Not A Game Of Chance The Jury Decides Seven-Up Science
A Kentucky case recounts a lawyer arguing seven-up is a game of science not chance. The jury of six gamblers and six deacons ruled that the game is science, noting the chance players stayed broke while the science faction held funds, declaring the common game a pernicious doctrine.
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Mark Twain
Kentucky
Deacon Peters
Dominile Miggles
Dominie
Deacon Job
Commonwealth of Kentucky
John Wheeler
Sleeping Sickness Describes Its Slow Dreadful Course
McClure's Magazine outlines sleeping sickness or Gambian fever as a three stage illness. Early symptoms include fever and swollen neck glands while the patient remains capable of work before apathy and weakness set in. In final stages coma ensues and brain involvement may drive patients into dangerous escape attempts.
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Gambia
Winterbottom
McClure
Famous men and wise men lists in early history
The New York American notes famous lineups of the nine worthies Joshua David Judas Maccabeus Hector Alexander Julius Caesar King Arthur Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon. It adds that the seven wise men of Greece included Sal on Whales Pittaeus Cleon Myson and Chellon of Sparia, suggesting these were among the wisest in Greece.
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Joshua
David
Judas Maccabeus
Hector
Troy
Alexander “the Great
Julus Caesar
Arthur
Britain
Charlemagne
France
Godfrey of Boullon
Greece
Salon
Whales
Pittaeus
Myson
Chellon
Sparia
New York American
Waiting For Him At Idlewood Gate
A clipped dialogue features Poetic Peto praising romance then joking about idle wood at a wood pile with an ax, as a housewife reacts. The piece also notes a meeting at Gastein between William TI and Francis Joseph with Austrian sovereign comments and a smoothed reply about Uismarel arriving soon.
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Poetic Peto
Idlewood
Chicago News
Herr Harden
Gastein
William TI
Francis Joseph
Uismarel
London Spectator
Next Door Fruit Tree Brings Neighbors to Friction
A neighbor overhanging branches from a fruit tree prompts conflicts over ownership and fruit rights. If fruit is claimed, the landowner may permit entry. refusal to share or allow entry may lead to lawful entry without force. The amicable solution suggested is to divide the fruit.
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Harper’s Weekly
The Old Custom of Indexing Books
The article traces indexing from ancient notes to alphabetical indices, noting Cicero and Seneca, the start of modern indexing with print, and Erasmus as an early adopter. It cites Polydore Vergil’s Angliae Historiae as producing the first English book index in 1546, with a 37 page index in a later edition.
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Cicero
Seneca
Erasmus
Polydore Verpil
Wellington and Blucher in a Dinner Talk
A brief recall from Sergeant Ballan dene’s Experiences about T meeting Wellington at dinner when aged and grave. The tale mentions Union club membership and a Crockford’s link, plus a Waterloo meeting with Blucher and tears over the slain. It ends with a Prussian toast and a shocking remark about London.
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Wellington
Blucher
Union Club
Crockford’s
Waterloo
Wlacher
London
Paris Stockbrokers Crushed by Insolvency Rules
Moody's Magazine explains how agent de change insolvency is treated. Insolvency triggers hard labor unless fraud is involved, while the broker’s peers fund protection through an insurance-like reserve. Brokers must avoid personal financial interests, with penalties including fines or dismissal for violations.
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Agent de Change
Paris
Code of Commerce
Lfe
Treasury
Tfe
Moody's Magazine
London Dramatic Censors and Their Odd Edicts
London’s censors, from Colley Cibber’s memoirs, show a harsh past where plays were altered or banned to avoid distressing rulers. The Henvsings of Richard II were expunged to avoid reminders of King James, while Shakespeare faced repeated censorship such as King Lear during George I’s illness. George Colman also banned words like angel and heaven in plays, reflecting a strict metropolitan approach.
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London
Vienna
Colley Cibber
Revels
Richard Lr
Henry VI
James
France
Shakespeare
King Lear
G George I
George Colman
Angel
Heaven
London Chronicle
I Dont Think as Christ Expression in Luke Parable
The writer notes that the exclamation I dont think appears in modern form as Ou doko from the Greek text of Luke seventeenth chapter. He cites the parable of the servant who did his duty and asks if thanks is owed for mere obedience. The observation links biblical phrasing to contemporary usage.
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Christ
London Chronicle
Make Him Sleep Insomnia Police Advice From Byrnes
A New York policeman labeled unfit for duty due to insomnia is advised by Inspector Byrnes to mimic on duty at midnight. Don uniform, belt, bat, revolver, and night stick, lean hard against a corner house to induce sleep, as reported by the New York Tribune.
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New York
Inspector Byrnes
New York Tribune
No Skill Required. Litigant and Lawyer Dialogue Snippet
A brief exchange shows a litigant faulting the fee as outrageous arguing it exceeds most of the recovery. The lawyer counters that skill and legal learning were provided for the case. The dialog ends with a quip about falling down a conhole in a Boston Tran script.
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Boston Transcript
Tolstoy on Death and Fear in Cycle of Readings
Tolstoy argues fear of death is unnatural and tied to gin and misperception of life. He compares divine timing to a fig tree owner knowing when fruit is ripe and urges living without fear or desire to cling to life.
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Tolstoy
Alarmed Her Servant Heavens Big Flowerpot Incident
A fragment notes a servant alarmedly recounting that a large flowerpot fell from a window ledge striking a man on the head. The dialogue includes a dramatic mistress exclaiming and a garbled name phrase. The readable text centers on the accidental incident and startled reaction.
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Ima- Jollen
Canine cemetery fraud shocks Paris visitors
A Paris dog cemetery scandal reveals a stone carver sold fifty fake inscriptions after the Rio des Ravageurs graveyard opened in 1890. Advertisements in Mexgendorfer Blatter show the scam lured visitors with pious tributes that were fabrication, not heartfelt memorials.
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Paris
Rio Des Ravageurs
Cty
Buttt
Paris Cor
London World
The Helpful Walter Contemptuous Walter Quha
Walter Quha protests over soup etiquette in a London Tit-Bits humor sketch. A passerby offers blotting paper as Walter rebels at the proper use of a spoon and napkin, uttering a comic aside about propriety and patience.
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Walter
Walter Quha
London
Nicotine and Nervousness Question Discussed by Doctor
A physician notes that tobacco likely increases nervousness when a wife objects to her husband's smoking. The exchange highlights social tension around smoking in the home and its possible psychological effects.
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