Saint Patrick Henry in Virginia politics in 1774 letters
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography presents letters by Roger Atkinson from Cumberland England and settlement near Petersburg. In October 1774 he describes Patrick Henry and George Washington to Samuel Pleasant, praising Henry as a patriot farmer and criticising his religious views while noting his bold political impact and potential to disrupt the Senate.
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Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Roger Atkinson
Cumberland
England
Petersburg
Samuel Pleasant
Philadelphia
Virginia
Col’o Washington
Braddock
Patrick Henry
Patrick
Floating in the Air The Impression on Ascending
Captain C DeF Chandler U S A describes balloon ascent as sensationless and slow the motion appears stationary and the earth recedes like a flat map noises fade and only a statoscope shows altitude change. He notes rare ear pressure changes if altitude shifts quickly and no sensation of falling when descending.
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C. Def. Chandler
Journal of Military Service
The Bath of the Future in A Hundred Years Hence
The passage previews a future bath with oxygenated water, a drying cupboard, and a leather-clad man stepping from a powered drying chamber. A rapid morning routine follows, including a breakfast and a spoken or whispered morning news summary from a talking machine.
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T. Baron Russell
St. Peter's In Rome From Foundation to Completion
The New York American notes that St. Peter's in Rome took three and a half centuries to nearly finish, with eighteen architects and forty three popes involved. By the late seventeenth century the cost reached about 50 million dollars, not counting sacristy bell and towers. Pope Pius IX oversaw the final major work for Michelangelo’s four hundredth birth anniversary.
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St. Peter’s
Rome
Pius IX
Michelangelo
New York American
Echo Cuts Short Misunderstandings in McLemore’s Case
A witty New York Press quip notes a husband guiding his wife to McLemore’s care where a remarkable echo is said to exist. The punchline claims the echo had the last word, resolving the domestic dispute with a humorous twist.
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McLemore
New York Press
Men Are So Unreasonable in Breakfast Row
A Somerville Journal item notes a wife puzzling over her husband faulting a burned steak despite a vase of fresh flowers on the breakfast table. The anecdote highlights marital tensions and gendered expectations in domestic life.
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Somerville Journal
Four Different March. School Inspector asks about March
Quip from the London Express cited by the Atchison Globe contrasts a lion like March with a lamb like April. A school inspector asks children, then a girl quips about fathers and mothers, remarking on people who avoid work.
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London Express
TOLD BY HIS HAT The Way a Traveler Picked Out an Englishmen
A traveler claims a tall tale about spotting an Englishman by his hat. He notes Londoners wear hats firmly and tilting toward the ears for security while Americans and southern Europeans wear hats less securely. The London Times is produced as proof.
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Europe
The
London Times
New York Press
Whiskers in Paris Reach the Pinnacle of Cultivation
A humorous portrait of Parisian beards as elaborate art forms with varied styles and grooming, describing the elaborate care, structures like gardens and terraces built from facial hair, and the social regard for a well trained Whisker as a mark of celebrity, with a quoted line from Samuel G Blythe.
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Paris
Tropics
Nature
Samuel G. Blythe
Everybody's Magazine
Moon Brightness Surges in Full Moon Observations
Professor Joel Stebbins and IF Brown used a selenium cell to measure lunar illumination at different phases. They found the full moon emits about nine times more light than the half moon due to varying reflection angles from the moon's rough surface and the higher reflectivity of the western lunar hemisphere seen near the meridian.
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Joel Stebbins
IF. C. Brown
An American Scholar’s Work Honored by English Review
The London Saturday Review praises Francis James Child as the American who compiled five volumes of English and Scottish Popular Ballads. It notes his unfinished task at his death, yet lauds him as a founder of a school and a transmitter of learning and zeal.
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Francis James Child
Child
London Saturday Review
His Fair Proposition
An old gentleman asks if his suitor can support his daughter acknowledging her expensive tastes and noting the burden on him. The suitor responds that marriage would allow them to share the costs, proposing to divide the expenses if they wed.
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Benedict
Doubt Over Child Identifications by Madam
A nursemaid returns with four children and Madam questions whether the little ones are the correct ones. She expresses surprise at their changed appearance since last seen. The scene suggests a moment of parental doubt about identity.
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Anna
The Bride's Disaster In Kitchen Cake Incident
A woman collapses after a cake falls on her in the kitchen. She awakens briefly and gasps The cake fell on me George before fainting again, in a scene reported by Puck with a mix of wit and moral reflection.
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George
Puck
Last of the Spanish Fleet at Manila Bay
Excerpt recounts the Battle of Manila Bay and the sinking of the Don Antonio de Ulloa with vivid, dramatic imagery. It recalls the chaos of gunfire, the sea reddened by flames, and the sailor’s note that memory alone can capture such terror and spectacle. The passage ends with a quotation from Wellington via St. Nicholas.
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Manila Bay
Don Antonio de Ulloa
Spain
Wellington
Solomon
St. Nicholas
Rescue By Driver Ants Becomes Graphic Ham Tale
In a West African anecdote by Kingsley a village scene ends with a mother tossing a severed ham into a water barrel as a crowd sees the supposed infant devoured by driver ants. The dramatic scene is recounted with stark, unsettling detail.
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Kingsley
Epigrams on Death From Hood Raleigh and Others
Epigrams recount self reflection on mortality with Hood joking about mustard and beef, Raleigh calling the ax a sharp medicine, an Italian nobleman joking about physic and death, Knight proposing a simple memorial, and a Scot suggesting Burns’s own name suffices for his epitaph. Boston Post notes early 19th century witticisms.
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Tom Hood
Hood
Walter Raleigh
Charles Knight
Knight
Scot
Scotland
Robert Burns
Boston Post
Advice to Boys on Patience and Skills for Future
The London Scholars' Own urges boys to avoid rushing into work. Those who master a craft or skill, from carpentry to writing, are rarely unemployed. Impatience leads to early poverty. patience and foresight help long term success, as two dogs that hunt together.
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Harry
London
Spoiled Musicians and Rubinst ein on Marriage
Rubinstein condemned marriages among musicians and, late in life, lamented about his Russian pupils and their fate. He asked why he wasted time on them as they become married and spoiled for art life. The London Musical World notes such comments reflect on the lack of great lady composers.
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Rubinstein
London
A Nice Polite Man and the Theater Invitation
A Kansas City News book excerpt shows a girl seeking an invitation to the theater and Mr. Grouch replying he is not among the town’s good things. The exchange captures a streetwise social mood.
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Mr. Grouch
Kansas City
Engagement Ring Sparks Six Noticing Guests
A Plain Dealer quote notes Maude feared she would be unseen. Six guests immediately recognized her engagement ring, proving it commanded attention at the event. The remark underscores how a single ornament can influence social reactions.
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Maude
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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