Weathered thoughts and wry one liners from Choteau
A collection of aphorisms and quips touching on winter weather aviation economics and society. The snippets joke about aviators fashion diet and politics while noting winds weather and public affairs with pointed humor.
The Cotton Crop Reporting System and Market Rumors
The article explains how government weekly cotton reports shape prices and profits. It details nationwide collaboration by farmers, brokers, bankers, and reporters to forecast yields, while safeguarding the contents until the official noon release. It describes the Washington crop reporting bureau, ciphered state agents, and the rapid spread of news to New York and Europe.
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America
Department of Agriculture
Washington
New York
Europe
Sam
Crop Reporting Board
New York Judge Rules Nevada Divorces Invalid
A New York judge rules that Nevada divorces are not valid in the state. The decision affects couples who obtained divorces out of state and seeks to clarify domicile and recognition in New York courts.
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New York
Nevada
New Yorker
Aeroplane plans to fly to Europe postponed until spring
The aviator's schedule is disrupted with a proposed postponement of the Europe flight until after winter. The decision is to delay the attempt, aiming for improved flytime when the season warms.
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Europe
World’s Championship Typewriters Win Then Fade From Stage
A quip notes that occasionally a champion typewriter wins the world championship yet fails to receive grand offers to perform on stage, hinting at limited fame for prize machines despite skill. The remark reflects a humorous view of niche competitions and public attention.
Counterfeit $100 Bill Sparks Washington Alert
A dangerous fake one hundred dollar note is in circulation officials say. The man who never sees a $100 bill has less reason to worry, authorities warn, as the counterfeit circulates.
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Washington
World Telephone Stations Peak Yet Fail to Find Desired Line
Global tally reaches 10 million telephone stations yet users still struggle to obtain the specific line or number they seek when needed. The report notes ongoing demand and supply mismatches across regions.
Fatal Aviators Review Marks Year of 34 Dead
The report notes thirty four aviators lost their lives in the past year. It suggests some crashes could have been avoided if they had stayed on the ground, using rusty nails as a grim image of peril.
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Bull
Hydrogen on the Way to Solve Transatlantic Flights
A speaker claims hydrogen gas produced en route could fix transatlantic aviation issues. The remark hints that if his suggestion were merely hot air, the problem would be easy to dismiss.
Aviator Breaks High Flight Record Again
An aviator forges a new high altitude mark for airplanes, a feat repeated with surprising frequency compared with launching the era’s largest ship or the death of the oldest Mason in the fray of notable events.
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Aeraplanes
Horace Fletcher Advocates Chewing Milk for Value
Horace Fletcher argues that chewing milk maximizes its value, noting a humorous point about what kind of milk he might habitually eat. The remark suggests his unusual eating theory without serious context.
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Horace Fletcher
Horace
Sympathy Due for Groom in Odd Wedding Tale
A peculiar wedding scene has lingered in memory as the groom, who wed a bride attended by three dogs as bridesmaids, seems to deserve sympathy though he entered the arrangement knowingly.
Harvard professor links marriage decline to disappearance of Yankee blood
A Harvard professor argues that late and loveless marriages are responsible for the loss of real Yankee blood, countering the view that wholesale importation of other bloodlines explains the change.
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Harvard
Washboard Stunt Sparks Purity Grievance
A Los Angeles woman used a stick of dynamite on her washboard thinking it was soap. The incident produced no explosion, prompting a complaint that dynamite makers are adulterating products and a call for purity.
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Los Angeles
Chicago professor links gossip to pleasure in women
A Chicago professor argues that gossip appeals to women by giving a pleasing shock to their vago motor system. He suggests that with more findings a substitute could be found to spare innocent reputations from gossip.
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Chicago
Hold-Up Tales Versus Real Western Robberies
An old frontiersman contrasts melodramatic stagecoach hold ups with real life in the West. He recalls a 1880s Idaho drive from Shoshone to Boise City where a lone gunman halts the coach, orders the mail sack and Wells Fargo box dumped, and the driver is spared, while the passenger notes the eerie desolation along the canyon road.
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Frontlergman
Lfe
Idaho
Shoshone
Boise City
Canon Road
Camas Prairie
Payette
New England
New Era in Finance Prompts Publicity for Western Union
The American Telephone and Telegraph's purchase of Western Union prompts a candor shift. Theodore N. Vail leads an eight month inventory revealing a surplus cut from 18.867 million to 5.136 million. Public disclosure boosts stock as Harper's Weekly calls it the dawn of a new era in corporate finance.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Vail
Purchasing Corporation
Gould
Western Union
Telephone Company
Telegraph Company
Sun Plus
Vail
Harper’s Weekly
Telephone and Telegraph
Timeliness in reforms and the limits of reform efforts
The quote argues that reform measures work only if timely, warning that delaying action allows corruption to grow beyond repair. It contrasts passive philanthropy with futile efforts to resurrect the dead and salvage dust once decay passes a certain point.
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Rushkin
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A. B. Guthrie
Newport
Japan
Philippines
Canada
St. Louis
United States
Uncle Sam
THE
LS. Government Crop Reporting Board
Victor Fi
Wall