Local notices and Christmas greetings from Emmetsburg area
To correspondents. We solicit new subscriptions for Vindicator and Republican. Mrs. Martin Balmer is ill. Many residents, families, and teachers in Emmetsburg and surrounding townships celebrate Christmas with visits, church events, and school programs. Names include Breeds, Lindley, Taey Bauman, Kilow Sinclair, Kerr, Coleman, and others.
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Phe Vindicator and Republican Co
Martin Balmer
Giry Welds
Mra
J. W. Brelds
Lindley
Franklin Co
Nira
Fineley
Taey Bauman
Bricelyn
Minn
F. Pe Stillwan
Kerr
A. HM. Piekediding
Mr. Walther
Chicago
Win. Chetteberg
What They Ate Exposed London Food Scandals in 1771
In 1771 Tobbis Smollets penned Trumphrey OUnker detailing London society and food abuses. He exposed purveyors and adulteration in meals including bread mixed with chalk alum and wood ash. The commentary critiques consumer taste and diet myths, noting widespread culinary fraud.
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Tobbis Smollets
London
Emollen
Waslington
Fires and Insurance Insiders Reflect on Recent Blaze
A New York World excerpt notes an insurance agent amid a crowd at a burning house. He complains fraud and wonders most claims come from women who emphasize premiums and payments. He cites a wife spending her husband’s money after an insurance lapse and reflects on fault and fear surrounding fire losses.
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New York World
The Two Kinds of Poor in Cruel Society
A compact critique of social attitudes toward poverty distinguishing the individual poor from the unseen collective poor. The piece laments fear of recognizing unseen poverty and asserts an ironic fervor for blessing the poor while they do not disturb comfortable living.
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Ivenin
Fielding at Lisbon grave and burial details emerge
Fielding died October 4, 1704 in the Portuguese capital during a voyage, and his tomb was erected in 1800 in England. The quote recalls his views on houses and churches, noting Lisbon’s white stone beauty at distance but lack of beauty up close, and that the Lisbon journey was a challenging undertaking lasting fifty days of foul weather.
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Fielding
Lisbon
lLeary
St. James
Do as Rome Does Origin Story Recalled
A garbled note traces the saying Do as Rome does to Saint Ambrose in the fourth century. It cites varied observances of Saturday, Milan’s feast day, and Ambrose’s guidance to follow general usage in uncertain matters, with a muddled example about Rome and Milan practices.
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Ambrose
Adubrose
Milan
Polo
Shot at Shakespeare misreads era in dialogue
A jumbled Washington Star fragment discusses Shakespeare, misquoting lines and debating meanings. The clipped text mentions times when a writer did not bite, contrasts ironies, and hints at audience reception and misinterpretation of classic lines.
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Shakespeare
Rigle
Washington Star
Accomplished First Passenger and Conductor Tandem Debate
Dialogue shows a conductor tandem and two passengers in a tense exchange. The first passenger praises the conductor as highly experienced while the second asserts foreknowledge, and a mention of a door slam at a precise instant near a station signals a pivotal moment in a courtroom or station setting.
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Llowsoy
One Better Suburbanite Banter About Grand Babys
An exchange notes a playful boast about a grand baby in the family. The line contrasts infant milestones with a neighborly quip, reflecting small town humor captured in a Baltimore American- or suburban column tone.
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Baltimore
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Ambiguous OCR fragment cites Detroit Free Press and Tonssenu quotes. Readable items mention a laundress, likely a captioned note or quotation, with uncertain names and context. The fragment lacks a coherent event or clear subjects to summarize into a full newspaper item.
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Detroit Pree Press
Sarcastic friend praises new automobile in public
The piece describes a boastful man with a new car who brags about its speed. A long-suffering friend is coerced into a ride and they visit the Automo hide club where the host and guests are teased. The crowd’s reaction silences critics who doubted the car’s performance.
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Automo Hide Club
Emaik
Tutu
Juvenile Suicide Trends Alarm Contemporary Society
The Baltimore American reports a rising pattern of minor self harm and suicide attempts, noting experts link cases to modern life pressures and parental ambition. It cites De Berillon’s studies and suggests expert examination for youths displaying suicidal tendencies to prevent future tragedies.
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Fiest Cau
Europe
France
de Berillon
First Automobilist Cugnet and Early Road Locomotives
Nicholas Joseph Cugnet the first memobilist and early road locomotive designer is noted for a railway loomotive by Stephenon’s era. His preserved locomotive sits at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. Cuquet died in 1850 leaving a pension and a controversial career amid Napoleonic favor and engineering feats.
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Nicholas Joseph Cugnet
Stepherson
Cupgnet
Conservatoire Les Arts Et Metiers
Cuquet
Iso
Ale
Naleon
Rieh
When sleeping cars first brought comfort to rails
A railroad man recalls early pillow shortages in sleeping cars. In a humorous incident an upper berth caller asks for a corkscrew to extract a lodged pillow, prompting the porter to remind that no drinking is allowed in berths. The joke ends with the request to retrieve a pillow rather than drink.
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Porter
Jess
The Persian Crow's Beak Weapon History
A description of the crow's beak weapon once used in Persia and northern India. It was a horsemans tool with a broad curved dagger blade set at right angles to a short pickaxe like haft. The design included a concealed dagger that unscrews at the butt end, common on aps and Persian battleaxes.
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Persia
India
Question Answered on How to Prepare Crunching Stalks
A letter from Lippincott's endorses Geraldine's view and proposes a method to cut stalks into medium pieces and hold them in the mouth until they dissolve, citing a preference for a humane approach over a crunching action. The note ends with an invitation to write again for more useful information.
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Geraldine
Lippincett
Maternal Pride and Newwed Mockery in Chevelane Note
A fragment recalling jokes about baby births and parental pride targets Mrs Newlywed and Mrs Why with sly quips. It mentions large birth figures and a character Chevelane Lender, suggesting a social column fragment on gossip and marriage etiquette.
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Chevelane
Amusement Heats Up Over Health Suggestion Observation
A playful exchange centers on a health hint translated as de mot hele sour food, followed by a comedian quip that it is much better to use a padlock. The dialogue highlights witty banter between idea and critique in a humorous context.
Fragmentary plea hints at strained marriage and illness
A garbled fragment suggests marital strain and possible illness or injury. Names and clear events are unreadable, but the text indicates concern about a wife, a husband figure, and a troubling condition described as tyranny. The exact relations and actions remain unclear due to the damaged source.
Newport Fashion and a Fall from Grace
A tale of Mary Murphy and her daughter Mame as they chase society in Newport. Bart Keith’s rise from stage driver to wealthy suitor reshapes loyalties, while a London scheme aims to reclaim status. The Murphys’ bold social ascent ends with Mary becoming countess of Munukennon after years of snubs and reconciliations.
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England
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