Proverb Lore Through the Ages From Old England
A survey of common proverbs traced from ancient Germanic roots through Chaucer and Shakespeare with notes on medieval manuscripts and later 16th and 17th century usage. It highlights famous lines such as better late than never and no fire without some smoke, and includes anecdotes about notable figures and texts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
England
Alfred
Piers Plowman
Chaucer
Dore Nagle
Cress
Turner
Cresse
Kerse
Gayner
Nordre
Jack Upland
Odypns
Lyndgate
Tyndale
Lyle
Trusser
Rome
Gascoigne
Abbott
Mobbe
Guzman
Wycherley
Plain Dealer
Congreve
Jeremy Collier
E. A. Allen
St. Louis Republic
Adopting the Russian System and Its Effects
A Kansas City Journal critique argues that public executions inspire youth to imitate violence. It cites Colorado law allowing a quiet public notice of execution, with the condemned man removed from public view after sentencing. The piece warns against glorifying the scaffold and urges humane treatment in reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Kansas City Journal
Servian Wealth in Hogs and Oddities
A compact miscellany notes Servian wealth in pigs among 9 million people, with vivid scenes of hog abundance along the Danube and Belgrade rail routes. It contrasts King Alexander heritage, then shifts to ice water’s health value, and ends with a gag about lake ice formation, plus brief quips from a Trout and a Sucker and a horticultural anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
Danube
Belgrade
Alexander
Takovo
Saturday Review
Dream of Home Lost in Time and Visitors
A reflective poem recalls a boyhood home, changes in the village, and the ache of altered memories. Interwoven excerpts recount a Manchester hotel register mischief and a note on Andrew Young, author of There Is a Happy Land, now aged 80 and praised for his enduring connection to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Young
Mr. Young
Mr. Gall
Gall & Inglis
New York Tribune
Enormous Head Child of Bas Trop County Tex
A ten year old mulatto boy from Bas Trop County Texas is described as the most remarkable hydrocephalus case. Born November 10, 1879, he weighed twelve pounds at birth and developed enlarging head to thirty pounds body with a 31 inch circumference. Despite the deformity he remains cheerful, hungry, well digested, and reportedly highly intelligent, according to the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Singer
Bastrop County
Tex
Pittsburg
Remarkable Note Measuring Discovery by a Lady
A woman discovers a sensitive powder that reveals air wave disturbances from sung notes. She spreads a thin layer on a membrane, places it in a trumpet and sings a note. The powder diffuses into intricate flowerlike shapes, transferred to glass for study, drawing wide scientific interest.
Soap Shop Mischief Sparks a Furious Exit
A mock menu at a drug store ends with Lady scolding staff for not carrying common yellow soap while paying $1.10 for Lubin violet soap and castile. Clerk confirms prices. Lady storms out calling it a drug store. The passage concludes with a note on Brahmin revivals and British officials, citing satirical lines from Drake's Magazine.
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Lubin
Castile
Boston Herald
Also Mentioned on This Page
York
Augustus Hare
Oxford
Hare
Ben Hinchliffe
London
Peterborough
Jack
New York Herald
Emerson
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Paris
French Academy of Sciences
M. Julie
Chicago Tribune
Virginia B. Hamson
Manchester
C. Sidney Smith
France
Russia
Chicago
Detroit Free Press
National League of East Indian
Calcutta
Church of England
Drake’s Magazine
Aver
Ayer
R. Britton
Oakland
Ohio
R. T. Schmittou
Dickson
Tenn
Benjamin M. Johnson
M. D
Thomas Hill
Mabel C. Hardy
Delavan
Til
V. G. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Franklin Stchicargzo
Johnson & Siegfried, Warren
Penn'a. Otf
Merck Drug Store
Morris & Mullen
Moreck Drug Store
Scofield Block
Warren
Scott
Scott & Bowne
N. Y
Sonia Sil
America
True & CO
Augusta
Maine
Peter C Greenland
Water Street
Episcopal Church
High Street
Hazel
Laural
Peter Greenlund
W. H. Pickett & Co
H. A. Jamieson & Co
Beary and
Shell Saimany
Sherman
Drewett’s
Steva Ranges
Syracuse
Gate
American Saw Co
Warren, Penn’a
J.M. Harding M'f
West 14Th St
New York
Duativnd
OM City
Western
New York &Penn’a. RR
P.R
Janaanads
Ilar
Oil City
Oleopolis
Eagle Rock
Lionesta
Hickory
Tronkeyuilen RV
Kidzub
May
Bradford
Wolf Bunsen
Sol Qaaxer Bridge
Red House
Salamance
South
Carrolton
South Vandalia
Ahegbeny
Olean
Mia
MLA
ME Oolo
Qaial
DLA. M
GEO. & Gatchell
Gen
J. A. Fellows
Noe Exchange Street
Buffalo
Lefford
Warren and
Farnsworth
Claren
Garfield
Wwe
Titusville
Ridgway
Dunham
A. D. Wood, Gei
Hger
A.M
ALM M
Passenarland
Philadelphia & Erie R. K
Erie
Bundy
Erie Mail
Pennsylvania
Rairoad P. &E
Kanecept
Arriviz
Warren Zabtwabrd
Sheffield Express
Sheffield
St. Marys
Oil Express
Don
Erie Express
New Yorks
Philadelpia
Washington
Baltimore
Warren S In
Philadelphia
Williamsport
Warren Express
E Express
Chas
E. Pugh
J.R. Wood
Sofia
BE. C. West
Johnsen & Siegfried
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