Cobbett and Annette: A Five Year Courtship Then Marriage
In a tale set within a Lutheran household, a young man named Cobbett expressed intent to wed the daughter after gaining parental consent. Five years elapsed before the couple married, with the parents observing the suitor's earnest patience and eventual union. The story frames a quiet, resolved courtship as a local community note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juke Efon
Ing
Poucher
Pitt
Wan
Aine
Cobbett
Hila
Mar
One Wheeled Vehicle Debuts in Mality States
A partially legible excerpt describes a one wheeled Jlarikiain or mopvercle principle introduced among the Chinese of the Mality states. It claims advantages over the traditional vehicle, including safer cornering, reduced wear, simpler pulleys, and a claimed 20 percent speed increase.
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Singapore
Fragmentary note on chemical mix and sourcing
Disjointed lines describe a crude recipe using tar stone powder and a sulfur blend, with references to bricks and powders from a place name resembling American News Delt Wane Ady. The fragment includes gapped terms like can fire nlx and Paupeice Diack pitel, suggesting a historical note on material preparation and sourcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camanthan
Wooder
Open Giver and Parish Plate Envelopes Noted
A church record shows Harold's father habitually giving 19 Binday in a numbered envelope to the collection plate, credited to a church book. A summer absence leads to an arrears envelope handed to Henry 49, with remarks about prior envelopes and a church routine noted amid informal text and quirky aside.
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Harold
T. Wanseway
Henry
Fog differences and London air history in reign reforms
Fragmentary text discusses fogs in London, their historical impact on rooms and society, and how coal smoke and health concerns influenced regulation. It cites royal prohibitions on cow urine use and brick kilns, costs for coronation wood and coal, and a reference to the London Graphic on Edward VII’s coronation expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Edward HW
London Graphic
Speech and Writing Exchange Example From Tit Bits
A fragmentary quotation discusses how many speak more agreeably than they write and notes a literary tone. It includes a reply by Mr Owington and references a tailor, a man of letters, and the idea that even dying leaves a fatal instrument behind.
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Owington
Cornet Phrives
London
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Africa
Harper's Weekly
Ite Iit
C. E. Cline
Ladins
Newline
Mendel's
Anc
Ecru
Nottingham
C. Thos. Kemp
Frederick, Md
Doll Bros
Ptora Cape
Market Street
the Ebert Hardware CO
West Patrick Street
Steven
Dewiawf
Edwin Devilbiss
Amos Urner
Devilbiss
DOLL
Albaugh
Son
Market’ Bt
Frederick, Bed
Ernest
Helfenstein
Insurance
Jas. E. Doll
98Outi Market Street
Citizen National Bank
F. Columbus Knott
Tte Besant & Jets Preaariek
Carty
Euch
Nis Carty’s
Patrick Street
Lowenstein
Hart, Schaeffer & Marx
Schlogs Broa, & Co
Agenta
B. Rosenour & Sons
Outfitters
Market and
Patrick Streets
Bennett
Sase Tecei
Frederick
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