Panama Canal Celebration Offers Unmatched Travel Inducements
Traffic experts predict a historic westward movement as the Panama-Pacific Exposition drives travel to California in 1915. The Panama-Pacific Exposition features more foreign pavilions amid scenic wonders, with one half fare round trips and a ninety day limit, a rare combination of education and entertainment along the Pacific coast.
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America
Panama Canal
San Francisco
California
United States
Pacific
Colossal Colonnades at the Palace of Fine Arts
The Greco-Roman wings greet visitors with 1 100 feet of curved colonnades along the Fine Arts lagoon. At the Panama Pacific International Exposition the mighty pillars are reflected in calm lagoon waters, offering one of the prettiest views in San Francisco.
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Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco
Club Row Over Browning Passage Triggers Debate
A dispute at a club over the meaning of a Browning passage prompts calls to hire a lawyer for a binding interpretation and to unite members under a decision. The Financier notes a playful cartooning of social pressure to resolve literary quarrels.
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Browning
Louisville Courier-Journal
Scott recounts Indians arrest and surrender in Utah
Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott describes leading a pursuit from Washington to Bluff Utah to negotiate with hostiles. He details conferences with Navajos and Utes, a patient approach, and the surrender of four men with warrants to Salt Lake court, hailed as a miracle of trust and humane treatment.
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R. ©. L. Michie
Paul Randolph
Washington
Chicago
Hugh L. Scott
U. S A
Thompsons
Utah
Grand Canyon
Colorado
San Juan
John Wetherell
Kayenta
Navajo Mountain
Bluff
Salt Lake
Newed I tell you an other man since I was married
A clipped dialogue from a period exchange about changing affection after marriage, questioning whether the wife still loves the original husband.
How to Preserve Poise and Beauty
Advice from a period article on facial care and health tips. It recommends eye baths with witch hazel and thoracic powder, safe exercise like long walks, and astringent facial formulas. It warns against tense muscles and suggests a relaxed smile to reduce lines.
One Lesson Misstep Sparks Dance Floor Banter
A Yonkers Statesman item recalls a pair testing a dance floor moment. She claims she was unable to dance until advised by a remark from her sister. He boasts of forcing the capture of her foot and laughs at the result.
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Yonkers Statesman
His Specialty Hobbs Grumbles Through Weather
A brief comic aside shows Hobbs grumbling in hot weather and in cold wind, with a punchline about liking nothing except to grumble. The exchange highlights his cantankerous temperament in a light, humorous tone.
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Hobbs
Wife-Not at all Troubles Boaton Tranecrint
A fragmentary line appears to mix playful insult with a claim about insufficient earnings. The reference to Boaton Tranecrint is unclear, leaving the precise people or places uncertain.
War Is Nothing But Slaughter Says Retired U S Army Officer
Major C Page Johnson, a retired U S army officer and veteran of Indian and Spanish American wars, who returned from Europe aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam, calls the war a slaughter that the Washington government should end for humanity. He notes 3,000,000 men facing each other since fall and under tension until May. He says murderous machines kill thousands daily and praises German resolve while warning of uncertain outcomes.
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C. Page Johnson
United States Army
Europe
Nieuw Amsterdam
Washington
Germany
Trouble Never Comes Single
A Baltimore American quotation notes a family enduring back to back health shocks with double pneumonia followed by twins, illustrating unexpected life events through a pointed remark.
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Baltimore American
Willow Tree and Herrick Verse Honor Love's Remains
Poem fragment by Robert Herrick describes the willow as the only plant of constancy for lovers. It portrays willows garlands as the sole crown for love lost and the cooling shade where love tired youths and maids weep through the night.
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Robert Herrick
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