Tiny Quaker chapels and nearby Milton cottage draw gaze
The article notes several small Quaker meeting houses in England. Lulling ton Sussex hosts a 16 by 16 foot primitive church with simple pulpit and tiny windows. Crawshawbooth Friends meeting house seats about 60. Jordane Buckinghamshire shrine hosts William Penn's grave and nearby Milton’s residence.
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Lullington
Sussex
England
Crawshawbooth
Burnley
Friends’ Meeting House
Jordane
Buckinghamshire
William Penn
Milton
Evidence of Little Worth in Shakespeare Signature Claims
A discussion notes that signatures used to dispute Shakespeare authorship may be unreliable. It cites a treaty with Francis, Duke of Brittany, where a London dealer’s catalogue presents a shaky “Richard Rex” as a possible reading, suggesting misreading could mislead about authorship.
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Richard II
Francis
Brittany
London
Richard Rex
Will Shakespeare
Hypodermic Syringe In Crime Legend At Paris School
Du Chaillon, inventor of the hypodermic syringe, is portrayed as a Fagin like figure in Paris. He allegedly ran a crime school where youths such as Charley Bates and the Artful Dodger learned to commit crimes. When the school was raided the principal escaped, but evidence linked him to caring crimes, while physicians noted the syringe’s medical value.
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du Chaillon
Aris
Charley Bates
Dodger
Flexible metal ring to prevent mud spatter from tires
Inventor presents a flexible metal ring mounted near a vehicle tire to shield pedestrians from mud spray created by rotating wheels. The design aims to reduce street spray during wet conditions.
Catch urtle in West Indies using remora suction method
A curious turtle catching method in the West Indies uses a ring and line attached to a remora. The live fish is thrown overboard and seeks a turtle, attaching itself to the turtle’s head. When the line is pulled, both turtle and remora are hauled aboard.
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West Indies
A Bird in the Hand
A brief from the Special Information Service reports findings on avian land care and bird handling practices. Department of Agriculture materials discuss tips for protecting native species and improving backyard bird habitats.
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Special Information Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Comfort in Hen House Requir Proof Roof for Winter Quiet
Fresh air dryness sunlight and space are vital for winter egg production in poultry houses per the US Department of Agriculture. Roof choice matters most with watertight construction and appropriate pitch. floor options include dirt board or cement, while roosts nests and trap nests should be arranged for comfort, air flow, and efficient breeding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Went
Just How Peddler Bypassed City Attorney Inane Sift Joke
City Attorney Stephens is approached by a peddler insisting on selling an ash sifter. Stephens resists and finally concedes he now understands how the peddler got in by saying he just sifted. Humorous odd exchange quoted from the Los Angeles Times.
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Stephens
Los Angeles Times
Pimply Rashy Skin See Quick Smoothing Cure Ad
A promotion for Cuticura soap and ointment claims quick relief for rashy skin. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept X Beston. Soap 26 cents Ointment 25 and 60 cents. Ad.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Beston
It Wouldn't Do. Chambers Describes War's Effect On Writers
Novelist Robert W. Chambers told a Country Club audience in New York that the war has unsettled writers who no longer know how to describe ordinary life. He urged imagination to adapt to new realities.
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Robert W. Chambers
Country Club
New York
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. Cure is by constitutional remedy via Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The product claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, and offers one hundred dollars for any cure not achieved, with testimonials from J Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Halls CA Medicin
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
Marines Toss Hats Overboard To Seek Luck
A gust on Paris Island training grounds sent a recruit’s hat into the bay and sparked a new Marine custom. The fleet of hats floated away as fellow recruits followed, tossing their own headgear into the water as a luck ritual.
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United States
Paris Island
S. C
Robert’s First Day At School Sparks Trouble
A chaotic first day at school ends with the boy Robert facing immediate discipline. At home his mother asks how the school went and he predicts more trouble with the teacher. The dialogue shifts to a humorous misquote about a new opera and critics.
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Robert
Treghie
Proxy Kiss and War Cross Tale From a Hospital Bed
An officer in a French hospital recalls a Prenely officer awarding a war cross on his pajamas. A nurse unexpectedly kisses him at his bedside in a scene framed as a proxy romance with hints of a wealthy patient and a fading memory.
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France
A Lay Figure in a Quizzical Exchange
A man jokes about his wife knitting socks for soldiers. He says he is doing his bit too. Another suggests his lack of visible effort, while he replies footwork is his specialty and he stays home to try on the socks.
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Mr Meekton
Ifenrietta
Married man speaks less as wife blocks words
A humorous line notes that a husband often has much to say but his wife prevents him from speaking.
His Peculiar Apology and Scilly Islands Flower Output
A child named John refuses to empty papers and apologizes after being urged by his father. The Chicago Examiner quotes a parent child exchange about politeness. Separately, the Scilly islands yield nearly 700 tons of flowers for perfumemaking under normal conditions.
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Lincoln
John
Johns
Chicago Examiner
Scllly Islands
Batonio remedy promises quick relief from excess stomach acid
An ad claims BATONIC tablets neutralize excess stomach acid with pleasant taste and quick relief. It promises a full 60 cent refund if not satisfied and offers a 50 cent trial box through Eatonio Remedy Co at Gunther Building Chicago.
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Eatonio
Hatonio
Eatonic
Jean
Ft. Saddens Entonie Remedy Co
Gunther Bldg
Cago
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