Sunday School Sketches and Courtroom Quips
A column recounts a Sunday school joke about a puffed up man denied entry to heaven and a courtroom quip exchange about law and alimony. It also quotes Uncle Joe Cannon on progress, Bishop Olmsted on bigotry, Roosevelt’s Littledale tale, and a San Francisco Argonaut note.
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Heaven
Joe Cannon
Columbus
Johnny
Sanford Olmsted
Denver
John
San Francisco Argonaut
Origin of the Word Ball Tied to Naples Easter Ball Plays
The term ball for a dancing party traces to an ancient Naples ball play sung by the dean and choir boys during Easter Feast of Fools. Dancers later threw a ball to the music, moving in measured steps as they caught the ball in time.
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Naples
U S fig imports from Portugal and timber resources noted
In 1915 the United States imported 10,670,888 pounds of dried figs from Portugal. Germany and Russia did not import figs new in the period. The farm woodlots of the United States contain about ten percent of the nation’s total standing timber.
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United States
Portugal
Germany
Russia
Airplanes to aid surveyors in arid Australia
In Australia’s barren wastes travel is tough, yet airplanes will allow surveying many square miles monthly, offering a true bird's eye view of the earth. The work carries fewer dangers than ferial fighting, and surveyors can explore regions once inaccessible.
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Australia
Africa
Minute Men Pioneer Militia Ties in Revolutionary Era
The Minute Men were a close of citizens pledged to take the field at minute's notice. They emerged during and just before the War of the Revolution and continued at the start of the Civil War. Sometimes they were regularly enrolled as militia.
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Minute
Eitizens
Original Stub Penn From Magazine Article
The Boston Transcript notes a magazine feature referencing Witham Penn described as short and stubby in the text. The remark appears as a casual aside rather than a main report or event.
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Stub Penn
Witham Penn
Boston Transcript
The Musk Rat Description in Early American Note
The musk rat is a water loving American rodent with a reddish brown fur and webbed toes. It walks awkwardly on land but is lively and skilled in water, a strong swimmer and diver.
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America
Plan Well Before You Begin
Advice urges careful planning before starting tasks and warns against rushing into general propositions without studying the details. The piece stresses avoiding superficial plans and emphasizes the need for thorough groundwork.
Real Leisure Quotation Echoes Franklin Wisdom
A compact quotation notes that true leisure is earned through diligent work, while contrasting a life of ease with laziness. It attributes the saying to Benjamin Franklin and frames leisure as a reward for industry.
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Benjamin Franklin
Palestine's Galt Mountain Salt Deposit Described
The Palestine Galt Mountain near the Dead Sea is a six mile long salt edge with an average width of three quarters of a mile and a height near 606 feet. The overlying earth is thick, but the mountain itself is solid rock salt, some portions crystal clear.
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Palestine
Galt
Dead Sea
Sun to Shine Warmth for 30 Million Years
Scientists project the sun will continue to emit its present level of heat for about 30 million more years, ensuring long term stellar warmth for the solar system.
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Lloyd’s Column
Circuit Court
Willin
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Littledale
Litledale
Althe
San Francisco
Wrigleysooo
Oler
OMAHA
Snoddy & Mollring
Snoddy & Graham
Geo. H. Breckner
Middle West
Carroll
Laramie
Caandler
Chandler
Chandler-Hupmobile Agency
Schwabe Bros
Chandler Motor Car Company
Cleveland, O
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