Escape on Dartmoor and a girl named Nancy
Convict No. 6800 James Shelburne escapes amid a fog on Dartmoor. He hides in a wagon and later a cottage where he meets a seven or eight year old girl named Nancy who helps him. She offers food money and support to reach his wife and child abroad. He plans to return to his family after seeking aid. Author M. Quad reports a tale of daring escape and unlikely kindness.
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M. Quad
Moving on the Installment Plan
An expressman at a boarding house explains half the hauling is done to the office and another person completes the trip. He notes the boss at the desk knows the address and says the moving is done to prevent others from learning where the recipients went. The landlady recalls recent trouble with wary tenants.
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Ninety-second Street
New York Sun
Where Cicero Took the Mud
The article recalls Marcus Tullius Cicero bathing in Lake Aguan mud to cure gout. It notes west of Naples as a historic arthritis remedy with sulphur deposits in the Cumae promontory lakes and suggests tradition mirrors modern practices for gout treatment in the Phlegraean fields.
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Aguan
Naples
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Tully
How to Make paint from skim milk and cement
A 1870s method recommends mixing skim milk with Portland cement and Venetian red powder to create a color paint. The mixture must be stirred constantly to stay suspended, then used within a day. The paint supposedly becomes water resistant after six hours and has been recorded as lasting for decades while preserving wood. Carbolic acid or disinfectant can be added for dairy use to provide cleansing effects.
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St. Louis Republic
Bullying Counsel Scares Witness in Maule Court
In a Law Notes anecdote, Mr Justice Maule recalls a bullying counsel browbeating an elderly female witness. The witness faints from fear and the judge quips that he is scared too, prompting a notable exchange about courtroom conduct.
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Justice Maule
Kissing the Hand in Germany Sparks Health Debate
A discussion in Germany revisits the health risks of kissing the hand. One writer recalls Tiberius who, per Suetonius, issued an edict against the practice on hygienic grounds, noting it was once widely used.
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Germany
Tiberius
Suetonius
Passage and Staircase Repairs While I Am Laid Up
In aImagem dialogue Mr Croakybo asks to have passage and staircase repairs done during his illness. Mrs Grimage, the housekeeper, suggests waiting to see how fast he recovers, noting that coffins complicate wallpaper work on stairs.
Progress Report on Robbery Investigation
A reporter asks if detectives have found the crew. The robbed woman replies she does not know. Her husband says they have a hypothesis, considered similar to progress in the case. Historical Indianapolis News tone.
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Indianapolis News
Pleasant Punishment Dialogue in Lustige Blatter
A humorous fragment shows a pastor accusing a man named Hohenbauer of wickedness as lightning strikes his house. The peasant replies that the event yielded 4,000 marks in insurance, framing the disaster as a desirable punishment.
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Hohenbauer
Three World Dances Vied for Grace in Expert View
A student of dance who has witnessed tens of thousands of dances argues that three forms stand above others in grace and poetry. He cites the Javanese love dance, Italy’s tarantella, and Japan’s butterfly dance, while condemning modern stage dances as meaningless and degenerate compared with traditional ballet-like grace.
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Africa
China
Italy
Japan
Chicago Tribune
Canary Bird Key To Hidden Wealth Ruse
A workingman proud of his Saturday pint hid money around the home as his wife checked pockets. One Sunday a neighbor offered to buy his hanging canary, provoking the wife into an angry defense. The canary proved valuable, as it began to lay half crowns, revealing where the man had hidden funds.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Wells as Weather Prophets in Swiss Wells
Swiss wells, long thought to foretell weather, were tested with a U shaped pressure gauge. Researchers found air drawn in when barometers rise and blown out when they fall, indicating these currents reliably reflect upcoming weather patterns.
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Switzerland
Chicago Tribune
Animals and Rain Shelters in Nature
The text notes that few animals build shelters to keep off rain. Monkeys dislike wet conditions and could shelter, but apes like orangutans do not, despite a Dyak claim that pandanus leaves cover a tree platform during heavy rain.
Hairbrush Trade Exposed by Burning Test
The New York Telegram notes sly hair and mixed hair brushes can fool buyers. An expert can judge by touch, but if doubt remains pull a strand and apply a match. Hair burns with the odor of burnt hair. vegetable substitutes char and burn like a match.
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New York Telegram
Hall Trees Request Sparks Humorous Exchange
A woman received a letter from another woman requesting a slip of her hall tree for a new house. The sender asks for directions on watering the tree, whether from the top or bottom, and promises a good variety in return.
Conundrums Visitors Laugh Over Wedding Art
A playful exchange quotes a painter and his wife as they share laughter from a scene where the husband paints and the wife cooks. They recall guessing the purposes of objects, a lighthearted domestic moment cited in Meggendorfer Blatter.
Lost Opportunities
A humorous Baltimore American quote laments baseball not known in ancient Rome and imagines the crowd enjoying killing the umpire. The joke hinges on the gladiatorial arena and referee tension from classic baseball culture.
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Baltimore American
Self Respect and Self View in Life
A Success Magazine note extols self respect as essential for real advancement. It urges individuals to think well of themselves to earn respect from others.
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Success Magazine
World is a Staircase Metaphor Quotation
Quote compares life to a staircase with people both ascending and descending. Origin attributed to Italian language. emphasizes rise and fall as a constant dynamic.
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