Mount Kedric Castle Tale in Lorch Village Folklore
In Lorch villagers recount the tale of Count Gilgen a harsh ruler who pockets wealth while oppressing locals. His daughter Gertinda draws his change of heart after a rescue by a hermit and dwarfs who demand justice as the price of salvation. The arc ends with the Count reforming and earning public affection.
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Lorch
Count Gilgen
Gertinda
Kedric
Gerlinds
Count Gil
von Lorch
Parste
The Dwarfs and Gerlinda in the Storm
In a tale refreshingly fraught with peril Count Gilgen seeks riches by tossing jewels into a cauldron and finds only smoke. Gerlinda shelters a dwarf, angering the Count, who wrongly blames the dwarf for poverty until a search for his missing daughter reveals the dwarfs’ power on Mount Redrics.
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Prenty
Gothen
Cave 108
Count Gilgen
Avery
Jack the Witch
Gerlinds
Rascal
Stenets
Dale
Redrics
Redric
Ieried
Snoring Story From War Echoes In Ward Thirty-Two
Philadelphia Record reports Councilman Franklin M. Harris famed for his snoring as committees of residents in Ward Thirty-Two cite protests. Harris recalls earning a war era reputation as a nasal trumpeter after marching 43 hours awake near the Wilderness. Three regiments reportedly marched by him as he slept.
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Philadelphia
Franklin M. Harris
Thirty-second Ward
Diamond Club
Gems for Seals The Engraved Signets of Ancient Peoples
A survey of early seal engraving notes a yellow jasper signet dated ca 1450 B C in the British Museum showing the horse and Amenophis II. Herodotus mentions Ethiopians engraving signets. Judean high priest breastplate bore 12 stones with tribal names. Hebrew gems older than the fifth century scarce. Bactrians Hindus Chinese also used gems soapsstone and porcelain for seals with relief devices.
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British Museum
Amenophis
Herodotus
Judea
Head of a Horse Versus Flour Barrel Measured
In a Philadelphia piece a joke unfolds as two men compare the length of a horse head to a flour barrel. They measure both and confirm the horse head is longer causing astonishment among onlookers.
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Philadelphia Press
Mathematical Parrot Learns to Count in Shower
The Philadelphia Lagaler notes H Veit, a confectioner on Eleventh Street, owns a young parrot famed for beauty and intelligence. While he once counted water drops, the parrot now calls out numbers aloud with each spray, correctly reciting one two three as the shower continues.
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Hie Har
Philadelphia
The Sacrifice Upon The Cross
A sermon explores how saving from sin comes through divine pardon tied to the cross. It argues that mere personal reform falls short without repentance and that God’s act in Christ, bearing humanity’s sins, reconciles sinners to Him. Salvation rests on the atonement, not on human merit or theory.
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Christ
Benedict Arnold
Washington
Jefferson
God
Dawn
Jess
Grozuer
Electricity's double edge on happiness and progress
A discussion on electricity and society contrasts Lord Salisbury's gloom with visions of rural uplift, arguing power can improve homes and health or deepen class divides. It weighs urbanization, wages, and intellect against advances, noting the telegraph and new tools reshape life yet may dull contemplation.
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Israel
Besslz Bramble
Getting Even on Ice Economy Takes Hold
A New York club steward notes strict ice economy as prices soar. Luxuries like cracked ice in bowls and ice at water glasses are halted to curb waste, risking lower profits for ice companies if such savings spread citywide.
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New York
Colleges a Failure Says Eccentric Benefactor
An old man at a Western college gathered the graduating class the day before commencement and offered ten dollars to any student who could answer two daily questions. No one answered correctly, and he declared that colleges are a failure citing the origins of the phrase to hope against hope and the ear’s shape as the questions.
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Virtue
Dispatch
Western College
New War Vessel for Japan Chiyoda Launched at Clyde Bank
A Japanese steel war vessel named Chiyoda was launched at Thomson yards Clyde Bank near Glasgow. It measures 300 feet long 42 feet wide and 24 feet deep with twin screws 2450 tons and 28 guns plus 3 torpedo tubes. A 200 man Japanese crew will sail her to Japan and she was christened by Viscountess Kewass.
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Thomson
Clyde Bank
Glasgow
Japan
Viscountess
Kewass
Racing Bullocks in India
In India the favorite race animals are native bullocks, small wiry and swift. Indians and English settlers support bullock racing where drivers rely more on whip and voice than the nose cord. Gambling runs high as natives risk liberty and families for bets, and races often end in accidents as bullocks crowd together and crash vehicles. European riders face particular danger from falls on the awkward animals.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
India
Curious epitaphs near Cheltenham England
Epitaphs found near Cheltenham describe humorous and macabre lines. Verses reference Cheltenham waters, misfortune from a wagon, resting spouses and curiosities about Sallie Gray Susan and Charlotte Hexton. The rhymes mix wordplay on health and fate with local memory.
Doctor seeks damages for injuries from runaway carriage
Dr John P Parthenheimer of Philadelphia sues H L Cooper in Common Pleas Court for 25000 damages claiming injuries from a Sept 2 1889 ride to Cooper's Ardmore home when the family physician was hurt after horses ran away while being driven to the residence.
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Philadelphia
John P. Parthenheimer
Common Press
H. L. Cooper
Ardmore
Onion Eating Contest At Front Street Ends In Fast Win
A New York onion eating contest at 288 Front Street saw five contestants compete with six onions per plate. Colonel Brown finished eight onions in nine and a quarter seconds, far ahead of rivals, and won a $50 purse, with instructions to return Monday.
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New York
New York Press
No. 288
Front Street
Brown
Colonel Brown
The Story of Moses in a School Ethics Paper
A Topeka School Journal notes Kansas city fifth graders' ethics questions from Old Testament tales. One paper claims Moses was found in a manger by the king's daughter who raised him, and another lists plagues as frogs fleas and lies.
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Topeks School Journal
Kansas City
Moses
Tolstoi’s Illness Deepens Crankiness Shown
Count Tolstoi recovers from pneumonia while avoiding medical care as he believes Providence guides him. The Kreutzer Sonata author grows more irritable as his illness persists.
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Count Tolstoi
Kreutzer Sonata
Ice shipments begin from Chicago to New York
Shipments of ice are now moving from Chicago to New York via the Michigan Central Railroad. This marks a new departure and the first time ice has been sent from the West to the Eastern seaboard in history.
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Chicago
New York
Michigan Central Railroad
Seaboard
Riches Change Twain Smoking Habit to 5-Cent Pipe
The passage notes Mark Twain, once earning small weekly sums and smoking Havana cigars, now worth about a million dollars and favoring a five cent corncob pipe. The shift highlights how wealth altered his personal habits and tastes.
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Mark Twain
The Weet Wind and Whispered Message
Fragmented verse asks the west and east winds for messages from a distant beloved. The speaker longs for a reply and recalls how the wind carried a message to the speaker. Descriptions mix wind personifications with emotional yearning and shifting winds.
Fireside Sphinx and Riddles in a 19th Century Puzzle
A dense puzzle page mixes wordplay, definitions, and verse. It presents cryptic clues such as conical thread on a spindle, a Chinese toy, a herb, decorative hangings, and places in Europe. The text weaves poetry, word games, and thematic labels like NELSON TAX and DECAPITATION.
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Bij
State Department
Germany
Russia
Hesperus
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