Land for Sale in Lumpkin County Georgia
The Bank of Dahlonega will sell at public auction on the first Tuesday in January 1922, before the Lumpkin County Courthouse, the following parcels to satisfy a secured debt of M R Bryan note dated July 1914. One half of lot 1128 and portions of lots 1129 1103 and 1130 with Yahoola Creek and public road boundaries. Water power and mineral rights in certain lots excepted. Nov 20 1921 Bank of Dahlonega By T. F. Jackson.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Bank of
Miowit
Yahoola Creek
Astack Mountain
M. R. Bryan
Bank of Dahlonega
Tt. F. Jackson
Pigs as Currency in New Hebrides Markets
The text explains that pigs' tusks serve as money across the New Hebrides islands. Wealthy status hinges on pig hoards, with pigs bought for social advancement. Pig markets attract many buyers, noisy bargaining, and frequent squabbles as pigs squeal and locals jabber.
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New Hebrides
Pacific
Harvest flies and their sound producing organs described
The passage explains that insects with sound producing front legs include the harvest fly. It notes Greeks pondered its song and describes the harvest fly’s sound organ on the underside of the abdomen, beneath broad leathery plates. A membrane over a chitinous ring, loosened by a muscle, and an air hole at the plate base amplify sound.
Tax relief for MPs raises funds for the poor
An opinion in the New Republic argues MPs salaries of £400 a year tax is offset by expenses, making many MPs effectively tax free. The piece says the change is a long standing but previously unnoticed legal provision, framed as anti waste and beneficial to parliament.
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M. P
Ministry
House of Commons
Crown
Parliament
New Republic
Human word usage and biography writing discussed
Harper's Publishers' announcements note a biography explores a man's human side to avoid vege table misreadings. F M Colby argues the term human distinguishes from lower minds and from the divine in belles lettres.
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F. M. Colby
Harper's Publishers
Barracks Lockdown Proclaimed After Fire in New Jersey
A captain at the Raritan arsenal announces a strict no smoking policy in all barracks at all times after a fire sparked by a forgotten cigarette butt is extinguished. He emphasizes especially at night, warning servicemen to stay vigilant.
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Raritan Arsenal
New Jersey
American Legion Weekly
Cordial Relations Ended in a Marriage Reveal
In a humorous exchange, Biff and Bang discuss the end of cordial relations as Bang reveals he married Mabel, the woman Biff once knew. The Judge confirms the wedding, highlighting the friendship's strain and the unexpected twist.
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Biff
Mabel
Bang
Senator Sor tham Reflects on Retirement Claim
In a quip about public service, Senator Sor tham recalls predicting the end of his political career, noting he never promised to retire, only suggested it during unfavorable prospects to gain credit with friends for foresight.
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Senator Sortham
Bad tom Worse and the tongue tied visit
Dan and Bert clash over family pressures as Bert braces for his mother-in-law’s visit and her claimed gift of tongues. Dan counters with a mind reader joke, underscoring a playful, tense exchange between two men.
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Tom
Dan
Bert
Timid suitor's awkward cemetery proposal
A shy man struggles to propose to his love and finally blurts out in a cemetery: Lizzie, d darling would you like to sleep here one day. The quip ends with a newspaper-style street joke from London Tit.
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Lizzie
London
Experience a Disadvantage
Archibishop's sermon on married life stirs two Irish women leaving church. Brid get says it’s fine and Maggie adds she wishes she knew as little as he does. The remark captures local wit and tone from London Tit-Bits.
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Bridget
Maggie
London
Family Baldness Jokes Highlighted by Charwoman
A Scotsman humorous line recalls baldness running in a family. The charwoman laments that her son will suffer the same loss, noting her husband and grandfather were bald, as the crowd at Idinbury repeats the ditty.
Juvenile Logic Notes Half Apples Answer
A London Opinion quip shows a teacher asking a boy to choose between one apple or two halves to test honesty. Bobby answers two halves to see if the inside is bad, illustrating a humorous take on practical fractions.
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Bobby
London
Coin Flip Decides Dilemma At Home In Toronto Sun
In a chatty Toronto Sun column, a homeowner rejects superstition. He reveals he asks his wife to toss the ouija board into the woodbox and then uses a coin flip to decide undecided issues.
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Toronto Sunday World
Hawthorne Memorial Church Preservation Planned
The old Hawthorne church at South Casco Maine, where Nathaniel Hawthorne lived as a boy, is to be preserved and maintained as a memorial to him.
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Hawthorne
South Casco
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Pass the Cakes Exchange Between Mother and Johnny
Dialogue exchange shows a mother urging restraint as Johnny asks for more cakes, with both insisting on passing portions. The light tense exchange centers on shared dessert and humorous insistence.
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Johnny
Mother
Naturally Indignant Insertion of a Bon Bon Moment
A Birmingham Age Herald quip questions a lover’s vow as a woman responds with amusement when a man’s solemn declaration is delivered by feeding her a bon bon. The line satirizes romance and the seriousness of declarations.
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Birmingham Age Herald
Too Good to Be True Electricity Offer
A man promised to supply enough electricity to light a house, power cooking and washing for only $1 a month, prompting skepticism about the offer in a cheeky exchange likely from a Boston Tran script.
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John
Boston Transcript
Carries His Own Dolly and Dick in Street Car Remark
Dolly warns Dick in a street car that she will strike if he speaks again and he protests he is on his way to work. He jokes about two sandwiches and a slice of pie as the motive for the exchange.
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Dolly
Buffalo Express
Expensive Water Power Story Echoes Legal Fees
A humorous exchange recounted from the Boston Transcript features a defendant noting his lawyer cried during pleading and estimating the attorney charged about 100 dollars a year. The quip highlights high legal costs in a criminal case.
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Othr
Boston Transcript
Humble landlord in dispute over move plan
In Humble a tenant reports telling their landlord they might move and the landlord responded that he hoped they would reconsider. The exchange reflects tensions over relocation plans and the landlord’s reaction.
Small Doses and a Homeopathic Doctor Exchange Quip
A brief exchange notes whisky prescription humor. The speaker asks why not have the doctor prescribe liquor, then replies the doctor practices homeopathy. The snippet captures a casual, witty dig at medical practice.
Humorous Exchange Cited in New York Sun Witty Dialogue
The New York Sun notes Briggs-Miss Belaire and Keen-Miss Belaire share a playful exchange about serious observations as Grigge teases whether Belaire is laughing at them. The brief humorous moment highlights social banter in a metropolitan paper.
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Briggs
Ben Jonson First Laureate A Tale Of Royal Poet Honors
A historical note traces the origin of the Poet Laureate title to 1617 under Charles I with Ben Jonson as court poet. It discusses later disputes over who truly qualified and whether the office began with Jonson or earlier rulers. It mentions a modern author arguing against Jonson while others defend the traditional view.
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Charles I
Ben Jonson
Tennyson
Richard the Lion Hearted
Delvers
Locust Plague Ravaged France With Vast Wings and Famine
A historical account describes enormous locusts that swarmed across France devouring 140 acres daily and flying up to 20 miles per day. Winds eventually carried them to the Baltic Sea where they drowned, their carcasses fueling a deadly plague believed to kill one third of France’s population.
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France
Baltic
Washing With Ashes From Ancient Cleansing to Modern Soap
The article explains soap as a modern invention built from ash and oil. Historically people scrubbed with wood ash then anoint with olive oil, a practice linked to biblical references of oil running from head to feet. It notes ash washing persists in parts of Switzerland where clothes are boiled in ash‑rich water.
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Switzerland
Quote banter about Bill's ego from The Egotist
A playful exchange contrasts Bill’s self view with a jab that he sees himself as one of a thousand. The banter lampoons vanity and social perception through quick, witty dialogue.
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Prince Albert
Juvenile Logic
Hawthorne Memorial
Ben Junson
Bill
Boneton
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