Conversation in a car incident hints at political candidacy
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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
7
Message Speed Across Atlantic Cable
A short message travels from one end of the Atlantic cable to the other in about twenty seconds, covering roughly 100 miles per second. This rapid transmission highlights the early age of long distance telecommunication.
Be Gone About Your Business Sun Dial Tale
A Sun dial in Temple Court London bore the motto Be gone about your busi ness. The builder’s man arrived with orders but the bencher in charge was too busy to listen and replied Be gone about your business, which the man then engraved on the dial.
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Temple Court
London
Poor Spelling a Lure for the Lunchroom Sign
A conscientious orthographer visits a Third Avenue luncheon to correct a misspelled sign. The proprietor explains the sign draws many “smart Alecks” who boast about spelling and often linger to order snacks, prompting the lunchroom man to ask what the critic wants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
New York Tribune
Why There Is a Ten Minute Gap Between Watches
Lear notes a playful explanation where one clock runs fast in warmth and a pocket watch stays correct. The hall clock appears to gain ten minutes since Sunday. The scene contrasts a witty exchange on time keeping.
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Giorgio
Cricket
Edward Lear
International Club of Psychical Research grows in London
In Regent street one of the citys most remarkable clubs, the International Club of Psychical Research, has attracted over 500 members since its founding. The membership includes theosophists spiritists phrenologists psychologists spiritualists mesmerists and others seeking beyond earthly matters.
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London
International Club of Psychical Research
Regent Street
Dust Driving Villa Values Away From Roadside Sightlines
The rise in motor travel and resulting road dust has shifted visitor reports toward villas located away from main roads. In the south of France and Italy, buyers prefer houses distant from streets and even outside towns to avoid dust and noise.
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France
Italy
New York Quick Lunch Spots Grow Amid City Traffic
New York City hosts over 3,000 quick lunch stores in Manhattan while daily foot traffic reaches 300,000 people, reflecting the busy pace of urban life and the dining economy in the borough.
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New York
Manhattan
How Empress Punished in Peking Palace
An account from Two Years in the Forbidden City describes a palace punishment where a servant girl was slapped ten times on each cheek for a socks mistake. The narrator, amused, notes the incident as overly funny, yet suppresses laughter. The advertisement mentions Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product claiming whiter clothes.
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Peking
Forbidden City
der Ling
Public seat bearing pointed motto installed in Midhurst
In the Sussex town of Midhurst a new public seat carries an inscription warning that it is for the elderly and children, not for men who are born tired. An advertisement touts LEWIS' Single Binder as the best quality five cent cigar on the market.
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Sussex
Eng
Midhurst
Crime as Choice Theorist Prompts Debate
A former convict argues crime is a responsible act not a disease and that lenient punishment hurts honest men. His provocative stance invites further investigation into crime theories. An unrelated advertisement for Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf promising a cure for women's ailments appears alongside. An irrigation project in New South Wales plans to settle 70.99 persons on 1.5 million acres, with mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething.
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New South Wales
What She Saw In Him
A short exchange reveals a wife praising her husband’s bold ambition as the reason for their marriage. Mr. Meekton asks why she chose him, and she credits his sublime nerve to seek to be her husband.
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Mr. Meekton
Howard E Burton Assayer and Chemist Ad
Howard E Burton assayer and chemist of Leadville Colorado lists specimen prices for gold silver lead and zinc or copper with pricing options and mailing envelopes. References carbonate National Bank and requests control and audit work with prices on application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Burton
Leadville
Colorado
Umaire
Carbonate National Bank
Ingratitude as Weakness, A Goethe Reflection
A compact reflection on ingratitude as a sign of weakness attributed to Goethe. The remark emphasizes that true ability rejects ungrateful attitudes and values gratitude in successful people.
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Goethe
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days
Druggist guarantees PAZO OINTMENT will cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money refunded. Advertisement notes price
Keeping Them Off
A terse exchange questions a match between a confirmed drunkard named Jaggs and a circus per former, calling it a fitting union while labeling the bride a snake charmer. An advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue will wash clothes twice as fast as rival blues.
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Jaggs
Food intake record and cold cure ads in London Tit-Bits
A dietitian tracked twelve months of meals noting 180 loaves of bread 180 pounds of meat 61 gallons of milk and at least 300 eggs along with other foods. An advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets claiming one day cold cure with a money back guarantee signed by E W Grove.
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London
E. W. Grove
Cat Beggar Tommy Aims for Greenwich Hospital
A trained hospital cat named Tommy from Seamen's Hospital Greenwich is taken daily to Greenwich Pier to beg from river steamboat passengers. The charity cat carries a coin box on his back and fills it with coins each day for hospital maintenance.
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Tommy
Seamen’s Hospital
Greenwich
Greenwich Pier
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