Meeting of international press clubs to be hosted by Birmingham
J A Rountree chairman of the general arrangement committee seeks input from the Leaver chamber of commerce and other business bodies on the value of hosting the international league of press clubs. A Denver letter recounts Colorado's benefit from a prior gathering with widespread press coverage and public funding.
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Erecal
the Star
Birmingham
J. A. Rountree
International League of Press Clubs
Inirmingham
Leaver Chamber of Commerce
Rountree
Denver
Homefront Ingenuity in Civil War Mississippi
Miss M J Walsh shares Civil War diary glimpses from Mississippi historians detailing southern home economies. Women and children kept households alive with makeshifts from parched corn coffee to salvaged salt boiled from brine and dirt floors.
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M. J. Walsh
Mississippi Historical Society
Louisiana
Flasherly joke ends with wax figure gag
A line from the New Orleans Times-Democrat jokes about Kit mistaking a wax figure for Cholly Laphead and a playful exchange about patience and friendship. The quip compares a patient friend to a masterpiece of nature and offers a lighthearted proverb.
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Flasherly
Kit
Cholly Laphead
Dasherly
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Laundering Frills and Frissons of Ironing
A New York Sun tip sheet details how girls with frilly Marie Antoinette shirtwaists can iron and wash fine plaits and collars at home. It covers using small curling tongs, basted knife plaits, ironing on wrong then right sides, and finishing with lace edge picking. It notes home laundries, portable boards, four pound irons, and the option of electric or candlelight ironing in dim rooms.
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Marie
Antoinette
Man and the Earth Age Claims
The New York American notes scholars debate humanity's origin on Earth with estimates ranging from tens of thousands to as much as half a million years, citing John Fiske and other authorities in discussing early human existence.
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Earth
John Fiske
New York American
Optical Illusions and Light Beams
A Star Monthly excerpt discusses parallel lines that appear curved when viewed directly while remaining perfectly straight at an edge angle. It notes beams of light reveal dust particles, becoming invisible in a vacuum, and shows a red hot poker cutting a beam leaving a dark shadow once particles are consumed.
Signs of Rain Across Animals and Plants Observed
The Chicago News notes that animals and birds show rain signs by sleepiness and quiet behavior. Dogs and cats rest more, sheep crowd sheltered spots, and birds grow noisy or alarmed. Cats rub ears and coat. leaves curl when clouds gather. Observers are urged to study these signs to sharpen nature awareness.
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Chicago News
Wise King Answers Why One Mouth For Two Eyes Two Ears
A king is asked why he has two eyes and two ears but only one mouth. The ruler replies that two eyes and two ears help him see and hear well, but one mouth prevents talking too much.
Riddles and Answers From a Family Quiz
A sequence of light wordplay jokes and quick solutions. Includes relationships like Dick to John as grandson, and puns on money shares and occupations such as a dancing master and an engraver. The set uses simple imagery and plays on common phrases.
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John
The Plant Seems To Act With Hidden Intelligence
The sensitive plant appears to react as if intelligent, its leaves folding when touched or approached, suggesting a fearlike response to nearby movement.
The Negritos Odd Marriage Ceremony
The New York Herald describes the Negritos of Malaysia as primitive wanderers with no fixed homes. Their marriage ritual features dancing by the groom and his group, demands for presents, and a final ascent to a bamboo platform for the wedding feast.
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Malaysia
Suttor
New York Herald
The Smell of the Dawn in Morning Air
A reflection on morning aromas, describing how quiet dawns reveal layered scents. The piece notes clover and apple blossoms as prevailing odors in windy times, and marvels at how still mornings let fragrances align like orderly rooms in a temple of fragrance.
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Antil
American Magazine
Harrisburg Water Controversy Cited By Legislator
A Harrisburg illness scare linked to the Susquehanna water drew a legislator to defend the supply. He stated the water was healthful, claiming he drank it twice during the session without any life effect. The remark appeared in the Pittsburgh Press.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Sittsburg Press
Local hardware firm defends prices to new Anniston resident
A foreign city visitor settles in Anniston and is urged to buy locally. The CITY HARDWARE COMPANY argues that its prices reflect costs, freight, and profits and claims competitors offer better value by importing items in bulk. The letter praises home industry and notes annual sales of $200,000 while urging loyalty to local business.
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Anniston
City Hardware Company
W. W. Mooney & Sons
United States
Ross Blackmon
Citien
Columbus
City Hardware
Charter Oak
Buck’s
Talladega
Oxford
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International Press Club
Colorado
Chicago Inter Ocean
St. Louis
Nature
Emerson
Man and the Earth
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Linimert
Tha Biasind Morulater Co
Atlanta
California Fig Syrup Co
California
Louisville, KY
New York,ny
THE
Negritos
Chubb
Hrank
Cooper
Anniston City Land Company
WM. A. Davis
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