Bells and Baby Portraits and Siberian Exiles in Miscellany
A miscellany blend covers freemason regalia and lodge notices, a humorous baby photography fiasco, playful masthead features on thumbs and a Siberia geography and people survey, plus bells from Rouen to Moscow and London’s St Mary le Bow. It notes exiled Russians and Poles in Siberia, mining work, and salt lakes, interlaced with church bell history and the curfew bell lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Aala
Europe
Russia
Arctic Circle
Yabolsk
Ural Mountains
Koriak
Siberian
Christendom
Rouen
Moscow
St. Paul’s
London
England
William the Conqueror
St.Mary-le-Bow
Cheapsire
Puns Through History: From Cicero to Modern Times
A compact meditation traces punning from ancient praise to King James I era popularity and pulpit use, noting fluctuating esteem. It contrasts eras when puns were celebrated with later views that deem them distasteful or contemptible, and hints at modern mixed reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Aristotle
Addison
James I
Classified Ad Loopholes and Comma Misuse Across Nations
A German newspaper ad mocks revenue and children requests while noting mispunctuated lines. An undertaker jokes about burial costs as an option. A country house with three bedrooms and land appears with garbled punctuation. An English paper advertises a second hand piano, and a writer risks garbled contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badrooma
Frankerberger
Ki Schmidt
Fragmented Ransom-era Ideas and a Dawson City Q A Mix
A clipped Dawson Digger style extract blends folklore on Christmas and wealth with a garbled Q A section about card play. It references a mine disaster at Usworth Colliery in 1885, rescuers, and a dramatic lamp incident, all recounted in shaky OCR prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson City
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Kernoy
George Kiesel
J . W. Garnet ¢ Y Schultze
Commissioners of Highways
H. ‘Kohlmann
G. Wi. Mills
B.C. Morriss, Co
Ed.weards
Ignatius Riggin
Kersey
Robert Holliday
Pound Monter
Fred Eiffert
Pisgah
C. P
Mentor Lodge
Pbs
Castle Hall
Schott
AMI4
W. Rawson
August Droun
Germania ‘Lodge
No. de
I. B
P. Hall
T. Guewnewin
T. M. Jou' Gwar
Mayflower Lodge
Bosomworth
T. A. Riggin
Thos. H. Bell
F. R
Troy
C of H
Croil's Hall
G. L. Ev.iorr
Ignited Mine ‘Workers of America
Central Hall
Jas
W.taylor
B. J. Renfro
Citizene’ Building and Loan Association
Jamna A. Buack
MF. Avwauren
Jas. Osborne
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Churchno
T. H. Bell
Plassmany
Lutheran
Epworth League
Methodist
Sorior
Evsrs ET Ae
Phe Little
Folks
Indies’ ‘Mite Society
Troy Cemetery
Erin
Ande
United Sd Atatee
Ransas
Santa Claus
Topsy
Bill Hoke
Bob Mahoney
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!