Self Raising Fame and an Expert's Opinion
A New York Times piece recalls a lecturer claiming the birthplace of William Howard Bidwell during wagon tours near Washington Square, sparking disbelief until the lecturer admits, “Me.” It then shifts to a medical student misreading an ophthalmoscope finding an eye as a new disease, with the reply that the observer who used it called it a fine bit of shane.
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Washington Square
William Howard Bidwell
Bill
Sald
New York ‘Times
Shane
Pollywox
School of Fish
Pollywog learns ABC and party games for children
A whimsical tale follows a pollywog who cannot identify a polygon and joins the school of fish to learn letters. The section then shifts to practical children’s party activities including homemade puzzles, soap bubble races, butterfly printing, conundrums, and Hindu naming customs.
The Papyrus Prisse Named World’s Oldest Book
A report noting the Papyrus Prisse, found in an eleventh dynasty monument and donated to the Paris National Library by Prisse Vandenesse, is described as the oldest known book. It claims the manuscript predates Moses, Abraham, and other ancient writings, with bold black text and a royal author urging humility and obedience as daily wisdom.
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Thebes
Prisse V Avennes
National Library
Paris
Prisse
Moses
Abraham
Christian Science Monitor
Patti and the Minstrel Mogul Bargain for Fifty Nights
An anecdote recounts Colonel J H Haverly offering Madame Patti a contract for fifty concert nights at four thousand dollars per night, or two hundred thousand total with half on signing. Patti quips that the president’s pay would outstrip that sum, while observers joke that illusion and perception shape reality in architecture and pie making recalls.
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J. H. Haverly
Madame
Mme
Patti
Haverly
United States
Divine One
Robert Gray
The Difference In Speed From Shorthand Lesson
A local business college class quotes contrast on writing speed. A professor notes Gray took seven years for a famous poem, jesting that with stenography he could be done in seven minutes. The exchange includes a child’s question about the word phenomenon and a blunt parental reply.
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Gray
Tme
Cleveland Plain Dealer
London Opinion Quotation Sparks Imagined Aches
A fragment quotes Mr. X and Mrs. X in a dialogue about rounds of calls and bad fortune. Mr. K notes the phrase Everybody in London. The line suggests a satirical comment on imagination causing pains more than illness.
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Mr. X
French Fries on Northern France Streets Pushcart Trade
In northern France street vendors sell pommes frites from covered pushcarts with beef suet fat frying in caldrons. Potatoes are sliced, fried, salted, and served in small paper cones for a few cents, offering a cheap meal during noon breaks for mill workers.
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France
Freshly cooked tubers offered by local vendors
Consular Reports notes families favor fried potatoes sold by nearby vendors. The fried potatoes are eaten during the day like popcorn, not limited to mealtimes.
Spoiled Her Romance From Countess Potocka's Memoirs
A narrator describes seeking to provoke deep affection in her husband during a stroll beside the Vistula. She argues happiness rests on lasting reciprocal love, but his response is a reminder of time and social duties as they end the walk with weary cousins.
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the Vistula
Marie d’Arquin
Asiatic Turkey and Its Ancient Civilizational Core
A brief note suggests Asiatic Turkey once housed a civilization thousands of years old. It states the interior remains populated by people who forge and adapt tools, carving their own implements from wood as each family contributes to the craft.
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Turkey
Asiatic
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