Proud Moment for Speeder
A courtroom scene unfolds with a speeding charge and a witty exchange. The defendant questions the officer on the speed, boasting about his wealth and imagining friends hearing the arrest, as the judge weighs the testimony.
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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
7
Too Painful Gag Sketch About Vesuvius Heating Janitor
A traveling man explains he will not visit Vesuvius in Italy because the steam would remind him of his winter struggles convincing his building janitor to heat his apartment enough. The exchange highlights a wry joke about persistent cold and heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesuvius
Italy
The Right Ratio Pits Pessimists Against Optimists
A witty exchange compares personal Ananias clubs and lending to pessimists and optimists. The speakers debate balance, noting that pessimists act as life’s leaven while optimistic folly hinders clear judgment. The dialogue hints at prudent skepticism.
Dense Ignorance on Navy Critics from a Landlubber
A fragmentary quote ridicules critics of the United States Navy, describing a tired egotist who faults the service and mocks the idea that a captain’s bridge is a private gangplank. The remark underscores nautical snobbery and pro Navy sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Tyne
Cold Blooded Cartoonist Chat High Jinks
A snappy exchange spots a cartoonist boasting about funny pictures. The other speaker, Wagarius, questions where the shots were taken, adding a sense of playful banter and a tease about the origin of the images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Wagarius
Perquisites and Paradox in a Frayed Debate
A fragmentary political exchange features Senator Sorghum asking about leaving office poorer than entry, a wry reply about republics and servants, and Mrs. Fwouble dismissing the tale as not holding water. The text captures a terse, stylized dispute with clipped dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorghum
Kea phonograph tests in quiet seclusion
In a quiet scene Cumrox guides a companion to test the latest records on a phonograph in a secluded setting, noting that the place offers a fine atmosphere for enjoying new music and the machine’s performance.
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Cumrox
Their Chance to Stop War Peace Meeting Ends with Frontline Call
A group of peace agitators convened in a back room and proclaimed their duty to end the war. A military aid announced a call to join the first company of the Second Regiment of the Black Brigade, marching to the front this afternoon. The scene captures a pivotal moment as civilians are urged toward combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Brigade
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Are you sure you understand that question Senator Sorghum speaks
Senator Sorghum answers a query with flourish, claiming his words are obscure to avoid scrutiny. The exchange highlights a comic moment where the senator dodges direct accountability while expressing self confidence in ambiguous phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Sorghum
Enoch
In Cold Hands
A cryptic dialogue hints at a romantic entanglement. A Boster girl appears, her chill mirrored in the phrase you must warm later. The exchange suggests unresolved feelings and looming emotional distance.
Point to Consider on Life, Arts and Charity
A dialogue contrasts valuing material wealth with the need for patrons of culture. One speaker fears Grabson overemphasizes possessions, while the other defends a balance, noting that funding libraries, galleries and auditoriums requires donors who support the arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grabson
Wistful Waiting On A Country Trip
A traveler recalls passing a man in a broken down motor car. The man sits with a far-away look, not worried, as the speaker muses on the place he hopes to reach someday.
Trolley Car Conversation Sparks Street Corner Gossip
A witty exchange about trolley car chatter compares it to gossip on the corner. One speaker contends the talk is worthwhile, while another suggests it is merely noise, highlighting the social dynamics of shared urban transit spaces.
Dust a Theory: Loud Piano Sparks Kitchen Quiet
A witty exchange contrasts a loudly singing pianist with a mother washing dishes. The younger woman questions why the neighbor sings so loudly and the other replies that her conscience may hurt her as she tries to drown out the clatter from the kitchen.
Indifferent on extremes of heat or cold reading trends
Mr Growcher expresses no preference between summer and winter. He finds both extremes depressing, whether consuming reports on the hottest day ever or the coldest day ever.
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Mr. Growcher
Doubtful Aid From Daily Shaving Lessons
A joke about a French barber giving daily French lessons during shaving. The narrator notes difficulty replying, joking that the lather helps his accent. The amusement centers on language lesson interruptions during grooming.
Careful farmer speaks of modest crops this year
In a rural exchange, Farmer Corntessel describes crops as about right not risking much work yet enough to appeal to summer boarders. He quips that the yield is sufficient to give the impression of living on a thriving farm without the scale of a Bureneugh operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corntessel
Fragments Hint at Theater Chatter and Odd Phrasing
The readable text consists of fragmented phrases about the theater and a personal exchange. It mentions a person named Dubsog and an apparent casual encounter, but the overall context is unclear and hinges on incomplete dialogue. No definite event or outcome is discernible from the provided snippet.
Second-hand motor car buys spark unusual tale
A terse chat notes a "sort of fella" who stayed in trouble until he bought a second-hand motor car. The exchange asks what happened next and confirms the purchase as the turning point in the brief, curious episode.
Guayaquil's Rise Tied to World Trade Yet Struggles With Sanitation
The Gulf of Guayaquil sits at a key Pacific coast crossroads with vast natural harbors and a deltaic river system. Yet decades of quarantine and sanitation battles hinder its growth as a major world mart, despite strategic location and strong Atlantic Pacific travel lines linking North America Europe and Asia.
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Chicago
Paris
London
Vienna
Berlin
Guayaquil
New York
Bulletin
The
Pan-American Union
Atlantic
Pacific
North
South
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
South America
Panama
Gibraltar
Suez
Singapore
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Layaquil
Guayas
Gulf of Guayaquil
Puna Island
Jambell
Morro Channel
Morro
Puna
Cape Blanco
Peru
la Puntilla
Ecuador
Island of
Guayae
Port Ie
Guayze
Probert Quote Sparks Storm Over Life Bureau Decision
Probert asks a pointed question about choosing between life insurance or a gift, prompting debate on personal finance and authority. The remark highlights tension around cost, coverage, and personal risk in a public discussion.
Famous Old Glock Gifted to State Historical Society
The famous clock once used by John Muir at Wisconsin University has been donated to the Wisconsin State Historical Society’s Madison museum by the Wisconsin Alumni Association of Northern California. The article recounts how Muir built a clock bed to wake, light fires, and even manage his study, using a cord and stone to trigger the bed’s drop at 5 a.m., and notes the device’s role in his early schooling and daily routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Muir
Wisconsin State Historical Saliery
Madison
Wisconsin
California
Milwaukee Journal
Muir
Wisconsin University
John
Briquettes From Peat Chalk Mixes Grow in Canada
Canadian reports describe briquetting fuel made from peat mixed with coal breeze and pressed into compact briquettes. Chalk, abundant in Canada, is pulverized and combined with breeze and solid tar, forming egg sized pebbles. The briquettes are noted as smokeless, high calorific value, and free burning.
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Canada
Madame Joffre’s Separated Life Between War and Duty
A Paris letter notes Madame Joffre, long inseparable from her husband, has since the war begun rarely seen him though the general staff’s headquarters lie near Paris. The text highlights her example in accepting privileges while maintaining dignity and duty.
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Madame Joffre
Paris
Agaluet
Wireless by kites vastly extends field range in tests
United States Signal Corps experiments at Massachusetts maneuvers used box kites to support a wireless aerial boosting range from 25 to 150 miles and altitude to 1600 feet. Samuel F. Perkins led the tests with steady winds enabling constant altitude and clear reception from the battleship Georgia and Arlington station. Government and Marconi officials monitor the promising program as a future system to enlarge ordinary field wireless reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Signal Corpa
Massachusetts
Samuel F. Perkins
Scientific American
Perkins
Fluih
Georgia
Newport
Arlington
Bermuda
United States
Marconi
Wasted Energy and War Wealth Loss Cited by Theodora Price
Theodora H. Price in World's Work argues that vast energy is unused across industries and society. She notes only about 15 percent of coal energy is utilized and calls for modest efficiency gains to recover substantial wealth lost to wasteful labor and underused resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodora H. Price
New York
United States
Answered Call of World by Hamile Verhaeren
Belgian poet Hamile Verhaeren spurned cloister life, schooling at Sainte-Barbe Ghent with Maeterlinck, then law at Louvain and Brussels bar. He joined bohemian artists, shocking the bourgeois with extravagant dress and conduct as the muse drew him away from law toward verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamile Verhaeren
Jesuit College of
Louvain
Brussels
Gautier
Power in Japan as Chief Public Prosecutor Shapes Courts
The article describes Kishiro Hiranuma Mogikwhekushi, known as Doctor Hiranuma, as the chief public prosecutor of the Supreme Court and the embodiment of Japan's procuratorial system. A fifty year old official in the Justice Department since 1888, he was appointed chief procurator in 1912, wielding unmatched influence in Japanese courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Cagsition
Supreme Court
Kishiro Hiranuma
Hiranuma
Also Mentioned on This Page
Speeder
Ananias Club
Henry
Mra
Jay Dear
Aise
Middle
Capa Horn
Colombia
J. G. White & Co
Auonny
St. James of Guayaquil
Santiago ‘de Guayaquil
Csty
Riverside Fruit Market
Tmutary Hospital
Santa Ana Hill
Pesala
John Mulrs
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