Southern Shorthand and Business University Scholarship Offer
The Southern Shorthand and Business University in Atlanta offers 145 $50 tuition scholarships across Georgia to be awarded to contestants who recruit names and bring a paying pupil. Each county winner gets a free six month scholarship. other participants receive half rates or $2.50 per extra pupil.
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Mosquito Epic in Maubin Burma Described by W C Scott O Connor
The article recounts Maubin Burma’s severe mosquito season with crowds of biting insects invading homes. An English resident builds iron mesh refuges to withstand the swarm, while courts and officials reportedly face trounce of intruders when prisoners and witnesses enter. Filler anecdotes from Harper’s Weekly finish with a joke about Virginia longevity.
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Chicago News
Unclear fragmentary text about engine and horsepower
Fragmentary OCR text describes an engine visit with a question about horsepower and a humorous exchange. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or places to anchor a full summary.
Pig Theft Confession In Prayerful Delay
A Buffalo Commercial item recalls a tale of Eph who, after stealing a pig, knelt to pray through the night. His wife heard him begging the Lord for forgiveness as dawn approached, questioning why he would not come to bed while he continued in supplication.
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Birmingham
Ralph Neville
Outing Magazine
Learned Better Schooling Sparked Clear Letter Writing
A boarding school father recalls his daughter learning to write legible letters after he refused to read money requests. The gag contrasts bad Chinese handwriting with a cured habit and quotes a coinage about clerical humor.
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Detroit Free Press
Old Egyptian papyrus shows arithmetic skills circa 1700 B C
An ancient Egyptian papyrus dating to about 1700 B C reveals addition and multiplication as core math tools, with equations and area calculations. It describes problems such as dividing barley among ten people and seven cats with seven mice each, plus circle area and pyramid volume estimations.
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Egypt
Interview with Robert Louis Stevenson during San Francisco visit
A flying journalist visits San Francisco and meets Robert Louis Stevenson in his home. Ill and frail, he asks if she knits as she seeks a brief chat. She notes the failed interview as Stevenson begins a wool work instead, ending the encounter.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
California
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Noisy Bio Phonograph Dinners At Local Hotel
A Brooklyn Citizen item notes a hotel proprietor who installs a bio phonograph that plays during meals. Selections are said to match the mood with tunes like Lifes Too Short to Work and All Things Come to Him Who It, while Kipling’s Recessional Lest We Forget is cited as especially pointed.
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Brooklyn Citizen
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One Way. A Clever Division of Apples
A dialogue presents the puzzle of dividing three apples equally among James John and Harry. The resposta is to give one apple to each of the two others and keep one for himself, illustrating a trick of counting and fairness in a humorous riddle.
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Uncle Mose Declares Baptismal Quietness
In a Baltimore American line, Uncle Mose replies he is unsociable and prefers solitude. He confirms his Baptists faith and explains he likes to keep to himself. The exchange highlights his reserved demeanor and religious identity.
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Baltimore American
It Would Be Uncomfortable and Other Quotations
A brief collection features a Scots warning to Mr. O’Brien about respect and national symbols. It includes a London Sketch quip and a sentimental note on carrying beauty within as one travels the world.
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