Democratic Floor Leader Praises Goldsborough for Congress Service
The Centreville Observer reports a telegram from Claude Kitehin praising T Alan Goldsborough of the First District. He is hailed as able, wise, diligent and patriotic, with esteem from House members across parties and a promising career ahead. The notice is published by ALDA P. WHITBY, political agent.
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Bruce for Senator Urges Experience and Conservatism
Former Senator John Walter Smith endorses Wm. Cabell Bruce, praising his ripe experience and character. He argues Bruce will best serve the state in the Senate, noting Bruce's literary distinction, intellect, and conservative, capable leadership for national needs.
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Jeffersonian Democracy Echoes in Mr. Bruce’s Confession
Mr. Bruce declares his leaning toward the old Jeffersonian principles of Democracy, saying they have proven entirely restraint with the most generous aspirations of the human race. He frames his stance as a defense of liberty and civic virtue amid contemporary political discourse.
Rare Courtesy by a Young Man on Rainy Morning
A young man shields a woman from heavy rain with his umbrella as they walk to her workplace. She, shy, offers thanks. he bows gravely and leaves. The incident stands as a small, courteous exchange observed on the street.
Woman Recalls Night Out with Beau and His Father
A Chicago Journal fragment recounts a Sunday evening where a woman and her beau then his father encountered. He attempted to leave, was guided home by the father, and the father yelled as she listened, noting the boy’s promise of trouble.
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Chicago Journal
Pride and Vanity Quote by Henry Ward Beecher
A fragmentary reflection contrasts pride and vanity as guiding flaws. It notes pride casts a dark shadow and suggests fighting vanity is difficult, likening it to wrestling butterflies rather than defeating them. The source appears as an old quotation with altered spelling.
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Henry Ward eerher
Aunt Mandy’s Code in Georgia Kitchen Tale
Aunt Mandy’s tale from a Georgia kitchen recalls a young helper caught stealing. The old cook proclaims she never takes anything but food, clothing, or what the missus would not want, or when the husband is too blind to talk. The piece appears in Himper’s Magazine.
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A Lake on Shipboard and Ballast Water Facts
A discussion notes how ships must exclude sea water to avoid flooding and describes ballast and drinking water systems. It mentions a large passenger vessel carrying about 1000 tons of water and ballast tanks totaling 3600 tons, with water stored between hulls.
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Aiming for Camp Out Along the Friendly Stream
The speaker prefers camping by a roving stream where bonds feel neighborly over staying in a house with people who have forgotten to smile or greet each other as ancestors did.
Lucy Eldredge and Neal Barrett A Love Conflict
Lucy Eldredge prepares for a new life with her Uncle Clifford and Aunt Louise while Neal Barrett courts her with gifts and poetry. Lucy resists accepting presents beyond books flowers and confectionery until an engagement decision may change her fate.
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Alchemy’s three chief aims and legend of the homunculus
The passage recalls the three main aims of alchemy the transmutation of metals the prolongation of life and the creation of an artificial being. It notes Paracelsus and the homunculus a 40 day feeding with human blood and the philosopher's stone as a powder or elixir to turn base metals into gold or silver. It places alchemy’s heyday from the seventh to the sixteenth century and Spain as a repository of alchemical lore influencing modern chemistry.
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Trial by Jury Voice Through Ages in Germanic Forests
The article traces trial by jury origins among ancient forests tribes over 2000 years, noting its prevalence among American Indians before colonization, and its spread to England via Suvon invaders. It mentions Danish incursions causing abolition briefly, then upland peoples reestablishing it after driving invaders from the coast.
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The First Lesson on Attitude Toward Unemployment
In a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt, Mr. Cobbies states the attitude is hopeful expectancy. He predicts his son will soon abandon his college diploma, discard it into a trunk, and seek a regular job after a few more months.
Arkansas Father Wonders Which Twin Is Which
A Kansas City Star item notes a Arkansas father remarking on his twin sons who resemble each other. He jokes he cannot tell them apart and contemplates not carving initials on shells to distinguish them.
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WNansas City Star
New York Man Credits City With Kindness After Lost Hat
A visitor to New York laughs at the citys generosity after waking on a Bryant Park bench hatless with pennies covering the hat bottom. He notes the crowds and mild air as he recalls a night of theatre and a Broadway dance club.
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Hand Flower Tree and Five-Fingered Orange Legend
The article notes the Aztecs worshipping a tree called Macpalxochiquekitl or the Hand Flower Tree, whose blossoms form armlike stalks ending in five fingered, nailed blossoms. It mentions a Japan rarity, the Five-Fingered Orange, a small tree whose fruit resembles a hand with pointed nails.
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Mexico
Japan
Kangaroo Boxing Lessons From Mother and Father
A natural boxing instinct shown by a mother teaching her joey to box and a patient father guiding the lesson. Kangaroos back off, rush in, and parry as they spar on a hill. The blows land with audible thumps from the hind feet, yet they avoid using claws against each other.
War story by Edith Wharton on wounded at Second Marne
Wharton recalls a scene where wounded Americans are brought in from the Second Marne. A khaki clad woman with a Sam Browne belt kneels by a stretcher and asks if the patient is an officer. A corporal replies the man is not an officer, noting multiple wounds and resilience.
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Maid Refuses Dog Care Citing Youth Inex perience
A policeman returns a stray dog to a mansion. A nurse girl, asked if she must care for the dog, replies she does not because the missis says she is too young and inexperienced she only looks after the children.
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London Weekly Telegraph
The Day's Catch
A man asks a boy where his father is and the boy replies he is gone fishing. The man jokes that the father expects to catch nothing while fishing, but a woman warned he would catch the chickens if he did not clear out.
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Washington Evening Star
Milky Way of Letters Teaches Expensive Courtship
A New York man reportedly wooed and won his bride through a costly correspondence course, said to be the most expensive of its kind. The unusual courtship method highlights the growing reach of distance learning and its affect on personal relationships.
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Perhaps the Reason Women Eat to Challenge Them
A brief rumination suggests some women insist on eating foods that spark disagreement, driven by a fondness for arguing. The remark treats gender with a general, provocative lens and offers a satirical take on social debates.
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