Consuls in the Making Examinations and Standards
The article outlines the consular appointment process led by the president with Senate advice, detailing application, nonpartisan exam seating, and a written test across law geography languages resources and commerce. Candidates must score 80 percent to be deemed qualified. It cites Robert D. Bevis in Leslie's and ends with a London note on discipline through distraction.
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Senate
Consular Service
Secretary of State
State Department
Washington
United States
South America
Far East
Robert D. Bevis
Leslie
The Camel’s Peculiarity in Heat
The camel uniquely sweats only on the back of its neck, not through its entire skin. This adaptation lets it travel in extreme heat without constant moisture loss. A curl
Camel Health Indicates Unique Temperature Tolerance
A New York Sun report notes that a camel shows natural temperature fluctuations within four degrees of its blood temperature while a four degree rise would signal fever in humans and other mammals. The piece highlights distinctive physiological traits of camels.
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New York Sun
Always Fairy Tales and the Universal Tale
A reflection on fairy tales as a universal human practice across lands and cultures. Hildegarde Hawthorne notes that storytelling remains constant, spanning hot and cold climates, savages and cultivated nations, ensuring tales persist even as fairies grow scarce in modern life.
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Hildegarde Hawthorne
St. Nicholas
Jokes on Courtship and Matrimony Humor
A collection of witty exchanges on dating, marriage and family life from humorous newspaper quips. The lines feature a young man debating kiss etiquette after a date, an old bachelor’s blunt take, a proverb misapplied by a mother-in-law, and a cousin’s plan to marry for money with a partner who keeps him in line. The banter reflects early 20th century social mores and light domestic irony.
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Brand Opera
Argonaut
African Superstitions and Witchcraft Trials in Nigeria
A traveler notes widespread Nigerian beliefs in witchcraft and familiars. Fear can drive townwide panic, with trials by ordeal used to test suspects. The esere bean is described as a lethal test, more dreaded than boiling oil or pepper in the eyes due to its fatal risk.
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Nigeria
Africa
Esere
Why Cadets Wear Gray at West Point and Annapolis
A historical note from the New York Press details General Scott in 1814 sourcing gray cadet cloth in Philadelphia when blue cloth was unavailable. The gray uniforms accompanied the Niagara movement toward Chippewa and earned praise for U S soldiers, leading to adoption at West Point in honor of Scott and the Chippewa victory.
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West Point
Annapol
Buffalo
Scott
Philadelphia
Niagara River
Chippewa
Riall
Marquis of Tweeddale
Ingray
Military Academy
New York Press
Dumas Versus Paul de Kock In French Election Duel
The Paris arrondissement contest between Dumas pere and Paul de Kock sparks a nationwide clash. Dumas boasts of 400 volumes and 11.5 million francs from books and 6.36 million from plays while de Kock counters with vast earnings and a humorous life at Boulevard St Martin. The London Graphic cites dramatic rivalry and public fascination as France watches.
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Dumas
Paul de Kock
Dumas Pere
Paris
France
Dunas
Boulevard St Martin
Paria
St Martin
Omnibus Company
London Graphic
Woman and tiger fate shuffle in gate tale
A quirky exchange unfolds as Henpeck jokes about facing either a wife or a tiger at the gate. The narrator notes the tension of home life and the potential peril implied by the doorway encounter.
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Henpeck
An Old Time Sweet Perfume Recipe and Odd Death Note
A historical note describes a perfume recipe using storax calamite benjamin mudanum mask and heat to wax like. It also narrates a London firm clerk who confessed to embezzlement and died after a self-inflicted throat wound later ruled natural causes by the inquest. A short joke about a man finishing a horse at a blacksmith’s shop closes the item.
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London
London Mail
Matrimony like shears joined in unity ends in punishment
A reflective quote on marriage by S Smith compares matrimony to a pair of shears that stay joined yet move apart, warning that any outsider to the union bears the brunt of its force.
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Smith
Wasted Warning and Optical Lessons Featured in Enquirer Report
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a satirical exchange about vanity and cannibalism as a humorous aside. Professor Stirling explains optical illusions, entasis in Greek architecture, and how convex beams correct apparent curvature in ancient columns. He notes a Manchester dispute over pink shades in fabric and its design implications.
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Stirling
Parthenon
Manchester
Lawsuit Debates Color Perception Illusion Claim
A London Standard note argues a lawsuit failed to prove pink is real, asserting it is an illusion created by arrangement of other colors and that no colors exist beyond those supplied by the designer.
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London Standard
Power of a Song and Anecdotes from a London Concert
A London Crystal Palace concert featured Mme Albani performing the French Partridge song, provoking a sport loving gentleman to praise her and vow to kill no more after hearing her sing. The page also relays quick quips about a pompous doctor, a mason, and other brief witticisms. A Bridgeport license transfer notice follows, with Michael McPadden applying to move his spirituous liquor license from 409 Water Street to 285 Grand Street and local electors endorsing the deed.
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Crystal Palace
London
Mme. Albani
Mme. Bani
Board of County
Fairfield County
Water Street
Grand’ Street
Bridgeport
Michael McPadden
Pasquale DeRisi
Alfred A. Grosso
Como
A. O. Gregory
Bridgeport license transfers and endorsements recorded
The document records multiple firearm and liquor license transfer applications in Bridgeport. Names include Leonardo Riccio Donato Riccio Louis Balnit and Louis Balnit again with addresses 540 Crescent Ave and 2 Lesko Court, plus approving town officers and electors. Also lists Harry P Quinn Co and T J Murphy Co with related addresses 166 Fal 66 Field and 411 East Main Street. Dated December 1912.
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Board of County Commissioners of
Fairfield County
Leonardo Riccio
Nt Avenue
Donato Riccio
Crescent Ave
Bridgeport
Peeea
Donato
Riccio
Real Eee
Aert
John Oconnell
C_ Callahan
John Watcke
Louis Wagner
Chr
Haug
Wm. Mullins
George Kiss
Lesko Court
Louis Balint
Louis Balnit
Louis Ralnit
Andrew ‘Lozzie
John Erst
Jos. Seamon
Gezar Vecsey
Jacob, Levy
Bostwick Ave
Board of County Commissonee of
Fairfield Coun
John T Donovan
Harry Fen & Co
Field
Harry P, Quinn & CO
Briarepart
Aieibeen
Harry P. Quinn & Co
Isid Town
Earl M. Girtelle
Port
J. Ae Sengeetra
Brid
WM. T. T. Mulling
Board of County Commissioners
Fairfield
Anthony Fraenza & Co
East Main Street
T. J. Murphy & Co
Emet Main Street
R . J. Murphy & Co
A. D
Fred C. McMins
Chas. Hansen
John Cullinan
Thomas O'Brien
William Clifford
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Boston Transcript
Detroit Free Press
Edward Youn
Elmer
Chicago News
Cincinnati Enquirer
Jim
Ladies’ Home Journal
Emery Storrs
Fliegende Blatter
Umissi
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Ageport
Inee
Fors
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Saeeport
Wibtta de Thomas
T. Mulling Town Asst. B
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