A Man of Privilege The First Holder of the High and Mighty Offre
The article surveys the lord mayor of London from 1189 onward, detailing prerogatives and pageantry. It notes the mayor’s powers over the city and river, lavish expenditures, and a string of self made leaders. Anecdotes recount robberies, feasts, and dramatic acts by various mayors across centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry VIII
Anne Bolern
Olden Dars
Justice
Servente
Dick Whittington
Charles Tr
Charles
Fatilar
Guildhall Yard
St. Paul's
Bar
England
George III
Waterloo
Hichard Whittington
Richard
Whittington
Osborne
Iosyor
Osborne the hero apprentice becomes lord mayor and duke
The city archives narrate a tale where Osborne saves a woman and gains the title lord mayor, with his great grandson later elevated to Duke of Leeds. Such stories, though sounding like fiction, are true and preserved by London Express records.
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Osborne
Duke of Leeds
Keith Hunter
London
The Mexican Indian and the Quiet Working Class
A reflective piece contrasts the Mexican Indian with the North American image of Indians, praising his peaceful, respectful nature and family devotion. It also notes a shift to European chalk geology discussions, describing White Cliffs and chalk formations across Europe and beyond.
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Mexico
United States
North
Two men in silk hats seen at pawnshop doorway
Morning sighting from a chop house window shows two men with long hair and cropped hair, both in rusty silk hats, approaching a pawnshop side door near Sixth Avenue and Broadway. They exchange bills and a pawn ticket, linger ten minutes, then leave, avoiding the front entrance.
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Sixth Avenue
Broadway
New York Telegram
Thrilling Balloon Experience of 1862 Record Flight
The account recalls the 1862 ascent by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell, reaching about seven miles high. Glaisher recalls blackness and unconsciousness as Coxwell faced freezing cold and near death, finally averting disaster by biting the valve cord and lowering the balloon.
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Glaisher
Coxwell
Mr. Coxwell
Chalk Fragments Span Europe In Ancient Geological Tale
A long readable feature explains chalk origins from a vast continental block once covering Europe. It details huge chalk patches between Ireland and Portugal, with England’s southeast region holding the finest continuous chalk layer beneath a North Sea crossing.
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Europe
Ireland
Cline
Sweden
Portugal
British Isles
England
Siagenally
North Sea
Telephone talk with Sitting Bull in old war lore
A mock historic note describes an interview between Sitting Bull and another captive Indian using a telephone. The piece claims the device influenced the Indian wars and ends with a brief history of umbrellas from Greek and Roman times to London and Spain.
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Sitting Bull
Boston Herald
The Strangling Fig a Tropical Epiphyte on Hosts
A description of the strangling fig, an epiphytic tropical tree that grows on host trees such as palms. Its roots descend and fuse around the host, forming a tubelike mass and smothering or starving the attacked tree, eventually killing it. The piece notes the visible flattened roots resembling thick sap flowing down the trunk.
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Mexico
St. Nicholas
Grim Old Cromwell Bans Christmas Fun in Puritan Rule
An antiquarian notes Cromwell era bans on Christmas festivities. He argued holly and mistletoe were heathen symbols and imposed up to thirty days in jail for decorations. No dancing singing or feasting was allowed on Christmas day, yielding a harsh, joyless holiday.
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Elise
Puritans Face Christmas Joy in New Orleans Tongue
A fragment from the New Orleans Times-Democrat recalls Puritans resisting Christmas cheer, noting that after a year or two they yielded to the festive mood. The item reflects a historical clash over holiday customs and cultural attitudes.
Collingwood’s Broadstairs Epiphany Sparks Book Title
In a letter to Dickens Wilkie Collins declares his great work finished and, while recuperating at Broadstairs, is struck by a lighthouse sight. He murmurs a whispered line comparing a “white woman” to the tower and proclaims Eureka naming the book with this oddly inspired title.
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Charles Dickens
Wilkie Colling
Collins
Temperance Lecture Ends With One More Picture
Allen hurries to his office as Walters, in disarray, demands a photo in a cheap studio. The drunk man recalls a prior moral aid from a drunken snapshot that warned him not to drink, and insists on another portrait as a temperance lesson before leaving.
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Allen
Walters
Aller
Alien
New York Press
Just In Time Trains Lead To Coroners Inquests
A London Saturday Review item recounts a friend delaying departure for a country trip. The stockbroker delays until the last moment claiming his watch is slow, causing a frantic sprint to catch a moving train and prompting reflections on the dangers of punctual but frantic travel habits.
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Jess
London Saturay Review
A Spider's Web Compared To Human Hair Size
A microcosmic comparison describes a spider web thread versus a beard hair under the microscope. The observer notes that even the thickest hair cannot equal a single spider thread in diameter, illustrating the immense minuteness of cobweb threads.
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Spicers
Tiny Spiders Threads Prove Vast Differences in Size
The text argues that 400 small spiders weaving threads are each eight times smaller than a full grown spider and that 4,000,000 such threads cannot match the size of one large spider's thread. It notes that minute spiders have the same organs as the larger ones.
German Commemorative Cakes and Bread From Rostock to Vienna
The article traces how breads and cakes acquire symbolic shapes from history. It covers the pretzel sun symbol, hot cross buns with crosses for missionary aims, crescent rolls from Vienna during a Turkish siege, Rostock’s schwanen keruchen tied to Naundy Thursday, and a W shaped haar affen cake from the Krailsheim siege. It notes Rostock’s long tradition and the psychological feints used in warfare to inspire villagers.
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England
Europe
Vienna
Peter Windler
Germany
Rostock
Schwaan
Warnow
Krailsheim
Geppor
New York
Trituna
The Lotus Legends and the Mythic Fruit
The article surveys the mythical lotus from Homer and Arabian lore, linking the fruit to legends of dreamlike bliss and eternal travel. It notes botanists’ identifications with North African lotus and describes Mungo Park’s Central African find and Tunisian specimens with intoxicating effects.
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Nile
Africa
Ulysses
Tennyson
Tonis
Mungo ‘Park
Central Africa
Tunis
Wages and Costs in Early Times Cited by Antiquary
An antiquary of Chicago contrasts historic salaries with modern figures citing Columbus’s salary of 320 annually and crew pay of 225 monthly. He notes expédition costs of 2900 and total discovery costs of 7200, plus era prices for a Christmas dinner totaling 17 cents for six.
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Columbus
Chicago
America
Edward IV
Roger Fulpett
Joho
John I Knox
Three Wishes Worth of Animal Friendship
Ernest Harold Barnes recalls gaining trust from wild birds in St Nicholas. He describes handling a pine siskin and counting eggs with a yellow throated vireo allowing close approach and nest observation before returning to feeding. He notes the animals showed no alarm and even remained nearby after being set down.
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Tere
Ernest Harold Barnes
St. Nicholas
Answered Prayer and the Dime That Arrived
A corre spondent recalls a girl sent to a butcher with 50 cents for steak who returned 10 cents short. A dime arrived later from the butcher’s boss after a mistaken charge. An Irish lad injured his eye and a mother quips about foreign influence. The tale echoes Success magazine humor.
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Hetle
Big Mother
Flo
Thim
Impressions Quip Sparks Class Drill in Alabama
A Birmingham Advance report quotes a teacher prompting students to define impression. A young pupil answers an impression is a dent in a soft spot, illustrating a playful classroom moment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fragmentary Quotations and Jumbled Dialogues in 19th Century Snippet
A collage of quoted lines and dialogue fragments appears, referencing Bradley’s wealth and behavior, a scholar noting book contents, a magistrate questioning a witness about a quarrel, and remarks on optimism and romance. The text blends magazine snips and humorous asides.
Six years ago I learned a valuable lemon and more
A garbled ad style snippet praises Dr Kings New Life Pills and Arnica Sale from Da Kruif & Lubbers drug store promising cures for bores sores wounds boils and more. It quotes names like John Pleasant Charles Walters and mentions California and Albernia Sierra Co. Authorities suspected to seize John D Buckfellow’s wig as the government pursues his scalp.
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Leste
John
Dr. Kings New Life Puls
Konger
Skely
de Knuf & Lobbers Druggist
California
Charles Walters
Albernia
Sierra Co
Mr. Walters
da Kruif & Lubbers
John D. ‘Buckfellow
David Kennedy's Remedy Promotes Health Advice
Fragmentary ad style text promotes Dr David Kennedy's Sons remedy for women and children, claiming relief for headaches stomach issues and general illness. It urges readers to write for a free sample and mentions a one dollar price and New York address Rondout.
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Jose Oo Bite ii
David Kennedy
Stondant
Rondett
N. Y
Rising From the Grave Electric Bitters Claim
Wm A Fertwell of Lucama NC reports a remarkable cure after using fewer than three bottles of Electric Bitters He says the remedy alleviated his Brights disease and diabetes stage Liver and bladder issues have also stopped He guarantees the drug at De Kruif Lubbers drugstore for 50 cents
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Wm. A. Fertwell
Lucuma
N. C
Hright
de Kruif & Lubbers
The Los Angeles Limited Train Service Details
The notice describes an electric lighted train to Los Angeles via Chicago Northwestern Union Pacific and Salt Lake House. It highlights modern equipment sleeping cars and private compartments, with full information from nearest agent of The North Western Line.
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Lis
Chicago & Northwestern
Union Pacific
Salt Like House
Follmin
Pullman
North-Western Line
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