The Devils Turnip Fateh on Bald Eagle Mountain
A historic natural rock field on Bald Eagle Mountain known as The Devils Turnip Patch attracts travelers with its jagged reddish sandstone spires standing upright. The two to three acre formation rises in a northward spread, narrowing into a V shape toward the south, and local lore ties it to glacial age displacement and a hidden stream beneath, with a mystery source feeding a watercourse into Hinek Hole valley.
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Bald Eagle Mountain
Black Hole Valley
Northumberland
Williamsport
Turnip
Hinek Hole Valley
Moving Co
Philadelphia Record
Tales of Donkeys and Oaths Across Cultures
A fragment from London Globe notes humorous and instructive tales of animals and oaths, recounting a Zanzibar donkey episode with a runaway mare and a bullock wagon threat, then shifting to diverse pledge customs across China India Norway and a jurist’s comment on impartial justice.
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Ike
Jacque
Shee
Q. O
Dunbell
Oska
London Globe
Lady Beaconsfield and the First Husband’s Love
Augustus J. Hare recalls Mrs. Duncan Stewart describing Lady Beaconsfield as a factory girl who impressed Mr. Lewis. He educated her, married her, left her wealthy, and she later wed Disraeli. When asked why, she claimed her second husband’s love proved real since he courted her while her first husband lived.
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Mer
Duncan Stewart
Beaconsfield
Lewis
Disraeli
Augustus J. C. Hare
What is an anecdote Johnny ask ed the teacher
The passage presents a classroom exchange where the teacher asks what an anecdote is and the student Johnny replies with a playful misquote about a creature, turning the word into a quirky joke about four legs and an anecdote.
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Johnny
Cold Water Cure Echoes From Naples Tale
A society woman recalls falling seriously ill in Naples and being treated with a strict cold water regimen prescribed by a Neapolitan host rather than local medicine. She notes the habit of quaffing pure cold water every 15 minutes, spreading the chill away and comparing it to a similar practice at home in America. The tale quotes the New York Sun’s recounting of the episode.
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Naples
Howells
James” International Ndvela
Shomy
America
New York Sun
Cigar Clues Aid Scotland Yard Detectives in Crime
London Answers explains how cigar stubs reveal criminal traits. Detectives study end cuts and bite marks to infer tool use and teeth shape, offering insights into personality and specific offender features.
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Scotland Yard
London
Come easy go easy humor column snippets
Short clippings show household quips about spousal annoyance over chores like threading a needle for a husband. The notes touch on everyday friction and small domestic moments, with brief remarks attributed to Mrs Easey and Mrs Kauler as comic vignettes from newspaper humor pages.
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Easey
Mrs. Kauler
Philadelphia Press
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Ga. Loan & Triet Cos
Macon
Ga. Loan & Troro
D. L. Henderson
Johnson
Savannah
M. D
Johnenn
Tonio
JB Kinonron
M.D. Conway
Anke AB Grrarpgav
A. B. Lloyd
Zanalbar
Finn
Zanzibar
Naza Moja
Onabe
Ecdote
E. G. Walton & CO
Howard M. Smith
Second St
Macon. Ga
J. H. Woodward & Son
Vienna
J.C. Hamilton
R. Lewis
Cashier
the Bank OF Vienna
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