Prisoner as own jailer in Monaco tale of unpaid liberty
A Monte Carlo legend recounts a murderer sentenced to life who, lacking a prison, was made his own jailer. He refused to leave until an annuity funded his freedom, then lived near Monaco until the country border. The tale, attributed to Prince de Monaco and Maupassant, appeared in London Mail. Sydney Smith’s donkey joke ends with a traversed scene where a guest civilly greets the scholar in witty verse about Horace, Jacobi, Bacchus, and a jackass.
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A Corporals Lesson From the Revolutionary War
A Civil War era style anecdote recalls a captain guiding soldiers to raise a heavy beam on a uta works project. An officer asks why no aide, the superintendent proclaims I am a corporal. Washington then appears in the tale, urging stronger help when needed.
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Useful Household Hints on Furniture and Bric-a-brac Care
The Chicago News outlines practical tips to extend the life of furniture and bric-a-brac. It warns against placing near open flames, looser care of polished chairs, and sharp buckles causing scratches. It suggests cleaning glass with pumice stone wrapped in muslin, moistening ivory with a sponge to prevent cracking, avoiding acids on fine china, and stabilizing vases with sand to prevent tipping.
How to Clean Silver Quickly
A reader describes quick tarnish removal on silverware after a three month absence. She considers the usual whitening preparations but seeks instant brightness for guests, then recalls spotting a can of ordinary concentrated lye.
Kill or cure method cleans tarnished ware with lye
The tester describes dissolving two tablespoons of lye in water to restore a blackened silver caddy. After boiling and a warm soap bath, the caddy shines without rubbing. The process reportedly works on similar items, including channelled ware, and is claimed harmless after several trials.
How to Pop Corn Method Tips from Washington Star
How to pop corn using last fall's crop for best texture. Wet corn under a faucet, shake dry, and heat gently in the popper while moving it back and forth until the kernels swell and dry. Remove, spread in a pan, salt lightly, and add melted butter if desired for extra flavor. For stocking starlatan stock tugs, do not butter, just salt.
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Washington Star
How to Use Borax In Laundry For Linen
The washerwomen of Holland and Belgium use refined borax as a washing powder, about a large handful to ten gallons of boiling water, to save soap. For laces and cambincs more powder is used, and for extra stiffness a strong solution is needed. Borax softens hard water and should be kept on every toilet table.
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Holland
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How to Tell When Fat Is Hot for Frying
How to know when fat is hot enough for deep frying by testing a thin bread slice. If it browns in sixty seconds the fat is ready for raw materials. If it browns in forty seconds it is suitable for cooked fish or meat items like croquettes. Use ample fat and strain it well before storing for reuse.
Old Glory on a Bamboo Pole in Haiti Tale
A New York Times feature recalls Americans in Haiti during a revolution. They climb to an abandoned flag atop a ridge where a lone old man named Georgy sits by his pipe. He explains the flag stands for perfection and the pattern of revolutions causing the sugar price to rise elsewhere.
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Haiti
Georgy
Savannah
Futile Offer Blocks Harlowe Family Match
In a tale from Youth's Companion Nathan Harlowe resists his daughter Phemie's marriage to Jared Parker. Parker insists and Harlowe, even offering inducements, cannot sway him. The irate father jokes about a mahogany bureau as a needed incentive, while the match remains unresolved.
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Good Times In Turkey Winters Warm Climate Quip
A Kansas City Times quip highlights cultural contrast between a New England tourist and a Turk in Armenia. The exchange references winter sports and lively staying parties, illustrating humorous regional stereotypes in a brief dialogue.
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Armenia
Kansas City Times
For Sale Local Farm Goods and Animals Ad
Suburban free column lists items for sale and trade from multiple sellers in Kentucky. Turkeys from Waldner and Wright strains, corn and oats buyers, Chester White boar, Wyandotte hens, pure bred light breed, twenty five oyster shoots, black horses for one year old, seed wheat, two spans work mules, cedar posts 20 cents each. Some relocation notes and contact hints included.
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