Ramsey and Dora Yocum on War Talk and Romance
Ramsey recalls his uneasy flirtation with Dora Yocum as they discuss pacifism during looming war. He recounts her passion, his hesitations, and how their bench conversation spurred thoughts on courage, aging, and fate, ending with a playful tease about his embarrassment.
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Ramsey
Fred Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Fred
Dora
Yocum
Lusitania
Sey
Sol
Observatory
Terian
Noth
Main Street
United States
Dora Yocum
Germany
Mirrors Made of Plate Glass
An early description explains plate glass manufacture from melting in pots to flattening, annealing, and polishing sheets. It covers tempering, thickness, and the switch from tin mercury to silvering for mirror backs, noting the minimal silver cost despite its value. It ends with a curious stray line about Emperor Maximus of Rome.
Robin as Inventor of Pottery in a Nest Clay Pot Discovery
A Robin is described as an inventive bird living in trees and on the ground, creating clay pots from nest materials and straw. The note adds a humorous aside on urban vs rural dining and canned foods, citing a New Yorker joke about canned eggs and delays.
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Robin
Pearson's Weekly
Dingrey
Westland
New Yorker
New York Sun
Battery searchlight evolution boosts range and power
The New York Herald notes pocket flashlights with dry cells improved to battery searchlights reaching up to half a mile. Earlier models than six or eight volts now yield 2000 feet range, seven and a half inch adjustable focus, single shell reflector, and 453 candlepower with a nitrogen-filled tungsten lamp.
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New York Herald
Humorous English Shop Signs Draw Prince of Wales Laughs
The prince of Wales reportedly enjoyed signs outside Japanese shops. Examples include Tailor of Resistant Wet Coat, Luggage Sent any Direction by Internal Railway, Horse-bif Shop, Carts Made from any hides Yours or Ours, and Ladies Furnishes in the Upper Story.
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Prince of Wales
Open Season on Sap Runs in Baseball and Golf Clubs
Sap is running in the baseball tats. Been running a long time in the golf clubs.
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Rameney
Doubleday, Page & Company
Maximus of
Rome
Bellans
King Pin Plug Tobacco
Cee Ae Nee Ee
Nor. Verna
Southeastern
Oklahoma
D. G. Williams
McAleator
Okla
Wes
T N. Y
Fort Wayne
Chesebrough Mfg. Co
Consolidated
New York
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