Be a Sport and the Dead Game Sport Ideals
A columnist quotes Charles Frederic Goss on a juvenile delinquency case. The piece condemns the phrase be a sport as a seductive lure toward vice and praises the dead game sport who endures loss without despair, urging moral restraint and responsibility.
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Charles Frederic Goss
America
Gil
Return of Joe Cannon Signals Possible Comeback
The piece notes Joe Cannon showing signs of effort to return while rivals Rube Waddell and Jim Jeffries have tried without success. The tone reflects a sporting moment focusing on comeback chances and current form.
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Joe Cannon
Rube Waddell
Jim Jeffries
Alaska’s Vast Mineral Wealth Revealed by Wirt
Lincoln Wirt asserts Alaska’s riches span silver copper iron tin oil coal and marble with vast untapped lands. He notes government rail extensions and major investments by Baxter and the Morgah Guggenheim syndicate, citing the Treadwell mine and Nome mines as landmark fortunes.
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Alaska
Wirt
Baxter
Opper River Ves Se Authority
Morgah
Guggenheim Syndicate
Bax
Ter
Seward Penttibtils
Membre
United States Geological Survey
Buck Creek
Behring
Kori
Controller Bay
Mantanuaka
Wing Wright Innet
Beda
Point ‘Barrow
Geological Survey
Alanka
Fong Mip Mane
Kataila
Coral Bay
Ian Ea
Treadwell
Nome
Spring Poetry By Walt Mason
The poem envisions spring as near with bees buzzing and plows rewarded by bait, women cleaning the home, hobos roaming, and salesmen hawking churns seed catalogs and rust proof oats. It captures hopeful anticipation of sun and growth despite seasonal ills. The speaker notes eager readers awaiting warm weather and garden bustle.
Notable figures and odd finds in scattered notices
Lionel Lawrence, once married and divorced 11 times, is reported dead in New York. Mrs Kate Warren of Dillon California found a nugget of gold in a hogs toott. Charles Prosser Sr celebrated his ninety ninth birthday in York Pennsylvania. An elderly Pueblo Colorado resident, said to be the oldest inhabitant, found $500 hidden in a hogs toy. JoJm Jaceer was mending a pair.
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Lionel
Lawrence
New York
Kate Warren
Dillon, Cal
Charles Prosser, Sr
York
Pueblo
Colo
Jom Jaceer
Carda
Tennessee
Ole Jedge Dubbin
Murfreesboro
Las
Seven Pines
Jim Dubbin
Elmen
Han
Pep
World market notes on fruit and pump exports
In southern France fig trees focus on fresh fruit for strong city demand. American pumps remain largely steady in Bolivia but in small supply. Asia Minor grape production in 1913 yields mostly inferior grades with only about one third white fruit.
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France
Asia Minor
Burglars Foiled by Neighbor as Policeman Stays Inside
A fragmentary exchange shows Biath ers yelling for burglars from a window while a passerby and a father plead for calm. A judge notes a policeman is in the house, implying a tense domestic scene in a troubled moment.
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Biathers
Ake
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Wang
My Weiss
Jodee
Unclear phrase surfaces in courtroom fight over boxing stigma
Fragments show a judge and a policeman arguing over a boxer's status as a white hope. The dialogue hints at scorn, denial, and pride as the case unfolds in a courtroom setting.
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Judge
Humorous Parlor Gossip About Courtship and Twins
Fragmentary dialogue shows a local scene where a vicar visits to admire newborn twins. A mother names them Seraphim after a sharp quip about almost every couple competing for fortune. The overheard exchange hints at rival suitors and social small talk.
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Cacherukite
Dinner Stories and a Lake Treasure Tale
A narrator recounts a flirtatious exchange and a guide's tale of a lake legend. The guide claims legend says bandits hid treasure there after fleeing pursuit, tossing seven dozen best eggs overboard. A minister lectures on child sin while a watch goes fast and slow, prompting a student to demand its sale.
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Weill
Grandpa Weather Wiseman and Storyful Oddities
A humorous vignette recalls a grandpa famed for weather forecasts and election guesses, alongside disjointed fragments about a piano of anecdotes, social quips, a poker tale, and nostalgic lines about lunch invites, cold weather, and family circles.
Getting His Whistle Back By Charles Frederic Goss
A narrative on a young man who regains his optimism after hardship, likening restored whistle to regained youth and courage. The piece uses reflections on resilience, life’s disappointments, and the human urge to recover cheerfulness despite adversity. It cites observers and a Massachusetts governor quote to emphasize morale persistence.
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Charles Frederic Goss
Massachusetts
Soap as Civilization Messenger in Tenement Ward Tale
George Fitch presents Soap as a representative of civilization that mixes with settlement workers and enters slum districts nine blocks from a downtown district. The piece humorously critiques cleanliness, poverty and urban life while praising soap’s imagined global mission and social impact.
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Loulsize
Leeward
Modern Proverb on Dedications and Meditations of Jeremiah
A reflective line about old things and soul dedications. It notes even the dullest can find fault to kick about, signaling a wary view of criticism and tradition in a compact aphorism.
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Jeremiah of Joppa
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