Vegetable inspired wares and plant based vessels described
An article details peculiar vegetable derived pottery from India and Persia using dried fruit pulp and plant glue to create water resistant bowls and jars. It notes methods, crafts, and trade in organic vessels, with anecdotes on experimentation and standard products priced from four annas to two and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooper
Iatic Society
Benigal
India
James Mar
Raipur
Central Provinces
Government of India
Burma
J. B. Aitchison
Persia
Khorasan
Questioning Over Spring Chickens at City Seizure Hearing
At a Chancery hearing, Lena Hornstein cross-examined F A Becker on the legality of the city’s seizure of frozen poultry. The exchange touched on poultry prices, mating season, and the birth of a spring chicken as a test of the case’s logic.
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Kelly
Lena Hornstein
Corporaton
F. A. Becker
Commission
Viewpoint Shapes Meaning In A Turkish Translation Tale
General Lew Wallace described American childrearing as outdoors and self-reliant. A Turkish version reversed many details, portraying homes of trees, uncooked foods, wild horses, and girls serving in kitchens, sparking debate over cross cultural understanding. The Circle hopes readers interpret the intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Wallace
Turkey
Chekuk Ber
Chekuk Bey
Neo
Seek Beauty and Nobility to Shape Character
A Philadelphia reading notes that admiration shapes character. If we seek light and beauty in others we will find it, but if we hunt for faults we become like what we seek. The piece urges seeking symmetry, beauty, and nobility to grow strong in mind and body.
Squirrels perform feats at Thanksgiving dinner show
The piece describes Mr Goodyear of Burch town training about fifty gray squirrels to gather nuts from the forest and deliver them to his home. Guests watch as a wooden plank delivers chestnuts and walnuts via a sequence of squirrels performing the nut delivery about the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisk Goodyear
Burchtown
Mr. Goodyear
Philadelphia
Gold and Fortune Shape a Mexican Arrival Tale
A man after a fortuitous find contemplates wealth and its use as he returns to his modest dwelling. He imagines a golden vision and weighs what to do with his money, including plans tied to a poor Mexican laborer he encounters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cate
Folklore phrases enter vernacular across centuries
A London Chronicle note traces how nursery rhymes and folk tales evolved from medieval to early modern times. It cites tests from Hieracles's sixth century, Humpty Dumpty from King John era, Babes in the Wood from the fifteenth century, and later tales like Jack Horner and Cinderella linked to Perrault’s 1657 publication.
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Hieracles
Humpty Dumpty
John
Wayland Wood
Norfolk
Jack Horner
Miss Muffett
Mother Hubbard
Mother Goose
Pussy Cat
Elizabeth
Coma Gut
Lucy Locket
Charles II
Bluebeard
Tom Thumb
Charles Perrault
London Chronicle
A True War Story From The Circle
A Tennessee boy recalls a Civil War tale of soldiers offering nutmegs carved from wood in exchange for buttermilk. The anecdote notes Connecticut troops allegedly crafted wooden nutmegs to amuse themselves while camps traded for comforts.
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Tennessee
North
South
Connecticut
Bible Readin Pieces and A Murder in Adelaide
A worn Bible placed at the Stockport depot in 1892 shows traffic of the era. A British salaries committee raises an urban worker's pay by 2 50 a year. A murder case in Adelaide involves an Afghan man who killed his wife and a white woman, dismembered the body, and dumped parts. a frightened horse redirected the crime toward the victim’s mother where authorities uncovered the horror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciety
Raitroad
Adelaide
London Chronicle
Cure Rumors and Remedies in a Dated Market Ad
The passage touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with a $100 reward for failure, claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and urges readers to request testimonials while also promoting Hall's Family Pills for constipation. It includes an anecdote about Chinese imperial households and a testimonial for Cuticura remedies ending with a Virginia Tenn. date and mountain travel context.
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Hall
Fr. J. Coenzgy & Co
Toledo
Drugrista
Lizzie Vincent Thomas
Spiel Walden’s Ridge
Tenn
Fragmented modern chatter and stray notes in a torn page
A jumbled set of phrases mentions love marriage and greetings in a casual tone. It then shifts to animal senses in hair snails, Norwegian paper production and worker pay, a fake medical ad, a comic line about a theft, and a Pizarro note, ending with a cold remedy claim and tobacco cultivation figure.
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