Notable Figures and Global Ties Highlight Mission Boards
A collage of profiles notes Sir Mortimer Durand urging quality in mission boards. It mentions Prof. Eugene Hilward of UC Berkeley granted leave, Amanda de la Torre in Mexican high society, and visits by New Zealand figures to California. The piece wanders through travels, marriages, and distant connections involving the United States, Mexico, and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Durand
Eugene W. Hilward
Department of Agriculture
University of California
California
Amanda Dla de la Torce
Provident Clag
Mexico
Ignacio de la Torre
LY. Asson
Varniuta Stoner
Etter
Imspevtar
New Zealand
Uae
Hla le
Bari Gould
Bea Cate
Whitawur Wright
eGoy
Plakney Whyte
Maryland
Baltimore
Annapolis
Boston
London Politics and Plans for Thames Barrier Dam
A London report notes Liberal figures and the Boudon Referment pushing reform while Parliament debates safety measures. Engineers propose a Thames barrier from Gravesend to Tilbury with four locks and a railroad tunnel linking Kent, changing tidal access and shipping routes for the upper river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin ‘Thomasson
John Bright
Daly
Leas Hon Ty
Liberal Party
Eaibusers
Landon
Boudon Asausinlion
Britiah House of Commons
London
Thames River
Gravesend
Uilbuey
Teks
Oas
Ap Wotfori
Thames
Kent
Devilled Linotype Errors Highlighted by Laurence Huttonettes
The piece notes a satirical typographical error in Huttonettes style during his Journal reading on the conamidation of the Astor Tilden and Lenox libraries. It recalls his quip about New York being changed by the Lenox bequest and his miswritten phrase vast bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Huttonettes
Astor
Tilden
Lenox
New York
James Lenox
Notato Burglar Haunts New York Firm
A New York firm pins a note to a damaged case after repeated burglaries by a thief and an associate named Jimmy. The proprietor asks for a bill and proof of changes before responding, while no reply has yet been received from the burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notato
New York
Jimmy
Tank HOF Muo Calve and the monument sketch tale
The Brent singer and actress Calve entrusted a French sculptor to design her tomb memorial about four years ago. Initially he thought it a jest, but he soon believed she was serious and began a sketch for the monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amma Calve
Stamps Afloat and Other Fragments in the News
A collage of quirky notes and anecdotes appears from stamps to gossip, with items on Crawford’s prized U S stamps aboard the ship Valhalla, a young couple’s chatter about marriage, a Minnesota cow study on overcivilization, vanished family skeleton jokes, and brief quips from various papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
United States
Valhalla
Royal Swim Tales Mixed From Courts and Empires
A garbled report mixes royal intrigue with religious ties and imperial views. It cites Prince Bite and Princess Mva of Gattenburs, sultanate tensions, a Chinese ceremony, and Bulgaria’s Prince Bordnand seeking Vatican forgiveness through Princess Clementine while an American observer praises King Leopold II and Congo colonization plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bite
Kilser
Saul
Mva
Gattenburs
Eoure Stussips
Morne
Hongkong
Bordnand
Bulgaria
Vatican
Clementine
Leopold
Belgium
Congo
Africa
Unfit Zululand land and diverse postwar notes
A British delimitation commission finds four fifths of Zululand unfit for European habitation. Other items report 1944 UK emigration totals 53 877 with Canada receiving many, rare Osmunda regalis trees fetched for St Petersburg from Adler coast, Krupp widow funding a convalescent home in Germany, and a Dover wedding linked to a London matrimonial ad with a Chinese groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Delimitation Commission
Stub
British Board of Trade
United Kingdom
Canada
Imegriial
Bardens
St. Petersburg
Black Sea
Adler
Frederick Krupp
Faniong
Silyeon
Ereal Urieup
Stulgelurg
Germany
Keyptan
UPA
Wis Nay
Schemm
Agsiian Dem
Wial
London
Dover
Haglan
China
Kent
Fragmented Tales of Odd Threads and Sharp Wit
A jumble of anecdotes spans Webster’s drink, a New York pipe show price, a quip by a London committee clerk, a British officer’s drill medal joke, and a farmer’s family boasting medals for a breed of pigs.
Curious items from a city page fill column notes
A jumble of observations mentions a Pittsburg office building with dust washing, a toy balloon magnate said to be poor, and a New Jersey straw cleaning gang. Other notes claim a 1517 Spain lawsuit, odd “manafia” remarks, two historic names on Spring Street New York, and beekeeping claims about incubating and honey output from a single hive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Peter Henry Chevantier
New Jersey
Spain
Wurm
Ustrous Brostaity
Spring Street
Mamauteil
New York
TARTARIC TRUTHS
A collection of aphorisms contrasts love and marriage craft with self centered men and aging as well as social morale. It notes that ease of romance does not ensure good marriage and warns that many possessors of wealth or success rely on bluster.
Names and Nonsense Pieces From Ragtime Panels
A collage of comic clippings notes misread names for pupils and playful mispronunciations. Items include a boy named Joseph Propkins Jules misheard as Joseph Propking Juice and a mock headline about Joseph the Prophet. The list blends jokes from various era papers with quips on manners and social manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Joseph Propkins Jules
Joseph the Prophet
Tompkins
The Young Inventor and Feisty Bits
A collage of light vignettes and quips from 19th century papers. Jokes on fashion church talk and beekeeping mishaps mix with social barbs and a conductor's quip about faster trains.
Baseball Sextet Echoes in London Style Puck Dialogue
A playful excerpt echoes Shakespearean wit and 1920s slang as characters discuss baseball and social quirks. The dialogue riffs on Higging’s mischief, Clara’s vanity, and Tyabel’s auto obsession, blending theatrical pranks with newspaper chatter.
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Big
Holy London
Papa Chicago Tribune
Minnesota Experiment Station
Prof
Haecker
Maing
Boston Record
Brooklyn Lisa
Pohick
Chicago Sun
Rivers
Brooks
Chicago Tribune
Barwell
Charles Barwell
C. B
Harrow
England
Lucknow
Kansan
Legge
Mohiteble Vin
Louisville Courier-Journal
Atchison, Kai
St. Bowls
St. Louis Republic
Plutarch
Ocean
Daniel
Brontway
Wralkhie
London County Couned
Balfour Browne
Curious
Interesting
Papa
Gracie
Russell
Houston Post
Wisdom
Folly
Brooklyn Lite
Sloper
Chicago Daily
Newa
George
Sue
Gerald
Chicago
St. Peter
Sve
Spuds
Pnuck
Billee Goat
Nanette Goat
Puck
Chelty
Ethel
Kansas City
Calago Tribune
Great Britain
Grayce
Gladys
Dottie
Kapa
Willie
Cleveland
Rooking
Scribbleum
Washington Star
Alice
Brooklyn
Chicago Record-Herald
Genevieve
Watt
Sun
Jackson Nut
Massillon
Goshen Lim
Gas House Coke Egg
Gas House Coke Chestnut
The
Parsch Lumber Co
Mill Street
South Lorain
Colton Y.M.C. A
Lorain County
National Bank OF
Elyria
Stor
H. Ely
D. C. Baldwin
E. E. Williams
S. H. Squires
Ais't
Hamlet
Arabella
Clara
Tyabel
Recford-Herald
Pauline
Penelope
Louis Scuxcurrer
UHRA
A. R. Champney
Elyria Bottling
White Rock
Sas Lorain
Lorain County Banking CO
Andwar
Parks Foster
Sumage B. Day
the Pres
A.B. Taylor
B. A. Dastma
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