Serf’s Liberty Bought With Crimean Oysters Tale
A Russian serf named Shalomine earned his freedom from Count Sheremetieff not with money but with a barrel of Crimean oysters. The count, distracted by a breakfast argument over oysters, relented after the.barrel was offered, accepting the trade as the price of liberty after an earlier insistence on 1,000,000 rubles.
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St. Petersburg
Count Sheremetieff
Serena
Shalomine
Odessa
Unique vellum book of passions offered for 11000 ducats
A rare volume titled The Book of All Passions of Our Lord Jesus Christ is formed of letters cut in vellum pasted on blue paper and read easily like print. Rudolph II offered 11,000 ducats for the work, but the offer was refused, and it is believed the volume has never been in England despite English arms on the cover.
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Prince de Ligne
Jesus Christ
Rudolph II
England
New York Times
Gentle Complaint of Feather Bed Flowers
Two neighbors with competing hobbies chickens and flowers clash when the fowls ruin the blooms. The gardener ignores complaints as he tolerates the birds for friendship, joking that his garden earns him a sweating effort to keep it from becoming a feather bed.
Hat keepsake from first meeting recalls eleven years
A fragment recalls a past meeting where one person shows a worn hat kept as a dear memento. The hat is described as dilapidated and tied to a long friendship beginning eleven years ago.
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John
Fragmentary romance quote surfaces in Chicago paper
A brief, fragmented excerpt from the Chicago Record-Herald captures a romantic line about a person wearing a headpiece causing another to fall in love. The readable text hints at intimate dialogue and emotional reflection without full context or names.
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Chicago Record-Herald
The Example of Paganini
A tale recalls Paganini entering a room with a broken crowd and strings. After breaking a third string the audience roared yet he played on one string and drew a new response. Some who mocked grew to weep or pray as he turned catastrophe into triumph with remaining talent.
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Paganini
The Dannebrog Flag of Denmark News History
The Danish flag, a plain red banner with a white cross, is the oldest flag still in use. It appears tied to Valdemar’s 1219 battle against Savonians when a celestial sign inspired divine aid and led to victory, giving the cross its enduring meaning as the strength of Denmark.
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Denmark
Sweden
Valdemar
Denmar
A Bride Carried Across Threshold by Atholl Dukes
The article describes old feudal customs at Blair Castle in Atholl including the Duke carrying his bride across the threshold, believed unlucky for a bride to enter normally. It notes these rites persist under a strange tenure and mentions the sovereign’s visits to the estate.
Colley Cibber’s First Stage Appearance and Punishment Bargain
Colley Cibber later known as Master Colley made his first stage appearance in a subordinate role. After a delayed debut and a stumble he was fined by the prompter drones and then by Betterton who suggested a weekly wage and fine. This exchange set the pattern for his early earnings from the dramatic treasury.
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Colley Cibber
Colley
Betterton
Cibber
Nightingale Name Roots and Turkeys Across Continents
The article traces Florence Nightingale’s birth surname to Shore, a Derby York landowning family, and notes her father’s change of name after inheritance. It also asserts the wild American turkey as the progenitor of all turkeys, common in North America and Mexico but unknown in South America.
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Florence Nightingale
Athens
Florence
America
North America
Mexico
Honduras
South America
Sci
Local notes and community briefs from Wasco Oregon area
Mr Meader visits daughter Mrs H A Page over holidays returns to Wasco Oregon H C Fozier Oregon City works for H L Amoth on carpentry Some advocate planting fruit and nut trees along highways to boost income and beautify roads Mrs Dick Woosley learns of her father's death School District No 61 patrons plan to hang a new bell and fence grounds J T Carter sells hogs with about twelve spring pigs at roughly 200 pounds each. his sales reach hundreds of dollars
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Dick Woosley
J. T. Carter
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Chicago
Pendleton
Oregon City
Gray
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Brandesen
Rinesid & C& Cuidhen
Clothiers
Harper’s Weekly
Pacific College Notes
Clifford and
Olin Hadley
Turner
Leo Eyes
Everett
Washington
Laura Hammar
Melvin Elliott
Gladys Purdy
LaFayette
Nelson
Churchman
Hadley
Parker
Johnson
Benson
Haworth
Pearson
Eyes
Lloyd Armstrong
Prof. Johnson
Hazel Comer
Albert Pearson
Myrtle Mills
Alta Gumm
Newberg Amateurs
Mise Nell Reuter
Nell
Elgin van Blaricom
Beulah Newlin
Greer
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