Secret Societies Through Fire Water and Air Tests
An article traces ancient secret orders from Persia Egypt and Greece to medieval Europe. It describes initiation trials including threefold tests by fire water and air and the creation of sham paradises to bind followers. It notes Pythagoras Crotona and the Assassins at Alamut and mentions the Venitian report and Mongol collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
India
Egypt
Nile
Pythagoras
Crotona
Italy
Hasen-ben- Sabah
Qmar Kharyousi Naishapur
Alamut
Europe
Marco Toto
Philip Austastus
France
Richard Coeur de Lion
Huaiaku Khan
Germany
Henry the Lion
Lin
Veimbar
London Globe
Cowboys and Cowboys on the Santa Fe Train Tale
An anecdote from Topeka recounts conductor John Becker halting a train to demand tickets from two armed cowboys. Becker brandished a sawed off shotgun, forced the men to surrender their tickets, and ordered them to disembark at the next stop. The piece contrasts heroic frontier grit with violence aboard rail travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kain
John Becker
Santa Fe
Kansas
Gedge City
Becker
Dodge
Kansas City Journal
Misleading Book Titles and Ostrich Temperament
Discussion of misleading book titles such as Ruskins On the Construction of Sheepfolds and Henry James The Lesson of the Master. Notes misnaming of conversions in debt studies and Shorthouse changing Disloyala. Also explains Stroud Magazine on how ostriches show temper by arching necks and blowing a three note warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruskin
Henry James
Sir Edward Hamilton
Shorthouse
Rogiesant
Londom
Straudk
Shrewd Women and Witty Exchange Cited
A Chicago Record-Herald quotation features a husband complaining that posthumous recognition will come late while his wife answers that it won t be long for it to arrive. The bit ends with a jab about paying by check and bank costs, reflecting a social quip about debt and mutual aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wong
Chicago Record-Herald
Howard
Edward
Dudge
The Serenade in 1870s Courtship Customs
In Richard Hoffman's Musical Recollections the serenade is described as a social ritual of the 1870s. Suitors hired top bands to serenade a chosen lady after midnight, often beneath her windows with sentimental songs. The practice waned with electric lights and modern city life, though once persisted in New York with late-night revelry and tolerant watchmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philharmonic Society
Mie
Nilssen
New York
Richard Hoffman
Simona wins free cottage but asks for more
An old man named Simona lives on a long held estate paying nominal rent. The master offers the cottage free if he accepts, but Simona quips about what remains to be paid, hinting at further asks. The anecdote reflects bargaining and long service.
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Simona
Simon
Jeneth
London
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Overland Agency
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H. E. Brown
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