How to Tell a Joke called biggest joke of season
The London book How to Tell a Joke is described by the Atlanta Constitution as the biggest joke of the season.
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
2
Western poets earn more shoveling snow than writing about it
The Atlanta Constitution notes that Western poets make greater earnings from winter labor than from literary work about snow. The remark highlights a humorous contrast between snow shoveling income and poetry income in the region.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
The Roman Stock Exchange Explodes in Ancient Temple
The Roman Stock Exchange wrecked by an explosion is housed in an ancient temple of Neptune, God of the Sea. The New York World questions why the Broad Street temple should not be solemnly consecrated, noting water as its element.
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Neptune
God
Broad Street
New York World
New York Herald Suggests Fix Needed for National Guard Retention
Adjutant General Henry reports over half of National Guard members fail to complete their terms. The New York Herald notes staff officers could boost retention by making service more attractive to young men.
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Henry
National Guard
New York Herald
Flag used as cleaning rag shocks Wall Street crowd
Workmen on the roof of the United States assay office in Wall Street, New York City, used a tattered American flag to clean glass. The Chicago Tribune ridicules the act, labeling it unpatriotic and insulting to patriotic sentiment.
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United States Assay Office
Wall Street
New York City
Chicago Tribune
Heart disease deaths rise in Manhattan and Bronx
The Rome Sentinel notes a sharp rise in heart disease mortality in New York City. For the first eleven months of 1907, deaths from heart ailments are projected to total about twenty seven percent higher than in the previous year.
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Rome Sentinel
New York City
Manhattan
Bronx
Ontario fuel crisis prompts search for future supplies
The article argues Canada must tackle future fuel needs as Ontario has no coal and its timber resources are nearly exhausted. It notes stump fences and dwindling pine forests as signs of disappearing resources and calls for a serious plan.
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Canada
Ontario
Clark University Leader Calls for Male Teachers and Flogging
Dr. G Stanley Hall argued that men should return to public schools to revive corporal punishment. He condemned sentimentality as an evil of effeminization and said high schools must not be girls' schools, noting strong support in New York City and State and the West.
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G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
New York City
West
Decline of birds blamed for crop losses by Audubon leader
President William Dutcher of the National Association of Audubon Societies warned at the annual meeting that fewer insectivorous birds are causing annual crop destruction valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. He urged action as the public tolerates this loss.
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United States
William Dutcher
National Association of Audubon Societies
Association
Mr. Dutcher
Negotiable securities and the pulse of markets
Charles A. Conant argues in the Atlantic that negotiable securities power modern finance by enabling global resource transfer and cheapening civilized life. He warns that disturbing security markets carries significant consequences, even for justice.
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Charles A. Conant
When Our Love Began
A poetic prose piece from Uncle Remus's Magazine on primal love and eternal union. The narrator recalls a prehistoric bond that transcends mortal forms and place, suggesting souls joining in a mystic memory beyond time.
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A. A
Remus
Eliza Sells David Then Learns A Mother's Love
Eliza, a tired eight year old, cares for her two year old brother David while poverty weighs on their family. After considering selling him, she meets a wealthy woman who buys David but counsels Eliza on love and responsibility. David's return to Eliza proves the lesson: care for those you love is sacred.
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Eliza
David
Mary
Amy Winters
Amy
Eirza
Elrza
Bliga
Catharine Whitney
Catharine
Witone
Nitza
Farmers Take Pride In Independent Voting
The quote notes farmers gain satisfaction from their role in economic and political life and their ability to vote independently. It contrasts urban growth with rural resilience and suggests wealth as a lure under city pavements.
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John M. Stahl
Manganese Deoxidizer Use and Long Wireless Claims
Manganese is hailed by the American Machinist as the best deoxidizing agent for nickel and its alloys, removing oxygen and sulfur. Wireless messages reach 1905 miles from Sitka to Point Loma, the Pacific coast’s longest distance. Berlin reports the Wireless Spark Telegraph Company beating Transatlantic records by 300 miles with 2290 miles between Hallen and Cap Blanco off Teneriffe.
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Amercan
Point Loma
Sitka
Pacific Coast
Berlin
Wireless Spark Telegraph Company
Marconi
Hallen
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Glass brushes for dynamo commutators on market
According to L Electricien a Vienna firm has placed on the market brushes made of glass to replace emery cloth for cleaning and polishing dynamo and motor commutators. The brushes clean without scoring the metal and avoid the inconveniences and dangers of emery cloth.
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L’electricien
Vienna
First Spinel Found in Blast Furnace Slags
In 1880 Muirhead identified spinel in highly aluminous slags. He noted a stubborn residue ranging from five to seventeen and a half percent of total weight. Analysis showed spinel with about one third of magnesia replaced by iron.
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Muirhead
Seismograph Invention By Gottingen Professor Wiechert
Professor Wiechert of Gottingen builds two seismographs to record earthquakes from distant regions. A 17 ton horizontal pendulum with four series levers multiplies ground motion 2200 times, detecting shocks from a gas motor a mile and a half away. A 2600 pound vertical pendulum amplifies soil movement 160 times.
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Wiechert
Gottingen
Germany
Origin of The Thunderer name for The Times
London Letter explains how The Times earned the nickname Thunderer after a mud splashing incident in which two Kew ladies were mud splashed by a horseman. A leading article denounced the rider, then an apology followed when the Duke of Cumberland was exonerated, and the line we thundered out became a public favorite.
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Times
Kew
Duke of Cumberland
London
New York Herald
Intelligent Advice bystander encourages skater rescue
A bystander helps a skater who fell through with calm guidance. The rescuer tells the skater to stay steady and keep cool as assistance arrives.
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