How Buncombe County Gave Rise to a Reproachful Term
The article recounts how Congressman Elijah Buncombe's name inspired the term Buncombe now shortened to buncombe and later to bank in common usage. It cites Colonel Buncombe, Walker's boastful rhetoric, and a famous quip about speaking for Buncombe in Congress.
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Congressional
Buncombe
Girard
Philadelphia Ledger
Shade
Walker
Bun Combe
Congress
North Carolina
Buncombe County
Colonel Buncombe
Pompei
Man's Decreasing Height Traced Through Century Tales
A fragmentary report cites a French savant Henri d de Henrion who two centuries ago claimed Adam stood 123 feet 9 inches tall and Eve 118 feet 9 inches. The piece notes alleged rapid shrinkage through degeneration with biblical figures like Noah, Abraham, and Moses described as markedly smaller or skeletal.
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Adem
Eve
Arcuna
Henrion
Noah
Abraham
Moses Bat
Sicily
Grenadier Returns to Paris Recalling Bastille Breach
On the outbreak of the revolution a young man returns to Paris and is revealed as the first grenadier to mount the Bastille breach He had the fortune to rescue the father of his future wife from the Bastille dungeons.
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Paris
Bastille
Soap and Hard Water and Parana Real Estate Note
The text discusses water hardness measured by degrees where one grain per gallon equals one degree, and suggests two and a half ounces of soap per hundred gallons per degree to overcome hardness. It also references Parana Brazil with a promotional real estate prospectus claiming Parana is very watery and navigable for deep ships, plus a brief humorous exchange about a firearm trigger and a Florida Times Union posterity remark.
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Parana
Brazil
Postoffice Point and Arctic Pack Dynamics Describe Sea Conditions
An Arctic gossip item discusses a north pack near a point called Postoffice Point, noted for variable ice depth depending on summer warmth and prior winter severity. It explains ships meet there after long separations, with the solid north pack stretching from Point Barrow to Postoffice Point and possible shifts to shallower waters or solid ice.
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Strait
Ron
Eas
Eos
Postoffice
Piles News
Gos P
Point Bar
Barrow
Rostalice Pot
Castalia Sails Far From Service After Brief Trials
A historical report notes the Castalia making only a handful of passages through the channel before being retired from service. The vessel’s short-lived operations and swift removal are described in concise terms.
Poetic Guest at the Inn Inspires a Tale
A fragment recalls a Scottish inn scene where a guest named Tennyson is spoken of as a pleasant man and a poet. The landlord questions who he might be, while a character notes he gave the poet his bedroom, hinting at a literary encounter.
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Tennyson
Humorous Village Scene Involving a Car Turned Upside Down
A tale of Dobbleigh parking near Hawkins with a car tires upturned to amuse curious townsfolk. Hawkins remains calm denying a turtle of a car as a crowd observes. A 300 pound man strolling the street stuns onlookers while Jung Aldrich awaits a loved one as a brother interrupts.
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Dobbleigh
Hawkins
Tse
Prac
Jung Aldrich
Wbeh
Not Profiting from the Sewing Machine in the Thirties
Howard M. Lovett recalls at the University of Georgia two young men, William McWhorter and Frank Rak, who influenced the early sewing machine story. Rak devised a fast lock stitch mechanism and impressed many, while Goulding, a northern visitor, later claimed the invention's origin.
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Howard M. Lovett
Land of Used To Be
State Untersity
Georgia
W Liam McWhorter
Adent
Erskine College
Carolina
Frank Rak
Geo
Young Goo
Neny Sangter Justers
Elias Howe
Femay
Sir Young Goulding
William McWhorter
Manling Howe
Elaes
Frank
Goulding
Ae Fourding
Ben Forted
Pataing
Young Maxime du Camp Probes Play’s Rising Star
A fragment notes Maxime du Camp speaking with a young lead amid a crowd of students who backed the play’s success. The exchange hints at the actor’s early fame and the ensemble’s dramatic reception.
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Maxime du Camp
Fragmentary Readership Note Prints Names in Error
A mother and child discuss an article clipping about Nine Nations and capitation. The text references places including Annapolis Trenton Princeton New Jersey Philadelphia Lancaster and York City as readers struggle to recall national capital details.
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Sory
Atmepelie
Marius
Annapolis
Trenton
Princeton
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Lancaster
York City
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Overview
The text lists the seven ancient wonders: the Great Pyramid of Giza. Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Colossus of Rhodes. Pharos of Alexandria.
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Colossus
Rhodes
Olympia
Zeus
Pharos Alexandria
Diana
Ephesus
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Florida Times Union
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Papa
Pasbie
Tralee
Portlant
Hlaep
New Post
New York Press
A. A. Cone
Route 2
Newberg
Springbrook Canning Co
Nash
First St
H. S Gile & Co
Henry Hageman
Mountain Top
Mr. Farmer
Arima Bros
Dundee
Lone Fir Dairy
C. J. Clemenson
E. L. Evans
Rittenhouse
Dayton
Avermett
Oregon Hardware & Implement Company
Larkin-Prince Hardware Co
Chas. Churchill
First Street
Oregon Home
Imp. Co
North Meridian Street
W. M. Crawford
Oregon
Jeree
Poland
China Boat
Lincoln Ducks
G. W. Dayton
Spaulding’s
Emerson
Fifth Street
Portland
Sheldon A. White
Newberg Lodge No
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A. M
Regular Meeting
Shiloh Relief Corps NO. 2
L.O
Cummins
lopging‘Co
Amoney
Aakliks
McMinnville
Emiecoy'bros
Jack Ecews
Christenson
A. Morris
J. G. Turner
Lowe & Turner
Imperial Hotel
Turner
Dr. Lowe
Chehalem Valley Mills
A. EB. Moore
Rubemehent
Gondihien
The
LaFayette State Bank
Aletook
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