Promotion and Destiny: Officers from Humble Ranks in the Great War
Sir Douglas Haig discusses promotions in World War I noting many leaders rose from ordinary jobs. He cites a schoolmaster, lawyer, taxi driver and others who commanded units, arguing technical schooling helps but soldiers are born, not made. He muses on Americans who rose from ranks to commissions.
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Douglas Matz
Manchester Guardian
Taive
Iba
Tmijor Lave
Brizartes
Cambridge College
Metropolitn Water
Specter
Stall Viiwers
Conductor and a Lady in Fare Dispute Tale
A comical exchange unfolds as a woman tries to offer a sovereign for her fare to a car conductor. The conductor brushes off the offer and teases her about trust and guardianship while noting her forgotten umbrella. Tit-Lits, Ara.
Harvard Professor Recalls Anecdote on Clear Writing
Prof Barrett Wendell of Harvard Mehtwied recounts an Eng sh lecture anecdote about persienity. An instructor tells student Mr Smith that he should write so the most ignorant can understand every word, prompting the student to ask which part was unclear.
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Barrett Wendell
Harvard
Ground Glass Not Harmful Says Army Medical Corps
Experiments by the army medical corps show ground glass is not harmful to the digestive tract. Ground glass mixed with meat was fed to dogs for several days and the dogs were later examined, revealing no injury. The findings counter the belief that glass causes death in animals unknowingly poisoned.
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Army Medical Corps
W. T H. Peldman
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Incomplete Exchange Between Men
A fragment shows a dialogue where one man asks what the other will do with the money, and the reply hints at planning to determine the recipient’s destination first. The snippet captures a tense mood and suggests an implied pursuit or decision yet to be made.
The Favored Waoer and Veiled Doubts in Verse
A fragment of light verse and editorial quips from early 20th century papers. It cites romantic doubt over which color rose a beloved will wear and references Milady and violet imagery alongside brief social notes on autos for the poor and life’s simplicities.
Its Face Was Its Fortune
A Chicago Tribune item recalls a couple driving into Chicago from an In Jigan town at midnight. Two large machines with Western state licenses blocked the road, inspected the car, then allowed passage. They overlooked the couple’s pockets holding several hundred dollars.
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Chicago
Jigan
Chicago Tribune
It Had Its Points and There Now Comic Exchanges
A clergyman visits an old man recent widow and tries comfort. The old man retorts in a strong dialect that loneliness is quiet for him. A second snippet recalls a cheeky line about past dresses from a husband and wife exchanged with humor.
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Jack
Detroit Free Press
Sir Marcus Samuel and Berkeley Square Venture
Sir Marcus Samuel bought Berkeley Square in London for 25 million dollars after starting with a lowly side shop in a poor district selling 9 shilling ornamental shell boxes. He built wealth through shell trade, then established a company named the Shell to form a major business venture.
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Marcus Samuel
Earl of Berkeley
London
Berkeley Square
Shell
Vertice
Investigations Spotlight Alleged Food Profiteering
A dialogue fragment shows a congressman questioning a profiteer about rising food costs. The exchange hints at a nationwide push for price investigation and public concern over living costs.
Visiting Miss Eva Provokes Witty Exchange
The exchange features a pretty girl noting a visit to Miss Eva and a young man replying with a sigh. She asks if he is serious and he confirms in a humorous mood, citing her father and a bulldog as reasons for the seriousness.
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Eva
Betsy and Mrs Thompson Mutter About Housework
The tale shows Betsy brushing off a claim of dirt under the bed by calling it house moss. A country fair displays a machine offering fashion tips for one cent, printing a card advising to make your coat and waist.
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Betsy
Motor
Harper's Weekly
Istemat
Irish militiamen hear bold chaplain vow to go up Ramoth Gilead
An army chaplain addressing Irish militiamen delivered a fervent sermon on Ramoth Gilead. After a dramatic pause a spectator loudly proclaimed he would go with 32 men, if others refused.
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Ramoth Gilead
Tatler
Heir Claims Benefit From Uncle's Medicine Belief
A witty remark in Modern Society features a doctor praised for medicine that benefits an uncle only, as the nephew reveals he is the sole heir after the uncle takes one bottle. The humor hinges on the unintended beneficiary and the notion of thanks.
Roosevelt Harvard recital mishap and comic exchange
A humorous snippet recalls a Harvard recitation where Theodore Roosevelt struggled with the line Marco Bozzaris and the teacher teased grease her knees again. Another jibe has Satan offering a thousand years of youth and wealth in exchange for a soul, met with a quip about an installment man.
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Roosevelt
Harvard
Marco Bozzaris
Greece
Teddy
Puck
Clarence Nineper
Dentists Charge and Silk Fashion Jokes From Punch
A servant girl seeks dental work and is told gas costs six shillings. she vows to return by daylight. In a separate quip, a mother praises a new silk dress and a child remarks the silk comes from a worm, prompting a playful misinterpretation about the father.
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the Tatler
Charlie
Charle
Dad
Fard After All
A fragmentary dialogue features a judge debating whether a woman is beautiful, with lines praising marble brow ivory skin and ruby lips contrasted with a push to justify calling her hard faced. The excerpt showcases courtroom rhetoric and personal judgments in a terse quotation style.
A God of History Finds Souvenir Cards in Contact
Columbus era encounter with natives prompts a joke about pomp and rank. The scene quips on authority and civility as a mock exchange. The punchline contrasts a military officer’s hauteur with a private and a civilian.
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Columbus
Tommy’s Quirky Dream Fueled by Grandpa Advice
A playful exchange features Tommy inspired by grandpa to pursue big goals, promising that hard work could lead to the presidency. The tone is light and affectionate, reflecting family encouragement and ambition.
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Tommy
United States
Mistaken Identity at the Furniture Shop
An amusing incident unfolds as a customer visits a showroom to view last week’s sideboards, only to be told by the salesman that he has never met her. The fragmentary exchange hints at confusion and humor in a local retail setting.
Holland compared to France in orderly Dutch cities
In a dispatch from Indianapolis Star writer Corp. David Ramseur describes Holland as orderly and neat with uniform streets and parks in Rotterdam and The Hague. He notes clean streets in even poorer districts and emphasizes shops and fashion focused on men. He contrasts Dutch restraint with French lively chaos.
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Holland
Corp
David Ramseur
Indianapolis Star
Aureden
Ciites
Malland
France
Rotterdam
Tagne
Tlagne
Wetland
Fifth Avenue
New York
Hein
The Return of the Sword in Peace Time
The British army mandates nine high ranking officers to wear the sword at parades and ceremonies. The weapon, once replaced in combat, returns as a symbol of authority amid modern gunpowder and armored devices, whose ugliness contrasts with the sword’s traditional grace.
Hamilton sues McGlothlin for unpaid note collection
James L. Hamilton through attorney Fay Hamilton files suit against J. B. McGlothlin alleging a note is due and unpaid. The action seeks collection of the debt as stated in the petition.
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James L. Hamilton
Fay Hamilton
J. B. McGlothlin
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