Graham High School Defeats Bryson 10 to 3 in Tight Contest
Graham High School pitchers Holt and Tackett held Bryson to three runs while Graham exploded for ten on timely hits. Dee York and H Moore led the offense with key doubles and singles as Graham’s defense stifled Bryson after the first inning, sealing a 10 to 3 victory.
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Purple
Ahik
Holt
Bryson
Graham
L. Moore
Ieoals
Rooters
O. Moore
Bob York
H. Moore
Dee York
Tackett
Horta
Billingsley
Billingsle
Stewart
Puckett
T. Raley
Taylor
Loving
Parsons
Gunn
Hoek
Keystone
D. York
Perccns
Guinn
Perzons Iun
Clay
Hop Moore
Moore
Man
Bryton
Grahan
Bryson—Bryson
Seth Mabry
Murray Sunday School Picnic Announcement
The Murray Sunday Schools will hold a picnic on May 26 with forenoon set aside for children and an afternoon exercise for candidates to present their requests. A cold drink stand will be available. Attend with family and a dinner basket. Committee.
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Murray
City Tutor Shop Garment Care Promises Cleaning and Altering
Local notice advertises garment services for cleaning pressing and altering with contact phones. The brief confirms pickup and delivery as available.
For Rent The Most Conveniently Located House in Graham
C P Hutchison advertises a conveniently located Graham house for rent. Details are limited in the brief.
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Graham
Speaking Postponed Address on Private Capitalism Delayed
Owing to sickness W. L. Willis has postponed his address on Private Capitalism from May 13 to Saturday May 27.
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W. L. Willis
Husband Rescues Despairing Wife in Cardui Appeal
A Ky woman writes that after four years of weakness from womanly troubles she recovered after her husband gave Cardui, the Chattanooga Medicine Company tonic. The letter promotes Cardui as a 50 year, million-strong remedy and offers a free 64-page booklet.
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Catron, Ky
Bettie Bullock
Cardui
Cardus
Queer affinities and famed marriages of Rousseau Lytton and Tchaikovsky
The article surveys romantic unions of famous men. It recounts Rousseau’s devotion to Theresa le Vasseur, Bulwer Lytton’s unhappy marriage to Rosina Wheeler, and Tchaikovsky’s reluctant union with Antonina Miliukov. It also notes Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford and its museumlike rooms, with his vast library and curios.
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Rousseau
Theresa
Theresa le Vasseur
Bulwer Lytton
Lytton
Rosina Wheeler
Lady Lytton
Hertfordshire
Hastings
Knebworth
Tschaikovsky
Antonina
J. Cuthbert Hadden
London Family Herald
Scott
Abbotsford
Walter Scott
Globe Trotters
Scotland
C. P. Cushing
Descendant of Confucius Resides in Birthplace Town
The seventy fifth lineal descendant of Confucius lives in the Chinese town where Confucius was born and buried twenty five centuries ago, a place sharing birth and burial sites tied to the founder of the Chinese religion.
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Confucius
Quote by Richter on Sleep Wealth and Health
A fragmented quote notes that sleep riches and health are truly enjoyed only after they have been interrupted. The aphorism underscores the irony of disturbances enhancing value of rest wealth and wellness.
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Richter
Immensity of Alaska glitters in distant wonder
John A. Sleicher extols Alaska as a vast, varied land. He compares its scenery to the Thousand Island region, Norway fjords, and Icelandic wonders, praising its climate, resources, and beauty from Pacific coasts to the arctic reaches.
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Alaska
St. Lawrence
Norway
Iceland
Middle States
Arctic
Pacific Coast
Orient
America
John A. Sleicher
Leslie
How Yeast Makes Bread Rise
Yeast ferments the sugar in dough producing carbonic acid gas. Bubbles form pockets that lift the dough, letting heat penetrate for proper baking.
Perception Outruns Talent Epigram on Learning and Mind
Emerson argues perception outpaces talent and teaching, urging deep sympathy for students. He reflects that great philosophers’ maxims arise from common experiences, and if not grounded in familiarity, their ideas fade away.
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Emerson
Lincoln's Fees Compared With Peers in His Circuit
From 1850 to 1860 Abraham Lincoln earned between 2000 and 3000 dollars yearly while still undercharging for many services. He routinely billed one to ten dollars for advice and never charged less than ten dollars for court appearances, prompting Justice Davis to criticize the disparity with his associates.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Davis
Woman Hurries Gateman Over Train Timing
A Boston Record note recounts a Saturday afternoon scene at South station where a woman asked a gateman if she could catch her train while waiting for her husband. When asked for his location, she admitted she did not know, and the gateman replied he did not either. the incident ended with the woman walking away.
Definition of a drop in the new British pharmacopoeia
The new British pharmacopoeia defines a drop as issuing from a tube with an external diameter of exactly three millimeters. Ten drops of water at 15 degrees Celsius equal one millimeter or one cubic centimeter.
Society quote on classes from Life dialogue
Mrs Climber explains society to her daughter saying it splits into undesirables and people we don't know in a Life magazine quote about social divisions.
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Climber
Women and Wills Break Up More Than Death
Some women challenge their husbands wills long before death, a trend noted by Macon News. The item highlights bias and legal friction when spouses contest estate plans before passing.
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Macon
Life without endeavor like entering a jewel mine
A Japanese proverb warns that life without effort yields nothing. It compares effort to mining for jewels, suggesting success requires persistent striving.
Secrecy at Meissen Pottery Forge Shields Secrets
The Meissen royal manufactory in Saxony guarded its processes with a fortress like secrecy. No visitors, strict silence sworn by all workers, and a monthly reminder motto Be Secret Unto Death. A foreman escaped to help start a Vienna workshop, spreading the secret across Germany.
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Meissen
Saxony
Koenigstein
Vienna
Germany
Why light passes through glass more clearly than sound
The piece explains that light travels as a wave through ether in glass and air, keeping its strength, while sound must set the glass and air inside into vibration, attenuating the waves before reaching the ear.
The Measure of a Man at a Droll Meeting
A local meeting opens with a witty remark about a prominent statesman’s stature. The chairman jokes that in his region men are measured from the chin up, while the audience measures from chin down, sparking light banter without malice.
Premature Burial Fears and Guardian Precautions
London Standard recalls fears of being buried alive with alarms: a doctor ordered a bell watch, night watches for five days, bells on limbs, and throat incisions. It notes similar safeguards by Meyerbeer and mentions Harriet Martineau and Lady Burton demanding post mortem or decapitation. The piece ends by asking whether fear of death or life is greater.
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Meyerbeer
Harriet Martineau
Lady Burton
London Standard
Ducks and Mosquitoes Say Ducks Best Mosquito Destroyers
Experiments reported by G Dixon show the duck as the most formidable animal enemy of mosquitoes and recommend introducing ducks to eliminate mosquitos and mosquito borne diseases from marshy regions. Two artificial pools with equal area held ducks in one and fish in the other. pupae and larvae vanished in the duck pool while persisting in the fish pool. Wild ducks are said to prefer mosquitoes to other foods.
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G. Dixon
Indianapolis News
Natural pottery from a cactus forms a woody lining
The text explains that certain cacti produce a sticky juice when woodpeckers hollow trunks and branches. This resin hardens to create a woody lining around the bird-made holes. Over time the cactus dies, leaving behind a wooden bow.
Dodging Trouble Voice of Advice on Baby Handling
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt presents a quip where a younger man seeks help with his baby and an older man replies bluntly to not learn that skill. The exchange, framed as street wisdom, injects humor into domestic paternal guidance.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Shading. Beulah Describes Belle’s Eyebrow Shade
In Yonkers Statesman dialogue, Belle is questioned about shading her eyes. Beulah clarifies she used her eyebrows, not her hand, revealing a small disagreement over the gesture.
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Belle
Beulah
One Truth About Good Deeds Turned Suffering
A reflective line asserts that the good we have done cannot become suffering, framing moral action as lasting beyond hardship and critique. It emphasizes the enduring value of benevolence over potential negative outcomes.
Daniel Webster on mail route to the Pacific coast
The text recalls Daniel Webster’s 19th century view denying a mail route from Independence Missouri to the Columbia River. It cites his disdain for the western lands, deserts, and salt coast while arguing against public treasury funding to move the Pacific coast closer to Boston.
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Webster
Daniel Webster
Hayne
Ashburton
United States Senate
Independence
Colubia River
Daniel
Pacific Coast
Boston
East Indian Traders Portrait in City Market
A passage describes Indian native traders in the city market as keen but scrupulous in margins. It notes packing boxes as profit sources and tiny rents from a piano shipping case converted into small shops. It mentions a bubblepipe shop with micro pricing and notes the market is worth effort.
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India
W. EB. Aughinbauugh
Lestie’s
Cigar Box Bribe Sketch From Russian Trade Tale
An American businessman seeking urgent freight in a Russian port pays bribes via an empty cigar box. The Russian official offers another box and hints delivery will occur tomorrow. The anecdote, cited from the Wall Street Journal, highlights bureaucratic delay and graft.
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Wall Street Journal
Statue of Zeus at Olympia Described in Ancient Marvel
The temple at Olympia measured 354 feet by 171 with columns sixty feet tall and six and a half feet in diameter. The statue of Zeus, on a twenty foot pedestal, was Phidias's famed masterpiece regarded as essential to see before death, later moved to Constantinople and destroyed by fire in 475 A D.
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Zeus Olympius
Olympia
Greece
Zeus
Phidias
Constantinople
Theodosius I
Blackwell's Island Sold to City for Fifty Thousand Dollars
The city of New York paid Robert Blackwell fifty thousand dollars for Blackwell's Island then Hog Island. Blackwell had married the daughter of English captain Manning who surrendered New York to the Dutch in 1673. Manning later retired to the island. after his death it passed to his daughter and son in law and was sold to the city in 1838 for use as correctional and charitable institutions.
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Blackwell's Island
New York City
Robert Blackwell
Manning
Hog Island
Ventilation and air quality in occupied rooms
The article emphasizes that changing air once or twice daily is insufficient and that venting a room when empty also fails. It notes that two to three people in a closed room quickly contaminate the air and that ventilation should be most active while the room is occupied.
Poverty Shapes Respect Says Dustin Stax and Growcher
In a Washington Star exchange, Mr. Dustin Stax claims poverty is a disgrace, while Mr. Growcher argues that respect ties to how wealth is acquired, not its presence. The debate hinges on moral judgments about means and status.
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Dustin Stax
Growcher
Washington Star
Quotable Lines From The Baltimore American
A collection of phrases appears from the Baltimore American featuring a proverb about a soft answer averting wrath. It quotes a remark about a wife's biscuits described as mush in a tongue in cheek exchange.
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Baltimore American
Follow One Another Philosophies of Prudence and Property
A compact reflection on prudence and the link between acquiring property and arithmetic. Quotation frames how actions carry accompanying ideas. The author notes that every possession brings its own lessons on prudence and calculation.
Good and Sufficient Reason in the London Tatler
A brief London Tatler snippet presents a playful exchange about not having a stamp. The dialogue uses light humor to illustrate social manners and witty repartee undercut by a practical constraint.
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London Tatler
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C. P. Hutchison
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tean
His Theresa
Tschaikowsky
Boston Record
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