Outrages of the Telephone in Domestic Life
Minna Thomas Antrim laments telephone excesses draining women resources and time. She argues the device feasts gossip and waste, corroding social decorum, courtesy, and thrift, while harming both households and personal virtue in modern life.
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Ince
Minna Thomas Antrim
Cott’s
Old Gun Names Through History and Variety of Weapons
A historical notice lists diverse artillery terms from cannon royal to pertridges, including culverins, serpentines, falcons, sakers, mantlets, and murderers, illustrating wide naming and varied designs across centuries.
Cutting Retort Over American Crudeness at Florence Dinner
At a banker’s Florence house Colonel Dundas, later Earl of Dundas, insulted Americans before dining with Mme Bonaparte Betsy Patterson. He asked if she read Basil Hall’s book on America calling Americans vulgar. She replied that if Americans descended from Italians or Spanish it would be surprising, but as English descendants their behavior is unsurprising and vulgar.
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Florence
Earl of
Dundas
Mme. Bonaparte
Betsy Patterson
Mma Bonaparte
Basil Hall
America
Cursory usage in a humorous student anecdote
A Chicago Record Herald item recalls a student Eddie who turns a simple prompt into a comic tale. The piece notes how cursory remarks appear in public speaking and ends with Eddie delivering a chaotic yet memorable line about family mishaps.
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Eddie
Chicago Record-Herald
On Their Minds and Market Chatter in London
A fragmented column notes a comical exchange over a ped pencil and a pending check. It mentions a new Kensington house inquiry by a recent Australian arrival, described as highly desirable, and a humorous jab about laundry, ironing, and an impecunious actor’s tears amid domestic bustle.
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Pic
Gifted Writer Delivers Line About Hero’s Death
A humorous exchange shows a gifted writer telling her husband the hero must die before finishing her novel. He asks for a sewn button after, highlighting domestic wit in a modest request from Pilegengo.
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Pilegengo
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