Mountain Club House Opens for Transient Travelers
The Mountain Club House, North Georgia’s finest resort, welcomes transient guests and the traveling public. Enjoy electric lights, running water, and 80 acres of park with shade and cool surroundings. Craig R Arnold, proprietor.
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North
Georgia
Craig
R Arnold
PUTS HIS SOUL IN PICTURE
An essay argues futurist art may risk losing soul when money is involved and that American taste favors plain pictures. It suggests Japanese art embodies living spirit, while American art tied to payment loses its essence. The piece weighs futurist paths as a possible, uncertain cure for artistic drift.
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America
Wake turns to birth celebration after Kerry wedding
In Tralee County Kerry Ireland a wedding feast shifted to a wake when a two year old child died during the celebration. The mood changed as guests learned of the death and later resumed with the wake. During the wake a birth was reported in the household, the mother a near relative.
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Tralee
Kerry
Ireland
Heard at the Club Griggs and Briggs on Brown
Dialogue at a club notes Brown's failure and Griggs calls him a brick. Briggs suggests that Brown faces a wall due to the setback.
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Griggs
Brown
Briggs
Quick Quips from a Lively Parlor Scene
A playful exchange unfolds about a cook's temper cracking a home and a son in the auto business. A carpet dealer claims the right to the floor while Miss Jones shows unusual reserve about a tropics trip.
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Tropics
Puzzled Willie-Ta Learns About Ancestors and Family
The dialogue from London Opinion shows a child named Willie-Ta asking what ancestors are and learning that a father, grandfather, and other relatives form a family lineage. The exchange ends with Willie understanding that people brag about lineage through generations.
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Willie
London
Three Rules for Happiness from Dr Walton at Harvard
Neurologist Dr George L Walton told Harvard Medical School audiences that happiness comes from listening to criticism, avoiding fret and argument, and working with a cheerful temperament. He warned wealth pooling could doom civilization and urged workers to be tired and happy at day’s end. He offered three rules and favored mantras for bliss to play ball get busy and saw wood.
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George L. Walton
Harvard Medical School
Walton
Boy Tickled Conan Doyle by Billiards Jest
A French weekly recounts Sir Arthur Conan Doyle entering the Carlton hotel where a boy jokes about chalk dust boots and bil lards. The boy persists and Doyle supposedly loses the amateur billiards match at Orme rooms, then rewards the taunter with a sovereign. The boy later shows a paper with Doyle’s photograph and match details.
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L’opinion
Sir Conan Doyle
Carlton Hotel
Soho
Orme Rooms
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur
Kilkenny philanthropist misled by clerical error coffin confusion
A Kilkenny man received a coffin planned for a pauper buried in a workhouse after a doctor’s bad handwriting appeared as dead. The supposed corpse was alive and smoking a pipe, but the misread order left the coffin to be disposed while the other funeral arrangements were canceled.
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Kilkenny
Ireland
Dialogue Portrait of a Large Woman and Her Husband
A humorous exchange portrays the dynamics between a large woman and her small husband. The couple feigns assertiveness, each dismissing the other's supposed confidence in a lighthearted, bantering tone.
Mercenary Age Heroine and Price Echoed
A dialog evokes a famed mercenary with lines about his value and worth. The exchange hints at a man of notable skill and reputation, drawn into questions of price and merit.
An Exception Walls Have Ears Dialogue Mystery
A terse line exchange uses witty banter about surveillance and secrecy. A playful vignette hints at hidden listening devices and the fragility of private chatter in a crowded space.
Fooling Papa Causes Comic Family Scene
A young woman tricks her father over a suitor named Perkins. The father scolds the modern girl for refusing Perkins and urges reconciliation, unaware of the prank until Edwin Perkins greets Clara that evening in the drawing room.
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Paterfamilias
Perkins
Papa
Edwin Perkins
Clara
London
Furs That Bring Memories And Skunk Skin Fashion
A New York Mail piece notes leopard skins are scarce and not all women will wear them this year. It humorously examines the trend of skunk skin fur and its eye catching black and white pattern, recalling country boys and past memories of flirtatious nights.
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Fifth Avenue
New York Mail
New Advertising Ideas Shine in Broadway Day and Night
The article describes two fresh outdoor ads in Broadway. By day a draped sightseeing auto shows a ragtime song title with a brass band visible above the cloth. By night a large illuminated balloon carries the gum firm’s name readable from the sidewalk.
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Broadway
Avoiding Pneumonia Through Personal Precautions
Advice from the Journal of the American Medical Association emphasizes pneumonia prevention as a city life issue. It urges middle aged individuals to avoid crowded, fatigue laden situations and missed meals, especially during rush hours on crowded streetcars, to reduce infection risk.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Eskimo Lamps and Their Social Significance
Harper's Weekly notes that the Eskimo lamp likely formed before dispersal from southern coastal homes and evolved with latitude. Northern lamps boast 17 to 36 inch wick edges, used to melt snow for water, cook, light, warm, dry skins, and in arts, while each household head maintains a personal lamp as a family sign.
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Alaska
Point Barrow
Greenland
Harper’s Weekly
Scotch Curiosity
A woman sends a servant to a sick neighbor to learn how her husband fared that morning. The reply states the husband is very ill and may die at any moment. The visitor says she will wait a while since she has nothing else to do.
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Rosine
Some Hope In Rescue Exchange With Puck Quote
A brief cartoon caption shows a man aiding a small girl in a rescue attempt. The girl doubts the man is dead while noting he was the slowest kid in the neighborhood spoken by Puck in the dialogue.
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Puck
Lost Accomplishment
A reflective fragment recalls youth and the difficulty of spelling Popocatepetl, implying a nostalgic sigh over time passed and lost linguistic prowess. The exchange contrasts past ease with current aging memories.
Bodkins Demonstrator of His Own Unfitness
In a terse exchange, Bodkins is described as a demonstrator. The remark pivots on his own unfitness, highlighted as the main point of the remark.
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Bodkins
Man Questions Private Detective Agency Rooms
A man asks why he took rooms above a private detective agency answering that he wished to live above suspicion in a terse exchange.
Destination in Doubt
A brief note ponders Bounders the sport figure, declaring Poor ol Bounders is dead and questioning whether he was or is alive, implying uncertainty about his status.
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Bounders
German government protects birds of paradise from plume hunters
German colonial authorities in New Guinea raise export duties on birds of paradise skins to cut feather demand. The move targets the species endangered by plume hunting and aims to prevent extinction while women worldwide are noted in context.
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German New Guinea
Material for Frankfurters and a Dog Racket
A humorous snippet notes that London gathers 3,000 stray dogs each month while a playful aside imagines the cry of vendors serving hot frankfurters. The piece blends satire with a casual urban scene remark.
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Bacon
London
Egbert
Dialogue on Respect and Size in a Judge’s Court
A stylized exchange where a man asks how to respond to a black man calling him a racial slur and the judge questions the size of the man. The vignette centers on demeaning language and authority in a courtroom setting.
Unusual Sighting Sparks Conversation at Morning Light
Mrs Church asks why Mrs Gotham squints as she recalls her husband flashing a $20 bill earlier this morning. The brief exchange captures small town surprise and humor over a conspicuous gesture.
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Mrs. Church
Gotham
Rosine Wonders If Love Outweighs Groceries
In a pragmatic mood, Rosine asks if romance matters when groceries are at stake. The exchange hints at domestic priorities taking precedence over sentimental ideals in daily life.
Whipping, Defeat, and a Father Son Duel
A fragmentary dialogue notes a confrontation between a father and son after a match. The exchange centers on whether the father conceded defeat, with the son insisting the result was a draw.
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