The Late Kaiser and His Exclusionary Excursions
A long anecdotal portrait of Kaiser William I detailing theaterlike excursions at Babelsberg and a near accident during shaving. It recounts a secretive library episode with excursionists, a closet misadventure, and a princess enabling a glimpse of royal toilette items, followed by reflections on rulers William outlived.
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Germany
William J
United States
Amadeo
Ing
Spain
Isabella
Francesco II
Naples
Moubrad V
Pio VII
Leo RI
Gregorio XVI
Pio IX
Austria
Francis I
Ferdinand I
France
Napoleons II
Til
Mexico
Maxinilian
Russia
Paul I
Alexander L
Nicholas T
Alexander II
Selen. III
Mustapha IV
Mahmoud II
Abdul Medjid
Abdul Asiz
Sardinia
Italy
Charles Emanuel
Victor Emanuel I
Charles Felix
Charles Albert
Ferdinand T
Joachim Murat
Portugal
Pedro IV
Pedro V
Luis T
Prussia
Frederick Willian
Wurtemberg
Frederick I
William I
Savaria
Maximilian Joseph I
Louis I
Maximilian I
Louis II
Westphalia
Jerome
Belgium
Leopold
Greece
Olland
Louis
Great Britain
George MII
George IV
William IV
Louis XVIII
Charles X
Louis Philippe
Sweden
Gustave IV
Charles XIV
Bernadotte
Oscar I
Charles XV
Denmark
Christian VII
Frederick VI
Christian VIII
Charles IV
Ferdinand VII
Joseph
Alfonso XII
Bread Making Secrets From Lena Inspires Household Change
In a domestic vignette, the narrator abandons old heavy methods for Lena’s lighter bread approach. Lena’s method uses warm water or milk, butter, sugar, yeast, and gradually sifted flour with a soft batter that cooks evenly. The result is tender, sweet, cake-like bread and versatile, aromatic dishes that elevate the family table.
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Lena
Tena
America
Cauliflower With Savory Milk Sauce Recipe
Boil cauliflower in salted water until tender. Prepare sauce by boiling one pint of milk with butter the size of half an egg. Mix a teaspoon of flower tea cream with cold milk, add salt and nutmeg, then pour into the boiling milk. Stir and boil a minute or two, then pour over the cauliflower.
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Wren
King of the Slides at Fifth Avenue Corner
An improvisational exhibitor calls himself the King of the Slides at Bresdway and Fifth Avenue near Twenty third Street in New York. He touts pioneer use of electric projection and details crowd gatherings from Garfield’s illness to a Sherman serenade, claiming influence over public emotion through stereopticon displays.
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Bresdway and
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
New York
Sea
United States
Garfield
Elberon
General Sherman
Old Guard
Notorious Beggar Deceiver Known as Soapy Fits King
James Turley a well dressed middle aged man appeared before Mr L Eyncourt accused of repeated deceptions by the Acadicity Society. He posed as a beggar expert in misrepresentation and was famed for staged fits using soap to mouth froth mimicking epilepsy. He claimed his wife was dead to solicit money and feigned theft of oranges from schoolboys to elicit sympathy and funds.
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James Turley
L’eyncourt
Borley
Acadicity Society
London
Ancient tale reprint from Oxford Tests in London print
Facsimile reprint of the famous Ik. letter Jest look shows a tale from Oxford Tests not brilliant but humorous. A wardens wife, a parson, and verses mingle with a sermon moral about churchgoing for other aims than devotion.
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London
Pears
Oxford -Lests
Bone Parysh
Somlay
Lentalter Dynes
Thomas
Hag
Goth
Denvecyon
Arkoke Hetetes
Che Alan Wands
Lee
Strowen
Musset Invites Dog To Dining Room At Academy
A garbled tale describes Alfred de Musset during an Academy visit where a dog intruded into the dining room. The scene features a clash over the animal as hosts and guests react to the canine mischief.
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Alfred de Musset
Wour
Chatea
MM. de Musset
Thea Kncis
Meel
de Muisset
Tsee
Fondal
Feaber
The Canary Bird Snores At Sedorne Home
Miss Almeca Yatt keeps a canary that stored up snores so loud one night last week the household woke. A search found the noise coming from the live cage in the sitting room. Upon awakening the bird, the snores ceased and neighbors say the canary is unusually musical now.
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Almeca Yatt
Sedorne
Indianapolis News
Mysterious Fatalities Across Prominent Figures Linked to Kidney Disease
A sensational claim links the deaths of Kaiser Wilhelm, ex governor Hoffman, banker J W Drexel, Lieut Gov Dorsheimer, Chief Justice Waite, and Gen B H Brewster to kidney disease. The article cites Dr Frank Hawthorn’s lecture on deceptive signs, warns the public, and promotes Warner's Safe Cure as a preventive measure.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Hoffman
J. W. Drexel
Dorsheimer
Carpenter
Waite
B. H. Brewster
Beboush
Gov
Justice Waite
Prexel
Pi Brewster
Sf Carpenter
Wellan
Frank Hawthorn
New Orlea
Louisiana University
Sidney
L. B. Price
Hanover
I. Va
Bright
Warner
Joan Coleman
Gregory St
New Haven
Conn
Phi Haven
W.T. Corawford
St. Charles
Philadelphia
Dr Pieres Favorite Prescription Promises Quick Bodily Reform
A damaged ad style text touts Dr Pieros Favorite Prescription as a cure all for weakness and vitality, claiming mothers will have strength and a pure constitution. It markets rapid gains with no risk, urging economies and warning against prodigality.
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Pieros
Add Another Charge Against a Dog Officer
A newly appointed dog officer reads a court warrant to an unlicensed dog in a barnyard kennel. After half an hour of effort, the dog is hauled to the station and tied to a rail. The officer jokes that the dog deserves an ordinary conduct charge for resisting.
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Jnssie
Pekin duck lays four differently colored eggs
Reading like a quirky miscellany, the item notes a Pekin duck from Nenia Ohio laying four eggs on consecutive days, each with a distinct color: white, pale green, ash, and black, alongside assorted advertisements and testimonials about patent remedies and cures from Dr Greene and others.
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Josaph Cromwell
Nenia, O
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