Quick Hits and Quips From a City Page
A parade of wry maxims, social jabs, and witticisms spans advances in sports, travel, and culture. Snippets touch on wrestling, aviation, auto smoking, Bible prices, healers, and public life with sharp, humorous observations. Manila troops depart for China. local baseball team travels with them.
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Manila
China
Alaskan Volcano Vol Can Be Seen as Peaceful Helper
A famed Alaska volcano is described as a popular feature aiding calm in its region. If it continues to temper nearby air it could become even dearer to the people of Alaska.
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Alaska
Kow Kure
Dairy Association CO
MFRS
Lyndonville, Vt
Odd News Bits Stirring 1910s Era Headlines
A miscellany of curious items: a New York child gains income to support guardians. France seeks 4.4 million for aircraft. critics joke on peace, fashion, and dames. Raymond Duncan told to dress. marriage between a 22 year old and a 68 year old noted. jokes on stenographers, car steps, and pilots. A Harvard aviation proposal, a Buffalo woman’s fear of bald husbands, and czar banishment by private car are described alongside brides courses and a Des Moines money-query.
Quarantine Night Unravels a Web of Deceit and Mystery
In a tale of a party gone awry Jimmy Wilson and Bella Knowles confront a web of secrets. Aunt Selina arrives amid lies as Kit Harbison and Harbison confront jealousy, theft rumors, and a strange quarantine that traps guests in a mansion.
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James Wilson
Jimmy
Mfe
Bella Knowles
Selina
Kit
Lson
Jim
Il Bella
Belle
Harbison
Henry Llewellyn
Iquique
Chile
Aunt Selina
Betty
Warbison
Bella
Bluing ads and odd vignettes from a era pamphlet
A mixed page of promotional lines on Bluing a doctor pill mishap and theater gossip. It includes a Red Cross Balu Blue grocer ad and quips about a chicken farm and a Long Island lease with a pond herder anecdote. Garfield Tea is also referenced for immediate cheer.
Lesson plan for March 31 teaching twelve lessons
Suggests a leader segment for a 1912 first quarter review of Christ life with twelve class or group presentations. Each lesson assigns a speaker to recount key events from Zacharias to Jesus for a school program with scripture reads, songs, and dramatized elements, ending with a final drill of the twelve topics.
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Christ
Zacharias
Gabriel
John the Baptist
Jesus
Rcom
Jerusalem
Herod
Bethlehem
Gossip Sells One Remedy and Romantic Tropes
A fragmentary item notes Tet yourocniy medicine to Garfield Tet as a pure remedy sold by druggists. It hints a young man admired by a girl if his name matches a hero in a romance. A brief dialogue contrasts self love with unselfish devotion, ending on a quip about possessiveness.
Senator Penrose Says Trusts Fall Under Taft Message
Senator Penrose quipped on Taft's anti monopoly push that past policy forbade trusting riches, but now it also forbids placing riches in trusts. His remark reflects reaction to the administration's crackdown and American caution toward monopolies.
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Penrose
Taft
Romance on the Rail in a Pullman Car
A man seeking gents furnishings strikes up a conversation with a lone young woman on a Pullman. He invites her to New York, she rebukes him, then agrees to ride only as far as Schenectady.
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Jas
Althey
Bella
Jim
Mr. Harbison
Max
Flannigan
Betty Mercer
Anne Brown
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Cal
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Revolver Fails Prompter's Line As Stage Murder Misfires
In a vintage melodrama incident actor Charles Wolcott realizes he left a revolver in the dressing room and pockets a penknife to stab the hero. The confused moment ends when the hero, still in character, shouts I’m shot causing chaos on stage.
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Charles Wolcott
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