145 Be Scholarships Offer Free Tuition in Georgia Trust
A county contest in Georgia offers 145 scholarships with $50 tuition for Shorthand or Bookkeeping at Southern Shorthand and Business University or Atlanta School of Telegraphy. Students must submit names and recruit a paid pupil, entering by January 15, 1908, with top county recruiter free of cost. Additional recruits earn $2.50 each.
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Southern
Business University
South
The
Southern Shorthand and Business University
Atlanta
State of
Georgia
Atlanta School of Telegraphy
Evey County
Omee
A. C. Briscoe
L. W. Arnold
Allanta Ga
Atlantic Coast Line
Jim
T. C. White
W. J. Craig
Wilmington
N. C
Thinking A loud and the making of two friends
Dudley, famed for thinking aloud, eavesdropped on a stranger who also spoke to himself during a late drive. The exchange turned awkward yet humorously bridged to a lasting friendship as both men forgave the rudeness and extended gentleness, forming a notable bond.
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Dudley
Laredo Ley
Dud
Lord Dudley
Tone
The Taxidermist Explains Modern Mounting Method
A St Louis taxidermist guides visitors through his shop showing plaster of Paris forms used for mounting hides. Hides are cleaned then stretched over rigid forms to preserve shape longer than stuffing with sawdust. He notes even fish specimens are treated this way and contrasts with old stuffing methods.
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Plac F
Paris
St. Louis
Lincoln's Last Law Case in Chicago 1860
Lincoln argued his final case in Chicago in April and May 1860, Jones versus Johnson about Lake Michigan shore accretion. Judge Drummond presided. after trial all counsel dined with Isaac N. Arnold and toasts honored Illinois producing the next U.S. president.
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Lincoln
Chicago
Jones
Johnson
United States Circuit Court
Drummond
Lake Michigan
Isaac N. Arnold
Illinois
United States
Douglas
Chicago Record- Herald
The Wary Crow
The crow is useful in killing mice snakes lizards and frogs and is a splendid avenger. He is wary and will fire from a man with a gun but pays little attention to pedestrians. Crows mate for life and nest in large untidy colonies at treetops.
Still His Daughter Old Gotrox Bet
A fragment from a Chicago News piece presents a bet tied to marriage and comforts for a daughter. It contrasts the suitor DeBroque-Well stating the wife’s comforts depend on him and notes a moral quote about envy from Rochefoucauld.
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Gotrox
DeBroque
Chicago News
Shadow Etiquette and the Shadder Comment
A sailor recalls meeting a Kafiir chief who kicks him for stepping on the chief’s shadow. He explains Kaffirs treat shadows as part of oneself with etiquette to avoid a longer shadow than a superior’s. The tale notes crouching to shorten a shadow and links it to a philosophical bow.
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Crinus
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Much Law Poor Case in Courtroom Tale
A veteran lawyer prepares to take many law books to the courthouse while a younger, southern born attorney quips that the first lawyer must have no case at all. The scene underscores the saying there is too much law and not enough facts in trials.
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Kunnel
Kansas City Times
Snow to Rain Conversion by 18th Century Experiment
In March 1765 Alexander Brice of Kirknewston conducted a stone jug test buried in six inches of snow to compare snow depth with water content. He concluded that, under ideal conditions, fresh snow with moderate wind and cold yields water equal to one tenth of the snow’s bulk, so ten inches of snow equates to one inch of rainfall.
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Alexander Brice
Kirknewston
London Chronicle
The Adder Description From Pioneer Observation
A full grown adder reaches about two feet in length and six inches in girth. Movements are sluggish and the idea of transferring heat between ends every six months is superstition. Its tail ends bluntly, resembling the head, making distant observers mistake the two and fueling the two headed snake tale.
Courtesy as a Parvenu Faces Brutal Silence
A parvenu begs his butler to reveal the worst about his table manners. The new, impeccably mannered servant refuses to judge or express opinion, citing professional courtesy and her predecessor.
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James
Puck
The Wings of Time in Harper's Weekly
Metthuselah walks his garden noting a new bloom on a century plant and recalls plucking one just yesterday. He nears an oak tree he raised from an acorn, musing on how time flies.
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Metthuselah
Harper’s Weekly
The Larger Class Quip on Thee and Thou
A reader asks about using thee and thou in modern speech. The editor replies that such forms are mostly used by people who think they are poets. Catholic Standard and likely another newspaper quote follows.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Prudence in Dentistry Aimed at Cavity Fillings
A playful exchange features a dentist claiming all cavities are filled and Mahoney quipping that the rest should be filled too so they are ready when cavities appear. The dialogue uses thick dialect and humor to discuss dental work.
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Mahoney
Puck
Don’t judge a man by his failures to life
A quote from the Arkadelphia Arkansas Southern Standard urging readers not to condemn honest men for failures, noting integrity can hinder quick success.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Southern Standard
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