Rich English Counties Hire England Next to London
The report notes large sums for Rich English Counties hiring England next to London. It cites 224,000,000 versus London 42,500,000, with references to Gray's iw e at Powders for Children and Mother Gray. The text links cures for various societal ills and mentions druggists and sample items.
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Hire
England
London
Per Gray
Gray
Childewn
New York
A.s-Olmstad
Leltoy
Weathered Hearts and Wanderers in Bronte Echoes
A fragmentary line from Charlotte Bronte evokes women and girls exposed to harsh weather and social exile as they await male figures, warily listening for a father or husband amid storms and night wanderings. The text reflects themes of divorce from domestic security and survival in loneliness.
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Charlotte Bronte
Americans Drink Tea to Provoke Odd Notions
A quirky clippet claims Americans drink the worst tea in the world while noting plenty of good things here. It jokes about strange phrases, and oddly cites growth rates for beards nails and hair across lengthy periods, exaggerating average growth to fantastical lengths.
Atlantic Ocean Wave Measurements Reported By Bureau
A Washington bureau notes Atlantic wave heights in calm seas near thirty feet rising to forty eight feet in storms. Lengths range from five hundred to six hundred feet and periods from seven to twelve seconds, with the longest measured at about half a mile lasting twenty three seconds.
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Atlantic
Washaie Hydraulic Bureau
Tea cheaper than water says Englishman in Gazette
An English man in a Westminster Gazette letter claims he learned that in 567 there were only thirty six Scots in London and he now knows the meaning of the expression the rod old times. He notes that tea is cheaper than water if tea is comfortable and water is not. The piece mentions an 18 THEP package of Rebilling tnt Wooklet and a Mean Fling at Scotchmen.
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Westminster Gazette
London
First English pantomime cited as Harlequin Exhited
A garbled note discusses tea and coffee and references the first regular English pantomime said to be Harlequin Exe cited produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields on December 26, 1717.
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Lincoln's Inn
Fields
Dee
Money back promise at grocer and odd travel bits
The fragment discusses money back guarantees from a grocer, mentions arsenic in daily food, and notes odd travel amenities on the California Limited. It hints at fashion conveniences for gentlemen and on train services like newspapers, stationery, books, and athletic devices on Santa Fe trains.
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California
Beneft
Darter
Isdiga
Santa Fe
Cy's Waterloo at the Village Checkers Game
A town storyteller recalls Cy's clever ruse to escape a crushing defeat in a candlelit backroom checkers match with a traveling salesman. Cy feigned study then toppled the candle causing the board to spill, saving his reputation as the stranger hurried to catch a train while locals groaned at the botched match.
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Hig
Waterloo
Wwe
Wort
Bradshaw Time Tables and Early Railway Guides
The piece recalls George Bradshaw the Manchester engraver who created the first Time Table and the Railway Companion. It notes the tiny initial pamphlet, scarcity of surviving copies, and the resistance from railway authorities to sharing schedules. It describes class fare differences, roof seating, and a London to Brighton subscription price of $500 in early days.
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George Bradshaw
Manchester
England
Wheland
Bradshaw
London
Birmingham
Brighton and
Hick
Authors One Should Know From Five New York Lists
Five randomly chosen New Yorkers named essential authors for a modern man. Shakespeare appears in four lists. Plato, Goethe, Emerson, Gibbon, and John Fiske appear in two. Across all five lists thirty eight authors are named.
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New York
Homer
Plato
Dante
Goethe
Voltaire
Balme
Shakespeare
Carlyle
Matthew Arnold
Emerson
James Bryce
Dickens
Kipling
Mark Twain
Robert Louis Stevenson
Woodrow Wilson
Boswell
Johnson
Plutarch
Esquemling
the Buccanneers
Hamilton
Gramont
Popyw
Bourtenne
Gibbon
Rome
Green
England
John Piske
United States
Howelle Dumas
Ruskin
John Fiske
Darwin
Tyndal
Tennyson
Robert Browning
Plato Goethe
Howells
What if Napoleon's heir lived, Rosebery speculates
Lord Rosebery weighs a hypothetical chapter in Napoleon The Last Phase about an heirless Napoleon living to rule. He cites a Paris visit by Prince Napoleon in 1845 at the Invalides, where veterans mistook him for the emperor's kin and embraced him, suggesting a very different fate for an hereditary monarch.
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Napoleon
London News
Lord Rosebery
Caesar
Paris
Jerome
Montfort
Hotel Des Invalides
Gen. Petit
Fountainebleau
Say Something in Praise Favors Kindness Over Scorn
Baltimore American presents a reflective verse urging restraint and kindness. It argues against harsh judgment and scolding of the weak, urging readers to replace contempt with constructive, compassionate speech and to consider the better nature in everyone.
The Spinning Wheel In Ireland
The spinning wheel and flax wheel remain common in Irish cottages where many girls make their wedding dowry at home. Older women often spin daily, saving a portion for their wedding outfit, while pleasant scenes show the elderly outside cottage doors spinning flax and wool in warm weather under the open sky.
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Ireland
Sui Airis
Wisdom Without Wit Jig Riddle Declares Hidden Truths
A convoluted riddle hints at wisdom and wit, asking who among fiends and sages achieves true insight. It references competition, realms, and a sly path to attain knowledge, presenting clues about a fool and the art of acting wisely.
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Pripe
Prias
The Twins of Pommern Love in a Boarding House
Herr Krug plans to marry Hedwig after mistaking his love for the twin sisters Katrina and Hedwig. The mix up causes jealousy and comic distress among Billips and Captain Wriggs at Mrs Hopkins boarding house on Parker Street. Final resolution comes when Krug marries Hedwig and the crew note the core lesson that paint cannot alter a craft’s true quality.
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Krug
Billips
Captain Wriggs
Capt. Wriggs
Herr Krug
Pommern
Wriggs
Krog
Hedwig
Katrina
Schatz
Capes
Herman
Billys
Mr. Billips
Herwig
Alan
Billioa
Slowest Known Animal The Loris Says Slowest Moving Creature
The article describes the loris as the slowest moving creature with the technical name nycticibus tardigradus. It notes a specimen timed at thirty two minutes three seconds to cross a four foot span while stalking prey. The Asiatic loris range extends from Java and Sumatra through Borneo toward the Philippines and Hindustan.
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Elentiste
Selentints
Java
Sumatra
Borneo
Philippine Islands
Hindustan
Cure of Rheumatism by Dodd's Kidney Pills in Kansas
Special from Goodland Kansas February 20 reports N E Abertson a local blacksmith cured of rheumatism in days by one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says he could not sleep and feared losing his shop before the pills removed all pains. Albertega and many neighbors now use the remedy.
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Dodd
Kansas
Goodland
Kan
N. E. Abertson
Mr. Albertega
Icebergs Drift and Vessels Towed by Currents Around Newfoundland
The currents around Newfoundland cause wide variations between iceberg drift and surface ice movement. Large icebergs, mostly submerged, follow ocean-wide motion and winds, sometimes dragging ship moorings. Sealers use this for mooring to ice, while ships face irresistible movements. In France, school canteens provide beans, vegetables, and macaroni for breakfast at three cents or free for the poor.
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Newfoundland
New York Herald
France
Paris
The Road to Wellville Inspires Hot Springs Visit
In Hot Springs Ark a man with long term stomach and bowel trouble finds relief after using Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast. He reports better digestion sleep and mental clarity after following the booklet The Road to Wellville and notes eight pound weight gain in five weeks despite hot baths. Postum Co. of Bitelle Creek Mich. distributes the product.
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Wellville
Hot Springs
Ark
Inez
Wellyille
Ming
Postum Co
Bittle Creek
Mich
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