Heaviest Man Lambert Tour Poster in London
A London poster touts Mr. Parel Lambert of Leicester as the heaviest man who ever lived weighing over fifty stone. He posed at 63 Piccadilly from 11 to 6 with admission tickets. Lambert, once keeper of the county jail at Leicester, was noted as intelligent and active despite his size. aVertish jailer named Valmer who weighed 300 pounds reportedly died after visiting him.
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London
Parel Lambert
Leicester
Lambert
Hig House
Piccadilly
West Albany
St. James Ehrch
Valmer
Porpoise Oil Yields and Blubber Details From Winter Catch
Observations describe fat winter porpoises yielding six to seven gallons of oil and blubber around 100 pounds. Large specimens measure about 7 feet by 5 feet and thawing blubber varies with season. Jaws give high quality oil sold for lighthouse use. wind and sun aid extraction, sharks may share when wounded.
Worth Defends Price of a Dress in Aristocratic Style
A Paris milliner rebukes a high born lady who balks at £120 for a ball gown. She protests the material cost, but Worth insists art requires proper payment and compares it to asking a painter to create a work for pennies. He declares art cannot bow to petty undervaluation.
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Worth
M. Meissonier
London
Philadelphia man seeks cook by ad and flees after quip
A Philadelphia man chasing better servant prospects cuts ad clippings from the newspapers and visits addresses in a cab. In front of a narrow street house a cook greets him with a witty line that offends him, prompting a hasty retreat and sending him back to his wife.
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Philadelphia
Princess Charlotte and the Book That Taught Wrath
The passage recalls Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, who angrily berated a lady until a teacher gave her a book on hushed speech and she claimed she read and profited by it, even threatening to scratch the attendant. It also surveys wheels in scripture and ancient warfare, noting early chariot use and the bicycle wheel as a long lineage of invention.
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Charlotte
George IV
Llomer
Troy
Benefits of the Birch as a Punishment Instrument
A fragment discusses cane use in punishment, arguing it causes irreparable damage and should be avoided on hands. It decries corporal methods and cites London Lancet commentary on cane discipline and contrasts university sporting culture with Yale’s harsh coaching rhetoric.
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Saintloss
Furst
London
Colorado's First Gold Discovery at Gregory Gulch
The 1859 strike near Gregory Gulch sparked a rush to the Gregory Diggings. John Gregory and five men sluiced out $972 in one week, followed by numerous rich lodes in Gilpin County. Over 15,000 prospectors gathered in Gregory and nearby gulches as gold wealth grew quickly but soon drew many elsewhere.
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Fossett
Colorado
John Gregory
Gregory Gulch
Central City
Black Taw
Gregory
Bates
Bobtail
Mammoth
Gunsnell
Burroughs
Ianois
Hundreug
Gilpin County
Gregory, Russell
Engineering Magazine
A Fastidious Dog in a Stage Comedy
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer note a touring company laments a fastidious dog that ruined a show by demanding porterhouse beefsteak with tenderloin. The dog preferred specific cuts and extra mushrooms, forcing the troupe to quit after the dejected manager tried and failed to appease him.
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Uncle Toro
Cifza
Eliza
Beeran
Cleveland
Average brain weights by region from antiquated study remarks
The text notes average brain weights by race and region, citing various figures. It mentions Seatehman and Prenc ene references, lists weights from forty to sixty ounces, and compares Africa America and Australia so the reader sees regional differences in brain size.
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Lino & Aias
Pocdscsoon
Beayfer
Inca
Tudia
Cuina
Africa
America
Australia
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