Checkers History Traced From Egypt to Washington Star
The piece traces checkers from ancient Egypt through Plato and Homer to modern play, noting relics of boards and men found in tombs. It highlights figures like Anderson, Wyllie, Martens, Yates, and Barker, and recalls Wyllie’s world tours and the game’s long European popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato
Homer
Ancient
Egypt
British Museum
Nermes Trismegistus
Europe
Library of Congress
Samuel Johnson
William Payne
Anderson
Wyllie
Herd Laddie
Martens
Yates
Barker
Anderson and
Washington Star
Richard Cromwell the Protectorate’s amiable failure
Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell, served as protector from Sept 8, 1658 to May 25, 1659 but showed little interest in duties. Known as Queen Dick and Tumbledown Dick by cavaliers, he abdicated under Parliament’s command, then lived in retirement 53 years until July 12, 1712 at age ninety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Richard
Ife
The Shrew and Humorous Snippets in Old Writings
A collage of quips and anecdotes: a definition of the shrew, a Pythagoras quote on silence, a tale of appetite, a joke about servants and baths, and a gag about engagements. The pieces reflect old newspaper humor and brief witticisms with characters unnamed.
Rest Advice Sparks Husband Wife Quip
A husband reports a doctor’s rest prescription after a visit while his wife teases him about his tongue. The exchange highlights their bantering tone and concern for health in a domestic moment.
Submarine Oil Lines Extend From Vera Cruz Toward Tankers
In Vera Cruz near Tuxpam the oil industry uses submarine pipelines to reach deep water for loading 16 000 ton tankers. Five iron hoses, six to eight inches diameter and up to a mile long, run to 43 feet of water with divers attaching hoses to ship deck valves via a signaling code. Loading a large tanker takes about 24 hours, delivering roughly 4875 barrels per hour. Also notes on two clocks: a French quadruple-face time and tide clock by Junivrier, and San Diego’s world time clock with 20 dials, jewel settings, and a 200-pound weight drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Tuxpam
Louis Descutter
Louis Seize
Junuvier
Paris
San Diego
Cal
Teople
Styles In Indian Names Featured In Standing Rock Lands Sale
The article catalogs distinctive Native American names from a Standing Rock reservation land sale in the Dakotas. Examples include Barney Two Bears, Mary Yellow Vat, Mrs Crazy Walking, Jack Bik Ghost, Mary Leanboy, Agatha Big Shield, Jennie Dog Man, and Morris Thundershield, heir apparent to Long Step Thundershield, illustrating strong individuality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fenimore Cooper
Standing Rock Reservation
Dakotas
Barney Two Bears
Katie Good Crow
Melda Crewghost
Mary Yellow Vat
Mrs. Crazy Walking
Jack Bik
Mary Lean Boy
Agatha Big Shield
Jennie Dog Man
Mary Shave
Morris Thundershield
Long Step Thundershield
New York Times
Lines on the Palms of Hands
The article argues that palm lines are not events or services to us but likely a byproduct of repeated hand use. Creases form from habitual grasping, with variations unique to individuals forming the basis of palmistry according to exchange sources.
A Test of Philosophy Meets Fiery Car Mishap
Slowbetter, calm under pressure, crawled beneath his car after a sudden stop. A petrol ignition caused a burst of flame enveloping him, singeing eyebrows and beard. He inspected himself in a mirror and quipped philosophically that he needed a shave and haircut anyway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slowbetter
By Way of Introduction Punch Style Talk to the Horse
Officer admonishes Tommy to calm the restive horse by talking to it. Tommy responds that he comes from Manchester London Punch, showing a playful press culture moment. The line reflects humorous banter and regional character in a newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Horse
Manchester
London
Precaution and Mocking Lines From Newspapers
A collection of short, sharp exchanges from 19th and early 20th century papers. Quotations include a Detroit Free Press judicial opinion on honesty and finances, a question about a teacher and marriage from Detroit Free Press, a diner complaint from the Boston Globe, and a Ruskin line about labor and soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Detroit Free Press
Thrifty Actors and Other Observations in Print
A collage of quotes and anecdotes from old magazines notes thrifty actors in Boston, characters like a barber tailor and a cab driver, then moves through essays on changing the world by measured processes, rings on oyster shells debunking age myths, life of Arctic sealers, and quips on walking signs of occupation, ending with humorous exchanges from old newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Museum
KE. A. Rothern
Scribner’s Magazine
Fragments of Guinea History and a Boy’s Dollar Joke
This excerpt discusses the changing use of the term Guinea from a Niger region town to a broad European coin and place name. It shifts to a humorous anecdote where a boy named Eddie imagines buying two hundred one-dollar dogs with his uncle’s offer of two hundred dollars for a dog, suggesting saving the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niger
Canaries
Africa
South America
Irench Guineas
gulf—London
Eddie
Ladies’ Home Journal
Liver Trouble Sufferer Finds Relief with Tablets
Joe Dingman of Webster City writes that he suffers liver trouble twice yearly with side and back pains and stomach soreness. After using half a bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets he reports rapid relief and no pain. Obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Dingman
Webster City
Town
Chamberlain
Fortune Story and Notable Anecdotes Across Europe
Story traces Peter Thelussen's 1797 London fortune of £700000 and the vast prospective rise to £1900000, but litigation costs left the heir with the original sum. It also surveys cotton staple lengths from upland to sea island, notes low Japanese house sizes and causes, odd seasickness cures with iron rust and thymian salt, a witty married couple exchange, a hospital theft joke, and a quip about a loony ex-patient and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Thelussen
London
Charles Thelussen
The First Bomb in Napoleonic France
A French fanatic Chevalier, angered at Napoleon, built a bomb from a barrel using powder, bullets, broken glass, and white arsenic at a government arms factory. A miscalculation caused it to explode prematurely as Napoleon’s carriage passed in Paris, altering no event but imagining a history that could have changed Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Chevalier
Napoleon
Paris
Europe
Pearson’s Weekly
Getting Into a Scrape and its Origination
The essay explains how wild deer made scrapes by digging holes in English forests. Travelers often fell into these holes at night, sometimes while intoxicated, leading to the phrase getting into a scrape. Cambridge students adopted the expression to describe people in various difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cambridge
The Best Laxative Advice from Everyday Health
A dated guidance note recommends regular outdoor exercise to keep bowels regular. It advises drinking a full glass of water before breakfast and eating plenty of fruit and vegetables to promote daily bowel movements. When needed, take Chamberlain's Tablets, described as pleasant and mild. Obtainable everywhere.
Suit to partition land and wind up Parksley Company
Virginia court actions include partition of Henry Mumford land, sale if partition impossible, with Bradfords nonresidents ordered to appear. Four weekly notices in Peninsula Enterprise and postings at Accomack court house. Also cruise to dissolve Parksley Land and Improvement Company with receivership and injunctions, notices to nonresidents, and a divorce action for Harry Bradford for cruelty and desertion with publication and mailing requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mumford
James O. Bradford
Henry L. Bradford
Virginia
Peninsula
Accomack
John D. Grant, Jr
John D. ‘Grant, Jr
Ernest Ruediger
P. G
Circuit Court
County of
A. D
Charles E. Lane
Henry R. Bennett
Parksley Land and Improvement Company
Parksley Land and Improvement Company & Others
Parksley
Accomack County
Elizabeth &. Chadbourne
Lucille H. Martindale
W. W. Chadbourne
Chadbourne
William S. Chadbourne
Otho F. Mears
Mapp & Mapp
Roy D. White
Harry Bradford
Berlin
Maryland
Peninsula Enterprise
Mapp & Mapp, P. Aq
Also Mentioned on This Page
Luke
Checkers
Pythagoras
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sawyer
Ruskin
Eugene Wood
Century
Ann T. Massy
Ardfry
Galway Bay
Miss Massy
London Mail
Pearson
Williams
Atlanta Constitution
United States
Gulf of Texas
Sea Island
Sea Islands
South Carolina
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Japan
Chicago News
Baltimore
Charles Mumford
Hester Mumford
Richmond
Norfolk
Ira B. Weaver
Gloucester, Virginia
C.S. Waples
Wm. Waterall & Co
Philadelphia, Pa
Waterall
SAI Rogers & Bro
Hopkins
Boggs & Rogers
Dodson & Killman
J. L. Savage
G. F. Byrd
S. F. Byrd
N. W. Tawes & Son
Onancock
Tasley,Melfa
Cashville
Deep Creek
Sanford, Pouleon
Crisfield, Md
Overland
Willys Knight
Bloxom Bros
Mappsville
G. R, Belote
Pender
Granby ST
Norfolk, VA
Ieee Bumeese
Surries
Ganopy
E. W. Veasey
Pocomoke City, Md
Martin & Mason CO
Harborton, Va
Yong Lee
Parksley, VA
Crisfield Ice Cream Co
Leroy J. Kilmon
Tasley
Vernon P. Stevenson
Akron
Ohio
J. Milton Clegg
Pocomoke City, Maryland
Horage and Repair Shop
George
Gregg
Accomac, Ya
Chicago Express
Chicago
Cincinnati
Bristol
Columbus
Roanoke
Williamson
Washington
Crewe
Lynchburg
Bluefield
Norton
Pullman
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Birmingham
New Orleans
Granby Street
Jno
E. Wagner
W. B. Bevill
W. C. Saunders
Pass
Harry T.white & Son
Makemie Park
Anna Lawn Terreus
Wyckoff
S.C
Smith
Robert FE. Smith
Nassawadox, Va
New York, Phila
R. R
New York
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Delmar Salisbury
Charle Old Point
M. Nly
A.M
Old Point
Cape Charles
Salisbury
Delmar
Wilmngton
Phila
P.m. Earis
P.i
Perm
P.m. A
Pou
I. Leiper
Robert B. Cooke
George H. Nock
Onancoge, VA
Bransford P. Lewis
Grotons
Davis & Bro
Laurel, del
Walter M. Clark
Chincoteague Island
Pocomoke City
H. A. Littleton
Bloxom, VA
W.S. Dickinson
F. M. Wilson
Pocomoke City National Bank
Nathan Flax & Son
North Carolina
W. E. Godley
Nandua, VA
Belle Haven
Wight
Sena
Kanawha Puma
Rawlings
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