Witty miscellany turns from a Montana page
A jumble of jokes and quips from The Choteau Acantha touching on love, poultry, eye preservation, resolutions, naval arms, hunting, poets, royalty, aviation, perpetual motion, New Year humor, steeplejacks, gender equality, heating, dining etiquette, banking and marriage psychology.
Cigar bill triggers grouch over wife’s gesture
A man frets over his bill after his wife brings his favorite cigars from the druggist. A 15 year old in New York is arrested for speeding in a car owned by him with a chauffeur license, sparking calls for protection from reckless driving. Forestry authorities say cutting Christmas trees is not a threat to timber lands. millions are thinned each year and aid forest health.
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New York
Washington
United States
Moving pictures reveal Ito assassination in trial drama shift
Motion pictures of the Ito meeting with the Russian minister expose every detail of the tragedy and will be used in the assassin trial. The new format marks a criminal trial trend away from the west, drawing crowds seeking sensational drama into courtrooms.
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Ito
Psychologist Muensterberg on women shoppers and motives
The excerpt cites Professor Muensterberg claiming women shop because their moral perception is duller than men's and they are less able to restrain the so called imitativem impulse. The remark frames gendered behavior as rooted in psychology.
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Muensterberg
Guam Sees Earthquake Draw Attention Amid Trend Shift
The tile island shows a notable interest in publicizing seismic events as it lags behind others in hopping on the current earthquake trend, which has cooled recently among observers.
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Guam
Uncle Sam Spreads Christmas Gifts Beyond Santa Claus
A report claims at least 60,600,900 dollars in gifts have been sent this year as Christmas presents from the United States. The piece playfully asserts Uncle Sam surpasses Santa Claus in generosity and scope.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
William Watson’s fame and fault lines in modern verse
A crowd of friends and relatives defend the English poet William Watson from madness claims over his volatile work “The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue.” Critics and peers debate his genius, gendered limits, and public reception amid pro Boer and knighthood debates.
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William Watson
Mark Twain
Adam
Eve
Watson
Women in Literature Probed as Flawed in Decade’s Books
The piece surveys how novelists from Ibsen to Kipling critique women through tragic, alluring, or morally flawed heroines. It notes Tess, Becky Sharp, Leah Kleschna, Hedda Gabler, and others, contrasting English restraint with French candor and praising some sympathetic portraits.
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Caesar
Helena
Julius
Gladius
Janus
United States
Edith Wharton
Lily Bart
Mrs. Wharton
Ibsen
Hedda Gabler
Zelaya in Danger While Aboard Navy Mission in Nicaragua
A young United States Navy doctor stationed recently in Nicaragua describes a country far from peaceful. Zelaya is portrayed as private and rarely in public, with his remarks reflecting the tense conditions he observed during his posting.
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United States Navy
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Enjoyment a Natural Right in Spiritual Joy
The essay argues joy is a spiritual, universal right not found in material abundance. It contrasts mortal longing for possessions with joy as inward, outward, and attainable only when spirit expands into joy for all, as matter remains restless and unequal.
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Joy
Earth
A New Town Every Week Across Central Canada
The article argues Central Canada's growth with rail stations every seven to eight miles in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It notes grain value at about 195 million dollars in 1909 up from 120 million, and describes farmers spending holidays abroad or at home, spending millions on transportation and benefiting from high profits per acre. It mentions free homestead land and affordable purchases through railway and land companies.
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Zelaya
Central Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Life and Spirit Unite Amid Opened Eyes
Fragmentary Harper's Weekly line reflects a moment of awakening as eyes open to life and the spirit joins with joy, signaling a hopeful, transcendent mood.
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Harper’s Weekly
Revised Wedding Service For Heiress Marries Foreigner
The proposed wedding text includes a new line for the groom to repeat: With all my worldly creditors I thee endow. The amended service is intended for aristocratic matches between an American heiress and a titled foreign spouse. It outlines the tradition of endowment within the marriage ceremony.
Proposal Fracas Sparks Domestic Dispute
A quarrel between a housewife and a beggar over food and marriage ends with a demand for divorce. The beggar urges the housewife to wed him, while the husband remains central to the discord. The incident highlights tensions over meals and marriage.
Itch Epidemic in Dowlais Wales Cured by Cuticura Remedies
In Dowlais, South Wales, a fifteenth year outbreak of a severe itch afflicted many families. Doctors failed to help until a traveling healer worsened matters. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, sufferers recovered. Thomas Hugh of Chicago attests his family has used Cuticura for fifteen years.
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Dowlais
South Wales
Thomas Hugh
West
Huron St
Chicago, IL
He Asked Too Much During Cuckoo Clock Romance
A short scene shows George proposing to Clara after a brief engagement of seven seconds, the cuckoo clock marking time. Clara asks for love forever but fears a long life, replying she does not expect to live that long.
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Clara
George
All the world is a stage and men and women
The Cleveland Leader quotes Shakespeare noting that all the world acts as a stage and most people are actors in life with changing roles and performances.
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Cleveland
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