Evolution of the rifle from musket to repeating arms
The article traces firearms history from matchlock and flintlock muskets to percussion caps and breechloaders. It notes Spanish and Prussian developments, early rifling, and early repeating rifles like Winchester. It ends with a glance at future weapon trends and Slavic group distinctions.
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Borger
Duke of Alva
Lafayette
Alexander Foraythe
Gaspard Koller
Vienna
August Kotter
Nuremberg
Napoleon
Winchester
Maid of the Mist Tenders to Niagara Falls Debts
The old Maid of the Mist fell into debt and the owner attempted a rapids escape at Niagara Falls. The boat was badly damaged with loss of its smokestack. The name, given by Sir Walter Scott, has been used by later boats cruising near the falls.
Free Trip for Him On His Heirs Windfall
A retired merchant boasts of a complimentary trip funded by his planned inheritance. He relaxes in a twelve dollar a day hotel and explains the trip costs nothing, as the heirs will pay. An onlooker asks how the perk is funded, and the man smiles at his plan to leave wealth to his heirs.
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St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Doctor’s Bill Saved for Later Payment
A Birmingham Age-Herald quotation notes a patient asking for encouragement from a doctor who replies he can pay the bill when he has the money. The exchange reflects frugal humor about medical costs and care.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Not Far Wrong Autocrazy and Quotes Amid Mixed Tidbits
A garbled passage quotes the Chicago Herald and Baltimore American snippets about a mispronounced name Tommy, a weekly $200 wage, and a bank plan. The text moves through dialogues with lines about sadness in song and a remark on failure still reflecting weak will, all in clipped fragments.
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Tommy
Chicago Herald
Familiar Quotations from Edward Young and Poetic Witticisms
The Philadelphia Ledger surveys Edward Young and other great poets, noting how his Night Thoughts popularized lines such as Procrastination is the thief of time. It contrasts Young with Pope and Shakespeare, and cites phrases now common in daily speech.
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Edward Young
Shakespeare
Pope
Milton
Dryden
Young
Goldsmith
Alps
Archer
Macbeth
Philadelphia Ledger
Vast Greenland the World’s Largest Island Explored
Greenland is the largest island, stretching about 1500 miles from Cape Farewell to Cape Morris K. Jesup. Its ice bound interior reaches up to 10000 feet, with ice free coastal land carved by fjords. American expeditions shaped its Arctic knowledge over sixty years, Peary marking its northern extreme.
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Greenland
Cape Farewell
Cape Morris K. Jesup
United States
Rio Grande
Red River
New York
Peary
New York Times
Forgetful man recalls phone number by calling wife
A Chicago News quip shows a business man exclaiming he forgot his new phone number and avoiding writing it down for fear of weakness. He then telephones his wife to confirm the number, highlighting humorous mental lapse.
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Chicago News
Handed It Back
Exchange between Jones and his wife reveals frustration over domestic duties and Mrs. Jones admission of lacking skill in choosing companions. The quip frames a light domestic moment and hints at underlying humor.
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Jones
Mrs. Jones
Salt Formation In Brine Pans At Specific Temperatures
Brine boils at 226 degrees Fahrenheit forming salt. At 165 F salt crystallizes on the brine surface, floats briefly, then sinks, leaving fresh crystals at the bottom.
Romance and Magazine Covers Sparked a Courier Tale
A Louisville Courier Journal note recalls a man who fell for a girl he saw on a magazine cover. The column questions whether he pursued the romance or married her, but notes there was no time as another magazine issue arrived that month.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Green All Around Mrs Youngbride In Store Dialogue
In a brief quoted exchange Mrs Youngbride asks Haven't you any lobsters that look so green as a store scene shows. The fragment hints at a humorous or curious shopping moment with green lobsters referenced by the speaker.
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