Hazing as the National Pastime Aboard the Nation
Uncle George extols hazing as a national pastime while mocking critics and lampooning public figures from Rockefeller to Depew. He imagines cadet torture fantasies at Annapolis and West Point, asserting hazing shapes future officers and society, in a satirical exchange with Dilly.
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Uncle George
Little Dilly
Jilarm
Dilly
Buncombe
Unle
Hmother
Rockefeller
Morgan
Hill
Russell Sage
Spain
Venezuela
Morocco
Jorge
Annapolis
Erosene
Gazabo
Meyers
Depew
Platt
West Point
Woman Treasure Hunter Claims Copper Gold Ledge in Death Valley
Lillian K Straholm a Nevada prospector accompanied by an Indian guide Bill Kee reports finding a rich copper and gold ledge in the Funeral mountains of Death Valley. She describes a perilous ascent 3000 feet high with a 50 to 75 foot ledge and promises a new copper belt opening in the region.
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Lillian K. Straholm
Nevada
Funeral Mountains
Death Valley
Lillian Malcolm
San Francisco
Chilcoot
Alaska
Malcolm
Funeral Range
Colorado
Clark Road
Bill Kee
Scotty
Ohio larger than many European nations in area and population
The article notes Ohio is bigger in area than eight independent European countries namely Belgium Portugal Holland Switzerland Denmark Serbia Greece and Montenegro. It also states six countries Norway Switzerland Denmark Greece Serbia and Montenegro have smaller populations than Ohio.
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Ohio
Europe
Belgium
Portugal
Holland
Switzerland
Denmark
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Norway
Loafers at the Pool Table
A Kansas City Journal note idles about young pool players who bounce between jobs, claiming the best in towns are the transient type who do not hold one position long.
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Kansas City Journal
The Mending of and Voice. A Cleric Playwright’s Redemption
A 1908 tale follows a minister who writes a drama about faith and redemption. His son Wendell joins the production, admires a rising actress, and discovers his father's moral conflicts amid theater life. The ending reveals a twist with romance and family irony.
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Magdalen
King’s Castle
Wendell
MODEL Rosebud Oh of course utterly
The fragment presents a playful exclamation about realization and perception. It attributes a confident, perhaps sarcastic stance to MODEL and Rosebud, suggesting a conversational reveal or reaction in a stylized dialogue.
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Rosebud
Mrs. Biggs
Paris Model
Paris
Dainty spring vegetable salad and carrot dishes
A detailed traditional recipe from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat describes a chilled salad using asparagus tips beans tomatoes shallots lettuce and radishes with French dressing. It also covers options for cooking carrots boiled whole in white sauce fried slices and mashed baked preparations.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
How to Buy Gloves Says Chicago News
A Chicago News piece advises careful glove shopping. Test kid by stretching seams to check elasticity and quality. Smell for fragrance like Russian leather as a test of good gloves. Inspect stitching for neatness and edge-tear resistance.
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Chicago News
Fashion Notes On New Race and Dinner Gown Fabrics
Fashion notes describe dyed shanting silks for the newest race and motor wraps, white supple cloth trimmed with Venise or Irish lace for dinner gowns, and a reseda orange pin stripe novelty. Plain chiffon broadcloth and blue white muslin with embroidery dominate, with Paris favoring white and blue embroidery on Valenciennes adorned gowns.
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Paris
Brooklyn Eagle
Rhubarb Charlotte Recipe Method
A buttered pudding dish lined with bread strips is filled with alternating rhubarb pieces and buttered bread slices. Sugar is sprinkled between layers, the top is bread, and the dish bakes three hours in a slow oven. Rest before serving with hard sauce.
Date Pie From Milk Soaked Dates Recipe
Soak half a pound of dates in three cups of milk for thirty minutes then heat until warm. Press through a strainer, cool partly, and fill a plate lined with rich paste. Bake and cover with a deep meringue made from two egg whites and a quarter cup powdered sugar.
Winter Beverage Teas Consume Autumn and Winter
Three fifths of the tea pounds used in the country are consumed during autumn and winter. The statistic highlights seasonal preferences and heating season demand for tea buyers and distributors.
The Flower Garden Planting Guide and Tips
A guide from Orange Judd Farmer outlines old standby flowers for summer beds including asters nasturtiums sweet peas poppies phlox castor plant and sunflowers. It covers planting months sowing methods staking netting and spacing for a decorative backyard display.
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Orange Judd
New Wash-Frocks Feature Damask-Like French Cotton
A Washington Star note describes fashionable wash gowns with damask like effects from flowered French taftas and calicoes. The outfit features a polonaise upper dress with square neck, short blue calico skirt, white embroidered undersleeves, and a high guimpe. Gloves of kid are considered unsuitable for wash gowns.
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Kid
Washington Star
Good Fruit Meringues
A newspaper recipe for making fruit meringues with puff pastry shells filled with stewed apple sauce or canned fruit then topped with a lemon flavored meringue. The shells are baked until crisp and the meringue browned slowly to avoid collapse.
Caring for Patent Leather Shoes on a Budget
The piece advises economical shoe care for women including using tissue paper to keep shapes, avoiding extreme temperatures, and cleaning worn patent leather with lukewarm water, drying thoroughly, then applying patent leather varnish with a camel hair brush.
Not Obtrusive in Frames and Perception
A quip on picture frames and aesthetics notes that when a frame becomes noticeable the work is flawed. It argues that common sense can reveal incongruities even without art training and hints at why some frames jar our perception.
Short-Lived Good Intentions Headline
A compact note reflects on how well meant actions often fail to endure the practical strain of implementation, suggesting that early goodwill frequently meets operational friction and fatigue.
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