Navy Rations and Food Quality Highlight Life Aboard
The article lauds the U S Navy’s improved rations and fresh foods, noting higher cost efficiency and dietary variety. It contrasts modern fresh meat, vegetables, fruit, and butter with historic tinned fare, outlines ration policy and calories, and explains shipboard storage, water distillation, and the shift to a general mess to standardize meals aboard battleships like the Wyoming.
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Terra Firma
Navy
Army
Uncle Sam
Jacky
National Defense
Admiral McGowan
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Stoud
Navy Department
Congress
Wyoming
Lucky
Bia
Virginius a bourgeois drama of ordinary English life
James Sheridan Knowles presents Virginius as a return to nature, but the criticism calls the characters merely mediocre English types. Virginius is an exemplary middle class father, Virginia a virtuous yet foolish schoolgirl, with the play praised for its bourgeois realism yet deemed unworthy of Shakespearean depth.
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James Sheridan’ Knowles
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Macready
Appius
Brutus
Julius Caesar
Mark Anthony
Sheridan Knowles
Bourgeoie
Virginius
Virginia
Doctor Recommends Baseball as Cure for Insanity
A quip notes that prescribing baseball to treat insanity seems absurd. The speaker observes that the remedy would likely worsen the patient rather than heal them, reflecting a satirical view of medical treatment practices.
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H'm
Money Getter
A report questions Swift borrowing funds to buy a car. The item asserts Swift is a higher financier who bought an auto to borrow money, presenting a paradox about his financial activity.
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Swift
Bride in Plaster Soars to Saline for License
Mary Elizabeth Seraner traveled from Fayetteville to Saline County to secure a marriage license for Francis Bales Schneider, the young farmer who had been injured in a runaway accident leaving him in plaster casts. She arrived, found no preacher, and returned with the license, ready to wed.
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Mies Maryzabeth Seraner
Saline County
Fayetteville
Hanes
Francis
Bales Schneider
Saline
Schneider
Kan
Kansas City Journal
How Experts Are Made
In every generation a body of men rises who, with natural ability and assurance plus specialized knowledge, frighten others as experts. They claim infallibility, scorn ordinary people, wield rude jargon, and bully fellow humans across fields from solar myths to eugenics.
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Denmark
What is the greatest human paradox according to a club
A Philadelphia Ledger quip recalls a woman's club secret session as the greatest human paradox. The remark frames a light irony about private gatherings and public perception, illustrating social norms and gendered spaces in a dated context.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Trained seals owe men a living belief rises
A growing number of men contend that trained seals contribute to their livelihoods, a notion gaining traction amid public debate about animal labor and marine performances. The claim reflects rising interest in sea creature sponsorship and employment expectations.
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