Journey Through Fez to Morocco's Ancient Moorish Heart
The travelers describe entering Fez under ruins and a market chaos of color and odor. They contrast the silent walls with a bustling doorway of traders, beggars, water carriers, and animals, exposing both beauty and squalor. The piece blends travel prose with reflections on desire, wonder, and a promised return to seek the elusive Magic Bass in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Cairo
Fez
Outing Magazine
The Magic Bass Mystery in March Fishing Tale
In a March chat with Jack about fishing before the season opens a Legend of the Magic Bass emerges. The Indian term Me da Mon n u s heg ah hints at a creature urging simple, contented living and a deep, nature tied allure.
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Jack
How Canada Solves The Railroad Problem
A Canadian solution unites a Transportation Commission and a Railway Commission to plan policy and regulate rail and water routes. The commissions, based in Ottawa with sessions nationwide, control construction, rates, operation, schedules, and discrimination. Judges and experts lead, with broad powers and limited judicial review.
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Transportation Commission
Board of
Railway Commissioners
Justice Killam
The
Supreme Court
Professor Mills
Ontario Agricultural College
M. BE. Bernier
Privy Council
Physical Valuation of Railroads
Objections to this valuation plan fall into two categories. First the valuations are meaningless. second the attempt to connect unrelated costs with earnings is flawed. Real estate can be appraised, but a railroad’s value equals its earning power, not replacement or construction costs.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Rocky Mountains
Parisian’s delicate reply under the spreading chestnut tree
A Parisian, dying at sea, tells a neighbor he has not breakfasted and that he has not breakfasted but rather is sinking into his chair. The exchange appears in Everybody’s under the poem Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree.
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Monsieur
M’sieur
How He Catches Them
A judge recalls a lawyer who jokes about handling many divorces by reviewing marriage licenses each morning and sending his "care" to the contracting couples. The remark highlights a witty take on divorce cases and legal practice.
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Magnate
Henry
Mixer
Baltimore
Miss B
Riter
Krotchett
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Tribune
Detroit Free Press
Johnny
Harper’s Weekly
Motor weed-burner on Union Pacific does work of 300
A motor weed burner with a crew of three operates on the Union Pacific railway, performing the work of 300 men. The device speeds cleanup of roadside growth, highlighting advances in rail line maintenance.
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Union Pacific Railway
England's Lead in Early Industrial Chemistry Noted by Lange
Prof. Lange of Zurich lectured at the Royal Institution recalling England's early industrial chemistry dominance. He cited British peers like Muspratts and Tennant and noted German and Swiss chemists came to learn in England, with many advances made by nonprofessionals, warning that neglect of science cost millions.
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Lange
Zurich
Royal Institution
England
Great Britain
Muspratts
Tennant
Gossage
Dunlop
Chance
Caro, Pauli
Peter Griess
Ludwig Mond
Dr. Lange
Walter Weldon
Henry Bessemer
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
War Office
London Telegraph
The Calf Story at Camp Meeting
Victor Smith recalls a Kansas camp meeting where a speechmaker faced a farmer who argued from experience. The farmer quips that despite attending universities, his calf grew bigger by nursing from two cows, illustrating a counterintuitive observation about growth.
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Bryan
Kansas
Victor Smith
New York Press
Magnate Woes Over Loyal Bookkeeper Attention
A Washington Herald fragment quotes a millionaire lamenting his daughter’s attention from a bookkeeper. He quips about a $5000 bulldog biting a $900 clerk, signaling class tension and wealth concern in a social vignette.
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Washington Herald
Optimist defined by a Houston Post quote
A brief quote from the Houston Post defines an optimist as any man on his way to a horserace, illustrating a humorous evaluation of attitudes toward betting and luck.
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Papa
Houston Post
Lead of a very cheap pencil linked to coke
An old saying suggests the pencil lead, or graphite, is sometimes associated with illicit drug use in cheap items. This quip reflects a controversial stereotype about cheap goods and indulgence.
A Martyr Whiz Rain Keeps Work Indoors
A poem from the Houston Post lamenting rain that prevents outdoor labor. The speaker curses the drizzling weather that traps them indoors and delays tasks, mentioning window panes, fishing, and growing vexed by the constant shower.
Humorous one liners and quips extended in print
A collage of jokes from various periodicals features wry quips about fortune, music, lawyers, grammar, and social foibles. Notable lines include a barber quip on a painful shave and a judge remark about Dame Fortune snickering.
Wise Child exchange mocks London tour with Shaw
A Briton and an American visitor trade quips about London sights, then the American voices a wish to learn about the "Smart set" from Father Bernard Shaw as depicted in Punch.
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London
the Tower
Father Bernard Shaw
East London Mission Feeds 33144 Breakfasts to Hungry Children
The East London Primitive Methodist mission reports distributing 33 144 breakfasts to hungry children and caring for 6 310 homeless and destitute men and women.
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East London
Primitive Methodist Mission
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Harold F. Sheets
Heiter
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Jack Nads
Nuh-She-Gan
the Magic Bass
Canada
Ray Morris
the College of the Calf
Funny Fellows
Clomw
Puck
Bill
Milwaukee Sentinel
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