Fact Bits From History and Science
Radio and talking movies speed English as an international tongue. In Elizabethan England there were few dog breeds. Nobel’s dynamite, developed sixty years ago, changed mining. The bongo antelope is among Africa’s hardest game. Riverside Church carillon in New York echoes eight miles away. Rainbow margarine with vitamins may extend the market. Death Valley logged the USA’s highest official temperature of 134 degrees in July 1913.
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Riverside Church
New York City
United States
Death Valley
California
Nighttime Dress Conversation Between Kate and Elle
Kate compliments Elle on her new evening dress and notes how clothing changes a person’s look and mood. Elle asks for feedback and Kate affirms the dress’s charm and effect.
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Elle
Kate
Cat Both Ways An Old Gardener’s Witty Exchange
A gardener quotes proverbs to his employer about mowing odds and ends. The boss offers a whisky, then signals to stop, prompting the worker to request a full glass. The exchange underlines clever wordplay on top and bottom values.
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London
Donald
The Schoolmaster and the Hidden Question
A schoolmaster tests the class on the functions of a British consulate with a hypothetical to seek safety after a long flight in a foreign country. A student answers the hospital as the first place to go, illustrating practical understanding in a humorous Tit-Bits Magazine excerpt.
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Tit- Bits Magazine
Stray Stories Magazine Snippet Insight
A conceited young man boasts of worldliness until a sharp minded girl tires of his talk. She critiques his vanity and cost of becoming broad minded, highlighting the irony in his remark about saving money.
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Stray Stories Magazine
Obsolete Prose Reflections On People And Power
A collage of wry maxims on human nature politics and money contrasts stubbornness reform and poverty with a folk talk voice. It casts a wary eye at heroes and motives while noting life’s hardness and the unyielding stubbornness of people and mules.
Footnote Tale of Foot and Fire From An Old Magazine
A backwoods woman with shoeless feet calmly asks which foot is on a live coal as her husband warns her. The anecdote comes from an L and N Employees Magazine and reflects rustic humor about aging and labor.
In Our Town Be Loyal To Us
A plea from Mickie urges readers to give the home paper the first chance to publish all news known to be loyal to the community. The note emphasizes hometown loyalty and support for local journalism.
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England
Alfred Nobel
Africa
Dora
Cat
Uncle Eben
Mickie
Christian Science Monitor
The
Christian Science Publishing Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Rame
Modern Mechanix
Better Homes
Christian Herald
Flower Grower Household
Magazinncall’s Magazine
Midwest Golfer Movie Classic
Needlecraft
Pathfinder
Pictorial Review
the Farm Journal
the Country Home
Modern Mechanix & Inventions
America
RADIO
NATO
Torip
INO
Better Homes & Gardens
Household
Micall
Screen Look
True Confessions
Cloverleaf
Junior Home
Eereen
Everybody Poultry Mag
Oman
STO
Mechanics
Mother's Home
St.or
RFD
Chicago Motor Club
Hoy
Ders
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