Free Scholarships Offer From Southern Shorthand University
A statewide campaign offers 145 scholarships worth 50 dollars each in Shorthand or Bookkeeping or Telegraphy with tuition donated. Contestants must submit names and addresses, bring a pupil, and may earn half rates or 2.50 per extra pupil. top county giver gets free tuition. Potential students urged to act by January 15, 1908.
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Southern Shorthand and Business University
Atlanta
State of
Georgia
Atlanta School of Telegraphy
Barness University
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Evey County
A. Briscoe
L. W. Arnold
Atlanta Ga
Southes
Henere
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Passage Tare
Teesick Atlantic Coast Line
T. C. White
W. J. Craig
Wilmington
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Oldest Egyptian arithmetic papyrus reveals early math
A 1700 B C papyrus unearthed in Egypt shows advanced arithmetic skills with addition and multiplication, and early equations. It includes problems on fair division, a barley and mice sequence, area and circle to square transformations, and cubic pyramid measurements.
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Egypt
Woman Reporter Visits Robert Louis Stevenson
A female journalist on a world trip visits Stevenson in San Francisco. Ill and frail, he cannot meet her, yet she gains a brief interview when he asks if she knits and she says no. He then resumes knitting as the moment ends.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
San Francisco
California
Stevenson
Dog Jealousy and a Peek at a Rattling Tale
A Birmingham dog once beloved by a family is suspected of jealousy after a baby arrives. The dog appears peaceful until a cry erupts, and a keyhole glimpse reveals the dog rubbing his wet nose along the baby's back.
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Birmingham
Ralph Neville
Outing Magazine
One Way Puzzle On Equal Division Of Apples
A dialogue presents a logic puzzle where Harry is asked to divide three apples equally among James John and himself. The proposed solution gives one apple to each of the two others and one to Harry, claiming equality by sharing one apple between two recipients. The exchange demonstrates a trick of interpretation rather than arithmetic truth.
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Harry
James
John
Uncles Muse Says He Keeps To Himself
A Baltimore American exchange shows Uncle Muse describing himself as unsociable and preferring solitude. He affirms he is a Baptis' and avoids social crowds, saying he values quiet living.
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Uncle Muse
Sah
Baltimore
Thistle and Rose Quip Sparks Cautious Banter
A wry London Sketch quips that one cannot sit on a thistle while praising a nation, and a proverb asserts that beauty found abroad must be carried within to retain its fire.
Mosquitoes of Maubin Burma Ranked Largest and Most Virulent
A Manila Evening extract quotes W. C. Scott O'Connor describing Maubin Burma as home to the world’s biggest and most virulent mosquitoes. He recalls their swarm under electric light, the siege of homes, and iron mesh fortresses to keep them out, alongside a courtroom siege image and a Virginia anecdote about family longevity.
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Maubin
Burma
W. C. Scott O’connor
Chicago News
Telegraph Office Tales From a Canadian Town
A traveling tale recalls a Canadian town where a telegraph office and a new factory with a fine engine house were built. An electrician visits the factory and questions the engine's horsepower, sharing a humorous moment about the machine’s power and the engineer’s explanation.
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Enine
Pig Theft Leads Clergyman to Prayerful Confession
A colored clergyman stole a pig and knelt to pray for forgiveness after returning home. His wife heard him praying to the Lord for forgiveness, and at daybreak his supplications ended as he tried to reconcile his guilt. A fragment from a rural scene ends with the man repeating his penitence.
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Bob
Eph
Riah
Erfisio
Learned Better Handwriting Lesson Told in Quip
A Detroit Free Press quip recalls a man saying his daughter learned from boardschool to write a legible hand. When asked how, he explains she kept writing home for money and he replied he could not read two words, which cured her of that Chinese calligraphy.
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Detroit Free Press
Kerine
Almost an Insult Dead Ring Er For One
A terse exchange unfolds as a loud talker dismisses a suit claim while a fussy man challenges the assumption and mocks the speaker. The fragment hints at a sharp dialogue about misrepresentation and social pretensions.
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