Chimney Pot Hats Stir Debate and Odd Tales
A jumble of notes covers fashion in poetry with chimney pot hats and mentions of Gladstone and Byron, plus a Vancouver area survey party led by Chief Engineer Callaghan. Mary answers a riddle about a summer absence and a stray line questions a referendum stance on parental reporting.
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Vaneuver
Callaghan
Pacific Great Eastern
FG. Ashe
Lilloet
Weat Vancouver
Newport
Hove Sound
Memory wonders and a stewardess life explored
The article discusses memory variability across mornings and health conditions, noting effects of anemia, dyspepsia, caffeine, and bromide. It also examines memory recovery phenomena, muscle memory, and rare cases, plus an in depth look at becoming a stewardess aboard ships, qualifications, duties, travel, pay, and conduct expectations.
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Mary Vomen
Mary and the modest maid in a bustling market
An Englishman asks about well being as Mary, a modest girl, wears socks and a skirt. She dons a wide brimmed hat and goes to places of commerce. People stare as she moves, reflecting a divide in how the world treats others.
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Mary
Boston Boy and the Tide of Close Decisions
The passage notes stubborn will to persist despite losses in sports like trotting and a string of close decisions. It mentions Queenstown Ireland once The Cove of Cork renamed after Queen Victoria's 1849 visit. Waterford reportedly has nine newspapers for about 3000 residents and ends with a dialogue about shutters.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Cork
Queen Victoria
Waterford
Donkey Head Prank Sparks Reply On Hull Road Scene
On a Hull road work site Pat and two Englishmen staged a joke by painting a donkey head on Pat’s coat. Pat spots the prank and quips at the painters. In a separate quip, a young wife comments on her husband’s progress with a dance and a charity bazaar exchange highlights charity dress remarks.
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Pat
Hull
Hev
Richman
Jack
Colors of the Sea Water Explain variegated Hues
The article discusses how sea water can appear blue green white black red or yellow. It attributes color variations to salinity and pollution for blue green tones and to unusual algal growths for other hues, noting scientific uncertainty about some phenomena.
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Arctic
Ireland
Atlantic
Mediterranean Sea
Bay of Santa Cruz
Yellow Sea
Red Sea
Panama hat proves coolest headgear in heat
An experiment fixed tiny thermometers in various hats at a 92 degree day. The Panama hat registered 7 degrees coolest, followed by white felt Homburg 86 degrees, bowler 89 degrees, Hum burg and others warmer. Also includes unrelated quips about life and memory jokes.
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Panama
Homburg
Poetic Reflections and Comic Vignettes From Unknown Pages
An eclectic remnant features a solemn lyric about earth and time by Arthur Wallace Peach, verse on mortality, a humorous dialogue about voting and regret, a motel car accident quip, and a staged Uncle Tom's Cabin parade interrupted by a gander.
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New England
Jesters Wand Yes Married In East Liverpool
Report says they wed last Friday in East Liverpool. The groom is described as a champion golfist and bricklayer. The bride is noted as a champion bridge player and will live with her father.
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Liverpool
Minard and Limmert Amid Distemper Cures
A fragmentary dialogue depicts Minard and Limmert discussing cures for distemper. A deaf mute is described as furious and wild, nearly bursting with words that blur his fingers. A soldier recalls a father who saved a regiment but killed the cook in a brief army stint.
Ancient king and fiery furnace spark historic cruelty claim
In a bold, sweeping passage the text calls an ancient king the cruelest despot after casting the Israelites into a fiery furnace. It then pivots to modern notes about UK harbours, Channel Islands area, a purported tyre cure, and Portsmouth defense strength.
To Remember You By and a Corn Cure Ad
Poem lines recall a rose and a girl’s memory in a nostalgic verse. An advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Cure promising speedy relief from corns.
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Holloway
Salt The Sea And Silence Across Cultures
The chief considers salt's varied meanings from sea association to superstition and social status. From ancient Rome to Scotland, spilling salt is linked to luck and hierarchy. In Abyssinia and Tibet, salt cakes function as money, showing its diverse uses.
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Scotland
Abyssinia
Tibet
Missing the Change Hotel Manager
Quipty exchange about dining room theft and silver as well as a line about paper money. A doctor remarks on patient outcomes and a proverb notes a top of the hill man with a bright prospect regardless of crops.
Break Up Trick With Thrashing Machine
A speaker notes a crude method to end a sitting hen by running it through a thrashing machine, claiming this would effectively terminate the brood hen.
Time to Do it Heckler Satire Dialog
A satirical exchange includes a heckler pressing an orator on early closing and a quip about Maude Mrs M being literary. Estelle notes a baby photo with a written back, and a line promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy for children. Pa questions singing when Mr Spoozleton visits.
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Maude
Mrs. M
Estelle
Rowland Hill Founding of Modern Postal System
The text notes Sir Rowland Hill proposed a penny post and postal money order system and helped establish post office savings banks. Hill, born 1795, died in London 33 years ago. It also mentions the first hydrogen balloon ascent at Pearls by M. M. Robert and Charles 129 years ago.
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Post Office
Rowland Hill
London
England
Hill
M. M. Robert
Charles
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Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Line
A. English
Boston
Willie
Mrs. Boggs
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Ita
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Morcy
Sarah
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Gabe
Jones
Steve
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Winnipeg
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Earth
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Elsie
Jonah
Miss Peake
Canada Cement Company Limited
505 Health Building
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Channel Islands
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Ven
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Heckler
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