Prohibition Debates Sweep Dakotas and Southern States
The Aberdeen American reports on state wide prohibition gains and losses, noting South and North Dakota shifts toward license, with cities like Mitchell and Groton voting for license while Aberdeen and others consider bonds for schools. The piece critiques prohibition and reflects on legal defense ethics and a return to home printing.
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Ward Leemes
Vermont
New Hampshire
South Dakota
South
North
Mitchell
Redfield
Groton
Aberdess
Ihe
Bismarck Tax Payers Back Commission Reform
In a heated Monday election voters chose between two slates for the city presidency and four commissioners under the Galveston plan. G W Wolbert and A W Lucas won seats from one ticket while J P Jackson and A F Marquette were elected from the other. Gelerman and Lucas joined the winners on the commissioner side, signaling a split but overall approval of the new system versus the old mayor and aldermen setup.
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Bismarck
Pres- Gent
Galveston
G. W. Wolbert
Pres- Hent
A. W. Lucas
H. J. Gelermass
H. L. Reade
Arthur van Horn
E. A. Williams
J. P. Jackson
H.C. Rbud
E. G. Patterson
A. F. Marquette
Gelerman
Lucas
Jackson
Marquette
Peter
Paul
The Chinese Farmer His Tools and Remarkable Skill
The Chinese farmer stands second to Bone in all the world and works with few implements. He relies on the hoe plow and barrow and uses the hoe as his primary tool to prepare seedbeds. With the bar he digs streams, lifts mud, and enriches soil, demonstrating deft technique and resourcefulness.
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Hisields
London
Examination Humor in Training Teachers Then and Now
In Normal Echoes a Manchester Guardian excerpt shows student teachers recalling humorous misreadings and misstatements. A Blake criticism calls poetry precocious yet dogmatic while noting satire in era works. Other quips describe Cromwell’s coarse features and a parishioner’s misbelief about Sodom and Gomorrah as a married pair.
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Normal Echoes
Wiliam Blake
Cromwell
Sodom
Gomorrah
Manchester Guardian
Weight and life expectancy from BMI study
Dr Brandreth Symonds cites a study showing people under normal weight tend to live longer than those at or above standard weight. He notes lower risks of heart disease, Bright's disease, apoplexy, paralysis, and liver cirrhosis among underweights, with pneumonia and tuberculosis as exceptions.
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Brandreth Symonds
Bright
Symonds
Did the Best He Knew and Dollar Fish Tales
A collection of quirky anecdotes including Geordie Horn a wanderer in the Scottish Highlands who pays a humorous price for a plaster and a moonfish known as the dollar fish. Also notes on Tangier three Sabbaths a week and the origin of the word Charlatan from Italian clarlatano.
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Geordie Horn
Scotch Highlands
Geordie
Tangier
Morocco
Tanelap
London Chronicle
Clarlatano
An Expensive Dollar Mystery In Town
A family recalls a lost dollar given to a child by a friend. The coin was stored on a sideboard for safekeeping and reportedly spent by a parent the next day. The narrative ends with the father searching for the missing dollar as breakfast begins.
Word Breaker Quip Highlights Stuttering Dishonor Joke
A humorous quip from the Houston Post notes a fine aging gentleman who never gives his word without breaking it yet reveals the punchline that his dodgy speech stems from a stutter rather than dishonesty. The item preserves the newspaper’s light tone and feature style.
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Houston Post
Dignity and ignorance in acurious doctor exchange
A terse exchange questions a physician's decisions as a patient remarks on the judgment of medical practice for people of their status. The dialogue dwells on the appropriateness of linseed tea and mustard plasters.
Two Sparrows for Threepence Echoed in Church Story
A Glasgow News note recounts a wandering young man who, after years away, returns to his church where a minister tells a tale with the line two sparrows for threepence. The youth notes only one change the price of sparrows remains the same.
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Simon Turpde
Wessy
Glasgow News
New Wheelbarrows Change Excavation Method in Mexico
Archaeologist Mrs. Zelia Nuttall introduces iron wheelbarrows for Mexican digs. Indigenous workers, used to cloth parihuelas, soon adopt the new carts but struggle to use the wheels properly. The project continues until the digging ceases.
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Zelia Nuttall
Mexico
Alphabet of the Playhouse
An infrequent theatergoer explains how he uses finger tips to map alphabet letters to seating. He recalls asking for a good single near the front and improvising with O as fifteenth, then notes no A or I in the theater while buying a ticket.
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Fipe
Washington Post
The Surprise of Slivnites and Fracas in a City
A fragment from Near East discusses Slivnitsa's mythic battlefield status and misread victories amid Bulgarians and Austrians, while a Philadelphia Ledger anecdote mocks political music and a Courier Journal quarrel.
Honeymoon Period Turns Dinner Nightly Comedy
A playful exchange shows a wife scolding her husband for late arrival and the husband jokingly blaming the so called honeymoon period in a man’s life for delays with dinner. The dialogue captures domestic humor and social quirks of the era.
Means to the Mrs Benham Why does his mother in law
An excerpt notes Ben’s ambivalence toward his mother in law. He does not hate her but reflects on how she influenced his marriage and choices, suggesting humor and social nuance rather than open conflict. The line hints at family tensions within a broader domestic satire.
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Benham
Ben
Harper’s Weekly
Test of Milk Composition Shows 61 Percent
A fragment notes cream testing at 61 percent with dairy faculty signatories. Professors C H Tovaoes and K Means listed as dairy specialists. The item reads as a partial lab record or field note from a dairy program.
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C.H. Tovaoes
K. Means
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