Eskimos Taught Ideals of Life on Behring Sea Island
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar O. Campbell of St. Lawrence Island Alaska, living near Nome in the Behring Sea, teach Eskimos sanitation, domestic arts and moral principles. They oversee reindeer care, language work, schooling and a Building and Loan Association, while facing isolation and scarce contact with the outside world.
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Edgar O. Campbell
St. Lawrence Island
Alaska
Dr. Grenfell
Labrador
Behring Sea
Nome
Siberia
Arctic Circle
St. Lawrence
United States Revenue Cutter
Point Barrow
Campbell
California
Sapilla
Artificial lakes alter local climate says German investigator
A German investigator reports that large artificial lakes created for irrigation and city water have measurable climate effects. In ten years after dam construction one site showed a 1.1 degree Fahrenheit drop in the average monthly temperature range, while another area saw foggy days rise from 57 to 86 annually due to increased evaporation.
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Mechanica
Whist Rivalry Between General Scott and Judge
After retirement General Scott spends summers at Cogzets Hotel West Poli. Each evening a settlement party gathers in his sitting room for whist. A judge is invited to join as fourth, and he and the general are soundly defeated. The judge offers a courtly quip about rustiness, and the general replies that he played with latent talent, not a naturally gifted tool.
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General Scott
Cogzets Hotel
West Poli
Pam Giail
Leard Chat
Not the Shoes' Fault in Tragic Misstep
Two girls converse with a man about Miss Binks who limps, revealing the punch line that her feet are too large and the shoes are the problem rather than her. The exchange exposes a lighthearted farce in a social setting with no harm intended.
Missed the Mark A Scot Says Sermon Missed Personal Target
The tale centers on Mr. MacDougall a pompous Scotsman whose vanity provokes a minister to preach at him. The sermon exposes his arrogance and the crowd’s mix of humor and sympathy as he leaves the church with a pointed though harsh critique.
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Mr. MacDougall
MacTavich
Politician Fundraiser Ends with Irish Trader’s Sharp Remark
In a memoir style reminiscence, Indian Jim Finlay recalls raising funds to buy a solid brass chandelier for a leading politician. An Irish-born contributor balks at supporting a figure he says cannot play a note, quipping he was born with the politician and calling the chandelier a waste of money.
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Jim” Finlay
Emerald Isle
Blank
Kansas City Journal
Spinning School On Boston Common A Historic Note
Winsor records that after Irish spinners arrived in Boston a spinning school formed on the common with women of all orders gathering from dawn to night. Thirty-five years later the Society For Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor used the common again as a spinning school with about 300 young women at their wheels.
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Boston
Winsor
Mornyie
Society For
Curious Will Sets Bibles From Land Gift in St Ives
Dr Wilde of St Ives parish Huntingdonshire leaves £50 to buy land in St Ives with annual rent to fund six Bibles at 7s each. Trustees to decide recipients by a saucer with three discs placed on the parish church altar and bibles ratiled for.
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Wilde
St. Ives
Huntingdonshire
England
St Ives
A Worse Stage and Solitude Quotes
A cartoonish dialogue about marital kisses and money from Mrs Crawford-Now and Mrs Crabshaw contrasts with Emerson on independence in crowds. It ends with Colton on life’s length tied to purpose.
Operated for Insurance After Death
A doctor tells Brown he must operate in a serious condition and Brown laments lacking funds. The physician then asks if Brown is insured, to which Brown replies his policy only pays after death. The doctor reassures that will be fine.
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Brown
Too Much Paint and a Delayed Portrait
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Mrs. Bullion engaged artist Dauber to paint her, but on the first sitting he declined to finish a work that was already half completed, leaving the matter unsettled.
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Mrs. Bullion
Dauber
Cincinnati Enquirer
What She Thought in the Lovelorn Exchange
A bashful suitor asks Miss Peech if he may kiss her, stammering and insisting on boldness. She retorts that boldness equals laziness, casting the moment in witty social satire.
Congress Acts to Free Baseball Serfs from Trust Bondage
A dialogue notes Congress plans to loosen the grip of a baseball trust and free players thought to be bound by control. The other speaker jests about volunteering for five years of service in the major leagues as a grimly humorous remark.
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Gabe
Congress
Baseball Trust
Steve
Proper Precaution and the May Queen Choice
A dialogue recalls a man rushing to prepare for his daughter’s coronation as May Queen. He seeks woolen clothing and a blanket, illustrating community preparations for springtime ceremonies.
Rambling Waggles Describes Theft of 53 Items
A rambling witness claims a theft last night left him with fifty three pieces of furniture missing from his life. A policeman confirms the count as fifty three articles. The suspect supposedly took a deck of cards and a corkscrew as examples.
Levee Break Sends Farmer’s Mississippi Farm Adrift
A weathered farmer on the Mississippi sees his land crumble as a levee gives way and his farm becomes a makeshift raft, floating on floodwaters. Local authorities survey the scene as residents brace for further damage and relief efforts.
Diminished Households Share Quiet Family Circle
A local scene recalls Mrs Futters reducing outings due to growing family care. Neighbors note no children in the household, while the family’s pet Fido suffers health troubles, drawing attention to a quieter home life.
A Natural Student
A humorous exchange quotes a judge dismissing a stork birth metaphor as a sandhill crane, humorously noting digger work as the true source of newborns. The line captures rural wit about baby arrivals and skeptical attitudes toward stork myths.
Weary in Well-Doing
A witty exchange about curfews and modest social duties highlights a small town humor moment. The dialogue contrasts household expectations with personal attempts to maintain balance, reflecting everyday pressures and social rhythms.
Those Girls and the Kiss or Die Attempt
Bella recalls a man declaring he would kiss her or die. He lacks life insurance, and Bella pities his elderly mother while the tense moment unfolds.
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Bella
Bees plan and onion scent mystery story
Tess asks how to remove onion smell while Bess outlines a simple remedy from a story that leaves her breathless. The dialogue hints at a quirky plan and a surprising solution.
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Bess
Tess
Does the Hero Marry at the Start or End
A witty Judge remarks that the hero and heroine wed at the beginning of their troubles, not after. The line flips conventional romance timing, highlighting a Northern humorous stance on love and fate.
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Bobby
Des
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Chile
Anita Sampia
Chestnut St
Philadelphia, Pa
Patent Office
Greeley
Patents
U. S. Patent Office
Washington,d. C
Weve
Amélie Rives
Princess Troubetskov
Lippincott’s
Lippincott’s Magazine
Philadelphia
P. A. Starck, Pres
Easies
United States
Starck
Sranons
P. A. Starck Piano GO
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
Dept
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