Dumas Reports an Anecdote On Bribery Under The Second Empire
The Curieux recounts Henri Didier son of a ministerial secretary describing a secret bribery tied to the Duchesse de Berri arrest at Nantes during Louis Philippe's era. Deutz agreed to betray the hiding place for 500000 francs, paid by Didier in a silent transfer using two bundles of 250000 francs each.
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Alexandre Dumas
Curieux
Henri Didier
Didier
Ministry of the Interior
Duchesse de Berri
Nantes
Louis Philippe
Count de Chamroi
Deutz
Henri
Monsieur Didier
Willing Worker in Belgian Occupied District
A Belgian man seeking potatoes from a German occupier offers to work only for the Germans. When asked his trade he answers he is a grave digger, showing a dry, grim humor amid the occupation as reported by London Everyman.
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Belgium
London
Baker's Dozen Talk Between Father and Child
In a domestic exchange Charlie asks what baker's dozen means. His father explains one more than a dozen while Charlie counts their family and recalls a remark by Mr. Moore about the Brown children, seeking thirteen.
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Charlie
Mr. Moore
Mamma
Shop Talk Quip on Short Girls and Marriage
A brief dialogue from a Boston Transcript item features a broker noting men prefer shorter partners. An ex spinster adds the view that being with a husband rivals living without one in difficulty.
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Boston Transcript
Man's vanity tied to wife buying him a tie
A quip notes that whenever a wife buys her husband a tie his vanity suffers and he feels self important, suggesting a humorous link between a gift and ego.
Princess Ella of Hesse Seen by Royal Heiresses
Governess Miss Eager recounts in her book Six Years at the Court of Russia that seven year old Princess Elizabeth died after illness within hours. Two grand duchesses reported seeing a winged man in Ella’s room, and Ella cried for her mother before dying. The czar and czarina reportedly endorsed the tale and supported Eager with an annuity.
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Czar and
Czarina
Toland
Nicholas
Miss Eager
England
Russia
Elizabeth
Ella
Hesse
The
Ela
Mamma
Ardappe and Roxley Financial Courtship Exchange
Ardappe proclaims a consuming love for Miss Roxley while she cautions that choosing him as husband may be unwise to manage her money. The exchange reveals a romance entangled with financial concerns and prudence.
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Ardappe
Miss Roxley
New Bug Killer Steam Soil Tool Targets Weeds Worms
A steam powered agricultural machine uses a drum with blade like spines to embed into soil. As it moves and releases steam, it penetrates the ground to kill worms larvae bugs and weed growth for ongoing crop protection.
Four and a Half Ton Mirror For Mount Wilson
The 100 inch diameter reflector for Mount Wilson Observatory in California will be completed early next year and will be the largest mirror ever cast. It weighs four and a half tons, is 18 inches thick, and forged in a single solid piece of glass.
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Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Who's Got the Money in Western Canada Farmers
Reprinted from The Magnet, the Calgary printers' paper, this column argues Western Canadian farmers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba hold wealth in real cash from grain and livestock. It cites 1915 crop values totaling hundreds of millions, notes dairy and honey outputs, and counters ideas that money lies in real estate or stocks.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
California
Washington
Woney
Get Up It is a Poor Ship That Can Carry the Captain
An Irishman in New York employed by a lumber merchant is sent with a load up a hill. The boss stops him to scold the horses, but Pat replies with a quip and urges the team onward, claiming the ship can carry the captain.
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New York
Pat
Free Book Offer on Rheumatism and Neuritis Cure
An advertisement seeks readers to write for a free booklet on rheumatism and neuritis treatment. The sender, J E from Brockton Massachusetts, claims the book is the most wonderful and completely free.
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Jease A. W
Brockton
Mass
Adv
Proverbial Wisdom on Wives Across Cultures
The piece cites Afghan, Senegalese, Chinese, and Don Quixote proverbs about wives. It notes that Afghan and Senegalese sayings downplay women, while Chinese views link lost brides to regret, and Don Quixote affirms a happy view that every husband should regard his wife as the good one.
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Afghanistan
Don Quixote
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by User
A testimonial from Mrs. Dewart Sivcesance of West Danby New York praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for aiding nervous trouble sleeplessness irritability backache and other female disturbances. The ad extols the tonic as derived from native roots and herbs and claims forty years of proven value in supporting female health.
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Lindie E. Pinkham
When Misfortune Tests Resolve We Turn Back or Persevere
A maxim on handling hardship suggests that facing misfortune requires either retreat or renewed resolve. The statement notes a choice between giving up and pushing forward to recover strength and purpose.
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Grand Duke
Ernest of Hesse
Victoria Melita
Great Britain and Coburg
Cyril
F. Cunlife Owen
New York World
Man
Western
Qoo
Chiipres
Alee
Castoria
Lydia E. Pinkham
Army
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Chicago
Porcete
SPOHN
Spohn Medical CO
Chemisia
Goshen
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