City government directory lists elected officials and church leaders
A fragmented directory lists mayoral and alderman names, school trustees, county officials, roads committee members and notaries across Auraria, Lula Creek and various districts. It also names Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Church of God pastors with service times and Sunday School details.
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M.C. Wyley
Supt Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
J. ©. Carson
Church OF God
Gordon Watson
A. L. Pitts
Small Wonder He Paid Up
A publishing firm uses a persuasive letter to urge a debtor to remit $2, invoking Lincoln and Twain as examples of honesty and responsibility. The note stresses self-respect and integrity, claiming most businesses are honest and that paying now will feel right. A separate joke about a rubber baby closes the passage.
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Dans
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain
Egyptian find at Beisan reveals five centuries of occupation
Excavations at Beisan, the biblical Bethshean, uncover substantial Egyptian buildings and five large inscriptions of Seti I and Rameses I. The stones show military dispositions of Egyptian divisions and reference neighboring Jordan towns. Beisan lies near the Jordan, about 55 miles north north east of Jerusalem. Seti I, ruler of the nineteenth dynasty, reigned around 1366 B C and was father of Rameses II.
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Palestine
Beisan
Bethshean
Seti I
Rameses I
Jerusalem
Jordan
Egypt
Rameses II
Why He’s Upset in a Fashionable Beach Scene
A slender man laments the difficulty of wearing a loose summer suit and a soft collared shirt while trying to appear unconcerned at a beach. He compares his discomfort to a bean pole and likens his neck to a turtle as he acknowledges the heat and conspicuousness.
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David
Detroit News
Spur On His Work Through Strong Incentive
A dialogue fragment shows Vera urged to press her husband by declaring a strong incentive helps him do his best work. The exchange reflects domestic advice tone as Life magazine quotes the exchange.
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Vera
Canton Cotton Mills seeking 650 workers for new Canton mill
Canton Cotton Mills in Canton Georgia plans a new plant to open between January 1 and April 1 and hire about 650 to 700 workers. The mill promises modern equipment ventilation heating new housing with free utilities and sanitary facilities, plus a church and school in the village. Applications invited from experienced and inexperienced labor, with preference for North Georgia residents.
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Canton Cotton Mills
Canton
Georgia
North Georgia
U. L. Jones
Seo’y
Eight year old James R loses marbles in town game
James R eight native of a small city brings home 138 marbles then explains how he and Gene played a game where each tosses a marble and the loser takes the pot. His mother comments on teaching him proper play and he retorts that such style would keep other children away.
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James R
Gene
Jimmie Loy
Indianapolis News
Milk for Small Voyagers on Board a Ship
The passage recalls Joseph Conrad describing a mild cow taken aboard ships mainly for children. The animal was boxed, stall‑bound, and displayed calmly even in rough weather, while shipboard children visited the creature, which seemed to gaze knowingly at the young sailors.
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Joseph Conrad
Teaching of Summer School
Stanley T. Williams recalls his first summer school venture in a Connecticut town. He and another youth hired a hall and sold season tickets for an English literature lecture course. They provoked lively, sometimes riotous debate as they stirred discussion with remarks about dead authors and controversial topics.
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Stanley T. Williams
The
North American Review
Bill
A Handicap Joke About a Knee Cap
A brief quip plays on the phrase handy cap as a pun about an injured knee. The speaker notes the knee cap is not handy at the moment, delivering a light, witty exchange.
Swinging Lanterns With Elizabeth Crump Enders In China
Mrs. Elizabeth Crump Enders writes Swinging Lanterns an intimate picture of China’s highways and byways. The Detroit News notes her river trip to Nanking and a donkey journey into western hills. Hangchow is described as once heavenly yet now altered.
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Elizabeth Crump Enders
China
Detroit News
Shang’ Hai
Nanking
Hangchow
Marco Polo
Cansay
Celestial City
Su Tung P’o
Funny Story Recount From Sandy Mush Neighbors
A resident recalls Mick Hen Benny’s tale told at Uncle Hick’s house with whisky and repeated sampling. The storyteller’s humor supposedly grows softer with each round, leaving listeners unable to say if it’s funny or not.
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Mick Henbenny
Hick
Kansas City
Stat
Sutlej Valley Irrigation Scheme Reaches New Scale in India
The Sutlej valley project aims to open 3.5 million acres in 14300 square miles to farming. Over 30 years irrigation turned Punjab waste lands productive and the government now links canals with road rights to move crops to markets. Completion is projected over nine years.
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Sutlej Valley
India
Punjab
Glib storyteller entertains club table with stretched arms
In the smoking room a noted raconteur sits on a sofa with arms extended to illustrate stories. A small audience at the bridge table watches as comments compare tales of Flubdub and other fish or snake stories, with playful remarks about stretching and narration.
Dawn of a Scheme
A quip about testing doughnuts as tires frames a humorous scene. A wife asks about the doughnuts while her husband jokes about durability by proposing to blow them up for tire use. The dialogue hints at a playful, possibly satirical context.
Loud Speaker Completed at Idora California
The world's largest wireless loud speaker is completed at Idora California. It measures twenty five feet in length with a twelve foot aperture and a twenty five mile range.
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Idora
Cal
Simple Scheme Successfully Recovered Ink From Charred Pages
The Bureau of Standards devised a method to read charred paper by placing sheets between two photographic plates for two weeks. Gases emitted by the paper affected the plates as light would, while ink masked gas escape, leaving lighter traces on both plates.
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Bureau of Standards
Popular Science Monthly
Misery in Constantinople Beggar Roundups Reported
The beggars of Constantinople are to be quelled as numbers surge after the war. Police instruction targets impudent beggars in areas frequented by foreigners, with a recent roundup revealing nearly 2000 children living by begging in ruins and niches, including a nest of over forty youths.
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Constantinople
Baksheesh
Slovakia's Timber Wealth Highlighted In Bratislava Context
At Bratislava timber section opening, the bourse chairman noted Slovakia's forest wealth within Czechoslovakia's 10 million acre forest estate. Slovakia holds about 5 million acres, 35 percent forested, with 25 percent oak producing 1.6 million cubic meters annually, 42 percent beech yielding 1 million, and 33 percent fir and pine at 0.4 million.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Czechoslovak Republic
Republic
Czechoslovakia
Hearing Loss Causes Embarrassment at Wedding
A woman recounts two years of deteriorating hearing in her right ear and a painful wedding moment when the minister spoke softly to her fiancé and she could not understand him, despite efforts to repeat. The incident left her embarrassed as she admitted ongoing eating difficulties.
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Cage Tribune
Had a Future Mrs Newlywed Life Quote
A brief quoted exchange about marriage and future plans. The clerk asks if the husband is a big man. the reply says he is a bookkeeper now but will be. The line captures a humorous, aspirational moment.
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R. H. Baker
T. F. Christian
S. A. West
Jos. Townsend
T.H. Wimpy
I. F. Jackson
Dr. H. Head
W.S. Davis
Trustees City School
W. B. Townsend
Superior Court
F. Christian Bhokmi
Poigd Es Tonne
J. M. Davis
C. CO
Porter Tax Receiver
H. Peck CoFoners Ita
Cee Dr. A
Cantrell Bufvgyor i
Ahs Sacs
Baker
John Evans
C. Burns
G. G. Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
County Board OF Education
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowdy
C.D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
R. J. Hutcheson
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
C. Meaders
Notary and Outsicens Peace
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J. P
J. P. Court
Nugget
Gh-Mcguire Jeweler
Dahlonega, GA
Y. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Bank of
Dahloney
Little May
Uncle John
Hangchow City OF Wonders
Traveler
Heaven
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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