Moissant Says Flying Easy For Aviation Pioneer
New York October 19 John B Moissant the American aviator who drew world attention with his Paris to London flight says learning to guide an aeroplane is as easy as writing or walking on stilts He predicts rapid improvement and compares aircraft risks to tire bursts and skidding in cars He recounts his Paris to Calais cross and remarks on doubters who called him crazy for a passenger flight.
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Belmont Aviation Field
International Meet
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Latham
le Blanc
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Wit and humor mark death of William Everett the fighting school Master
In Yankee Tongue stories, William Everett called the fighting school Master, who died in Quincy Massachusetts. He was famed for sharp wit and apt comments. A White House dinner anecdote with Secretary Root and President Roosevelt ends with Everett joking that the boy’s grandma ate a New England boiled dinner and correcting Root on pronunciation.
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William Everett
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President Roosevelt
White House
Root
New England
Doctor's Childlike Visit Sparks Naughty Masked Measles Tale
A Chicago physician entertains five sick children in a temporary home hospital with daily visits that end in cheerful chaos. The youngest slips the truth that their affection came from a bored wish for fewer medicines, while a later doll tragedy scene reveals the doctor’s unintended mischief.
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Chicago
Hina
Annie
Hatener
Separating Them. The Plaster Misadventure of Mr. Grubb
Elderly bachelor Mr. Grubb suffered back pain, followed a doctor's care with two large porous plasters. After weeks he reports relief but refuses to remove them himself, asking the doctor to pull him off the plasters instead.
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Mr. Grubb
Rock of Moses Sacred Rock in Sinai Described
The Rock of Moses lies in the wild valley at the base of Jebel Musa in Sinai. Eighteen or twenty feet high, it shows erosion and slits from water flow. Revered in the Koran, visited by Bedouins and Christian pilgrims who carved crosses since the middle ages.
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Moses
Jebel Musa
Sinai
Strand
There’s a Reason Dialogue Turns on Empty Stomach Advice
A physician urges long walks in the open air and the patient replies that he was told not to walk on an empty stomach, highlighting a clash over medical guidance. The exchange showcases a humorous miscommunication in a Chicago Tribune snippet.
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Chicago Tribune
Curry urges public service commission and primary law reforms
Secretary of State Curry publishes a biennial report urging a state public service commission to oversee domestic and foreign firms, curb over-capitalization and unfair rate practices. He also calls for changes to election laws, especially the direct primary, allowing petitions from any convenient precinct and for counties to forward precinct tabulations to the secretary of state.
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Sacramento
State Board of Examiners
Public Service Commission
California
Henry James Opposes Roosevelt On Family Size Debate
The article notes Henry James argues against Col. Roosevelt's stance on large families. He praises small French families as signs of intelligence and progress while large families allegedly signify the opposite. A humorous anecdote about a Thompson with fourteen children ends with a boisterous police moment at a seaside trip.
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Henry James
Col. Roosevelt
France
Mr. James
Thompson
Newly Weds Learn Jelly Making From Veteran Cook
A humorous exchange shows a newly installed housewife asking if jelly making is hard and the cook replying it is soft. The judge’s wry remark underlines witty domestic advice in lighthearted tone.
Lads of Ayrshire Remind American Traveler of Youth
A Scots traveler compares barefoot Ayrshire village boys to American youngsters. He recalls a carrier wagonette with Mrs Wendry and children, noting the boys’ brisk industry, curiosity, and readiness for small tasks as they hurry to a rendezvous or return with tadpoles, fish, or honey.
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Wendry
Scribner's Says
Ayrshire
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Early English Scare and City Watch Traditions
In 1370 a report of armed galleys near Thanet prompted a nightly watch from the Tower of London to Billingsgate with forty men at arms and sixty archers. The watchrotations listed trades from drapers to bowyers. In 1616 pirates were captured off the Kentish coast between Broadstairs and Margate according to the London Chronicle.
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Billingsgate
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Bowyers
Kentish
Broadstairs
Margate
London Chronicle
Sot in His Ways and a Fourth Wife Tale
A writer notes that being sot in one's ways recalls a young woman who married a wealthy widower older than fifty. After their honeymoon the husband prepared to depart with hat and coat. The wife in a white gown asked where he was going. He replied he does not tell his wives where he goes each time he leaves the house.
Chance to Sell Run-Down Property Turns on Value
A real estate agent presses Mr. Yipsley for a selling reason as he admits the property yields little and seeks its true worth. The broker contemplates listing it, hoping a curious buyer will bite despite the flaws.
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Yipsley
Dictionary misses heroine mother of ten children
The piece argues that while the dictionary won’t call her a heroine, a mother of ten children embodies heroic qualities in daily life.
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