London Newspapers Hire in High Price Era 1854 Leaflet Found
The Christian Science Monitor reports a 1854 leaflet from Westerton's office offering Daily News copies at 10 cents, 25 cents reading, or 18 cents for two hours and other rates, reflecting the era of hired newspapers. It notes Charles Dickens era editorship and Harriet Martineau as a contributor, with the practice persisting in some households until about 1880.
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London
The
Daily News
Crystal Palace
Westerton
Hyde Park
Charles Dickens
Tits Ecitor
Wiliam Weir
Harriet Martineau
England
Times
Christian Science Monitor
Let Your Light Shine Epictetus Inspired Advice
A short Epictetus proverb urges personal virtue without reliance on praise. It emphasizes acting as a voluntary benefactor, likening good deeds to the sun that rises and is universally welcomed.
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Epictetus
A Rough Morning and a Fair Draw
Jimmy finds fifty cents and shares half with Tete Jones in a lighthearted tale of honesty as a boy recalls his mother's questions about the decision. The piece then shifts to a home remedy for cleaning fluid using soap, alcohol, ether, glycerin, ammonia, and water.
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Jimmy
Tete Jones
Deceptive suitor questioned in Houston Post brief
A short Houston Post item quotes a woman refusing marriage, citing lack of trust due to deception. She says the suitor pretends to like her pet, underscoring doubts about his sincerity.
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Houston Post
Foros of Habit Ready on Time Question
A brief Detroit Free Press fragment shows a character stressing punctuality and an impatient husband. The quote hints at a husband who “won't wait a minute” and references his youth as an elevator boy.
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Detroit Free Press
Editor Alliance Ties In Longstanding Paper
A brief exchange reveals two editors who have worked together for years, with one identifying the other as the editor of one of his papers. The dialogue underscores a long friendship and professional respect between the journalists.
Ambiguous Admission After Singers Invite
A terse exchange hints at mixed motives behind a proposed invitation. One party suspects the offer aims to exploit a talent for singing rather than genuine interest in a relationship or collaboration. The other remains uncertain, signaling miscommunication.
Women and Aeroplaning: Thrills and Cautions from Mrs Woodruff
Mrs Thaothy L Woodruff wife of New Yorks former lieutenant governor shares flying experiences with Sopwith in a bi plane and a monoplane. She describes heights 20000 feet biplane and 24000 feet first time twelve minutes second flight thrills and the sense of flying while noting nerves and seasickness affect some women.
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Sopwith
Earth
Magnetic Needle Variation and Isogonals in Geomagnetic Charts
An integrity of historical notes on magnetic variation discusses how the magnetic needle shifts over time and across locations. It explains isogonic lines, agonomic and diogenic charts, and how surveys like Mason and Dixon relied on stars, not the compass, for earlier long lines.
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Enow
Hias
Trie
Mason and Dixon
Harvard President Lowell Receives French Legion Honor
Abalti Lawrence Lowell, Harvard president, has been advanced to the rank of officer in the French Legion of Honor for meritorious conduct in military service. The order dates from Napoleon and now comprises five classes with medals and stipends. it is conferred on foreigners as well as natives, sometimes on women.
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Harvard
Legion of Honor
France
Republic
Republique Francaise
Sis
Paganini's strange aid to a starving servant girl
In Paris the famed violinist Paganini helps a weeping maid whose lover has been conscripted by staging a concert with a wooden shoe as a playable prop. He donates 20 000 francs to buy a substitute for her lover and to start a home, plus the instrument to sell for further support, per W Francis Gates' Anedotes of Great Musicians.
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Pagasini
Paganini
Paris
W. Francis Gates
Farm Hand Seeks Regular Work After Long Day
A farm hand in a Success Magazine anecdote works from dawn to dusk, tending chores by lantern light. He tells the farmer at month end he will quit, arguing there is no steady job since three or four evening hours lack tasks to fill his time.
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Success Magazine
Crossed Wits and Silent Pockets in a Clothier Tale
A fragment from Harper’s Weekly and Washington Star sketches a comic scene where Stewpay complains there are no pockets in trousers while Slewpay explains a plan to hold bids. The exchange hints at rules of a game and a wary stranger asks for law around the matter.
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Stewpay
Harper's Weekly
Washington Star
Jeep cliff emergency lesson from Chauffeurs School
An examiner asks a pupil how to respond if a Jeep climbs and the power fails near a precipice. The pupil jokes about yelling for an ambulance and locating an accident insurance policy for his wife.
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Mohamed- AL
Harper'a
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