Shakespeare and the Untold Love of Mary Witton
A centuries old tale recounts William Shakespeare's brief passion with Mary Witton a queen's maid and her later entanglement with the earls of Pembroke. The affair ended with Witton dismissed from court and Pembroke imprisoned in the Tower the year around 1600.
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Shakespeare
Mary Witton
Elyabeth
Earls of Pembroke
Night
Earl
Tower of London
Edward Fit Ton
Grover Cleveland and the Lazy Lawyer Friend
A young Grover Cleveland kept a lazy lawyer friend who relied on Cleveland for needed case information. When the friend exhausted his supply, Cleveland offered the instruction that there were no books to read and to study pawn cases instead. The quick retort from the excitable friend declared he would not read law and accused Cleveland of relying on books alone.
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Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Canta
Tough Angora Goats on Bleak Vite Island Mystery
Fragmentary report describes Angora goats on a bleak Vite Island amid high mountains. Vague references to a herd, gusts, and possible poisoning hint a perilous situation near an isolated location.
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Mune
Cal
Devel
America
Jean Teu
Diamond Bem of Romance and the Diamond History
An ornate historical sketch by Gardner Williams extols diamonds as eternal, pristine gems shaping romance and power. It recounts legends of idols, emperors, courtesans, and battles where diamonds influenced fate, while praising the stone as nearly indestructible and forever brilliant despite human violence and fortune.
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Gardner Williames
In Other Words Concentrate
A terse aphorism stresses health and industry hinge on total focus and time discipline. The author, Sismond, warns against letting personal consciousness intrude on business or leisure, urging strict separation to achieve success.
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Sismond
Cycles of Life and Death in Everyday Body Make-Up
The article cites John Phin’s Seven Fallacies of Science claiming human material may contain atoms from Julius Caesar Solomon Homer and Archimedes. It argues continual borrowing of matter from other beings and past ages, with atoms moving through life and reentering new forms as energy and matter.
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Sou
Julius Caesar
Solomon
John Phin
Homer
Pinto
Archimedes
Solonton
Alexander
Brute
Jesus Christ
No Old Maids in Babylon Auctions Ancient Customs
A misshapen excerpt recounts myths of Babylonian auctions of virgins, noting later shifts in social order and marriage patterns, then pivots to etymology of culinary terms. It links early markets to food terms like tart and fricassee, tracing linguistic roots from French and Latin origins.
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Gtr
Stradivarius Violins and Their Owners
Stradivarius born 1644 died 1738 worked past 90 with many violins and other instruments. About one thousand violins and three hundred other instruments attributed, including viols bass viols lutes guitars mandolas. Eugene Ysaye and Jan Kubelsky owned genuine Stradivarius violins. labels were said to be paper.
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Stradivarius
Eugene Ysaye
Jan Kubelsk
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