Mountain Club House opens in North Georgia resort
The Mountain Club House announces reopening for transient and traveling public as a premier 80 acre resort in North Georgia. Proprietor Craig R Arnold advertises fine meals, electric lights, running water and shaded, cool grounds for guests and visitors.
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Craig R, Arnold
Official's coastal trip followed by Ohio funeral
A Kansas City Coastline railroad director joined a Pacific coast excursion that mixed business and pleasure. Ten days away, he then returned to attend his mother in law's funeral in Ohio, prompting a wary joke from a friend who had heard about the Western trip.
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Coastal Railroad
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Kansas City Star
Balkan perfumery rise amid Balkan conflict boosts attar prices
The article notes rising perfumery prices due to the Balkans conflict. Bulgaria is said to hold a near monopoly on attar of roses, with attempts to rival it failing. Australia shows promise as a source while Bulgarian rose material remains superior. Balkan mountain roses grow abundantly and yield high extract when cultivated.
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Bulgaria
Europe
Australia
Balkan
London Mother Chastises Boy Over Park Hoop Incident
In a park scene a London mother scolds her crying son after he tries to grab a hoop. She tells him it served him right for misbehavior while the boy explains he did not know the girl was a suffragette.
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Bobby
Vindicator Confesses Plan For Yard Garden
In a wry exchange a speaker vows to disappoint insects infesting the yard this spring. The dialogue hints at revenge against pests and ends with a note that money was refunded after the second act of a play, implying a comic relief.
Ghost of Old Booty and a Burning Crater Trial
A 1688 king's bench action, cited by the London Chronicle, recounts Captain Barnaby’s rabbit hunt on Stromboli where Old Booty allegedly ran into a volcanic crater pursued by the devil. Mrs. Booty sued for damages but Old Booty had died minutes earlier. witnesses identified his clothes, and the judge quipped that thirty may not err.
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London Chronicle
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Woman offers butcher a severed hand in joke
A visitor to a butcher shop asks for beef and, while the butcher weighs it, hands him a sharp knife and quips that she has no use for it but he may cut it off and take it along. The butcher asks what to cut, and she says his hand, you weighed it.
Competition and prizes drive business ambitions
A dialogue reveals belief in competition as vital to trade and identifies the speaker Dustin Stax as aiming to secure the prize-awarding role in a competitive market. The exchange frames competition as a mechanism shaping business success and leadership.
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Fragmented dialogue from Detroit Free Press clipping
A fragmentary exchange references a man making an impression on a young woman who recalls a likeness. The excerpt includes a cryptic remark about writing fugitive poetry and a dismissive line about pursuit. The text shows period slang and unfinished dialogue without full context.
Search Land for Scarabs
In Cairo and lower Egypt hundreds of English women work as teachers in native education. They gather for desert picnics near excavations and sift sand for scarabs and ancient ornaments, sometimes finding small items of art amid the desert bounty.
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Selenium Eye Burglar Alarm Mimics Night Watchman
A Pathfinder report describes a French design using a selenium cell to detect light and switch on a bell. The automatic eye watches all night, triggering alarms if a burglar lights a lamp or strikes a match. It could also detect a fire and report to a chosen location.
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Deception in Divorce Case Revealed by Age Misrepresentation
A court exchange exposes a wife's claim for divorce on the ground of her husband’s alleged heart trouble. She reveals he pretended to be ninety, but judges learn he is only seventy two with no health issues. The dispute centers on grounds and authenticity of claims.
Dangerous Philanthropy and a Cannibal Missionary Tale
A fragment hints at a heated exchange over a daughter's wedding and a missionary's appearance. Jubbs insists he gave her away, while another claims to have seen the gesture. The dialogue contrasts suspicious charity with dangerous, flirtatious innuendo about the missionary.
Private detective pursues suspect by car in remark
The exchange notes a private detective using an automobile to run down a man. The remark underscores a tense pursuit and implies imminent action by the detective to locate the suspect.
Bed Divided Against Itself in Humorous Exchange
A humorous dialogue features Tom and his mother arguing over bed halves. Tom claims half is taken by the middle, while the mother suggests sharing the remaining half. The scene appears in a column from Woman's Home Companion.
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Jack
Am I the only girl you have ever loved
A witty Detroit Free Press exchange frames a flirtatious moment as one character notes the speaker is willing to pay for a taxi but acknowledges past love interests. The banter highlights a playful tone in a social column context.
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Fragmentary dialogue hints at social dynamics
Incompletely readable lines show a man fearing a woman described as a mind reader and a reference to a barber's boy provoking curiosity. The snippet suggests tension around gender perception and a casual confrontation in a small setting.
Capable Wife Impresses With Cloth Dress Skill
Rastus praises Mandy for expertly handling white dresses in a casual cartoon dialogue. The exchange highlights Mandy as a deft practical helper and a capable homemaker.
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Mandy
Puck
Promising Writer Debates Fiction Type
In a terse exchange Dibbs notes a friend is a prolific writer of fiction, clarifying that the work is chiefly I O U themed. The brief remark hints at a playful or cryptic style rather than conventional narratives.
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Dibbs
Life as a grand song and a flat key pun
A brief exchange contrasts life’s grand song with a humorous personal joke about a musical key. The quoted lines present a witty back and forth about pitch and mood.
Why do wits propose a bargain sale on election day
The note questions a proposed bargain sale timed with election day and suggests the motive is to counter a demonstration by women voters. It reflects satirical commentary on political maneuvering and gender voting participation.
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Wits
Not the same does that baby strike you as un canny
A dialogue fragment contrasts perceptions of a baby’s behavior with remarks about a child’s creepiness. The exchange hints at unease and social judgment in a domestic setting.
Tombstone ad and libel divorce notice from Lumpkin County
A notice combines a tombstone advertisement offering low prices to ship to Lumpkin county with a legal court summons in the divorce case Mattie Edmundson versus Parker Edmundson. It cites Lumpkin Superior Court in October term 1918 and dates August 8 1913, signed by court clerk C Wan.
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Mattie Edmundson
Parker Edmundson
Dumpkin Superior Court
Lumpkin
State of Georgia
Mattie Edmandson
Parker J Edmundson
J. B. Jones
C. Wan
Disguised Motive Question Sparks Suffrage Debate
A London policeman asks what counts as a militant suffragette and the reply defines a militant woman as someone seeking trouble while seeking a vote, reflecting tensions in suffrage discourse.
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London
Washington Evening Star
Why the buzz wagon fellows are called showers
A witty exchange explains slang about buzz wagon workers. Jabe jokes that to have them you must be in the push, while Steve answers that ghosts walk on payday because spirits rise that day.
Not Bump tious Exchange About Driving and Egg in Hat
A fragment shows a speaker quipping about driving a car and another stating uncertainty. The dialogue then mentions a blind man whose hat received an egg, illustrating a surreal courtroom or street exchange.
Attorney Gaillard Seeks Dismissal Of Estate From Jesse Chester
W N Jones administrator of Jesse Chester deceased applied for letters of dismission. Cites all persons concerned to show cause on first Monday in September why he should not be dismissed. Aug 4 1918, I B Surva Ordinary.
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Lumpkin County
W. N. Jones
Jesse Chester
I. B. Surva
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