An Acquired Taste In A Lively English Salon
An English artist Richard Wilson is teased at a party by Goldsmith Sterne Garrick and others for his rough manner. A witty retort comes when a lady declares Wilson is rough to the taste at first but becomes delightful with closer acquaintance.
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Richard Wilson
Goldsmith
Sterne
Wilson Andr
Johnson
Sy Garrick
Tris
Garrick
Wilson
Disraeli Trickery Over Tremaine Publisher Colburn
The publisher Colburn paid well for Tremaine after the author Ward used an incognito scheme to deliver the manuscript. Jay Forrester learned of Tremaine s success and exploited Colburn s messenger to push Vivien Grey s author s manuscript. Colburn soon realized his error as Tremaine failed to sell and money was lost.
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Colburn
Tremaine
Cyburn
Bluffer test ends with generous art buyer
A painter Peter De Wint defeats a rich admirer who buys two marked gems after pretending to admire them. The story contrasts pretended patronage with real purchase and ends with the buyer reluctantly paying up.
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de Wint
Sponge research lab off Sfax offers sponge life study
A biologics lab sits outside Sfax harbor in Tunisia studying Mediterranean sponges from larval stages to mature sponges. The piece notes the lab’s unique experimental scope and cites a quip about sides to every argument and the temptations of money as trouble yet hard to borrow.
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Sfax
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Washington Star
The Pulpit Dash and a Curious Sermon Tale
A century old town legend from Kairfield Connecticut recounts a pastor Dr Laburee sprinting from a Sunday service and diving into a pond to escape a nitric acid mishap. He explains the bottle broke and the liquid caused pain, while the rector notes the collection for the building fund. A second fragment mentions a theater critic in Philadelphia Record referencing Scribler’s new comedy and the hero.
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Kairfield
Conn
Laburee
Scribler
Philadelphia
Pythagoras Quotation on Self Command Cited by Judge
A fragment quotes Pythagoras on self control and a court remark about freedom from fault. The line questions a spouse's anger after a secret marriage and contrasts fury with sulfurous behavior, attributed to a judge.
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Pythagoras
We Buy from Our Merchants for City Prosperity
Buying at home keeps merchants prosperous and strengthens the city. It allows store improvements and more hires, boosting employment. As labor demand rises, neighboring towns will settle here, drawn by our town’s ample opportunities and growth.
Trapping an Ermine and the Trade in Fur Goods
In a dealer's narration a thousand dollar store of imperial ermine is explained as the result of extreme winter trapping and young animals. He describes tongue traps and the perilous process, noting the staged prices for a fully developed coat and greenish white fur.
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York
Blanket Tree and the making of Indian blankets
The article describes how Eensder Indians obtain soft thick fibers from a dematagin tree to fashion blankets. The process involves cutting a five or six foot section, beating the material, peeling the exterior, drying in the sun, and results in a light warm cream colored blanket that lasts years. Also contains an 1886 Ohio medical ad offering one hundred dollars for catarrh cure by Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co.
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Harper's
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Classified Ads Drive Responses for Denton Store Week
In Denton, four classified ads in the advertising columns drew many replies as people read the notices and responded to the listings.
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Denton
Brough
Real estate bargains in Denton county and vicinity
Listings describe a four room frame house on a double fronting lot in North Denton and a corner lot with a five room frame home in South Denton. Also offered is 100 acres of cultivated black land near Ponder at 65 dollars an acre with profit potential, plus buyers seeking smooth sandy land and black land farms in Denton County.
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Denton
South
Ponder
Denton County
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