Franklin era electrical machine on display sparks curiosity
A museum piece tracing Ben Franklin’s electrical experiments showcases an early friction electric generator. The object, once purchased for the college during the Revolutionary era, contrasts with a modern globe device that fits in one hand yet yields a seven inch spark. The display invites visitors to compare historical and current methods of generating electricity.
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Gleeiriens
Jeterson Physical Lab
Yarvard
Te College
Benjamin Franklin
Actin
France
Franklin
Pickings From Fiction And Prose Reflections
A collage of quotes from classic works discusses themes of silence, justification, recognition, law, self-deception, youth opinions on gender, and personal fate. It reflects on human nature, moral choices, and the cyclical returning of renewal in life.
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Papa Bouchard
Glengarry
Bipitt
Mistress Brent
Hesitation Over a Graveyard Fee
A traveler in Europe recounts meeting a man who hesitates to accept a sixpence at a grave in an English town He explains the woman buried there was the long time president of a charity board The husband still pockets the coin after revealing the connection and his wife's role
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Brooklyn
Europe
Waldring
Charity Board
Postmaster Carried by Cyclone to Chestnut Grove
A postmaster from Kangas town was reading in his office when a cyclone swept him out an east window. He landed atop a chestnut grove tree, seconds later seeing his office rushing toward him. He quips that the office seeks the man.
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Kangas
Bia
New York Herald
Wordplay and misheard history in a child's reading
A reader recalls a humorous misunderstanding about Wat Tyler's death and a mayor. The tale extends to a misheard church exhortation about the word sundry and a child's assumption it referred to a sun dried land of Palestine.
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Wat Tyler
Palestine
The German Falise A Stranger In Germany and Police Control
A reader recounts life in Germany where police file every visitor and require strict notices for moves, hires, and departures. Citizens must report residence changes, servants, and reasons for dismissal, with fines for infractions. The article notes the severity and pervasiveness of bureaucratic surveillance.
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Germany
When Time Hangs Heavily in Daily Life
A Pittsburg Dispatch excerpt notes time waste across everyday moments. It cites waiting for a car, meals, and appointments as major annoyances and laments how people squeeze value from vacation time while still feeling bored by idle periods.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Monstrous Central American spider webs descried
A popular naturalist fresh from Central American woods reports spider webs of immense strength and six foot diameters with long brace threads. He tested the center with wild demons, and the webs stopped them all, explaining how a bird might be trapped for a spider’s breakfast. Also notes a Perugia traveler finding Bart the mysterious author behind Ivanhoe and The Last Days of Pompeii, with local border misnaming as Sir Walter Scott and Bulwer-Lytton merged.
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Central America
Perugia
Bart
Pompeii
Walter Scott
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Conscience Money in Britain Moves to Public Funds
A historical note describes conscience money in Great Britain, with early entries dating March 30, 1789, when £800 was paid into the public account. A correspondent urged the chancellor to treat the money as the nation’s property and apply it to state use to prevent the public from doubting the nation’s integrity.
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Jmsélenece
Great Britain
Meandering Mike Critiques Lady's Cooking in Washington Star Quip
The Washington Star features a witty exchange as Meandering Mike questions a lady about coffee and mince pie, claiming prior visits and asserting his judgment of her cooking. The brief quip preserves a sharp backhanded compliment and a humorous tone characteristic of the era.
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Mike
Washington Star
Why Zixby Doesn't Go to Church
A quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer suggests Bixby avoided church because his wife forbids him to attend. The gag hinges on a minister catching the fault in him while omitting the true reason.
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Zixby
Bixby
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kew Desintion and Odd Remarks From Ostend Paw
A fragmented excerpt reflects informal chatter about an underwriter and a man shaped by flexible limbs. The text includes humorous asides and stray phrases, with references to a Chicago News style blurb and a casual talk on anatomy.
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Kew
Ostend
Abe
Cleago News
Untitled Animal Welfare Tale From London Environs
A fragmented 19th century newspaper piece recounts a keeper’s note on treating a wounded tiger in London. It describes attempts to remove a thorn, the painful procedure, and a keeper’s cautious presence inside the cage during recovery, ending with the tiger's eventual death and signs of brief relief.
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Winalag
Wd Animals Jn
Sepolar
Frank Bostuck
London
Deathbed tale of a German monk and old friend
An elderly German man on his deathbed recalls a wild past with Schneider, a famed drinker. A priest offers that Schneider will join him in heaven, but the dying man quips there will be no drinkings, saying Schneider will be there anyway. The tale ends with the remark that the man does not know Schneider.
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Schneider
Schminder
Schneider” - Lippincott’s
Long Courtship in Norway and Folk Fables
A sketch on Norwegian courtship noting long engagements, brief weddings at winter onset, and public displays of affection in summer. It also recounts a fable about a babbling brook whose wide mouth belies its small depths, with a moral about judging by deeds, not appearances.
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Norway
Norteumn
Morriige
Consulerca
New York Herald
Slang Im and the rise of the participle noun slang
Coleridge in 1832 criticized the slang term talented as a vile barbarous vocable. He argued participial forms from nouns corrupt language. The piece notes slang often originates in America and spreads through newspapers and reviews.
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Coleridge
America
Fragmentary verse note on world vocal ranges and origins
A garbled passage discusses bassos and sopranos attributed to various places. It mentions Spain Cadiz as ancient slave market link, France rich in mezzo sopranos, and lists groups from Mogland and Naples with no clear narrative. Overall a misread literary fragment.
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Busala
Spain
Romé
Cadiz
France
America
Naples
Slavery Era Trial Narrowly Frees Man
Fragmentary dialect dialogue reports a jury granting freedom to a man nicknamed Als after a claim of abuse by his wife. The snippet shows accusatory lines and a vow of truth, depicting a dramatic courtroom moment from a historical newspaper page.
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Atigata Cnairadd
Entertaining week in Cleveland and Orrville community notes
Jan 20 reports a concert by the blind trio at Normsides with guests Mr Fodrman and family. Week guests included Mrs Dr Henry and Denny, Prof Ring and wife, Mrs Yoder, Mrs Cone, and Mrs Baker at Orrville. Orrville weddings include Alta Hartel and A brig of Wooster. Kneights of Pythias social Tuesday. Charles Simpson family moved to Callington. Mrs Roger and Harold Fank welcome visitors. Mrs James Taylor hosted Cleveland guest. Afro Henry Hof visited Creston friends.
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A C. Fubrase
W Cone
S. Baker
Thoredey
Orrville
H. E. Baker
A. Va
Knights of Pythias
Charles Simpson
Calligton
Roger
Minnie Wilsor
Akron
Harold
John Fank
James Taylor
Cleveland
A. C. Gilbert
Henry—Hof
Barton Rhoads Injured In Farm Engine Incident
Barton E. Rhoads, an irrigating farm worker in Los Angeles, California, was seriously injured on January 11 when a component of an engine broke. He suffered a broken collar bone left shoulder blade and three ribs.
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Barton E. Rhoads
Los Angeles
Cal
Local Cure Claims Hall's Remedy Heals
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for catarrh and related chest and throat ailments. It urges readers to send for testimonials and lists F. F. Hall Co as the address, with mentions of Dr. Elder in Wooster Ohio and related eye ear nose throat services.
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Catarris
Chexey &Co
Toteta
Hall
Elder
Tye
Bose
Wooster
McKinley Day Observed by Ohio Schools
The 29th day of January will be observed by public schools throughout Ohio as McKinley day. Appropriate exercises will be held and arrangements will be made so that all pupils and others who may desire to do so can contribute to the McKinley monument fund.
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Ohio
McKinley Monument Fund
Cansar Town Teachers Hold First Meeting Saturday
The teachers of Cansar Town plan their first meeting on Saturday at 1 p m in School Hall. The program includes devotional exercises songs primary history and multiple discussions and readings led by local teachers and Supt Heiehel. A cordial public invitation is extended.
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Cansar Twn
David Jacet
Discuewinn
Glen Wiles
Incentuyss
D. E. Bowers
Ray McCoster
Leroy Smith
Maud Whitmore
H . Bitz
Zarizg
Azna Tattle
Maud Yoder
Schaeffer
Gro
Jacot Township
Supt
Heiehel
City Council Hears Opera House Lighting Plan
Regular meeting Monday with little business. Opera House lighting contract awarded to Brook & Wingraft of Cleveland next week. Resolution to require all new telephone and telegraph lines enter the city underground. Canton workhouse superintendent notes boarding rates after March 1 at 40 cents for 30 days and 20 cents thereafter.
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City Opera House
Messrs Brook & Wingraft
Cleveland
Opera House
Canton
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