Legion of Honor and the Napoleonic Gift of Decoration
The piece recounts Napoleon's instituting the Legion of Honor in 1804 to fill a postrevolutionary gap in chivalry, noting reactions from Moreau and Mme de Stael. It covers the 19th century controversies, including the Wilson scandal, where Daniel Wilson used influence to award decorations through Le Moniteur de lExposition Universelle, leading to prison and legal battles.
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France
Napoleon
Monge
Malmaison
Conseil D’etat
Legion of Honor
Moreau
Victor
Hohenlinden
Marengo
Michel
Mme. de Stael
Laplace
Lalande
Cuvier
Legouve
Bernardin de St. Pierre
Hortense
Republic
M. Daniel Wilson
M. Grevy
d’Audian
Cafferel
Mmes. Limousin
Ratazzi
Wilson
Court of Cassation
Conseiller General
Pall Mall Gazette
Auto Purchase Offer Sparks Bargain at Office
Employer asks a wary office boy James if he would buy a cheap automobile with his salary. The boy confirms most of his pay would go to the purchase, highlighting a possible urge to save and a bargain offer.
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James
Puck
Leisure as Time for Useful Work
A quotation emphasizes that leisure belongs to the diligent man who uses it for productive activity while the lazy man fails to benefit from it. Franklin states that true leisure is earned through effort.
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Franklin
Hotel Beds Abroad and the European Sleep
The New York Tribune recalls European hotel beds with their high narrow frames and heavy eiderdown comfort, noting the amusing misadventures of travelers. It highlights Germany’s tall beds requiring steps, the fear of falling, and the lure of royal bedchambers in places like Sorrento, where empty rooms incur no extra charge.
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France
Switzerland
Germany
Sorrento
Holland
Saxony
New York Tribune
Balancing the Sexes by Statistician R J Ewart
The article discusses sex ratios and the woman’s rights movement as a statistical issue. It argues there is no steady universal progress for women, but cycles of ascendancy and decline, with history showing wars shifting balances yet restoring equilibrium like a gyroscope in motion.
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R. J. Ewart
Noting a Pessimistic Damsel Conversation
A man asks why bachelors are wealthier than married men and the damsel answers that the poor marry and the rich do not, arguing a man divides less with a woman than with another wealthier share.
Maine's First Public Hotel Near Old Orchard
A Saco historian identifies Waddock's Ordinary as Maine's first public hotel, built in 1654 by Henry Waddock near Old Orchard. The tavern stood close to the crescent beach where early summer hostels later lined the shore.
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Maine
Waddock
Old Orchard
Saco
Henry Waddock
Kennebec Journal
The Doctor's Boy Cartoon Exchange
A child recalls a humorous exchange with the doctor’s boy next door. The boy makes faces and the child sticks out a tongue. The remark is met with the quip that the tongue was badly coated.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Near Nature Return
A humorous dialogue notes a character urged to spend less time in rathshellers and return to nature. The exchange ends with a preference for the palm room over outdoor nature.
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Rathshellers
Nature
Palm Room
Pittsburg
Joy in Samaria a Sermon on Obedience and Wealth
A sermon reflects on Acts 8:8 and the joy of receiving Christ in Samaria. It compares joy from obedience to hearing Gods word, wealth in Bible teaching, and fellowship. A banker parable shows riches of scripture. readers urged to accept and share divine joy.
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Queen of
England
Earth
God
Christ
Philip
Paul
Spurgeon
Whitfield
Public Shell Game Jests at Australian Parliament
In New South Wales a lawmaker, later attorney general, backed a bill to shield native flowers. He praised the bill then listed Latin names of shellfish and periwinkles, prompting a joke that spread nationwide as officials corrected the hoax the next day.
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Australia
New South Wales
Giraffes Fear Subtle Noises More Than Loud Explosions
The New York Press notes giraffes ignore loud blasts yet tremble at the faint rustle of a skirt or stocking feet near their enclosure. Officials recount a canalside zoo incident where a gunpowder explosion caused little sustained alarm, while quiet footsteps provoked visible fear as the animals faced an imagined danger.
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Zoological Institution
New York Press
Many Things Different In Holland From Mr Sims
George R. Sims describes Holland as a fascinating European country full of curiosities. He notes daily sights such as Blondin style canal tightrope acts, six year old Dutch boys smoking, and cheese with penny buns at breakfast. Public life centers on Maatschappij companies and inns offering Tapperij Slitterij and Slemp.
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Holland
Europe
George R. Sims
Maatschappij
Sunday Piano Lesson Sparks Family Rift
A man criticizes a woman's piano playing on Sunday in a Philadelphia Ledger anecdote. She plays while seeking company, she falters over lost bars, and he dismisses the scene. She notes her father deems piano on Sunday wicked, he agrees yet questions the specific Sunday. He is never invited again.
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Papa
Philadelphia Ledger
Remarkable Endurance Test Of Negro Porter
Taylorsville Kentucky June 29 The ne gro's proverbial hard head was tested when a hot water heater exploded at the National Ice Cream plant injuring Reilley Brown a black porter. An iron piece cut a three inch forehead wound yet he remained conscious and reported no pain after doctors removed bone fragments.
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Taylorsville
Reilley Brown
National Ice Cream Company
Almort
TD. T. Martin
O. M. Cranshaw
The Keepsakes of Love in a Quiet Moment
A reflective essay on memory and keepsakes as sacred links to loved ones. A man dreams of noble wishes while a butterfly and a frog echo themes of hair, photos, toys, and mementos that bind past joys to present self. The piece urges opening cherished boxes to relive pure emotion.
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Wall Street
Border Towns Split by State Lines Across the Nation
The piece lists towns straddling state boundaries such as Delmar and Marydell on Maryland Delaware line, Texarkana on Texas Arkansas line, and Port Chester New York Connecticut. It notes names reflect borders or near borders with examples like Kansas City Missouri Kansas and Bristol Tennessee Virginia.
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United States
Wil Lewis Carroll
Delmar
Marydell
Maryland
Delaware
Mar
Pennsylvania
Moark
Missouri
Arkansas
Ark
Texarkana
Texas
Iliana
Indiana Line
State Line
Connecticut
New York
Port Chester
Blackstone
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Westerly
Kansas City
Kansas
Guthrie
Fulton
Kentucky
Tennessee
Harrison
Union City
Indiana
Ohio
Great Falls
New Hampshire
Maine
Virginia
Bristol
Goodson
New York Tribune
Promoter Pushes Rubber Stock To Trusting Investor
A rubber company promoter in a Youth's Companion tale tries to persuade Mr. Spangler to invest, claiming worldwide demand and vast forests. He insists new trees compensate for exhausted stock, noting six to eight years to mature while Mr. Spangler cites a parlor rubber plant that never grew.
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Spangler
Mr. Spangler
Wild Men of Prester John in Edward Webb Tale
A passage from Travailes of Edward Webb (1590) recounts two wild men, one in Prester John’s court and one in Constantinople, fed only raw meat daily and chained to posts by the neck to prevent them from devouring nearby people. Both wear mantles and have long hair, illustrating Munchausen like fantastical travel lore.
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Edward Webb
Munchausen
Prester John
Constantinople
Prester John’s Courtd
England's Uncrowned King and Queen
London Tit-Bits notes that England has had one crowned king without church blessing or popular homage Edward V who vanished in the Tower in 1488. Some claim Lady Jane Grey as queen making her uncrowned also.
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England
William the Conqueror
Edward V
Tower of London
Jane Grey
London
Grain of Wheat Carries 386 Hebrew Letters Prayer to Montefiore
A grain of wheat bears a complete 386 letter Hebrew prayer to Sir Moses Montefiore dating to year 6645 in Hebrew reckoning. The inscription was sent in a tin box by Rauch Mordecai of Jerusalem and kept in Montefiore’s desk until his death.
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Moses Montefiore
Rauch Mordecai
Zebi Hirsch Scheinemann
Jerusalem
Moses
Mother Jones Addresses United Mine Workers Board on Irwin Strike
Mother Jones, a noted miners ally, spoke to the Executive Board of the United Mine Workers about the Irwin coal strike in Pennsylvania. Francis Feehan of Pittsburgh also addressed the board.
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Fanapolis
Ind
Mother Jones
United Miner Workers
Irwin
Pennsylvania
Francis Feehan
Pittssburg
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