The Silver Helmet and the Bruges Armorers
In Bruges during a royal helmet contest Duke Charles the Bold judged two helmets by masters from Ghent and Bruges. Alain, Jehane Duplessis’s apprentice, exposed a forged claim by Jehane over a silver helmet. The duke awarded Alain as chief armorer, while Jehane was punished to apprentice for three years, sealing a lasting partnership with Alain.
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Mimit
Alain
Colus
Jehanes
Jekare
Bruess
Alyia
Leoke
Giooms
Herag
Brelen Garger
Jebare
Alan
Reneerer
Meisel Mar
Occas
Ons
Richard
Beng
St Austin
Jehane
Eng Ashrpan
Bruges
Charles the Bold
Charolais
Burgundy
Flanders
Anthony Mass
Ghent
Jehane Duplessis
Duke of Burgundy
Prages
Lille
London
Paris
Jehane Duplessie
Rockwrd Shoul
Montmnery
Urmors
Ang al
Mabter Jehane
wYarlet
Jenene
Aly Jyenne
Uir
Knighte
Beitaliie
Dukes
A Great Sacrifice by Beatrice Kahn
A tale recalls Ethel Masters, a young girl who won a cross country sprint before tragedy struck when she crashed into a wall during a street race. Beatrice Kahn narrates the fierce finish, the crowd’s cheers, and the aftermath as family and friends mourn her death, with brother Jack bearing guilt for his sister’s loss.
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Beatrice Kahn
Golem
XS Ohers
Huraht
Cat Das
Birarex
Satardy
Oeluck
Rce
Animirs
Vrs Masters
Ethel
Masters
Jack
Ethel Masters
Little Bird Song Recites Kindergarten Verse
A fragmentary 19th century style kindergarten rhyme recounts a little bird and questions of staying. Grace F Pennypacker is referenced as a possible author or performer. The lines repeat a bird’s invitation to stay and a child’s dialogue about play and kindness.
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Tere
Ger Cho da Hos
Unclear Captioning of a Performance Routine
Fragmentary OCR notes show a sequence of movements and cues including clap, kneel with bow and arrow, head shake, flying arm motion, crumbs scatter, nod, hop, duck salute and exit. No identifiable people, places, organizations, or dates are present.
Our Queer Language by Edwin L Sabin
A reflective piece on English pronunciation and orthography noting how many common spellings defy expected rhymes and sounds. It questions why words like break rhyme with freak and why many names and nicknames diverge from their formal forms, illustrating irregular English spellings and vocalizations.
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Edwin L Sabin
Bamb Doll
Sound Shadows Over London Answers Explain Ocean Echoes
The text describes mysterious sound shadows where warnings fail to reach sailors. Fog signals blow but sound travels unevenly, creating shadows that may be audible at one mile yet disappear at two or more miles. Bluff ridges behind signals can produce cannon-like echoes over water, complicating navigation and leaving the cause hard to identify.
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London
Odd fashion in a leather book and a musical fence
A reader recalls Grace Frazer’s oddly spoken dialogue with sixteenth century diction and a leather bound volume. In St Louis Republic a whistling fence on the C D Edes farm near Kampsville in St Charles County makes eerie noises when wind hits boiler pipe posts.
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St Louis Republic
Edes
Kampsvile
St Charles County
Mr Eden
Feme
Ough The Cross Farmer A Spelling Hum
A humorous verse about a farmer scolding a boy for mispronouncing or misspelling words with o u g h sounds. The farmer drags the boy to the trough and dunks him, ending with a playful note on spelling by Prof D S Martin. The piece mocks irregular English spelling and contains dialect rhythm and rhyming couplets.
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Hough
D S Martin
Salamander in the Firelit Battery
A tall French corporal earns the nickname salamander for his calm in a besieged fort under Austrian fire. General von these scenes test his nerve as he writes a dictated letter while shells burst around, later earning high honors in a tale set during the siege.
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Franke Channon
General Vonat
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Oriers
Soreesibe
Elies
Mastere de Reit
Hichard
Masie
Geoffrey Chatner
Jemane
Jenane
Yultf
Duplessis
Phil
Fthel
Tid
Ili
Ethel Rains
Grace F
Pennypacker
Moficks
AY Bod
Theo
Teddy
Ted
Aright
Fanny
Frankie
Frank
Larry
Laurie
Lanty
Lizzie
Betty
Bess
Bettina
Grace Frazer
Little Tom
Thomas
Eafa
Tom
Grandpa
Grandpapa
Corp
Bona
Junot
Napolerr
Tudor Jenxz
SRM
Errrexs
Laaggay
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