North Dakota Chautauqua Opens Amid Rain and Growth
The eighth annual North Dakota Chautauqua opened with rain dampening crowds but the grounds thriving. G A B and W R B encampments met, tents and cottages multiplied, a modern stage by Fred R Glaston debuted, and new grandstands and cottages boosted attendance prospects. Notable speakers included Frank C Broner and Rev H W Sears, while the Indian band from Ft Totte returned.
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North Dakota Chautauqua Association
G. A.B
Ene
Fred R. Glaston
Chautauqua Week Ends Amid Lectures and Grand Forks Day
Local notes recount gatherings at Langdon with Rev Strand and Mrs McVey, plus visitors from Chicago and Grand Forks. Lectures by Rev H W Sears and Frank C Bruner drew large crowds, while the New Zealand illustrated talk by W Hinton White impressed attendees. Friday marks Woman's Day. Grand Forks events loom Friday-Saturday with Three Musketeers and a Father Nu Gent sermon on Sunday. Also featured are other entertainments and notes on pets Tom the crow and Beauty the pigeon.
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Latourelle
Shibley
al ‘Berta Fisher
Minneapolis
Miss Fisher
Jimmie
Frank C. ‘Broner
Chicago
Twico
W. D. Millar
H. W. Sears
Frank C. Bruner
Association
W Hinton White
New Zealand
South Sea Islands
Ritchie
St. Paul
Yale
Devils Lake
H. H. Merriam
Grand Forks
Grand Forks ‘J
Sanford Dodge Co
John F. Nugent
Arion Ladies
Metropolitan
Dodge Company
Stereoscopic Method Reveals Moon Craters in Relief
Science notes a Brussels professor's method to view lunar craters without shadow mislead by using two photos taken at opposite libration points and combined in a stereoscope. The process highlights details of specific craters rather than the moon as a whole.
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Prinz
Brussels
Earth
Tailor Bird of India and Wildlife Tales
The piece discusses India's fauna preserving most species through history and notes the rhinoceros and tiger as notable exceptions. It highlights the tailor bird of India as a remarkable seed of natural ingenuity, describing its leaf sewing method to protect nests from predators observed in Nature.
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India
Delicate Implement and Real Excitement Across Society
A Washington Star quip on excitement contrasts a man who avoids theater with a remark about clean house duties. An Ipswich iron works manager demonstrates electric crane precision, claiming a 25 ton crane can be started and topped many times in an inch.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Washington
Ipswich
England
Manager Resignation Over Salary Strain Cited
The Dimeculty tells the manager that resigning is due to the strain of living up to the salary his press agent claims he receives. The Chicago Daily News notes the exchange as a brief workplace dispute reported in its pages.
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Star
Jine
Chicago Daily News
Krayneum
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Quotations on bachelors and marriage in Puck humor
A fragment from Chicago Daily News cites a Puck cartoon remark about taxation of bachelors and blame for marriage. The exchange features a humorous defense that no man is to blame until he is married and reflects early 20th century social satire on matrimony.
Plague of the Prickly Pear and Boxer Posters
A discussion notes Australia facing a prickly pear infestation rivaling rabbits in its destruction of land and crops, its drought resilience, and calls for its extermination in Queensland as a national concern. It also mentions Boxer placards in China, depicting attacks on foreigners and evoking strong anti foreign sentiment.
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Australia
Queensland
Los Angeles Herald
China
Westminster Gazette
Frontier Justice Reflects Frontier Law Style
A Detroit Free Press anecdote portrays a frontier justice of the peace who misapplies law. In an assault case the defense attorney is interrupted and the judge declares a verdict with a humorous phonetic rendition of the law. The prisoner is fined $50 for a non existent evidence claim, illustrating rustic legal practice.
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Arizona
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Perfectly Willing to Apologize Stray Story Moment
A youth storms into the drawing room and demands Angelina decide if their friendship should end. Angelina questions the matter and learns her father called the youth a stupid young idiot. The youth asks for an apology, and Angelina defends frank truth.
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Angelina
Bachelor Bishops of London Through the Ages
The newly appointed bishop of London joins a long line of unmarried church leaders. For 150 years after the Elizabethan settlement it was rare for a London bishop to be married. Bishop Sandys, later archbishop of York, was the first married London bishop, and many followed. Today three quarters of St. Paul’s canons and four fifths of Westminster canons are bachelors.
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London
Elizabeth
Sandys
York
St. Paul's
Westminster
Chicago Record-Herald
Ropes Jack Tar Cannot Splice
In old days hemp ruled yacht rigging but modern racing craft rely on steel wire rope for most standing and running rigging. Only hemp remains for hand pulled sheets as steel offers strength and no stretch.
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Home Magazine
Fragmented Old Newspaper Jokes and Queries
A collage of dated quips from Chicago Daily News Detroit Free Press and Baltimore American features a hungry beggar asking for trifles and getting corn bread, a deaf-mute couple conversing in fingers, and a playful line about horseshoes proving a bet.
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Chicago Daily News
Jack
Detroit Free Press
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