In a Minute a Mere Phrase in 1825 Parenting
A social note reflects on a common phrase In a minute used by mothers and children in the 1820s It notes the impatience of parents the reluctance to hurry and the habit of stalling tasks The piece laments the waste of time and asks who first coined the expression and why it persists Today it hints at cultural attitudes toward work and play and parent child dynamics in early 19th century America.
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Herve
NBA Service, Inc
Quotable Bits From Tom Sims On Men And Morals
A collage of aphorisms on gender roles and behavior. It critiques pessimism, secrecy, and vanity while jesting about men and women. Notable lines reference a pessimist, foolish dress, and a coal dealer with a frown, ending with a copyright notice to NEA Service.
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NEA Service, Inc
Puzzle on tiled rooms yields two square sizes
A Miami builder laid 12 inch square tiles in two square entrance halls. The first room required 29 more tiles than the second. With only this, the puzzle asks if room sizes can be determined. The text also digresses into a date puzzle about the Congressional Library's 1825 donation, calculating ages with calendar quirks and noting no zero year.
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Miami
Rescue of Crew Tells Short Message of Praise
New Orleans October 6 Captain Robert Laird of the Honduran steamship Atlantida logged a brief rescue of the crew of the American vessel Timson in distress at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. The master received a watch inscribed by the U.S. president recognizing humane service in saving the Timson’s master and crew on October 18, 1924.
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New Orleans
Robert Laird
Atlantida
United States
Laird
Timson
Atlantia
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James Timson
Underground Freight Lines to Relieve London Traffic
London promoters form the London Underground Goods Railways to handle freight by electric standard gauge lines. They propose £100,000 capital, plus £32,000,000 arranged with English and American banks, seeking parliamentary powers. The system would connect major docks and reduce congestion.
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London
Sunderground Railways
London Underground Goods Railways
Airplane dusting used to combat sugar cane borer
Baton Rouge reports a new dusting method using calewim arsenate in sugar cane to control borers, following its success in cotton boll weevil control. If the experiment succeeds, planters could save thousands of dollars.
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Baton Rouge
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