Choteau Echoes Wit and World News in Sardonic Tone
An assortment of quotations and musings from Choteau Montana and distant places. The text jabs at theater, famine in Russia, Father Huntington, London's experts, and a Chicago alderman poem about seeing a robin. It weaves humor with social commentary and local color.
Speculative Notes on Wealth and Language
The passage muses prudently on speculation and marriage wealth, mentions a Central Africa lecturer not widely known, critiques magazine editors, and laments pronunciation challenges. It also states curiosity about rubber juice composition and water content in the rubber trust, with a forecast of literacy hints and patience yielding progress.
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Central Africa
Rubber Trust
Reform Praise From Pittsburgh Ledger Quips On Wealth
Andrew Carnegie denounces the captain of industry chasing vast wealth as a low type and extols reform as a blessed thing per a Philadelphia Ledger item.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Port Arthur Mine Echoes Salted Mine Analogy
The article notes the displaced mine at Port Arthur proves as unpleasant for Russians there as the salted mine did for the guileless in early Western days.
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Jiji Defines Breakfast Staples in Japanese Markets
A brief note notes Jiji the leading Japanese newspaper and imagines a breakfast scene centered on Jil as an essential item, reflecting playful commerce language and cultural reference.
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Japan
Yeats on Ireland and visitors’s appetite
The Irish poet W. B. Yeats quips about the country’s people saying there are no fat Irishmen at home. He then invites others to come and fatten up, as a humorous boast about hospitality and abundance.
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Gold Deposits Found Spark Regional Movement
News notes new gold discoveries in Thibet prompting regional leaders to prepare for relocation. Enclard advocates immediate use of the resource, while the Grand Llama weighs options.
Patti Voices Concern Over America's Change
Patti asks if she still loves America as she did before and says the country has changed, and not for the better, echoing a lament about national change.
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Patti
Clean money or dirty bills amid microbe fears
The public accepts badly soiled currency over lack of money, even joking about a $10 bill microbe. Demand for cash remains high despite concerns. The remark underscores tolerance for contaminated notes in face of shortages.
Wheat speculation tale rivals detective fiction
A satirical note recalls Mr. Sully and a group of men who pursued monopolizing world wheat, suggesting their plans were as dramatic as a crime plot and as implausible as fiction.
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Mr. Sully
How fast to save for a second-hand peff-peff-peff machine
A gallon lets a car travel 20 miles at 15 cents per gallon. To save for a second-hand peff peff peff machine, compute the distance you can drive per penny and estimate time based on your earnings and spending until you reach the price, using the given fuel cost per mile and total goal.
Violinist Faces Warm, Yet Striking German Reception
Mr. Kubelik encountered a German audience whose reactions included sticks stones cabbages and eggs but these jeers were not aimed at his playing, marking a distinct reception compared with other violinists.
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Mr. Kubelik
How Indians Live With Four Times U S Population
A reflection notes that India's census shows a population of 294 million, about four times the United States, and ponders how such a vast people sustain themselves. The author muses on livelihoods amid crowded conditions and national scale.
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United States
The Rain Business of the Child Averts Watt
Principal Watt argues the rain business of the child is to grow and many parents say the main business of the male child is to eat. Growth is secondary and incidental.
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Suburban Scandal Involving Edmund Delby And Alfred Hilbert
Edmund Delby confronts Alfred Hilbert over alleged past infatuation as Letty Delby and Hilbert's wife Nelly plan a trip. A note hints at a secret meeting and a rushed departure to meet at Hilbert’s office, leading to a mid morning pursuit to Euston and a tense confrontation at the station.
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Concrete Round Silo Plan for Fifteen Cows and Feeds
A detailed guide explains building a round concrete silo with two mould circles for indoor walls. It covers form assembly with bolts and iron bands, spacing of joints, and lifting the form for a smooth finish. The plan notes silo size needs to hold about ten feet diameter for thirty five pounds per cow daily.
Greatness That Was Hidden in The New Reporter's Break
An aging veteran war correspondent with a smooth face attends a public dinner and passes control to a chatty new reporter. The youth, full of confidence, asks the elder to fetch cigars, revealing a clash between experience and rising ambition at a social event reported by the Brooklyn Eagle.
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English City Tramway System Profit Analysis
Hull's tramway system owned by the city uses double decker cars with a 1d fare. In the past year ten miles of double track operated, gross income about $445000, operating costs about $2323000, leaving a gross profit of $212000 and net profit of $122000 after interest and sinking fund payments, averaging over $12000 per mile of double track to the city treasury.
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England
Bird Disease Strikes Flock From Cold House Conditions
Journal notes widespread mortality among poultry as inflammation of the lungs affects many birds. J. H. N.-Hens kept in a cold house and fed oats mangles and buttermilk show rapid decline. Lungs of several birds contain blood and frothy material.
How to Keep Poultry Healthy in Cold Houses
The hens died from lung inflammation likely due to a cold draughty house. Provide a warm roost, dry draughtproof housing with sunlight and clean conditions. A healthy flock requires exercise, deep litter, and proper ventilation to prevent disease.
Ice Bicycle A Curious Sleigh Pedal Propulsion Concept
A historic attempt merges sleigh and bicycle into an ice wheel. Mounted on runners the vehicle glided over ice or snow with a velocipede mechanism driving sprockets to dig and propel the contrivance.
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