Our Army Camels and the Taste for Soldier Patience
A humorous account recalling the U S Army camel experiments in Texas and California during the Civil War era. Lieutenant Porter describes camels with drivers and baggage masters, many sick, odor issues, and misfires leading to rejection. The anecdote notes camels’ decline, desertion, and eventual end of the program as railroads prove more practical.
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Jefferson Davis
Congress
D. D. Porter
Texas
Kipling
San Antonio
Major
Enid
Sutherland Springs
California
Egypt
Kangas City
Signature on the Hem of a Portrait by Reynolds
The article recalls how old masters sometimes left hidden or faded marks, but shows Reynolds rarely signed works. It notes his portrait of Mrs. Biddons as the Tragic Muse where he signed boldly on the dress hem, saying he could not resist posting his name to posterity.
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Raphael Urbinas
Reynolds
Cancer in the Family and Heredity Claims
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes heredity plays a negligible role in human cancer. Cancer rates are high enough that wishing relatives well does not change risk, with about one in eight women and one in fourteen men over forty affected.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Almanac Church of St Botolph’s Boston
The Boston Post notes St Botolph’s Church in Boston England nicknamed the Almanac church for its tower counting 365 steps to mark the days of the year. The west porch has twenty four steps and the choir sides have sixty steps symbolizing hours and seconds.
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England
St. Botolph’s
Boston
Boston Post
The Office Seeker
A man pursues political office by hustling for nomination signatures then plans to dress clean for a public announcement. He promises to answer the call of duty if summoned.
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Ohio State Journal
Paying Him Back in a Shopper's Grudge
A Buffalo Courier brief notes a shopper story where a girl taunts a salesman by pulling down merchandise and leaving without buying, while Ditto recalls a man in a car yesterday who did not offer his seat, prompting a resolve to get even.
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Buffalo Courier
Car Windows and Fussy Women in Toledo
A fragmented Toledo item describes street car window behavior and a quarrel over open or closed windows. The passage focuses on a fussy woman who wants order, noting inconsistent desires and a humorous complaint about mapping and sense.
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Toledo
An Invitation in Toe You Look Sweet
A fragmentary line hints at a social note or invitation with the speaker complimenting a person named Samy or Sam, describing their appearance in a light, playful tone. The text appears incomplete and lacks clear event or date details.
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Samy
Simplicity in copywork, the hard to master
The phrase notes that simplicity in copying is a hard skill to achieve, attributed to Steele, reflecting a view on craft and effort. The comment emphasizes restraint and clarity over complexity in practice.
Porch Climber Inquiry Baffles Baltimore American
A clipped charm line from the Baltimore American shows a passerby asking where to find help for a porch climber. The exchange hints at a florist or a police officer as possible directions, reflecting local color in a terse, witty vignette.
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Baltimore
Germ counts for a single fy vary widely in tests
Scientific tests indicate a broad germ range from 550 to 6,000,000 per fy. The average across 414 files was about 1,250,000 germs per fy, highlighting substantial variability in contamination levels.
Violence In the Voice Echoes Through Town
A fragmented line reads Violence In the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat Boyer reflecting on turmoil in local discourse.
Understanding Thunderstorms and Lightning Physics
The article explains how thunderstorms form unequally charged vapor, how lightning travels, and why thunder is heard after seeing a flash. It notes lightning types such as straight forked and sheet, with distance estimates using the speed of light and sound and a pulse-based timing method.
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Earth
Finger Print Love
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes a daughter answering her father about marriage after a humorous exchange about matching fingerprints. The joke hinges on a pair’s perceived destiny and the novelty of fingerprints as a sign of compatibility.
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Yonkers Statesman
Remembering that justice must be observed to all
A concise reflection on universal justice noting that fairness applies even to the least powerful. The saying emphasizes equal application of law and moral duty across society.
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Cicera
Burr's Self Control In The Face Of Hamilton's Death
A 19th century reminiscence notes Aaron Burr's legendary discipline after the Hamilton duel. Rufus Choate recounts Burr's unshaken poise during a Boston visit at the Atheneum and his composure when confronted with the memory of his foe.
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Aaron Burr
Rufus Choate
Severni
Alexander Hamilton
Burr
Boston
The Stepney Parish Sailors and Old London Law
A curious historical note explains that British sailors are deemed born in Stepney parish regardless of ship origin. From Charles era rules required birth in a parish with sureties to move. Sea-born workers posed a problem, so officials settled on Stepney as the parish of birth for seamen, a practice tied to the bishop of Stepney.
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Stepney
London
Charles
Multicolored Views Depict British Scenery on 952 Piece Set
A 1774 collection for Catherine II features 952 pieces forming 1,282 views. The bodied pieces are brimstone colored with mulberry views. Each piece bears a green frog in a shield on the rim and shows ruined castles, abbeys, parks, bridges and Windsor park scenes.
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Empresas
Catherine II
la Grenoulliiere
Hampstead
Richmond
Windsor Park
How to Treat a Rifle Wound
Instructional text on first aid for rifle wounds. Emphasizes removing surface debris from clothing and wound, avoiding deep probing, cleaning with antiseptics, and dressing with sterile gauze. Advises repeated cleansing, use of iodine or bichloride solution, and hot-water wrung gauze applications for small wounds.
Leaf Bread in England
A historical note recalls that bread baking arrived late in Europe with flat cakes common in ancient times. By the early nineteenth century bread was still scarce in parts of the continent, as illustrated by an 1812 incident in Gothenburg where an English captain paid in advance to guarantee delivery.
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England
Europe
Gothenburg
London Spectator
Photographer's Price Sparks Banter in Friendly Exchange
In a light exchange, Danny Scot hands back a friend's photograph and jokes about the smile. Randy retorts that those pictures cost him two dollars per dozen, adding a playful jab about the moment.
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Danny Scot
Sandy
Jock
Randy
Which notice of a woman’s coming to the point Yonkers Statesman
A fragment from Yonkers Statesman questions the timing of a woman reaching a point of significance in society, reflecting a curious social observation of the era.
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Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Walk Alone and Speak Your Truth Epictettia Advice
A reflective Epictettia quote urges individuals to walk alone when needed and open dialogue with others. It promotes self reliance while avoiding conformity to the crowd and encourages honest exchange.
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