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A mosaic of opinions, jokes, and social commentary spans religion, crime, finance, and culture. Notable lines tackle Japan war talk, emperors, love psychology, Carnegie at Lehigh, Italian Turkish diplomacy, and publishing morals for readers of all ages.
Rise of Women Readers and Nation’s Colleges
A discussion on girls reading under guidance and the broader U S higher education system. The United States commissioner of education notes 622 higher education institutions, with hundreds of thousands of undergraduates, and highlights large gifts, demand for facilities, and the enduring pride in American colleges amid evolving gender roles.
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United States Commissioner of Education
United States
Union States
University of Chicago
Quotations on Marriage Morals and Social Jokes From a 19th Century Page
A string of jumbled social maxims and comic lines on marriage, women, self control, and money. A book agent ribbing a man about reading aloud to his wife yields sly humor about domestic life and moral expectations. The passage parodies Victorian attitudes with sharp one liners and ironic anecdotes.
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Lad
Slobbs
Mr. Hobbs
Mr. Holbs
Inventors Claim Tachyl Cilnoride Destroys Germs
Mesers Palerno and Cinngoloni announce tachyol Cilnoride as a potent antiseptic. A solution of 1 part in 600,000 water destroys all germs, surpassing chlorine, bromine, and ozone. The article also notes submarine sighting aids and reflects on travel taxes and perceptual vision studies.
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Palerno
Cinngoloni
Inve
C. C. Stevens
Seattle
Stevens
East Africa
Herr C G. Sehilings
Kilimanjaro Region
Zoological Park
Order of the Golden Horseshoe Recalls Virginia Quest
The 1724 Virginia expedition led by Governor Spotswood opened the Blue Ridge frontier. After marking King George on a peak, he formed the Order of the Golden Horseshoe, granting gold horseshoes to climbers who witnessed the royal name and earned entry by proving they read it themselves.
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America
Atlantic
West
Blue Ridge
Alleghenies
Spotswood
Pasa
George
Devious Definitions and Odd Merriment Collage
A quirky collection of wordplay and jocular definitions notes playful misuses. Phrases like Devious Definitions and Matrimony tease language with absurd contrasts and comic nearly nonsensical imagery.
Incomplete Signals and Bat Symbols Cause Gossip
The Charleston News and Courier hints that spring bats may gain distinction if they shorten a two foot daystart, prompting social wagers on a sign JI no gange for the fag in the bat. The text notes a widow owner and a reversed flag sign of distress. Cleveland Plain Center mentions a quiet cooking lesson beating two polsy music lessons.
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Charleston News and Courier
Bost
Cleveland Plain Center
Less Deal and More Ideals Dy Mayor McClellan
The speaker argues for higher public duty over pay, noting three kinds of office seekers and urging a broader sacrifice by public servants. He rejects the idea of honest graft, emphasizes the strain of maintaining integrity, and criticizes the expectation of monetary reward in politics.
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McClellan
Deng
Amateurs in the Art of Living by Arnald Bennett
A meditation on life as a human machine, arguing that people neglect the art of living in early years while chasing preliminaries. The piece contrasts a learned recluse who savors poetry with a man preoccupied by office finances and domestic strain, illustrating misplaced priorities and life’s unaddressed tensions.
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Arnald Bennett
Wien Fanny
Chicky
Directing Attention to the Self as a Traveling Machine
The piece argues that life should be viewed as a functioning machine where the aim is to direct a person’s focus to himself as a whole. It emphasizes that most effort goes into preliminaries rather than actually living, seeking satisfaction for both self and others encountered along the journey.
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Alu
Pian
Sensational Educators Condemned By Draper
Andrew S Draper argues that renrationalism has no rights in a university and warns against professors pushing controversial ideas for personal notoriety. He condemns hiding opposing arguments and urges keeping academic debate open yet cautions against coercive partisan rhetoric in a democratic university setting.
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Andrew S. Draper
Faults in Technical Education By Henry Salth Pritchett
President Henry Salth Pritchett argues Americans overestimate college efficiency and modesty while pointing to Germany France and England as having better technical education. He notes two decades of weaker borrowing from foreign methods and urges adoption of superior techniques to advance industry and arts.
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Henry Salth Pritchett
Germany
France
England
Japan
Dream of Love and Music Weaves Through Night
A lyrical scene from a period tale centers on a couple as the woman imagines a life of fine music travel and lavish new riches. He resists opera and summer city life yet is drawn by her warmth, while fragments reveal a household dynamic and a mix of plans and daily desires.
Love of Music Sparks and Fades in Conversation
GANARIEL and a woman share a charged moment over music. He laments grand phrases and cadenzas while she admires him, then vows to love music together. His later doubt softens the mood as they cling to each other, united by the ritual of musical passion and the allure of the twiddly bits.
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Germany
France
Dayreuth
Paris
Oxy
Ani
Ehe
Elin
Mia
Jaco
Herope
Gous
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