Dessie Staples Visits School and Local News Week
A & M defeated Waco in a ten inning baseball game 5 to 4. School hosts visitors including Mrs Tom Bradley Ms Joe Harris and Miss Nan Kennedy. Students sent clothing to Meriwether county storm victims. John Turner recovers from pneumonia hopes to return in fall. Textile study visits to Mandeville Mills. Century plant gift from Mrs W. Adamson, 20 years old and notable. Memorial Day exercises and a small breakfast by Domestic Science Department highlighted.
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Tom Bradley
Joe Harris
Nan Kennedy
John Turner
Brittain
Daniel
Melson
Sparsely Attended Memorial Day Exercises In Speer’s Home Town
Capt Chas Speer visited Macdonough over Monday and did not attend the courthouse parade and dinner, a familiar fixture in past years. Dr W W Fitts awarded the essay prize to Pau Nix on behalf of Speer, while Misses Monica Harris and Sue Fincher organized relief for Chipley storm victims, sending $31 in cash and clothing, with further aid from local ladies and the board of trade. A note invites calls for ice at Tuintra Soda Fount, 122.
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Chas Speer
Macdonough
Monica Harris
Sue Fincher
Chipley
Board of Trade
Why in it men get bald and wo men don't
A New Orleans Times-Democrat anecdote features a barber joking that there are as many bald women as men. He notes women's use of wigs and contrivances, arguing the industry thrives because women need hairpieces and disguise for various reasons.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Savage Proverbs From African Savages Mentioned by Ethnologist
An ethnologist notes colorful Basutos Yomubas Wolofs and Pashtos proverbs. Examples include Cross the river before you abuse the crocodile and He who unjustly spears another knifes himself. The mud hippopotamus does not bring forth the gazelle and similar lines illustrate cultural sayings.
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Africa
Dragon and Goddess of Liberty tale at dinner
A woman asked a renowned Chinese philosopher why dragons matter when they do not exist. He replied by comparing to the Goddess of Liberty on American coins, noting she likewise may not be seen and is a symbol people value.
Extracts of Attar Making and Laughter Medicine
Flowing descriptions cover attar production from rose and orange blossom petals using lard and distillation, detailing petal changes, extraction, and aging. Figures note rose petals required per pound of attar and price estimates for attar, neroli, and perfume. then a Kansas City anecdote on curing illness with finity stories and laughter’s health benefits.
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Cologne
Unwitting Jester Gem Answers in Private School Exam
London Tatler quotes history exam gems from a large private school. Answers include Simon de Montfort forming a parliament described as mad and Cromwell raising the Tronclads. Mortmain is cited as an effort to stop dead men from bequeathing land to churches.
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Simon de Montfort
Cromwell
Mortmain
London Tatler
Coincidences and the Rare Book Trade in a New York Weekly
A fragment from a New York Weekly exchange shows Professor Blank and a second stranger discussing a newly released book. The stranger claims to be an agent for the work, noting the author’s claim that writing the book was the hardest art and that all other private work paled beside it.
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Anes Blank
Professor Blank
New York Weekly
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