Oklahoma history marks rapid growth and statehood
The piece recounts Oklahoma’s rapid growth from its opening in 1889 under President Benjamin Harrison to its 1907 admission to statehood. It notes the land rush by “boomers,” the creation of Oklahoma City and Guthrie, the transition from Indian Territory, and the state’s ten presidential electors as a symbol of its expanding political clout.
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Klanoala
Benjamin Marrison
Oklahoma
United States
Indian Territory
Oklahoma City
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Louisiaana
Oklahoma Territory
Congress
Thief Uses Apartment Button to Enter Unseen
A young man, forgot his front key, used a third floor button to unlock an apartment door. He waited in the vestibule, pressed apartment buttons, and gained entry while the landlady cooked. The incident, reported by the New York Sun, highlights his clever but unlawful method.
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New York Sun
Rough Football Then and Now in Eighteenth Century Play
An essay recalls how early football used straw balls braided into rope, soaked in water to harden, then replaced by leather stuffed with horsehair. Players feared steel shoes and rough play, while parents complained about the sport’s roughness in those days.
Son Returns from Dental College Opens Office
A man in a small town had a son who returned home from dental college and started a practice. Neighbors debated the word practice and one suggested a mechanical era for success. A tale recalls the son’s failed orchard mishap when a cultivator tooth caused him to hammer the root with a knife and rock until the cultivator broke.
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Blmv
Accidents Will Happen or reeds lace
Ethel Dorrance survives a streetcar crash after a quick act of help by a man with gray eyes who twists a tourniquet and saves her life. The stranger departs, leaving questions, as Ethel recovers at home with her father and learns the mystery of the rescuer who will soon be revealed as Mr Harris of a law firm.
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Ethel Dotrmice
Inferne
Ethel
J. W. Dorrance
Veleff
Kha
Nettle Girl
Terhays
Elim Ft
Engagement Spoiled by Handkerchief Memoir
A tale unfolds of secrets kept and a gentlemanly wager as Morton spills a plan, Harris visits for lunch, and a handkerchief becomes a keepsake. Ethel Dorrance later confesses to her father that she kept the handkerchief, a token tied to the engagement with John Blarris. The father recalls how the scrap of news once stood between his daughter and death and agrees the keepsake is proper.
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Morton
Mr. Harris
Thel
Mr Dorrance
Ethel Dorrance
John Blarris
Ethel
Great Writers Who Copied Shakespeare and Moliere
An analysis argues no authors achieved originality as Shakespeare and Moliere, noting Shakespeare shaped modern tragedy while Moliere refined modern comedy. It cites Moliere's closeness to Italian masks and Shakespeare’s early works echoing predecessors like Kyd and Marlowe, with Love’s Labour Lost as an example.
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Mollere
Motlere
Motiere
Tempted Mollere
Hei Ng
Lale
Andronicus
Alehurad
Marlowe
How Game of Bridge Got Its Name
A tale from Leicestershire explains the name bridge for the card game. Two families, fans of the game, met across a rickety bridge traveling by night. Farewells of “ Thank goodness it is your bridge tomorrow night” gave rise to calling the game bridge.
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Great Dally
Leicestershire
Enghand
England
America
Money Easily Earned and the Affable Trump Visit
A rattled housewife recalls a fleeting encounter with a jovial man who claimed money for passing through four months ago. The man, slipping details, asked for a small loan and hinted at a safe escape, while the scene ends with the dog-sitting request and the stranger moving on down the street.
Aluminum, a common metal in rocks and ore
The piece notes aluminum as the most abundant metallic element, rarely separated from oxygen until electric furnaces made it feasible in the last 25 years, while claiming it is found in nearly all rocks except limestone and sandstone. It includes a domestic quip about a child’s bedtime.
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Linestone
Sandstone
Dearborn
Soapstone and starch in foods noted in ancient texts
Soapstone is a rock mainly composed of hydro-nagnestian minerals with varying impurities giving bluish gray green hues and a softness that allows knife cuts. Starch is the only food chemically altered in the mouth, changing into sugar as it moves through the alimentary canal. The Onion is cited as a long cultivated staple mentioned in ancient Egyptian and Asian writings, widely grown worldwide.
Exercise Gate and Self Care Amidst Daily Strife
A reflective note stresses focusing on personal care rather than meddling in others affairs. It reframes mistakes as chances to improve behavior, urging mindful attention to one s own well being and conduct over gossip or distraction from self goals.
Aromatic Vinegar Soothes Headaches and Fevers
Aromatic vinegar is a solution of volatile oils from elmianon cloves lavender juniper peppermint lemon rind in alcohol vinegar and water. It is used as a cooling lotion for headaches and fevers.
Postal Improvement Week Observed Across Nation
Postal Improvement Week set for May 1 by the Postmaster General launches a nationwide campaign. Business groups and 326000 postal workers will be enlisted to promote better mail use and service. Citizens urged to address envelopes clearly with full state names and return addresses, and to report poor service to the postmaster for investigation.
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Neo Church
Postmmster
Postal Service
Postal Improvement Week Starts May 16 1922
Courtesy remains central in postal service as postmasters and staff prepare to improve public dealings. The Post Office Department urges use of courtesy in daily operations during Postal Improvement Week, beginning May 16, 1922.
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Post Office Department
Address Details Help Mail Reach The Right Office
The Dead Letter Office recalls old and current errors in addressing. It notes Ben Franklin’s era and uses examples like Mr. Arekiel Smithers and vague city names. It urges including number and street to ensure delivery and reduce delays.
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Ben Franklin
Arekiel Smithers
Atlantic Coast
Dee
Jase
Zeke
Garret
John Smith
New York
N. Y
Chicago
Sam
Postal Addressing Clarifies Trinidad States in Full
The note stresses spelling the state's full name in addresses to avoid confusion between Trinidad California and Trinidad Colorado, urging precise postal practice for mail accuracy. It underscores avoiding abbreviations to ensure correct delivery.
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Trinidad
California
Colorado
More Business in Government Postmasters as World’s Biggest Business
The phrase More Business in Government framed Pree dence Warding’s first message to Congress and highlights postal management where postmasters are seen as managers of local branches of the world’s largest business.
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Pree.dence Warding
Congress
POS TAL IPPROVEMENT WEEK Starts May 16 at rural post offices
Worded as a call to action urging cleanliness at rural letter boxes and post offices. The notice suggests Mr Farner and a Mr Stranger may notice improvements and bring benefits. The campaign is titled Postal Improvement Week starting May 16.
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Farner
Stranger
Humanizing the Postal Service Message and Bat Flight Oddities
A historical clipping discusses valuing every postal worker as essential and cooperative, stressing service to neighbors. It then pivots to a note on bat physiology, explaining bats cannot launch from flat ground and must gain elevation to fly, illustrating a fragile, awkward image of winged mammals.
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