Corduroy Origin of the Word Puzzles Linguists
A discussion of corduroy as a French appearing yet English formed word. The term may derive from imagination or an English name Corderoy, with no French source. The piece notes Sir James Murray cannot solve the origin and traces the fabric’s rise in the late eighteenth century among working people for its strength and durability.
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James Y
Sens
Eloiles de Coton
Fulaines
Kingscordes
Macintosh
James Murray
London Globe
The Check Book That Outshone A Library
Oliver Wendell Holmes visits James T Fields with a book he calls the most valuable, claiming it could rival Boston libraries if edited and illustrated. Dr Holmes later reveals the book is Nat Thayer’s check book, noting Thayer was then believed the wealthiest man in Boston.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
James T. Fields
Boston
Dr. Holmes
Nat Thayer
Mr. Thayer
Too Tempting Miss Arabella Paxton At Country Fair
Miss Arabella Paxton rides a flying horses attraction at a country fair and returns dizzy and disheveled. Mrs Jennings teases that the wheel age change seems to have been sparked by a taunting remark. Mr Jennings admonishes her to be gentler.
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Arabella Paxton
Goodby
Arabella
Mrs. Jennings
Mr. Jennings
Twilight effects on flower colors in a garden
As twilight nears, red flowers fade first while grass and leaves turn grayish. White flowers are not noted, and blue or violet blossoms hold color last. The color change aids insects that visit flowers at dusk to evade predators.
Mammoth Cave Discovery From A Crevice Tale
A Watchman report recounts Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave as famed for salt peter and a 1806 journey to the American Philosophical Society. It describes a crevice led to a legendary underground temple, a lamp lost then recovered, and the Egyptian Temple with six eighty foot columns in gray oolite and vivid stalagmite decor.
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Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Dr. Brown
Lexington
American Philosophical Society
Great Britain
Dr. Hovey
Becerighian Society
Baron von Steuben Revives Continental Drills at Valley Forge
Baron von Steuben trained the ragged Continental troops at Valley Forge turning them into disciplined soldiers. Initially unsure of the manual exercise and insulted by officers in dressing gowns he used strict drills and censure in German and French to forge effective units.
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Baron von Steuben
Valley Forge
Herr Hauptmann
Washington
Why Washington Crossed the Delaware Riddle
In a third grade class forty voters puzzled by Washington's motive laugh as Annie explains the crossing to visit Atlantic City. The teacher’s question about the Father of His Country prompts a playful chicken problem answer, but Annie offers the summer fact that he crossed to stop Atlantic City.
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Washington
Delaware
Annie
Atlantic City
Philadelphia Times
A Cautious Answer
A cautious retelling shows an English writer noting a direct question about a father's death. An eastern friend replies slowly, pulling his beard and easing into the point that the death was “rather sudden for him.”
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England
A Familiar Face
An affable traveler meets a neighbor in a railway car. A quiet stranger reveals a fourteen year prison sentence and his discharge this morning. The exchange centers on recognition of a familiar face amid peculiar introductions.
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Modzonetsktest Koroczoctoetker
London Mail
Wanted fresh cows and farm goods listings
Classified notices show Wanted fresh cows with price and contact RK Sexton 95 E 30th St Portland Ore 49 p d. WANTED Prunes and Dried Black Caps at H S Gile Co Packing House Newberg Oregon both phones tf 36 20 acres land to rent north of Newberg seven acres berries remainder grain or grass inquire Newberg Land Co 47 pd. Trade wood for a watch with C A Morris jeweler opposite post office 45 tf. Nursery stock sale fruit trees. Sheep dip 80 cents per gallon north of Newberg J J Jorvon 45 tf. For sale one acre in Little Homes addition to Newberg small house barn city water several bearing fruit trees see John T Haworth corner Second Center Newberg mutual phone 45tf. Stray sheep about 14 head from my farm near Laurel info at Graphic office or by word. W H McCormick
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H. S. Gile & Co
Newberg
Oregon
Newberg Land Co
J. J. Jorvon
SaLte
John T. Haworth
Mutual
Sale of 30 acre fruit ranch near Springbrook
For sale 30 acre fruit ranch one mile north of Springbrook with 25 acres of плод fruit 5 room house barn good well farm tools and team. Contact owner John T Haworth 2nd and Center Newberg Mutual phone. Also hog sale note prices and contact Dadisman Mutual Phone 48.
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Springbrook
John T. Haworth
2Nd and Center
Newberg
Mutual
Dadisman
Four fine lots with small down payment offered
A classified notice offers four fine lots with a small down payment and easy balance, with monthly payments. Contact C A Morris opposite the post office. A quoted exchange from the Houston Post adds a domestic remark about divorce and biscuits.
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C. A. Morris
Rough on the Lawyer Acquittal Surprises Judge
A man found guilty in a trial is unexpectedly acquitted after the judge questions whether his counsel was court appointed or privately retained. The jury, after deliberation, returns with a verdict of acquittal on the ground of insanity.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Animals and Rain and Shelter Notion Across Species
The excerpt notes that most animals avoid rain without building shelters. It cites Kipling on monkeys and their rain discomfort versus a squirrel and orang utan that occasionally improvised shelter. It mentions Dyaks observing orangutans using pandanus leaves in heavy rain.
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Mr. Kipling
India
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A. S. Mellinger
Enos Ellis
Atty. B. A
Kirks
McMinnville, Oregon
Friends Church
Lee Dadisman
Yamhill Electric Co
Graphic
Bell
A. H Forkner
Gregory Sisters
Sexton
E. 30Th St
Portland
Ore
Laurel
W. H. McCormick
Munsell & Martin Optical Co
Houston Post
ACME
Allen-Reynolds Hardware Co
Newberg, Or
Broadeyes
Kincaid
Our & Co
Hudson Bros
Sut
L.e.brown
The
Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co
Wilson & Hitchen
First
Meridian
C. B. Cummings
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