Seeing a Joke Across Cultures and a Hereford Barbed Wire Run
A writer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat contrasts English and American humor, noting Twain and Lynn as accepted by Englishmen. The anecdote recalls a yearling Hereford charging a barbed wire fence in the Texas Panhandle, tumbling over and wailing, eliciting only a cautious remark from Bradford mayor Alan Smith Festber about the fence’s strength and the animal’s safety.
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Alfred Harmsworth
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Mark Twain
Finley Peter Lynne
Englisiman
Hereford
Texas Panhandle
Godun
Bradford
Alan
Smith Festber
Yorkshire
Waterspouts and Old Time Mariners Famed Countermeasures
The article recalls medieval and early modern methods to ward off waterspouts. Mariners used black handled knives, Gospel passages, and loud noise to deter or split spouts. Cannons were fired, and anecdotal tales claim spouts could be cut by cannon fire. It also notes Mary Queen of Scots imagery on Scottish coins, naming the bawbee halfpenny and the baby face on the coin.
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Scientific American
Mary
Scotland
Wise Grids Bride Shower Remark Sparks Online Debate
A quote from the Cleveland Plain Dealer circulates about a bride to be receiving a “com mieration shower” from friends who say they would have married the groom. The line stirs curiosity over the intent and tone of the party gesture.
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Cleveland
Mixed Metaphors Shake Canterbury Bishops on Revision
A well known bishop in Canterbury’s upper house convocation on prayer book revision startled Episcopal brethren by saying there is grit under the door on a clean slate. A joke exchange follows about a husband and wife with two weeks of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
Church Family
Gallantry Dialog Fragments In Conversational Vignette
A clipped sequence presents a playful exchange with phrases about meeting before and imagined romance. The dialogue includes a flirtatious remark in Germanic tone and a warning against overemphasis on debt as an inconvenience, ending with a caution about treating debt as calamity.
German Keys as Tools in Daily German Life
A Hanover report notes that German locksmiths and keys have become central to life. House keys, weighing about a quarter pound in pockets, are carried by many, enabling both entry and security and totaling an estimated 5,000 tons of iron in German pockets and bags.
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Iertiany
Conani
Hanover
Prungia
Elector of
Brandenburg
Schiesser
Germany
America
Royal yacht incident signals on board mischief and wit
An account recalls King Edward steering the royal yacht Victoria and Albert with Admiral Keppel at the wheel, a crewed miscue drawing a sarcastic inquiry from a cruiser captain, and the king’s laughter before sending a playful apology. The piece blends other note snippets from Porto Rico cane culture to humor and society quips.
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Colin Keppel
Kling Edward
King
Keppel
Victoria
Sibert
Admiral Keppel
King Edward
Pearson’s Weekly
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