Boys Win Special Medals for Remarkable Messenger Tasks
About 200 district messenger boys in London received special medals for difficult missions. Alfred Beale completed a chain London Paris Rome Belgium assignment for a high Italian official, while Robbins delivered an elephant with its keeper from Buxton to the Palladium and back, and another boy calmed a frightened lady by capturing a mouse on Bond Street.
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London
New York
Alfred Beale
Paris
Rome
Belgium
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Liege
Robbins
Buxton
Palladium
Bond Street
Tomato clubs spread in the southern states
Since 1910 at Aiken South Carolina girls have formed tomato clubs with prizes for yield, net gain, best display, and best history of the garden. The program teaches ethics, economics, drainage, soil pests, spraying, crop rotation, and money sense, inspiring girls toward farm life and college.
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South
Aiken
8. C
Marie Samuelle Cromer
Teachers’ Association
Kate Gunter
Jersey Moore
Tomato Club
Cra«mer
Proves Woman's Resource The Hairpin as Tool
The article argues that a hairpin symbolizes the American girl's resourcefulness more than other tools. It notes women struggle with hammers and screwdrivers but master hairpins for practical tasks such as opening windows, warding off neighbors, and organizing receipts. It also contrasts cultural symbols with the hairpin as a universally handy object.
Have Learned How to Spell
A juror claims juries are more intelligent now and cites cases showing they correctly spell the word guilty. He recalls past juries declaring guilt in four orthographic forms and notes modern juries spell it correctly without coaching.
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Gilte
Gillite
Gille
Gilty
American Humor and Its Lasting Influence on Press
A Philadelphia Press critique notes American humorists use broad exaggeration from stock setups to create a distinctive voice. It argues this style, flourishing in daily papers, links Dickensian wit to Lever and Kipling, and elevates American humor as a major global influence.
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Dickens
England
Charles Lever
Kipling
Dumas and
Daudet
Philadelphia Press
Doomsday for the American family in divorce prophecy
A Missouri University professor predicts that at current trends half of U S marriages will end by legal proceedings by 1990. He claims monogamy as an institution is doomed and that only future improvements in marriage conditions will avert this outcome.
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Missouri University
United States
Sayings of Famous Men Montage
A humorous collage links famous lines with incongruous modern prompts. The quips pair Richard III with a motorcycle, King Midas with blame for gold, Schuyler Colfax with a smile, Robert Louis Stevenson with heavy smoking, and Robinson Crusoe with a Friday fish request.
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Richard III
Nick Altrock
King Midas
Schuyler Colfax
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robinson Crusoe
Lamp That Wouldn't Burn and a Borrowing Tale
A New England cottage anecdote recalls Mrs Spicer lending nearly everything from eggs to a coal hod for neighbors. Tommy Lang asks for a lamp that would not burn, but the lamp is a misunderstanding. Mr Spicer clarifies the request was for a Kipling book, Light That Failed, borrowed for Tommy.
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Boxville
Tommy
Question of Taste Joke Passed as School Humor
A light classroom exchange shows Teacher asking Johnny to define lake versus ocean. Johnny quips that a lake is safer to swallow if one falls in, delivering a playful punchline about swallowing danger.
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Johnny
Ingenious Traveler Quips on Dutch Women Appearance
Miss Trifle questions the traveler about Holland women. He replies with a witty remark that their essential traits are that they go in where they should go out and out where they should go in.
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Miss Trifle
Holland
Lost Wife Sparks Mourning Goods Hint at Department Store
A nervous man tells a floorwalker he has lost his wife. The floorwalker quips that mourning goods are on the third floor, reflecting a humorous exchange in a department store setting.
Tow Swell Mr Green and Wife See Church
A fragment notes Mr Green and his wife attending church this morning. The line adds a humorous aside about his 1895 fat was an 1895 model gilk hat.
Doubtless mood lesson creates tense grammar moment
A brief classroom exchange recalls a tense moment in a grammar class as students reach the challenging topic of verb moods. The dialogue captures the suspense when instructors and learners grapple with nuanced language rules.
Forcing Light From a Lightning Flash Calculations
An electrician estimates that a single lightning flash can illuminate two square miles and be seen several miles away. The flash lasts about 11,000th of a second, with light equivalent to four horsepower of output, enough to read by for a tenth of a second. Theories on how static electricity forms clouds include solar evaporation and earth-to-air discharges gathering moisture to form thunderclouds.
A Tipsy Hat and a Wisecrack at the White House
Uncle Joe Cannon known for plain dress wears a Fedora with frock coat. Nicholas Longworth, in a Panama hat with a downturned brim, is mocked by Cannon who says your hat's drunk. The exchange follows fashion chatter at the White House.
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Joe” Cannon
New York Evening Post
Nicholas Longworth
Cannon
White House
Crown Prince
Germany
Mr. Cannon
Mr. Longworth
Nick
Handsome Harry Suter On Display At Recreation Park
Two spinsters and schoolteachers announced plans to move to Sacramento to teach, while pitchers warmed up for a game against the Angels. A young guide 소개 Handsome Harry Suter, noting a no-hitter earlier this year, prompting a sharp remark from a teacher and a chorus of Votes for Women.
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Recreation Park
Sacramento
The
Angels
Harry Suter
Seals
San Francisco Chronicle
Discretion Means Paw Picking Out a Small Man
A clipped saying frames discretion as selecting a small man during trouble seeking. The remark contrasts restraint with stirring conflict, reflecting a thread of streetwise admonition.
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Willlea
Paw
Horses Holding Their Own in France Amid Auto Rise
The article notes Paris saw a 28 percent horse decline from 1901 to 1911, dropping from 96 698 to 72 488. Despite rapid automobile growth, rural France keeps horses due to small farm holdings hindering investment in traction motors. A cooperative approach may help farmers access modern transport tech.
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France
Paris
England
Germany
Scientific American
Campaign threats over sultan of Socotra and loot from Kuala
The article recalls a proposed expedition from Aden to force the sultan of Socotra to return loot from the steamship Kuala and apologize. It notes Socotra as a harsh, dangerous land with treacherous currents. It mentions Chinese Gordon, a dinner-table moment, and a captain who refused to land him on the island.
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Socotra
Kuala
Aden
Chinese Gordon
Indian Ocean
Colombo
Gordon
Nature's Vengeance in a Fashionable Table
A reflective piece warns that opulent dining corrupts natural balance as humans devour all foods while other animals specialize. It argues nature favors simple diets and that mankind overindulges in every edible, resisting only nothing from the earth.
Proof Positive At School Milestone Mentioned
In a light exchange Mildred, now in her second school year, impresses her mother who speaks to a caller about her progress. The girl is asked if she is a good student and replies that teachers still call her dear.
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Mildred
Teachser
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