Free Scholarships Offered by Southern Shorthand University
A Georgia district wide push offers 145 scholarships valued at 50 dollars each for the Southern Shorthand and Business University and Atlanta School of Telegraphy. Counties submit names and addresses, and the top county with the most entrants wins a full 50 dollar scholarship for two years. Additional entrants earn half rates or cash commissions for extra pupils.
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Busisness
South
The
Southern Shorthand and Business University
Atlanta
State of
Georgia
Atlanta School of Telegraphy
Bex
Southern
University
Zach
Evey County
A. C Briscoe
L. W. Arnold
Atlante Ga
Whisky Won’t Keep Says Scotsman Farm Tale
A New York woman's club chairwoman notes liquor licenses matter little to them as women avoid drinking to stay slim. She recalls a Scottish farmer who says whisky won't keep, illustrating the idea with a humorous tale from the Highlands.
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New York
Scotland
Scottish Highlands
New York Tribune
Pointed Paragraphs Reflect Social Tastes and Snobbery
A fragmented critique points to sense and taste in men and women, noting how clever illusions mislead and resentments surface repeatedly. The passage explores social judgment, self reflection, and the gap between claimed intelligence and actual behavior.
Eye of the Needle described as fortress passage
The note explains a historical meaning of the eye of the needle as a small gate or hole in fortresses used to allow a camel to pass, a metaphor for the rich entering paradise, with examples from Ireland showing similar eyeholes in stone cabins and Donegal ruins.
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Chaist
Kingdom of Heaven
Aamel
Arabia
Ireland
Grianan Eilleach
Donegal
An Impresario Offers A Hard Opera Lesson
After the Italian season at the Academy of Music in New York ended, Max Maretzek advised tenor Adams and Mme. Pappenheim to mix classics like Antigone and Iphigenia with Trovatore weekly to pay salaries. The advice was ignored and the academy soon again rented.
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Academy of Music
New York
Max Maretzek
Adams
Mme. Pappenheim
Max
Academy
Antigone
Orfeo
Iphigenia
Rapho
Alanche
Maretzek Suavely
New York Triton
Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Shows Early Arithmetic Mastery
A 1700 B C papyrus from Egypt reveals early home arithmetic lessons. It covers addition and multiplication, with formulas for distributing barley, cat and mouse tallies, area, circle to square conversions, and cubic pyramid measurements, illustrating sophisticated mathematical understanding for its time.
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Egypt
Barney
Pyra
Short Interview With Robert Louis Stevenson Visit
A female journalist visiting San Francisco sought a brief interview with Robert Louis Stevenson. He was too ill to meet, yet he allowed a momentary visit during which he knit at his bed, prompting a shy, silent exchange before the encounter ended.
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Robert Leuis Stevenco
San Franico
Robert Leuis Stevenson
California
Stevenson
Jealous Dog Warning From Birmingham Family Tale
In Birmingham a family dog known as a beloved pet grows jealous after a baby arrives. The dog shows no outward aggression, yet the baby cries whenever alone with the dog. A keyhole peek reveals the dog rubbing its cold nose along the baby's back, suggesting hidden jealousy. Ralph Neville in Outing Magazine.
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Birmingham
Ralph Neville
Outing Magazine
Hotel Phonograph Antics Sparked Diningwit Humor
A Brooklyn Citizen humor sketch describes a hotel proprietor who uses a grand phonograph to set mood during meals. He plays selections like Life Is Too Short to Worry and All Things Come to Him Who Waits to fit guest impatience, plus Kipling’s Lest We Dorset.
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Kipling
Brooklyn
Uncle Mose Keeps To Himself In Baptis' Style
A Baltimore American excerpt shows Uncle Mose answering sociability questions with pride in his Baptis' faith. The exchange highlights cultural voice and regional speech.
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Uncle Mose
Baltimore American
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