The Eighteenth Century Card Games Court Life
The piece sketches Hanover era gambling at court with games like quadrille commerce and whisk whist. It notes royal gambling sums on Twelfth Night, mentions Lady Cowper and Lady Diana, and recalls Hume Johnson and Walpole mastering whist while references to cards and notable events at Carlisle and Culloden appear in anecdotes.
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House of Hanover
C Cowper
Hume
Johnson
Harry” Walpole
Duchess of Grafton
Culloden
Adies
Tieeington
Cali
Neomat
Twice In The Same Place Logs Down In Wasatch Canyon
A National Monthly tale from the Wasatch range describes two sleighs slipping down a narrow canyon slope with deep snow. The foremost brother slows warns that the sled turned and went over the bank with logs aboard as they descend again toward the bottom.
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Wasatch Range
Rockies
Dee
National Monthly
The Beggar’s Stratagem in London Streets
A London reader recalls a Parisian beggar famed for artful thefts aided by a Newfoundland dog. The man would chase scraps while the dog stole the prize, prompting kind travelers to help him rise and donate coins after witnessing the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Censoring the Mail In Style Family Scene
Mrs Instyle laments no mail arriving as Mr Instyle dismisses fashion catalogs and a Royal Lady Tailors letter into the fire. He notes two hundred dollars saved, one tenth the amount for cigars, in a judge's library mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Instyle
Mr. Instyle
Royal Lady Tailors
Her Wonderful Feat Brought to Light in Court
A man was charged with beating his wife and biting off part of her ear. The wife, a good natured soul, sought to screen him and asked for acquittal. The witness denied the claim and confessed she had cut her own ear in a chorus of comic exchange at the magistrate's bench.
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London
Bank President Recalls Saving His Capital Tale
A York bank president recounts a Western story of a meek man who avoided loss when a trustful deposit in his private box at closing time would have vanished after the bank failed. The teller named Charlie saved the depositor by withholding information until business hours and securing the funds, becoming the man’s fortune’s savior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
St. Louis
Charlie
Chromosphere: Sun’s Rosy Layer Envelops Solar Disk
The chromosphere is a hydrogen and helium rich layer surrounding the sun, with variable depth from 6,000 to 100,000 miles and occasional heavier vapors from the photosphere. Prominences rise hydrogen gas to great altitudes at high speeds, seen only during total eclipses or with a telescope, first noted by Father Sacchi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pen and Gee
Father Sacchi
New York American
Dodo Bird Described As Embarrassingly Inept
The article notes that Portuguese explorers found dodos on Mauritius three centuries ago. These birds were large, swan sized, dark gray with nearly no tail feathers, have limited wings, and could not fly swim or run well. They were described as very stupid and cowardly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauritius
Ceres
How to Grow Short on Mountain Climbs
The article states height loss for climbers on mountains with a decrease of three quarters of an inch and up to a full inch on extreme climbs. It notes height increases after reaching Alpine summits but body recovery takes hours after recontact with ordinary ground.
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Rene
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Cardland
Dor. Geo. Larkin
First Nat’l Bank
DR. A. M. Davis
Littlefield & Romig
Physicians & Surgeons
First Nat'l Bank
Rankin & Doolittle
Physicians and Surgeons
U. S. National Bank
G. E. Stuart
Ferguson
W. W. Hollingsworth & Son
Newberg
Clarence Butt
Conaktas Adtera
Oregon
Bank of Newberg Building
McMinnville National
McMinnville
Dunlap Bros
Contractors & Builders Residences
Main Street
E. A. Ellis
General
Yamhill County Abstract Co
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County
G. R
E. S. Greer
Dundee
Ore
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
Con
R. B. Linnville
Griffon
J. C. Porter & CO
C. A. Morris
Postoffice
F.O.B
MO. N. Crosby & Company
First Street
Black
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