of Missouri Governor
A tale describes a powerful Missouri governor pardoning a prisoner after a moral warning. He recalls a sick boy aboard a riverboat years earlier whom he mistreated, and grants forgiveness to the one who once harmed him. The piece blends history and folklore about pardon and growth.
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Ppi
New Orleans
St. Louis
Origin of the Whig term and its early usages
The article surveys multiple explanations for the origin of the word Whig. It cites theories that Whig may be a contraction of longer terms and notes references to its use in Scotland among Drovers and cattle traders, suggesting a etymology linked to seerene dena Bootlans and related phrases.
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Scotland
Perfectly Frank mover hate and a divorce plea
Sally seeks a divorce after revealing she has lost her taste for Bill despite his 60 cent Saturday support. The judge questions the reasons while Sally explains she believed Bill was a Black person and did not hit her, raising the issue of trust and compatibility in marriage.
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Jedge
Bill
Sally
Louisville Times
Optimist Emancipated From Toil Finds Sunshine
A passerby questions an optimist who has just been dispossessed and tossed into the stormy street with his belongings. He jokes that being deprived of the door ends his struggle to keep the wolf from the door and praises the uses of adversity as he walks away whistling.
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New York Sun
Blowing Bottles The Ancient Craft To Modern Glass
The article traces bottle history from ancient skins to 4000 year old glass and luxe wares. It details early bronze and alabaster containers and the gradual rise of glassmaking with gatherers blowers finishers and annealing to form bottles of varying quality.
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Antern
Oxford and Cambridge Dons Battle Trousers Traditions
The piece notes that by 1810 Oxford allowed trousers for scholars under proctor Rigaud, provoking offense among dons. By 1812 Cambridge forbade wearing yellow pantaloons in chapel, while Oxford’s earlier acceptance contrasts with later 1847 accounts of clerics at Oriel in black shorts, revealing evolving dress norms in elite colleges.
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Trinity
St. John’s Colleges
Cambridge
Oxford
Rigaud
William Phelps
Isle
Dean Burgon
Edward Miles Rudd
Oriel
London Telegraph
Impregnable Vaults Guard Bank of England's Security
The Bank of England is described as having an impregnable vault sixty six feet below street level with twenty feet of concrete and seven feet of water above and below, guarded nightly by soldiers, making tunneling virtually impossible and reinforcing public confidence in the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.
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Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
Musicale overheard exchange about daughter's singing
A reader recalls a brief encounter at a daytime musicale. The speaker apologizes for not speaking and asks if the daughter’s singing was enjoyed. The reply notes the accompanist played loudly and that the piano sound overwhelmed other musicians.
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Musicale
Chicago Record-Herald
Spoiled Memory Play Turns On a Double Dilemma
A dinner party tale of Emma in Penealer with two suitors. Mr Sniffin struggles to recall the crucial word and fails as others suggest horns cow buffalo and more, until the punch line remains unsolved. The judge and audience respond with ambiguity echoing the joke’s failure.
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Voice
Adeler
Penealer
Emma
Pit
Butterwick
Peter Lam
Mr. Sniffin
Dr. Potts
Mr. Suifin
Terwick
Sniffin
Sechelle Auditiomnsaiteranae
Spirin
New York Weekly
How They Broke Up in a Canadian Savage Folk Tale
An amusing account recalls an adjournment at a mass meeting over a mission school among Indians. Speakers praised the school while opposing voices denounced it. An Indian chief showed work from the school and a climax built as a motion to end the effort was made. The crowd yelled Busted and rushed out.
Early Needles through Moorish Origins and London Craft
The article traces needle invention from Moorish claims to early European use. It notes thorns and fish bones as precursors, London’s first steel needles made by a Moor during Henry VII’s reign, and a surge in manufacture with widespread street sales in Cheapide and similar centers.
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London
Henry VII
Cheapide
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Ceclio Wert
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