German Sport Emphasizes Nature Over Games
The article contrasts German attitudes toward sport with English and American views. It notes Germans prefer exercise close to nature, with skiing skating swimming and hiking, while disliking competitive games. It cites Ida A Dr Wylie on German energy and a preference for personal improvement over beating others. It mentions schooling and a citation from John Shebbeare’s Matrimony about social customs.
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Ida A.dr. Wylie
Seie
Waiting Upon His Bride Custom Through Two Centuries
The passage notes a long standing practice in which the bridegroom waits upon his bride on their wedding day, a custom dating back two hundred years and widespread across the land.
Russian czars lavish gifts during Windsor visit in 1844
The London Chronicle notes Nicholas I stayed four days at Windsor Castle in June 1844 and provided vast sums and gifts. He gave the housekeeper 5000 dollars plus 10000 for royal staff, a gold snuffbox valued at 2500 dollars for the czar’s image with diamonds, and a sackful of rings watches and brooches for minor officials.
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Russia
Nicholas I
Windsor Castle
Charles Murray
Alther
Nicholas
London Chronicle
Ireland story ends with ducks and revenge
A muddled comic exchange recalls a tale of a cake burned by a guest in Ireland, a fire going out, ducks involved, and a reported revenge that spirals into a chaotic misremembered scene with paint, fences, and beer.
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Ireland
Funny Man
Spendthrift Eph Hoskins Hits New York Riches
A cartoon caption depicts Eph Hoskins in New York spending lavishly with $100 checks, burning through funds while Uncle Eben warns the windfall will not endure. The scene satirizes rapid wealth and reckless spending in a humorous exchange.
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Ezra
Eph Hoskins
New York
Eben
Eph
Puck
Bird pilots of the Bering Sea called San Francisco pilots
Whalers bound for the Bering Sea in spring are escorted by sea birds that accompany ships to the Alaskan islands and return home in autumn. The birds, seen as lucky sea pilots, entertain sailors with playful feeding displays while the voyage lasts.
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San Francisco
Bering Sea
Sancisco
Arctic
Alaska
Siberia
Anda
Sanoa
Peculiar Royal Homes Across Nations
London Answers notes curious monarchic dwellings. A Java prince cools his palace with a stream under the gateway. Czar Paul built a mirror room for long marches in uniform. A Russian empress housed an ice palace where a offended courtier faced a near freezing night in the state chamber.
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England
Java
Paul
Chamber of State
London
Motive Suspected in Evening Poem Recital
A young man in a tall collar recites verse at an evening party. He has delivered forty seven stanzas when a latecomer asks about the subject. The P P speculates the motive is revenge, noting no other clear reason for the poem.
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Iymer
P. P
London
Startling discovery in local jail guard appointment tale
Tony Lehman, a waiter and booster for Tom Barrett, was appointed a jail guard after Barrett became sheriff. A later incident shows a guard jokingly setting Lehman’s watch and asking about his loss, prompting a humorous exclamation about “tees in der chair Chicago Post.”
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Tony Lehman
Tom Barrett
Tom
Tony
Chicago Post
A Bad Jolt at a Rum Sale Incident
The Louisville Courier Journal recounts a humorous mishap where a woman, assisting at a rum sale, removes her new hat which is then sold for 25 cents. The anecdote frames the incident as a social squeeze and the hat’s quick sale as comic relief.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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