Curious Amazon Woodland Tangle and Hidden Upper World
The article describes the Amazon as a labyrinth of forest and water where sunlight scarcely reaches the lower river, a canopy of vines shielding an upper world rich with birds, insects, and vivid orchids. Explorers glimpse two forest surfaces, one dark below and one luminous above, with butterflies flashing color as sunbeams pierce through gaps in vegetation.
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Amazon
South American
South America
Iquitos
Europe
Madeira
Martin Conday
Amazon Forests
T.e Chambers
Don Piatt remembers a sharp legal gambit in Ohio
In George Cary Eggleston’s Recollections, Piatt recounts taking a shady arson case to boost his early law career. He jokes about browbeating witnesses and facing a dubious client who promised repayment, then notes the client’s church fire after acquittal and a later letter from St. Louis claiming honor and repayment.
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Don Piatt
George Cary Eggleston
Mr. Piatt
Ohio
St. Louis
Pawnshop Lingo in a Cleveland Street Exchange
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reader describes a pawnshop conversation on Ontario Street. A young man negotiates using slang like chimer, Mexicans, and sawbucks, while the clerk deciphers value, settling at twenty five dollars for a gilt dial watch and handling a later trade for two dollars with a rapid, clipped exchange.
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Ontario Street
Cleveland Plain Dealer
First Picture Book and the Vision of Comenius
A historical note on Johann Amos Comenius who invented the first picture book Orbis Pictus to ease children into reading. It paired memorable visuals with moral lessons, a precursor to modern children’s picture books and a milestone in educational methods.
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Johann Comenius
Comenius
Faults of Golfers Highlighting Fixes by Observation
The piece argues common golf faults include rushing the swing and eye off the ball, praising watching first class players to imitate their rhythm and timing. It warns against overreliance on formal lessons and notes imitation aids learning more than self-analysis. The idea that rhythm defines a skilled stroke is emphasized.
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St. Andrews
Not the Same Spelling
A stout man seeks medical help to shrink his size and complains about his bay window. The doctor suggests dieting, prompting the man to ask for color advice as part of his plan.
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St. Louis Republic
A Pious Wish at City Hospital
A man refused appendicitis surgery until his minister could be present. He explained he wanted to be opened with prayer, prompting the surgeon to question the request. The tale is recounted from the New York Tribune.
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New York Tribune
Social Ostracism in England Courts Circles
The piece notes royal disfavor drives social extinction in England. Offenders are erased from visiting lists, clubs and army circles, effectively ending recognition by high society and leaving them socially shunned.
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England
London
After all a man who marries takes a big chance
A humorous exchange in the Memphis Appeal notes a friend who developed hay fever shortly after marrying a grass widow, illustrating a cause and effect joke about marriage and luck.
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Memphis
His Own Hands In The Painter Trade Debate
A fashionable New York painter defends painting all his works himself during a studio tea. A noted etcher asks about paying his hands and hints at starting an art factory, provoking the artist’s insistence on personal labor.
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New York
Dialecture Quip Highlighted in Wadtington Herald
In the Wadtington Herald a light exchange notes a husband referencing his wife speaking broken English when angry, calling it a dialecture as a playful jab reflecting language use in a domestic moment.
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Wadtington Herald
Awaiting Her Chance in Boston Transcript Dialogue
Maud wishes Tom would hurry a proposal while Ethel notes she dislikes him. Maud confesses she does not want him and wants to get rid of him.
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Maud
Tom
Ethel
Boston Transcript
Fashion as Realized Art in Social Life
The quote reflects a view that fashion translates art into daily life and social interaction, suggesting clothing embodies artistic expression within social settings. It credits Holmes as the source of this perspective.
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Holmes
Job Loss Creates Embarrassing Situtation
A brief dialogue notes the difference between a job and a situation. It cites that losing a job often places a man in an embarrassing predicament, as reflected in a line from the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia Record
Ladies Missionary Society Meeting at Mrs Tidwell’s Home
The Ladies Missionary Society met at the pleasant home of Mrs. R V Tidwell last Thursday with seventeen members two visitors and nine children present. Devo tional exercises were led by president Mrs Polly Kirby and Mrs Crawford shared an engaging account of her trip to the Southern Baptist Convention and city Sunday Schools. Grandmother Kidwell and Miss Elizabeth LeGrande of El Paso attended as visitors. The group plans to meet again in July at Mrs Edgar McLendon’s residence.
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R. V. Tidwell
Ladies Missionary Society
Polk Kirby
Crawford
Southern Baptist Convention
Grandmother Kidwell
Elizabeth LeGrande
el Paso
Miss LeGrande
G. H. LeGrande
Hereford
Elizabeth
Edgar McLendon
Cor
Fifth Sunday Meeting of Macedonia Association at Throckmorton
The Macedonia Association held its Fifth Sunday Meeting at Throckmorton from May 26 to the following Sunday with W. Cunningham delivering the opening sermon. Representatives from Fairview Olney Rocky Mound Pleasant View Eliasville Salem Proffitt Graham Center Point California Newcastle Liberty Sibley Elbert Clide Rogers and others attended. Discussion covered Statewide Prohibition and the attitude toward Modern Sanctification. The meeting adjourned with plans to host the next Fifth Sunday Meeting at Mount Pleasant Church in Young County in October.
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The
Macedonia Association
Throckmorton
W. Cunningham
Fairview
Pleasant
Mary Benson
Stella Wilson
J. O. Wilson
Jno
W. Newsom
Proffitt
T. T. Black
A. S. Wilson
L. M. Wilkerson
Graham
G. W. Black
Brushknob
J. S. Merrell
Eugene Hinson
Nellie Jones
Center Point
L. A. Baily
J. M. Covey
California
W. D. Nelson
J. M. Helton
Newcastle
R. 8S
Delong
Govenor
Mount Pleasant
Young County
Colquitt Promotes Prohibition Stance In Texas Campaign
Hon. O. B. Colquitt addressed a fair crowd at the court house and in Olney last Friday night. He opposed statewide prohibition as simply local option and urged law revision over new legislation. He noted constitutional hurdles for amendments and contrasted his views with Poindexter and Davidson while praising the Railroad Commission.
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O. B. Colquitt
Court House
Olney
Colquitt
Jno
Kay
Railroad Commission of Texas
Railroad Commission
Johnson
Poindexter
Davidson
House of of Representatives
Senate
Saul of Tarsus
Timothy
Graham
Gilt Edge Poultry Yards Sells Rhode Island Reds
W F Babs proprietor of Gilt Edge Poultry Yards Graham Texas advertises high quality Rhode Island Reds stock from Rev T E Cannedy and eggs by the setting at 150 per fifteen with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Rhode Island
T. E. Cannedy
W. F. Babs
Gilt Edge Poultry Yards
Graham
Texas
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Roy W. Rutherford
Doty's Drug Store
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Bridgeport Marble Works
J. W. Still
Sexton Oak Grove Cemetery
Children For Fletcher’'S
Castoria
Farm News
Galveston and
Dallas, Tex
South
the Farmers’ Forum
Galveston
Dallas
Tex
Unon
Wheatland
J. P. Hype
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