Between Friends and Melting Fat Verses and Pistachio Note
A miscellany items list dialogue from Miss Oldun and Miss Young about affection in a Boston Transcript snippet. It also includes a remark on melting human fat using dangerous chemicals and a Daily Thought on happiness. The note closes with a fact about Syria's pistachio production, claiming about half a million pounds annually.
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When We Were Twenty One in Vita graph remake
Essanay releases Graustark and the five part film When We Were Twenty-One starring William Elliott and Helen Lutrell at the Elite on the Paramount program. Porter Ford direct a natural ensemble cast in a human, wholesome drama with Dick Carey and Firefly amid intense scenes. A closing note reports a misread goodbye as a child mistakes a hearse for a carriage.
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Hackneyed Shakespeare Gets a Speak in Slang
Mr. Parvey New remarks that Shakespeare has clever ideas and good lines but many phrases have become hackneyed slang since his youth, noting their long stay in everyday speech.
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Trunk Value Declarations Put Burden on Shippers
Beginning June 3 all trunk checkers must declare real value of baggage under the Cummins act. Railroads plan to insure losses beyond declared value at ten cents per $100, while airport delays and crowding at stations loom. Misdeclaration can lead to misdemeanor charges, with jail risk if valuables are found later or if values are inflated.
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Reverend Ashby Jones To Deliver Address At Lucy Cobb
Augusta preacher and orator Reverend M. Ashby Jones will give the literary address to Lucy Cobb Institute’s graduating class tomorrow at 6 30 p m He has delivered several Athens commencement sermons and memorial day orations Athens residents recall his engaging style and note the famous phrase War Is Hell though its origin is disputed with no definitive source.
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That Kept Her Busy
A brief quip from the Boston Transcript notes a wife who speaks four languages while her husband only speaks one, highlighting domestic humor.
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