Free Scholarships Offered Across Counties in Georgia
A plan proposes 145 scholarships totaling 7250 dollars to be donated to one person per county in the state. Eligible applicants must forward bona fide names and post office addresses of interested young people to the Southern Shorthand and Business University in Atlanta, Georgia. A $50 scholarship could be from the Shorthand or Bookkeeping department, or a $5 scholarship from the Atlanta School of Telegraphy, with no cost to recipients.
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Atlanta
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Georgia
Atlanta School of Telegraphy
Tulbion
Southern's Great Offer Promises Scholarships to Contestants
A commission of 2.50 is offered for each additional pupil brought by a contestant. Five recruits yield a $50 scholarship, free of cost, plus $10 cash. Readers are urged to spread the word about Business Schools starting in January and to contact A. C Briscoe, President, and L. W. Arnold, Vice President, in Atlanta, Ga.
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Evey County
A. C Briscoe
L. W. Arnold
Atlanta
Thinking Aloud Brings Dudley and Stranger to Bond
One Earl of Dudley known for thinking aloud sits in a stranger’s carriage and mutters that he regretted accepting the ride. The companion echoes the same sentiment, then jokes about dinner invites. Both men realize the shared quirk, laugh, and form a lasting friendship from the incident.
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Rose
Tora Dudley
Earls of Dudley
Lord Dudley
The Taxidermist and Lincoln’s Last Case
A Victorian paper item recounts a St Louis taxidermist who uses plaster over forms for hides and notes on a Paris farm. It also recalls Lincoln’s last Chicago case, Jones versus Johnson, and a toast about Illinois producing the next president. The Wary Crow describes crow behavior and habits.
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Chicago
Jones
Johnson
United States Circuit Court
Drummond
Lake Michigan
Isaac N. Arnold
Illinois
United States
L Coln
Douglas
Herald
Still His Daughter
A brief quotation exchange from a Chicago News item contrasts prenuptial concerns with social expectations as a father asks about his daughter’s comforts after marriage and a suitor’s defiant reassurance. The pensioned witticism ends with a Rochefoucauld-like remark on envy and virtue.
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Gotrox
DeBroque
Chicago News
Shadow Etiquette and the Kaffir Shadow Rule
A sailor recounts a comic exchange about Kaffir shadow etiquette. He explains that Kaffirs treat their shadows as part of themselves and warn against a shadow longer than a superior. The tale ends with a boastful punchline about “shudder” origins.
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Crimus
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Much Law Heavy on Facts In Courtroom Lore
An old Kansas City Times quip about lawyers, noting that trials can hinge on law rather than facts. It describes a lawyer preparing for a case, with a boy delivering volumes of law books to an express wagon below, provoking a wary southern lawyer to remark the case may be weak. A second item recounts Alexander Brice’s 1765 experiment linking snow to rain, concluding that ten inches of snow roughly equals one inch of rainfall, based on careful trials.
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Kunnel
Kansas City Times
Alexander Brice
Kirknewton
London Chronicle
False two headed adder tale and new butler remark
A discussion debunks a belief that adders can transfer their heads by moving through months. The tail is not pointed but blunt, resembling the head and causing the two headed myth. A parvenu endures his new butler’s rigid politeness and refusal to share opinions on his predecessor.
The Wings of Time and Time Lies in a Century Plant
Methuselah walks his garden and ponders time while noting a new blossom on a century plant. He recalls tending an oak tree two centuries old and muses on the passing of seasons. The piece captures reflective tension between growth and time in a single vignette.
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Methuselah
Harper’s Weekly
The Larger Class Editorial Exchange
A witty quip contrasts modern speech with archaic pronouns. The seeker asks if thee and thou are still used mainly by poets, and the editor replies that they are used by people who think they are poets. The remark reflects a light editorial tone in a Catholic periodical.
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Catholic Standard and Times
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