Copper Rain at Annapolis Chapel Mission Sermon
Dr Cyrus Townsend Brady recalls cadets at Annapolis chapel failing to pass the offering until a senior smuggled 800 copper cents to fund a prank. Uniformed cadets, aided by strong armed guards, dropped coins as they passed plates, creating a copper rain for about ten minutes and leaving the chaplain and officers disconcerted.
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Annapolis
Cyrus ‘Townsend Brady
New York
Episcopal Battalion
A Pigeon Valet to a Crow in The Ladies Home Journal
Florence M Kingsley recounts in The Ladies Home Journal a tale of a crow named Tom and a snow white pigeon named Beauty. Beauty acts as maid of all work, preening Tom’s feathers twice daily while he rests, and corrects her missteps with a squawk and peck.
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Tom
Florence M. Kingsley
Ladies’ Home Journal
Beauty
Spelling System Sparks Name Confusion On Tram
Dobbs meets Turner on a tram bound for Birmingham and at a hotel discovers Turner's unusual registered name H K Phtholognyrrh. Turner insists it is his old English name, explaining he uses a foreign spelling to avoid being noticed when signing as Turner.
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Dobbs
Turner
Birmingham
Turner Or Turner Sounded Out In London Standard Quip
A London Standard quip plays on spelling and sounds to argue what a name hidden in phonetics might spell. It uses examples like colonel and tyrant to illustrate how letters render sounds differently than expected.
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Turner
London Standard
Optimist Emancipated by Adversity in New York Sun
The optimist is dispossessed and laughed, declaring freedom from toll and the wolf at the door is now gone. He says adversity has its sweet uses as he walks into the sunshine after leaving the cold street.
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New York Sun
A Tonk to Be Honest and Kind in a Harsh World
A fragmentary quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson contemplates restraint, prudence, and personal fortitude as paths to a happier family life. The text emphasizes generosity over accumulation, tempering ambition with humility and self discipline.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Most Curious Thing in Harlem Life Interview
Mrs Quizzer asks what is the most curious thing seen by the professor in a Harlem Life interview. Professor Trotter responds with a concise, pointed anecdote about human behavior. The exchange highlights curiosity and insight within a metropolitan social page.
Drawing the Line in Missouri Gossip about Governor Claiborne Jackson
A long tale in Missouri recounts Governor Claiborne Jackson marrying five sisters, with a quip about his courtship circle. The octogenarian father, nearly deaf, approves as the governor asks for Elizabeth and jokes about not seeking the older wife if anything happens to the young woman.
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Missouri
Claiborne I
Jackson
Lovelock
Lizzie
Elizabeth
Kor
Origin of Whig Word Traced Through History
The article surveys theories on the origin of the term Whig, noting it may derive from whiggamore used for drovers, and cites 1679 as a key period when the term gained currency amid a struggle over excluding the Duke of York from succession.
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England
Scotland
British Isles
Duke of York
Whig nickname origin tied to Scottish banners
A fragment explains the term Whig arose from Scottish religious wars. It notes the motto We Hope In God and the initials W H I G on banners. The label later attached to the followers of that faction as a party nickname.
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Scotland
Journalistic Errors and Blunders Across Papers
Notes and Queries cites misprints and ignorance in 19th century papers. Examples include misreading Greek sculptors as Puildias Praxiteles Milo and mistaking Prussia for Austria. The excerpt mocks editorial slips and curious reasoning in journalism.
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Morning Post
Lord Palmerston
Hampshire
Hlons
Daily Telegraph
Inia
Puildias
Praxiteles
Milo
Times
Prussia
Austria
Zollverein
Saturday Review
Mixed Wedding Party Described in Ladies Home Journal
Rev D M Steele recounts a mixed wedding where a Yale convert to Unitarian married in a Presbyterian chapel for a couple whose families include Roman Catholic and Congregational members. Five priests refused, a Jewess and a Roman Catholic brother witnessed.
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New York
D. M. Steele
Hayt
Ladies Home Journal
Yale
Carnegie Hall
Careful Statement in Court as Witness Confesses Limited Interaction
A cross examining counsel questions a witness asking if the man was an entire stranger. The witness, anxious and cautious, admits he has only a partial memory, noting he had only seen the other man’s wan arm before and never met him before this moment.
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Dennis
Sorr
Punishment and Reward in a Kansas Town
An Atchison Globe item notes a mother disciplines her son by dressing him in Sunday clothes after misbehavior, a practice described as punishment for the boy but a reward for his well behaved sisters.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Never give up to children if they are in the wrong
A bold musing from Ladies' Home Journal urges guardians to preserve memory of parental integrity. The piece argues against undermining a child by exposing them to parental hypocrisy and stresses steadfast principles in parenting.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
History of the orange from Africa to Europe and beyond
The orange originated in Africa and spread to Europe in the eleventh century. Sir Walter Raleigh introduced it to England in the sixteenth century. It was first planted in Australia in 1788. Dalay was once called the eye of day or day’s eye.
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Europe
Africa
Walter Raleigh
Eagland
Australia
Dalay
Mr Hare of the Fountain of Youth Graces the Stage
In a Saturday Evening Post account, Mr John Hare described as an eminent Anglish actor manager recalls Gladstone’s warm praise for his portrayal in A Pair of Spectacles. The premier and Prime Minister share a cordial encounter, with Hare presenting as an 85 year old figure and amusing behind the scenes chats.
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Hare
John Hare
Gladstone
Mr. Hare
Mr. Gold
Jobo’ Hare
Satuday Evening Post
An Educational Mistake
A Los Angeles Times quote argues college may fail to benefit some students who cannot absorb or apply formal education. It contends many graduates become clerks, bookkeepers, or workers in service roles, ill-suited for any trade and feeling entitled to better circumstances.
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Los Angles Times
Tortured boy and minister’s son clash over cane tales
The, Appeal to the Record, describes Little Tommy returning sore from a torture room and asking if the cabinet minister’s son ever faces corporal punishment. The boy cites a speech about mercy and restraint, noting the father’s habit of dropping the cane when the boy begins reading.
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Tommy
London
An Ounce of Prevention in a Quip from Philadelphia Record
An observing boarder recalls seeing someone tear a small booklet into pieces and throw it into the range. The item, titled how to prepare prunes in 99 different ways, was feared to reach the landlady.
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Philadelphia Record
Suited to a Tee Fox and Bear Plan Golf at the Unks
Boston Berald reports an odd note from Fox asking Bear to join tomorrow for a golf game at the Unks. Bear agrees though unsure of the exact game, offering to take any job the lynx can provide.
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Fox
Bear
Lynx
Boston
Berald
Bellical World Views of the Bella Coola Indians
The Bella Coola in British Columbia believe five worlds with earth at the center. Above are two heavens, below are two underworlds where ghosts dwell. Sun worship dominates their rites, with Senex the sun as a principal deity. Clan traditions vary, and outsiders who tell clan lore are accused of appropriation.
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Bella Coola
British Columbia
Ale
Breaven
Out Earth
Senex
Sun
House of Gods
Uke
Walloon duck tale ends with vanished bird after diving match
A Baltimore Sun anecdote describes a hard to kill walloon duck famed for deep dives. The hunter skins the bird and boils it but a dramatic misstep sends the duck diving to danger as steam erupts and the bird vanishes.
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Keil
Baltimore Sun
A Lesson to Humoriste in a Sea Village Cottage
A humorist paused in a remote seaside village cottage and overheard a landlady noted for acumen and witty phrases. He used her neighbors for sketches published in a London magazine. Soon a matron confronted him saying he must pack and leave within an hour, warning villagers might act against him.
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London
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Gareia
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