Test of Friendship and Hidden Letters at the Hall
A narrator narrates two entwined tales philosophy of friendship and a house mystery. A prince learns true trust, while a reader uncovers Amaranthe Darlington’s warnings and letters hidden in Miss Dacres’s room. Amaranthe’s possible return to the Hall deepens the intrigue.
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Wiss Dacres
Amaranthe Darlington
Wisconsin
Amaranthe
Miss Evelyn
Little Amaranthe
Willoughby
Brathwaite
Glorianna
Paris restaurateur Bignon remembered with tale of Demidoff
The famed Paris chef Bignon has died and friends recount a winter visit by Count Paul Demidoff of Russia. He questioned a 30 franc charge for two peaches and Bignon replied that not peaches are rare but Demidoffs. The count paid with a gracious smile.
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Bignon
Paris
Paul Demidoff
King Alfonso and the Cigarette Anecdote
An anecdote from Madrid recounts King Alfonso asking for a cigarette at the palace. Guards refused citing the ban but the king persisted, then found a private soldier offering paper and tobacco. He reportedly quipped that at least one person obeys his king.
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Alfonso
Spain
Madrid
Prince of Asturias
Dalziel
Prince of the Asturias
London Globe
That That That That That That That
A puzzling quotation explains a sentence where the word that appears six times in a row. The Chicago Chronicle notes the teacher objected to the first that and used who, yet the sequence remains a grammatical curiosity.
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Chicago Chronicle
Surrender at Yorktown Ends Major War Effort
The British troops under Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown on October 18 1781 to American and French forces. Gen Lincoln received the surrender as Gen O Hara stood in for Cornwallis while Lord Cornwallis was absent. About 7 000 troops 2 000 sailors and allied forces yielded with drums beating and colors cased signaling the end of major fighting. The final Paris peace treaty was signed September 3 1783.
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Yorktown
Cornwallis
Lord Cornwallis
Gen. O'Hara
Washington
Lincoln
Paris
Humorous quips and smart slang from old papers
A collage of witty exchanges and one liners from Philadelphia Boston Detroit Cleveland and New York humor pages. Jokes about names talkative spouses cops and Arctic nights evoke a breezy early 20th century tone.
Stone Butter: Earthy substitute used in many regions
Clay eaten on bread as a butter substitute called stone butter is common in parts of Germany and Sweden. Earth baked in bread is sold in markets across the Italian peninsula, Sardinia, Persia, Nubia, and other tropical countries. The practice likely stems from earth’s inherent flavor replacing salt in foods.
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Germany
Sweden
Italian
Sardinia
Persia
Nubia
London
Rheumatiz punchline from a village tale
A Washington Star quip features a neighbor asking about rheumatism and the village invalid replying that rheumatiz is doing fine while admitting he is the one getting the worst of it. The brief joke captures rustic comic timing and local color.
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Washington Star
School and Church Dominate 19th Century Education Notes
A collage of brief items covers education and social norms. Columbia adds automobile mechanics to its curriculum. US public schools reach 430 004 teachers in 249 969 buildings. Bohemian University in Prague reports a Dominican nun student at 28 studying physics. Rural Spain features barn or cellar schoolhouses. Madrid hosts a Model school with one teacher instructing a hundred children. Reading mayor Yeager cracks down on Sunday evening chaperone gatherings near church doors. Dr Parker’s funeral reflects his dislike of mourning and despair. Archbishop Temple rose from schoolmaster to primate, linked to Queen Victoria era. Gen J E B Stuart Monument anecdotes recount Stuart praying bedside after wounding in 1857. Holland notes unmarried women walk on the right of escorts, married women on the left.
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Columbia University
United States
Bohemian University
Prague
Madrid
Yeager
Reading
Dr. Parker
London
Parker
Canterbury
Lemple
All
England
House of Lords
Victoria
Edward
J. E. B. Stuart
Stuart
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Earth
Grace I. Lane
Baptist Union
India
Vin
Miss Dacres
Mr. Beldon
Old Haight
Star Union
Mr. Reldon
Jack Robinson
Aunt Jane Mary
Baldwin Towner
Baldy
Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
J. B. Lippincott Co
John
Philadelphia Press
Bouncer
Grace
Boston Transcript
Waunta Noe
Kidder Bitte
Detroit Free Press
Torque
Edgeways
Baltimore Herald
Arctic
Staylate
Laura
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago
Columbia
N. Y
Holland
W N. Y
New York Tribune Farmer
New York City
the Tribune Farmer
the Mail
Warren
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