Margaret of New Orleans Ideal Charity Realized
A visitor exhorts on the Margaret statue in a New Orleans park, recounting her life from stable worker to bakery owner and city benefactress. The piece lauds her bread carts during plague and fever, orphan care, and endowments to hospitals and charities, ending with praise for her portrait as a grand, compassionate figure.
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Margaret
New Orleans
Butler
Hon
Mme. Delphine
Margaret Place
Sisters of the Asylum
Margaret Hauggery
Margeret
Little Sisters of the Poor
Sir Charles Locock and the ill fated pork pie
Queen Victoria’s physician Sir Charles Locock once rode to Berlin to report on the crown princess. On a Dover luncheon stop he ate questionable pork pie and sherry, slept on a train, and woke believing he would be bled. He wrote a note in his hat pleading not to bleed him, then arrived home.
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Sir Charles Locock
Queen Victoria
Berlin
Dover
Hhe
Sir Charles
London
Old Box Tells Tales in Portsmouth Antiquarian Society
An antique tin green-painted box in Portsmouth New Hampshire museum collection bears a label detailing its history. The object shows wear from extensive handling and storage, illustrating everyday life for past owners and adding local archival interest.
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The
Antiquarian Society
Portsmouth
N. H
Post Rider Boxes Carried Mail Between Portsmouth and Boston
A historical note describes a small mail box carried on horseback by Captain John Noble known as Deacon Noble. The mail ran weekly round trips during the Revolution from Portsmouth to Boston and back, covering about fifty miles each way.
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United States
Portsmouth
Boston
John Noble
Deacon Noble
Tiertemouth
Do you believe that all things come to him who waits
A hustler rejects the idea that waiting alone yields rewards arguing that most unwanted outcomes arrive to the passive, while valuable gains come to those who take action and push themselves.
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Chicago
Suitor Presses for Daughter’s Hand in Bold Exchange
A forthright father halts a wedding proposal upon hearing the suitor vow to marry his daughter. The man confirms his intent, prompting the father to demand that he refrain from marrying if he cannot guarantee happiness.
Booker's amusing tale on Red Sea ice tale
Booker T. Washington tells a joke about an old colored preacher explaining the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. The preacher says ice held up in morning cold for the Israelites but melted later for the Egyptians. A student retorts about equator geography, prompting the preacher to declare the tale dates from before such terms existed.
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Booker T. Washington
Red Sea
Parson
German woman factory inspectors rising in Prussia
A German physician and philosopher Elizabeth von Richthofen leads the push for women factory inspectors in Germany. The article notes appointments across states, the need for health and travel endurance, and tight limits under male oversight. It discusses public sentiment, initial prejudice from workers, and calls for Canadian imitation.
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Arbeiterinnenschutzgesetzgebung
Frauen Daheim
Empire
Elizabeth von Richthofen
Ada
England
France
Saxe-Weimar
Prussia
Wurtemburg
Hesse
Baden
Germany
Heidelberg University
Metz
Heidelberg
Berlin
Wommen University
von Richthofen
Pr. von Richthofen
Curious Victorian Classifieds Sparked by Ads and Mixups
A Bristol paper ran a general servant ad seeking no inquiries and strict terms while a journalist boasted no notable ability. A clerk sought work where strength or appearance not needed. Butter priced at sixpence a pound stirred confusion. Gloucestershire papers apologized for mixing two notices. A church paper asked for help for an elderly gardener. A Scottish journal noted an ad seeking sixty five pounds to cover betting losses.
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
London Standard
Absentminded professor orders eggs in humorous mixup
A linguistically puzzled professor asks for fried eggs and mishears orders as Latin phrases. The waiter clarifies eggs to be cooked and the professor mispronounces ova as a pun, leading to eggs arriving prepared in a jokey misunderstanding.
Story of Bunsen and Roscoe in private lectures tour
The privately printed lectures recount Bunsen and Sir Henry Roscoe traveling in England. They meet a woman who confuses Bunsen with his cousin Chevallier Bunsen. She asks about a book on God in History, and Bunsen sadly says his death prevented finishing it.
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Henry Roscoe
Bunsen
England
Chevallier
Made In France Isthmian Canal Query Cited In Paris Style Talk
In a wry exchange from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegram a couple discuss the Isthmian canal issue. Mr Snagegs notes the topic is lively while Mrs Snagegs hopes for a Panama purchase citing Parisian fashion as the reason.
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France
Mr. Snagegs
Panama
Mrs. Snagegs
Paris
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrand
One Hope of Escape
A terse note from a crime story features a servant named Mr. Brown the florist at the door with a bus. The dialogue includes a plan to delay the keeper and place money in the wife’s name.
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Mr. Brown
Brown
Christmas Time Poem Inspired by Bethlehem
Willis Boyd Alien presents a solemn Christmas verse lamenting shortages of room for the Christ child amid hardship and war. The poem envisions room for shepherds and angels, a beacon of light in wintry gloom, amid grief and global strife.
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Christ-child
Christ
Willis Boyd Alien
Why He Was Turned Down by a Canadian Militia Recruit
A witty correspondent pens a fictional grievance to The Canadian Military Gazette about attempting to join the Canadian Yeomanry. He notes failure at rifle practice and riding tests, contrasts with two friends from another county who were enlisted, and questions why schools omit practical training. He argues shooting is essential and mocks militia recruitment rules that demand firepower without showing instruction.
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Canadian Military Gazette
Canada
London
N.C.O
No. 1
Toronto
D.O.C
D. O.C
Ile
Tim
Counta Minnie and Annie Describe Wen Sightings
The dialogue shows Minnie Counta and Annie noting wen sightings, debating counts, and planning to use all resources in a case. The exchange presents a light rural tone with casual disagreement over numbers and a reference to a scarecrow?row in the field.
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Minnie
Annie
Morgan's Dream of Farming and Stock
J Pierpont Morgan recalled in conversation that his boyhood dream was to be a farmer with top stock. His friend teased him about having both farm and stocks, while Morgan said he is a man of work and cannot buy the free time he desires despite any price.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
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