Nature as Terrorist and Genial Mood in Weather Tales
A whimsical composite notes Nature's dual moods from storms and floods to fires and drownings across cities like Peking Pueblo and San Francisco. It contrasts terror with gentleness through vignettes of typhoons, forest fires, a bear and cub scene, and a whale swordfish battle, ending with a local Mississippi crow birdie tale.
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San Francisco
Point Sur
Monterey
Frank McDonald
Brockville
Ont
Mississippi
Carleton Place
Akademia to Academy and the meaning of learning
Brilliant remarks by Admiral Sims touch on wartime tales and medals while a digression traces the word Akademia from Akademos’ athletic park near Athens to Plato’s training grounds. The piece notes how Akademia became associated with a place where minds are taught to think, enduring through centuries.
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Admiral Sims
Orion
Parla
Imousine
Tours
London
The
Riviera
Nather
Plato
Akademos
Academy
Athens
Skirt Buying Advice and Dyes Ad Varied Imagery
A collage of ads and jokes from a vintage page includes a spoof about radium pricing, a skin care pitch for Cuticura products, a humorous exchange about a politician’s speech, and a late 19th century quip about Commander Maury’s death. The text mixes consumer promotions with light social humor and a biographical note on Maury.
Fijian Cricket Madness and Odd Hair Trim Tales
A London Tit-Bits excerpt recalls early Fiji cricket where matches ran for weeks in remote villages with players wearing pads on bare legs. It notes a humorous hair cut story where Esau’s head shows a single long brushed section, while the house boy claims loyalty to a local team and fashion cut-outs.
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Irtji
Esau
London
Noted Saying on Prompt and Patience Reminder
The Louisville Courier-Journal cites a witty line about a peanut machine foreseeing penny value and warns against taking offense. It contrasts the diligent who say today with the lazy who promise tomorrow, urging restraint in overreacting to slights.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Landor the Explorer Henry Savage Landor’s Global Ventures
Henry Savage Landor earned fame as an explorer with notable firsts in the Brahmaputra sources and Tibet, plus extensive travels across the Philippines, Corean route of 8800 miles, Africa, and South America through 1914. He warned that internal enemies and a talkative nature hinder judgment, noting that a silent man is seldom overestimated.
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South America
Clergyman’s Quip on Swearing During Plowing Misunderstanding
A Massachusetts preacher, once a settler there, rebuked a workman for swearing while plowing a new field. The preacher claimed he had not sworn, yet admitted in a panting, comic exchange that he had implied or impliedly witnessed the swearing, leading to a humorous tally of utterances.
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Massachusetts
Heyer
Heated exchange prompts racial insult in old Labor Clarion
In a wartime era column, Rastus and Mose clash over a remark. Mose fires a crude insult, implying a lack of brains, to which Rastus retorts with a biting jab about brains and dynamite. The dialogue illustrates racist street humor in periodicals.
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Rastus
Mose
Labor Clarion
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Ainet Nathanie Grandi
Nature
Old Jack
Brand
John
Dickinson Sherman
Poeta
Peking
Bwatow
China
Pueblo
Cole
Bates Park
Kitts of Greeley
Long’s Peak
Rocky Mountain National Park
J. E. Bullas
Topeka
Kan
Missoula
Mont
Forest Service
Life Baver
Cedar Rapids
Racine
Wis
Dundee
Pittsfield
Masa
James Burke
Margaret
Mary
Cheshire
Panama Canal Zone
Warsaw
Ind
John Inner
J. C. Hart
Sliver Lake
Fort Wayne
Ala
J. Wiley Reece
New Orleans
John F. Thomas
Prince of Wales
Fred Riddell
Scooba
Prince George
B. C
Forestry Book of Instructions
Reno
Nev
Celty
Commonwealth of Nevada
Boyle
Marlinton
W. Va
Washington
Bermudas
Johs Schmidt
Carlsbeg Laboratory
Gopenhagen
Schmidt
Leeward Islands
Opey Weel
Wal-Teas
Willie
Snd
Colgate
Cashmere
Western Canada
Beline
Sis
Western
Canada
Manitoba
Sam
Alberta
Columbis
Adame
Chicago
Waclachlan
Jefergan Avenue
Detroit
Ead Half
Ford
Comfort Auto Top Company
Germantown Ave
Pile, Pomme
Novelty Co
Corpus Christi
Tex
Hand CO
N. 1
A. Bt
Loa Angelen
Calif
Putnam
Cutamer
Henry
Mr. Dulverton
Marla
Maury
M. W. Maury
Great Marine Authority
Virginia
Julian Street
Sluggard
Life Partners
Union of
Nature, Science
Farmer Iz 2
Partnership For Life
Postum Corea! Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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