Mis Dislike for Money Lenders Hurts German Statesman
A long tale recalls Baron Marschall von Bieberstein once securing a 6000 mark loan from Louis Altimmer a Mannheim Hebrew moneylender to cover a cash shortfall for his political rise. The antiusury law’s vague terms later forced him to seek a renewal, but the lender refused, noting the law’s interpretation lay with the courts. The note was eventually paid as Marschall rose to diplomacy and state secretary of the foreign office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ie Wasmstrom
Wreiherr Marschall von Bieberstein
Britain
Moses Oppenmer
Broadway
Baron
Oppenheimer
Manne Poim
Baden
Louis Altimmer
Mannheim
United States
Pgp
Reichstag
Marschall
Altheimer
Young Statesman
Transiac
Alzheimer
No Free Lunch Customs in England
A garbled 20th century note discusses supposed English habits of charging for crackers and cakes, mentions stamps of prices for butter, cheese, pickles, and controversial separate charges in various stalls. The text presents a curious, fragmented view attributed to a Chicago Post beacon, with unclear names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Chicago Post
Ancient Greek mines at Lamrium yield vast slave labor
Engineering Record reports 2000 ancient shafts at Lamrium with galleries and chambers up to 80 feet high. Cordella estimates 104 million cubic meters of ore and 2,100,084 tons of lead plus 400,000 tons of silver valued at 4,171,973,000 drachmas. About 15,000 workers, mostly slaves, were employed, with slave prices from 45 drachmas upward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Lamrium
M. Cordella
Athens
Ancient MUling and Early Primitive Milling
The Detroit Free Press recounts ancient grain grinding using two circular stones, upper and lower, with the grain placed between. Two women or prisoners operated the millstones, often for Babylonian export, as biblical references note Samson and Jeremiah describing grinding in confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Samson
Jeremiah
Detroit
A Mop Picker for Hop Harvest
The Boston Transcript reports a new machine for picking hops. Mounted on a woolen frame it measures about seven by five by four feet and uses two rollers to pull bine branches through. Hops drop into a receiver and screen, while leaves and bines are recycled to a separate pile. One man turns the wheel while another feeds bines into the rollers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Green Soldiers on Sentry Duty Incident
Early morning at camp two seventh regiment sentries on adjacent posts clashed when post five ordered halt and the approaching figure replied calling the other a darned idiot. A whispered exchange followed and the matter ended without further incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Regiment
New York Herald
Confidences and Health Warnings Highlighted
An 1890s reflective piece discusses weighing the risks of sharing confidences and saving judgment on choosing confidants. It cites Murray's Magazine and statements by George E. Waring Jr. and Dr St Smith on health, life quality, and disease as consequences of living conditions and preventable factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Waring, Jr
St Smith Aaye
Bumway
Awe: Lions and the Khedive's Garden Keeper Tale
An eyewitness recounts the Khedive Temail Pasha in Egypt who orders a keeper to place his daughter inside a lion cage. The lions hesitate, then lie calm at the girl's feet while the khedive, unmoved, approves finally by ordering a lamb. The keeper rescues the child as the crowd watches in tense silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Temail Pasha
Ter
Chicago Post
Wakers in Lorton: London Bakers Face Harsh Conditions
A New York Recorder report notes 14000 Lakers in London with 5000 foreigners and harsh conditions. Bakers toil 12 to 15 hours daily, some 23 on Saturdays, wages range from two to eight dollars weekly. Many work in underground cellars, roach and vermin infestations, poor ventilation, and skin diseases risk to workers and bread consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorton
London
Miberly
New York Recorder
The Prescience of Fame in a Rural View
A reflective passage notes how rare real fame proves, contrasting the village’s gaze at a farm born man with latent greatness against the county printer who once drew maidens’ eyes but vanished from the public pages. It cites Curtis at Harper’s and laments the narrow Puritan mood that buries modest genius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Arby
George William Curtis
Harper's
A Sof Anwer and the Misplaced Midnight Visitor
A curious tale describes Prancole the faithful servant waking to a viscount’s return and a covert retreat to bed. The scene ends with the viscount’s gentle command freeing Francoic to sleep, while a separate Yale professor is tied to a peculiar superstition about dressing in a fixed order.
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Prancole
Frannie
Ju'eloeh
Gravel
O'Elouk
L'Univers
Fragmented Victorian theater piece on poets and medicine
A garbled OCR style narrative blends theater, poetry, and medical lore with references to Nat Goodwin New York and classical figures. It recounts dramatic scenes, debuts, and critiques, interweaving stagecraft with mythic medicine and moral instruction, ending with ponderous reflections on virtue and professional discipline.
Probing Old Text On Poverty And Engineering
Fragmented OCR passage discusses poverty, servants, gowns and wigs, and medical concerns with historical references to treatment methods. Mentions labor saving devices and early inventions, with disjointed quotes about illness and a bank examiner. The garbled source reflects a mixture of health and industrial topics from a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pevaudany
Trav
Haynie
Popenay
Feaniek Linde Botenmie
Graham and Morton Trans Co Versus West Alabama Case
A historical notation records a transportation case involving Graham and Morton Transportation Company and West Alabama Railway. The terse entry lists parties and references a legal filing or adjudication process with limited detail. No dates or outcomes are provided in the readable fragments.
Fragmented OCR fragment with garbled names and places
A garbled OCR passage mentions various names and places in a jumble of words. The readable bits refer to people, locations, and events but lack coherent structure or identifiable facts. The text presents as a damaged notice or article excerpt with unclear context.
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Arabia
Rome
Galenns
Christendom
Aristotle
St. Thomas Aquinas
Hippocrates
Averrors
Avicenna
Dante
Cirele
Chicago Herald
Phite
Murray
Yale
Nat Goodwin
Ray
Goudwin, Jr
New York
Phvaiclin
Chiron
Phu
Sicour
Pias
Herale
Phytelans
Aechlayius
Valle Atluae
Ciston
Moines
Uldeney
Lake
Ull
Gomiell
Winublien
Vity
Dethalt
Rachel Rime
Chester
Martin
Kaneua
Thorpaou
Liauewe
Heri Dew
Mortagage
Michigan
Minhiven
Jalmeer
Sir Weuke
Anid Fie Gratiot County
Toledo
Ann N Arbor
Rik Ruightans
Aten
Alma Sonvi
Orr
W. Ashley
Manner
Thom. Vane
Agent
Aim
Detroit, Lansing & Northern RR
Erst
Goldie South
Chicago
West Michigan
Fie
Crete
Dieffensach
Ge Geet
Peru Drug & Chemical, CO
Wisconsin Street
Mll
Graham & Morton Trans. Co
Iimnet
Erik Iery
Bucklen
Korea
Tcik
Dok Webl
Beebe
Iver
Bolle
B.S
Wena
B.S. Webb
Drag
Borie
Hibbard
Bs. VanDentars
Eth Ue
West End Grocery
Eae
Prof
Lve
J. C. Lindsley
Hive Bellvess Lk Ronapetien
Dental
Petrin
Laver
Ribanne
Yale Hettin
IRS
Marvels
Igi Ae
Henry Bill Publishing Co
Norwich
Conn
Ill
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