No Come Back for Hubby Fights and Wyoming Dreams
A collage of excerpts shows a warning notice from Theresa Rosengrant in 1910 about a husband leaving a boarding house and taking belongings, a Texas Republican Col Cecil Lyon recounting a Washington hotel near fight, and a library scene with a boy recalling Wyoming mountains and a future ranch.
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Mountains
Wyoming
Republican
New Age
Brooklyn Eagle
George Rosengrant
John Rosengrant
Maria Rosengrant
Forkston Township
Theresa Rosen Grant
Tunkhannock, Pa
South Bridge Street
Col
Cecil Lyon
Texas
Southwest
Washington
Lyon
Washington Star
Mummies Used as Collateral in Ancient Egypt
An Egyptologist claims mummies served as loan security in ancient Egypt. Borrowers pledged fathers and grandfathers, sometimes even mothers in law, insisting on redeeming the mummy pledge or facing unburied death. The practice allegedly tied debt repayment to proper burial.
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Egypt
Lightning Lights West Schuylkill Mine Deep Below Surface
A thunderstorm struck West Schuylkill Pennsylvania, flooding the underground mine 1800 feet deep with bright light akin to daylight. No damage reported, though several mules long kept underground may have been blinded by the glare.
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West Schuylkill
Indian Visitor Praises American Women Freedom
Mme. Peter, returning to Bombay after a U S visit, admires the independence of American women. She says she wishes Indian women could spend a day in New York to witness true freedom.
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Mme. Peter
Bombay
India
United States
New York
Quote about imitation and price tag in art
A witty exchange contrasts admiration for old masters with practical value noting the price tag. The remark crystallizes a humorous view on art, value, and imitation.
Ten Years Later He Brings Back Exact binding braid
After a decade the husband returns tired and hopeful with the exact rose binding braid his wife asked for. He explains he tracked it through many states and finally found a faded sample in Billings Montana. The wife notes the color and weight may be off but the man vows to adapt it.
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Public Library
Wyoming
Billings
Mont
Newark News
Deplores Money Power of Modern Speculation
Lady Warwick, the Englishwoman active in women and socialist movements, argues that wealth wields unprecedented influence in English history. She notes money arrives like a dream, sustains society while it lasts, and then vanishes like a dream.
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Lady Warwick
Dangers of Cocaine Habit in Nasal Sprays Warned
An English journal warns women to avoid nasal sprays that may contain cocaine. The article notes the habit forms easily and is hard to break, with hospital nurses at risk due to frequent use of cocaine needles on patients.
Tramp Complains of Soup to Mrs Blenkinsop
A tramp tells Mrs Blenkinsop he has never tasted soup as poor as hers revealing a moment of shared charity amid hardship.
Wren Guards His Home in Central America
A Century Path note describes a small Central American wren building a secure nest. The bird uses closely spaced branches, a woven path, thorn barriers, and a door to the nest to deter thieves and protect its young.
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Central America
Century Path
The Selfish Graduate at Hillsboro Dinner
Dr Archibald Tenderson spoke on vegetarianism during a Hillsboro dinner. He argued youth is selfish especially toward parents and recalled a commencement day exchange where a son vows to repay debts only through diligence and self denial.
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Archibald Tenderson
Bernard Shaw
Hillsboro
Do Good Despite Envy Says Mather
The passage urges readers not to fear envy but to pursue virtue boldly. It recalls Athens ostracism of Aristides, agesilaus fined for Lacedaemonian heart, and Hefians banishing excellence, arguing merit provokes restraint. It concludes by urging generous delight in praise for virtuous deeds.
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Athens
Aristides
Ephori
Agesilaus
Lacedaemonians
Hphesians
Hannibal
Rome
Mather
No Key for Timmins in a Humorous Parlor Mystery
A light exchange centers on Brown’s brush with a footpad and a latch key saved by chance. Mrs Timmins scorns the idea of fatal danger and notes the insured £1000. The couple banter ends as Timmins resumes his article How to Manage a Wife, while the kitchen fire warms the scene.
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Mr. Timmins
Brown
Travel via Rocking Chair by George Willoughby
A columnist, George Willoughby, argues that travel can be done vividly through books rather than actual trips. He notes readers travel without leaving the office, praising the ease, cost, and safety of remote journeys in a rocking chair. He treats all readers as tourists, whether at sea or in a chair, and shares humorous travel anecdotes.
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George Willoughby
National Magazine
Drop of Sweat Ignites Blast Injuring Mechanic at Clayton
A Clayton Mass accident report cites a drop of perspiration as the cause of an explosion that burned Clare Van Riper a mechanic who was babbitting a gasoline engine box. Molten babbitt struck his face, fixing an imprint of the eye in the metal. doctors hope the sight can be saved.
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Babbitt
Clare van Riper
Clayton
Mass
van Riper
Among Strangers at the Garage
Mr. Chuggins laments being friendless and a stranger and notes the sting of paying double for gasoline when a garage does not know you.
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Mr. Chuggins
Libraries in India baroda project leader appointed
Dr William Alanson Borden has accepted the Baroda offer to lead a program establishing a network of new libraries in Baroda India. He will oversee translation of Western literary masterpieces into Indian languages.
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William Alanson Borden
Backwar
Baroda
India
Love Will Find The Way Joke From Yonkers Statesman
A light exchange in Yonkers Statesman humor recalls a quip about love guiding practical aims. Sam is teased about loving chickens and finding a way to obtain them, echoing the old saying that love finds the path.
Multiple Newspaper Subscriptions Offer Through Townsend
An 1890s style advertisement outlines six month and one year subscription bundles for the Tri-Weekly Constitution and various papers. It lists prices from 65 cents to $1.95, with substitutions allowed and a six month offer for all combinations. The notice directs readers to send orders to W. B. Townsend.
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Iit
Constitution
Chattanooga
News
Farm Journal
Alabama Times
Chattanooga News
Georgian
Jeffersonian
Watson's
Uncle Remus
W. B. Townsend
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Craig BR. Arnold
Mountain Club House
Dahlonega
Mountain Club
North
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Craig R. Arnold
Dahlonega Bakery
H. Fk. Watson
Dahlonega Feed & Livery Stable
College Street
G. H. Moore
Daily Hack
Gainesville
M.G. Head & Co
Drices
Ancient
Wren
Timmins
Conte
Commercial Appeal
Magazine of Mysteries
McCall’s
Spare Moments
Southern Ruralist
Metropolitan and
Rural Home
Farm Press Farm News
McCall’s Magazine
Gentlewoman
Peoples Poplar Monthly
Farm ‘Press
Peoples Polar Monthly
Chattarnooga
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