Bank crooks fall to nation wide detective trap
The American Bankers Association deters check swindlers by a nationwide trap. In Buffalo two men defrauded banks of hundreds of dollars before arrest. A Boston capture followed as detectives expanded the network of informants and bank guards.
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Boston
New England
His Stroke of Luck in a Regal Anecdote
Sir Ernest Wild recalls a court tale where a juror left the box to testify as the plaintiff. The judge questions the juror about trying his own case and the man explains he believed the summons let him sit. The anecdote highlights the juror’s mistaken sense of involvement.
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Ernest Wild
Fortunate Mortals and the Ray of Sunshine Lord Avebury
A poetic appreciation describes certain people whose smiles and voices brighten others and transform circumstances into gold, invoking the image of a sunbeam like Lord Avebury.
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Lord Avebury
Extenuation in Sydney Bulletin Admits Local Gossip
A Sydney Bulletin excerpt captures a speaker urging disbelief of gossip about a man. The quotation frames the speaker addressing a father figure and stresses that many rumors are false. The line emphasizes skepticism toward hearsay in a close, familial exchange.
Cleanly Wild Animals Keep Up Grooming Habits
The article notes that all wild creatures value cleanliness with cats washing fur and dogs licking to clean hard to reach areas. It explains birds use dust baths as a substitute for powder and describes domestic fowl, partridges, sparrows, and larks rolling in dust to coat their feathers.
The Maiden City Londonderry and its sieges
The Maiden City Londonderry in Ireland is famed as The Maiden City for resisting three sieges yet never being conquered in its turbulent history.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Cause of Poverty
A reflective statement argues misery stems from ambition and discontent rather than poverty itself, asserting human striving breeds distress and suggests moral self-examination of wealth and need.
Had Proved Herself Too Good a Teacher
A London writer recalls a tale of a couple in love divided by money. The man aims to earn wealth to marry, while the woman starts a female correspondence college promising beauty and charm. She prospers and writes for his return, but he never comes.
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London
Correspondence College
French Mother's Wise Admonition and Advice
A framed monitory prayer from the French mother urges strength, pride, and steadfast character. It counsels conserving inner resolve for worthy acts, cherishing kindness, forgiving, and holding hope for another life. It emphasizes love, charity, avoiding vice, and devotion to virtue. It ends with a blessing to emulate virtuous paths.
Camera obscura origins and evolution through Porta to Daguerre
The article traces the camera obscura from Battista Porta’s 16th century invention to its use as a viewing aid and sketching device. It notes a rectangular box with a lens and a 43 degree reflector, the ground glass surface, and upright image projection. It also mentions Newton’s remodeling and Daguerre’s 1839 fixations, marking a shift to permanent pictures.
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Battista Porta
Newton
Daguerre
Kansas City Star
Weekday Sabbaths and the Lord's Day Origin
The article notes the Sabbath aligns with Saturday but early Christians marked Sunday as sacred due to Christ's resurrection. It adds that each weekday has a "Sunday" equivalent in various languages: Monday as Greek Sabbath Tuesday as Persian Wednesday as Assyrian Thursday as Egyptian and Friday as Turkish.
John Quincy Adams Life Of Public Service And Charity
A biographical sketch praises John Quincy Adams for beneficent labor and personal contentment. It notes frugality enabled steady charity and affluence in later life, his refusal of offices or partisan ties, and the honors he earned through a long and varied public career.
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John Quincy Adams
William
Religious Art Gems and the Twelve Great Paintings
A list notes that ten of twelve famous works center on religious subjects. It names The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and The Transfiguration by Raphael among others, including Descent from the Cross by Velazquez and Immaculate Conception by Murillo.
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Leonardo da Vinci
St. Jerome
Domenchino
Aurora
Guido Reni
Murillo
Rubens
Marble Production Mills in Saxony Ship Worldwide
Stone marbles are produced in Saxony mills for shipment to the United States India and China. One mill reportedly makes an average of 3500 marbles a day for boys' play.
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Saxony
United States
India
China
Vintage Norfolk Castle Brides Record Gift Tale
A centuries old Norfolk tale says a castle owner left £1000 to be shared by the eldest and youngest, tallest and shortest brides married in the village that year. After each wedding a clergyman measures the brides, and at year end the record holders receive the gifts.
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Norfolk
England
Garran ties of an Octogenarian Editor anecdote
Henry Holt recalls dinner anecdotes with William Dean Howells and Saint Gaudens. Howells proclaims there is no genius, while Gaudens asks what to call it when you see it. The reminiscence reflects figures of the past and present through sharp exchanges.
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Henry Holt
Garranties
William Dean Howells
St. Gaudens
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