City of Golden Domes and the Swamp City
The article describes St. Petersburg as the City of Golden Domes built on swamps along the Neva. It notes Peter the Great founded the city, forced reclamation work under compulsion of the knout, and forbade stone use elsewhere. It paints a crowded, unhealthy, yet majestic metropolis with long summer days and brief winter twilight.
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St. Peters
Peter the Great
Neva
Dhether
Peters
Stetersburg
Equator
Europe
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Peepee
T. Petersburg
Regent Street
London
Fifth Avenue
New York
Boston Globe
The Shirt of a Happy Man
A royal seeker asks advisors for happiness and learns the secret is simple. An old sage says to obtain the shirt of a happy man. The king meets many subjects and finds none happy until a man reveals he never had a shirt.
A Difference in Buttons and Buttonholes
A fragment discusses buttons and buttonholes as a symbolic and practical division between men and women, highlighting fashion and gendered dress codes while suggesting broader social implications.
Buttonhole conventions differ by gender in clothing
The Dundee Advertiser notes that buttons are on the right and buttonholes on the left for men's garments while women's clothing uses the opposite arrangement. The text highlights how feminine clothes close left to right and masculine items right to left, leaving a puzzled commentator to address the discrepancy.
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Dundee Advertiser
Making Him Useful Politician Refuses Governor Candidate Support
A prominent politician declines backing a governor candidate saying he does not want to waste him. He compares the situation to a Dublin theater disturbance where a spectator cried to throw out the offender, only for a solemn man to stop the mob and defend the man in question.
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Dublin
Man on Signpost Ponders Liverpool Trip Time
Jones strolling near Warrington spots a man perched atop a signpost bearing This will take you to Liverpool. The man asks Jones what time the event starts after two hours of sitting, a quizzical London Ideas moment.
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Jones
Warrington
Liverpool
Begorra
London
Royal Compliment During Sermon in Private Chapel
Archishop de Nosmund of Toulouse faltered mid sermon in Seany's private chapel and paused. The king offered a gracious remark, expressing relief and noting the abundance of merit in the earlier portion of the discourse.
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de Nosmund
Toulouse
Seany
The Influence of Clothes on the Mind Observed
A humorous exchange notes how clothing shifts mood. He describes riding gear making him feel like a horse, business attire focusing the mind on work, and evening dress prompting social thoughts. She quips that a bath leaves the mind blank.
Old bachelor Gotrox seeks bride in humorous exchange
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt, Gotrox declares he could learn to be a good husband despite being an old bachelor. Miss Pechis retorts that he is not too old to learn but is not too old to spurn, delivering a sharp punchline.
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Old Gotrox
Miss Pechis
Philadelphia Press
Old Time Cookery From a 15th Century Noble Book
A 1467 cookery volume shows rare recipes used for fast days and noble tables. It contrasts the same dish names with different ingredients and methods, notes use of lamprey and pork in custards, and describes serving customs, from gold and silver plates for nobles to wooden trenchers for commoners, until metal plates rose in Elizabethan times.
Anecdote on Dumas and his money matters
A writer recalls Alexandre Dumas famed for disdaining money. The chief character trait, he says, was his lack of cash despite vast wealth. An anecdote describes Dumas borrowing 2 louis for a friend and then tipping the jar of pickles to cover the debt, slipping coins to a servant.
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Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
Com- Tia
Louis
Jer
The Felting Process and Wool Scales
The article explains that wool felting depends on the scales covering the fibers. It notes 1100 to 3000 scales per square inch, with finer grades having more and better scales. Felting occurs as scales hook and entangle, with closer wool fibers yielding denser threads.
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New York Sun
The Great Steadier on a Train Exchange
A minister questions a young man on a train about smoking and drinking. The youth replies no to both and says he is married. The minister asks what the young man is, and he answers with a firm identification.
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Tabata
Waste of Energy and Fear Reduction
The author argues tight fist tension wastes energy and that releasing fears and tensions boosts vigor. Continuous mental strain drains energy, while relaxing fear can restore vitality and provide protection against feared outcomes.
Origins and history of steel terminology in ancient sources
A survey from the Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association traces steel’s name and use across Greek, Roman, and early Latin texts. It notes early terms like acies and aciarium, discusses chalybes, mentions Epinal gloss parallelism with Anglo-Saxon steel, and covers tempering as an ancient process predating Homer.
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England
Aeschylus
India
Greece
Rome
Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association
Button prank unveils single culprit in church tale
A New England minister joked from the pulpit that a button found in the church collection could only have been placed by one person. After the service a member confessed, asking how the minister knew. The minister replied that two people could not have put the same button on the plate, hence the single culprit.
Snakes and Their Glassy Eye Scales
The article describes how snakes have lidless eyes covered by transparent scales that resemble glass. These scales shed with the outer skin and protect the eye from debris, effectively acting like eyeglasses for the snake.
Clock of Versailles Sun Dial Marks Kings Deaths
A sun faced clock in the Versailles palace courtyard, L Horloge de la Mort du Roi, has a single hand set to the moment of a king's death. It remains fixed until his successor dies. Initiated under Louis XIII, revived after Louis XVIII, and still paused at his death moment.
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Palace of
Versailles
Louis XIII
Louis XVIII
Douglas Jerrold and his quirks of naming in tales
The fragment notes Jerrold naming patterns and references to a ranger named George Hod and a work titled Manners of My Time. It mentions a party scene with a tall, emaciated doctor and a short, sturdy mistress, then a shift to a post with a milestone.
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Douglas Jerrold
Rangers
George Hodin
Jerrold
Graphic News Print Delivers Local Happenings for Every Home
The Graphic provides daily local news and happenings intended for every household. It highlights community events, crime notes, school updates, weather, and notices, presenting concise summaries and essential details for residents.
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JAS. Hutchins & Son
Newberg, Oregon
Nature’s Food
Frank Zumwalt
Lynn B. Ferguson
Rexal
Rexall
Washington Street
Carlton
Snake's
Yamhill County Abstract Co
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County
Mcminnville
Oregon
J. L. van Blaricom
E. A. Ellis
General
E.W. Mueller
Newberg
Whitten
Mr. Whitten
Foster M. Mills
Dennis C. Mills
Iron Works
Blaine Sts
Oregon Journal
Sindy
Jo Journal
Thos. Herd & Son
Building Contractors
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