Montana bounty on stock destroying animals act 1907
Montana legislative act requires claimants to fill bounty affidavits in their own handwriting with numbers written in words and figures. If unable, another may fill, except officers. Witnesses must also fill blanks in own handwriting. No erasures allowed on bounty certificates or affidavits. Enacted March 5 1907 by Governor J K Toole. Filed by A N Yoder secretary of state.
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Legislative Assembly
State of
Montana
J. K Toole
A. N. Yoder
Cruelty to elephants and language twists in early reporting
A missionary criticizes mahouts for cruelty citing a constant forehead sore used to coerce elephants. The piece also relays a traveler’s assertion that there is no single Chinese language with Cantonese and Amoy intelligibility. pigeon English is the mercantile lexicon. The dialogue includes Alexander Hamilton explaining genius as the fruit of labor and thought.
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Kipling
Canton
Alexander Hamilton
Art of Reading and the Apprenticeship of Language
The passage argues that reading well requires early effort and disciplined study. It compares reading to music and painting, stating it is an art that demands stern apprenticeship and that knowing only one language limits broader understanding.
Travel banter quotes a mummy queen in Egypt
In a travel chat, Major recalls the mummy of a queen seen in Egypt. The exchange highlights how ancient preservation astonishes with a woman dried up and preserved.
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Egypt
Philadelphia Inquirer
Quotations in Chicago News Voice
A collection of maxims on speech and prudence contrasts from Chicago News and Giles. The first warns that fools talk blindly while the wise withholds harmful speech. The second jokes that the rich may struggle to digest excess as the poor do without meat.
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Chicago News
Giles
How He Got Even During Civil War Times
A Boston Herald anecdote recalls Gilman Fay in Fayville who buys groceries with 68 cents, receiving slips for change from Colonel Dexter Fay. When later offered pumpkin seeds as change, Gil refuses and demands redeemable dollars worth of goods, highlighting wartime scarcity and barter.
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Gilman Fay
Fayville
Dexter Fay
Fay
Gil
Gill
Boston Herald
A Bluff With a Cork Leg
A New York Press anecdote describes a man with a cork leg boasting of stoic pain tolerance. He pricks his leg with a knife in a railroad car while three companions react with fainting, paleness, and abrupt departure.
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New York Press
Stories of Brahms and his blunt critics
Anecdotes recount Brahms seating on the piano lid to deter aspirants and claiming the instrument is out of tune. A bold youth asks for his address and Brahms humorously directs him to his own home, up three flights, before departing with amiable manners.
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Chicago
Brahms
Dr. Brahms
Lioness Temperament Compared to Lions in Training
An animal trainer claims lionesses are more dangerous than male lions due to erratic temperaments. He notes lions show bad mood openly, while a female attacks suddenly and stealthily, likening them to a friendly fox terrier until danger strikes. He warns that most trainer maulings involve females.
Greenland Glaciers Show Stratified Basal Ice Faces
New observations reveal nearly all Greenland glaciers terminate in vertical faces 100 to 1000 feet high with basal ice layers and earth materials arranged in stratified laminations. Layers are twisted and shoved, while movement at the ice border runs from a foot per day to a foot per week.
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Greenland
Parrot Gives Bitter Greeting From New Two Story House
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a parrot in a two story house. The bird greets its owner with profane words, sparking amusement about who the bird treats as janitor and boss.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
His First Love Affair Joke Reveals Self-Love Twist
A humorous exchange shows Mrs. Pose explaining her husband’s single love affair was with himself long before meeting her, as Mrs. Rose presses about multiple romantic entanglements.
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Mrs. Rose
Mrs. Pose
Rose
Women In Medicine Note Two Doctors
A Boston Transcript excerpt captures a dialogue between two women about a male patient and a proposed marriage. The first Lady Doctor notes the man is sleeping and recovering while the Second Lady Doctor confirms delirium.
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Boston Transcript
A Coward Never Forgave French Proverb
A compact note presents the French proverb coward never forgave as a moral maxim about unforgiving behavior and personal character.
Romance of a Necklace Emerges From Dublin Auction
An old Dublin woman’s estate sold a necklace of green stones for a small sum. Two buyers invested £5 and faced a jeweler’s £1,500 offer, then sold the pieces for £7,000 in London where Lord Rosebery bought them for about £20,000. The emeralds reportedly dated from French royal jewels.
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London
Lord Rosebery
France
A Smooth Villain and a Cab Versus Streetcar
A dialogue from the Chicago Record-Herald shows a wife bristling that her husband used to hire a cab for their outings, while he defends using the streetcar to display her in public. He emphasizes pride in her and social visibility over privacy.
The Story of a Charm in a Paris Museum Mystery
An Englishwoman recalls a little Japanese charm that caused misfortune and illness each time it was worn. Her son brings the jewel to a Paris museum expert who identifies it as the emblem of sickness, prompting the woman to stop wearing it.
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Paris Museum
Translation Called For Downright Woman
A brief dialogue cues a call for translation amid a repartee. The lines reference Athens of America and travel from Boston to Baltimore, reflecting a literary or stage exchange in a historical newspaper snippet. The piece foregrounds character names such as D W and C T within a urban American setting.
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America
D. W
C. T
Boston
Baltimore
A Marked Advantage In A Lawyer Doctor Exchange
A witty dialogue contrasts lawyers and doctors as the lawyer mocks and the doctor replies with dry humor. The exchange highlights the imperfect nature of both professions and ends with a quip about angels.
Not Thankless Press Critic Quote Exchange
Dialogue captures a light exchange about criticism between Harry and a press critic. The lines reveal a humorous view of writing and gratitude, with affectionate sarcasm about the nature of press work. The scene emphasizes the blurring of thanks and critique in journalism.
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Harry
Cut the Night in Two Says Victor Hallopeau
Professor Victor Hallopeau of the Paris Academy of Medicine extols splitting sleep into two blocks. Sleep by 10 pm to 2 am, then 5 to 8 am, claiming three hours of quiet hours unlock new powers and ideas. He suggests mechanical waking to form the habit and maintain the routine.
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Victor Hallopeau
Paris Academy of Medicine
Bays
Blemer
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