Arnoul at Dinner Tale Shapes Legal Phrase in France
A medieval anecdote from the Garonne region recounts Prince Conde allegedly exploiting a notary who was 'at dinner' to draft a mortgage instrument. The visitor claimed to be Henry of Bourbon, prompting the phrase Arnoul is at dinner. The tale explains the origin of the expression used to avoid disturbance.
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France
Garonne
York’ Ledger
Prince of Conde
Conde
Louis II
Muret
Arnoul
Dinal
Henry of Bourbon
Price of Conde
Joke on the Other Fellow Provokes Laughs Across Crowd
A quip about "the other fellow" draws easy laughter from a varied audience. The line highlights a common social dynamic where humor targets opponents or rivals.
White House Rooms and Renovations Highlight Housekeeping
The piece notes the White House has forty four rooms and details improvements under Mrs. Harrison including a renewed kitchen with concrete floors and terra cotta tile. It cites rodent control, a sagging Blue Parlor ceiling, and planned electric lighting and sidewalk repairs funded by the Sundry Civil bill.
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White House
Executive Mansion
Phillip McKim
Col
Ernst
Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Byron Sunderland
Capitol
Treasury Building
A Mountain of Pies In New York City
The city leads in pie production with eight to ten factories and five to six hundred bakeries specializing in pies. The Sullivan Street factory is the largest, producing a vast array of pies with apple, mince, lemon, pumpkin and custard as favorites. A humorous exchange about business and fruit vending sits alongside a V. S. Weekly quip on organizing a corporation to handle fruit trade.
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New York
Sullivan Street
V. S. Weekly
United States
Boston
New York Press
Thick Skins and Pie Profits Across a City
A collage of curiosities and ads. The article cites thick whale hide and the Rhino ceros as extreme skins, quotes on fortune from Beecham's Pills and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and details mass pie production in New York. It ends by extolling the Discovery for various respiratory and blood liver ailments.
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Dr. Pierce
Japanese Polls Show Practical Balloting Not a Circus
The Brooklyn Citizen notes Japan’s first parliamentary election ran smoothly. Voters arrived, cast ballots, and departed with offices open 7am to 6pm. Ballot boxes were sealed and counted the next day, marking a landmark method in government.
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Japan
Tokio
United States
Brooklyn
The Danger of Too Much Exercise
Dr Patton chief surgeon at the National Soldiers Home in Dayton Ohio reported in Pittsburgh that about 80 percent of the 5000 soldiers there suffer heart disease from forced exertion. He warned many athletes may face heart disease later from muscular strain and noted France has more people over sixty than England per M de Solaiville.
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Europe
Oxford
Jastrow
Richardson
Ladies’ Sanitary Association
London
Providence Journal
Patton
National Soldiers’ Home
Dayton
Ohio
Pittsburgh
M. de Solaiville
France
England
Kaffir Humor And Childhood In South Africa Tales
A London Times excerpt describes Kaffir life as full of joy and danger. It notes playful pantomimes and dances, imitative humor, and the boy’s early games with peers and infantile comrades on sand heaps. It portrays love, fighting, and ritual songs around fires.
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South Africa
London Music Halls
Hts
Mars
Venus
London Times
Adversity Teaches Self Knowledge and Empathy
A reflection on how experiencing hardship reveals true character and strengthens understanding of others and oneself. The saying emphasizes the value of facing trials to gain full acquaintance with one's nature and with people.
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal liquid
The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a liquid taken internally that acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It invites testimonials and notes it is sold by druggists and by F J Cuentro & Co Proprietors Toledo.
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The
F.J Cuentro& Co
Proprs
Toledy
Lilies Exported in Large Numbers from Yokohama
A Prairie Farmer note cites the Revue Horticole reporting 1192 export cases totaling 700000 bulbs from Yokohama to the United States and Europe during July through September last year. Many bulbs were Lilium auratum grown as a field crop.
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Yokohama
Revue Horticole
United States
Europe
Prairie Farmer
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Richmond
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Bran
Cee
S Law Claims
Milo B. Stevens & Co
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Lovelland
Detroit
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White House Rooms
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Chicago Times
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de. Kurne
Sir. Kline
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Schenck
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G. H. Ingraham
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Chicago
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Laden
Peters Ame Ji
Chichester Chem’ Én Eadison &Q
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California
San Francisco
Cal
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Johnson
Wm. Fitch & CO
K Ss &c. Bass
Penna Salt Mfg CO
Ten. Agts
T Hila
Pais
W.L. Douglas
Pels Crean Ban
Ely Bro
Mirkory Sgyuyyoo
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