Gambling at Court and Faro Legends Through History
A collection of card table tales from Louis XV to George McCulloch. Stories recount monarchs playing while ill or dead, clergy and barbershop games, and a Prussian king in disguise. One tale notes a Broken Hill mine share won in a euchre game turning into a huge fortune.
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Louis XV
M. de Chauvelin
Somersetshire
Mazarin
Basset
Lord Granville
France
Paris
Graham
George Payne
Limmer’s Hotel
Albert Denison
Lord Londesborough
Lord Albert
St. George's
Hanover Square
Thiselton- Dyer
Eleavens
Prussia
George McCulloch
Broken Hill
McCulloch
Cox
Buy Local First for Better Towns and Goods
A persuasive piece urging readers to favor local merchants over mail order houses. It argues spending at home boosts churches, schools, streets, and community well being, noting local shops offer comparable prices and better service, with consistent stock and honesty in ads.
Beautify Birmingham: mayor urges women to lead effort
The Birmingham Alabama mayor urged citizens to improve the city by beautifying yards and streets. He asked residents to pull down fences or mend and paint them, plant lawns and trees, report horse mistreatment for a share of fines, and invest small amounts of money and effort to transform dull backyards into attractive spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Power of the Camera in Kalamazoo
In Kalamazoo Michigan a noted woman improver used photography to expose neglected vacant lots and backyards. She photographed the sites to highlight the conditions and warned owners the images would appear in the daily newspaper if no action was taken. The tactic prompted swift cleanup and improvements by the property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
United States
Service in the Cabinet in Early U S Presidents
The article traces how early presidents shuffled cabinet members and how the practice evolved from Adams to Johnson. It notes Adams sought to retain some existing cabinet officers, Jefferson and Madison repeated or changed cabinets, Jackson formed a kitchen cabinet, Harrison and Tyler faced resignations, and later presidents formed new cabinets amid debates over retaining seats.
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John Adams
United States
Adams
Timothy Pickering
James McHenry
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Harrison
Daniel Webster
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Boston Globe
Comedy in Crime in London Strand Magazine
A London Strand Magazine anecdote portrays a humorous crime scene where a young boy tricks a baker into giving him a bun and a larger boy steals the till. The tale highlights the comic side of crime rather than tragedy.
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London Strand Magazine
A Drink of Water
A glass of cold water slowly sipped increases pulse speed more than a draught of wine or spirits. Sipping cold water can curb alcohol cravings in habitual drinkers seeking reform, likely due to its stimulating effect.
Impertinent Question Sparks Ribbing in Bistro Scene
A young man rushes into a restaurant and asks the waitress if they have frog legs. She retorts with a defiant jab about rheumatism slowing her pace, delivering a sharp punchline in a brief comic exchange.
Evasive Professor And Duty Evaded
A fragment from a Cleveland Plain Dealer page notes the question and a freshman remark on speaking ill of the dead. It hints at a professor named Phocion avoiding duty, with a humorous dig at student ignorance.
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Phocion
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Goodness Nose Handkerchief Prices Spark Witty Remark
An amusing quip from Judge's Library notes a clerk quoting $7.50 for handkerchiefs and a customer retorting that such money is too much to blow. The exchange highlights playful commerce banter.
Wild Cotton in Jamaica Baffles Botanists
O F Cook of the agriculture department reports a primitive wild cotton found by Prof N L Britton and William Harris in Jamaica's southern coastal thickets. It resembles Florida Keys wild cotton and may aid breeding programs as a new starting point. Previous claims of wild cotton in Jamaica lacked convincing evidence.
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O. F. Cook
Department of Agriculture
N. L. Britton
William Harris
Jamaica
Florida Keys
Britton
Jones Avoids Creditors in Dodgy Deal
Quotation reveals Jones failed to meet creditors but claimed he dodged them. The exchange suggests financial trouble and evasive tactics surrounding his debts.
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Jones
The Amateur Gardener Seeds A China Trip
A speaker in the Kansas City Journal notes he must travel to China to see if the seeds he planted locally will germinate abroad. The remark frames a light humorous angle on gardening ambition crossing oceans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
The Road to Riches
A Galveston Daily News quip notes that when initial attempts fail, seek an easier job with high pay, implying practical career wisdom. It reflects a period practical outlook on work and ambition within a newspaper layout.
Magnets Lift Heavy Glass Sheets for Handling
Electro magnets lift and move large panes of glass by placing sheet iron underneath. The magnets attract the iron to hold the glass suspended during transport, enabling safer and easier handling. Popular Mechanics highlights the method.
Why not improve homes with modern utilities and comfort
A persuasive appeal questions why households still bathe in parts drink water from unsafe cisterns and lack lawn and home comforts. It urges adopting full baths at home filtered water from a large reservoir and a green yard to improve health and life, blaming indifference and lack of enterprise rather than money.
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Ohio River
Holiday Without the Family
An editorial note promotes a solitary holiday for the paterfamilias to cool family tensions, paired with advice on regular correspondence. It argues such trips avoid selfishness and benefit both the head of the home and the family, citing courteous conduct from Covurst Journal and St Bernard of Clairvaux. It concludes with the carrier rate of 45 cents a month for the News.
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Pater
Covurst Journal
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Lovis XV
Lord Denison
Comedy IN Crime
London
China
Galveston Daily News
C. F. Attersall
Winchester Water Works Co., Incorporated
Cor
Maple Street
Lexington Avenue
Smith
Ratliff
St. Bernard of
Chairvaux
Rawlin’s Racket Store
T. C. Rawlins
East
Kentucky
The
Winchester News
Winchester
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