Contented by football glory yet proud of study
The author notes the thrill of a college game but emphasizes the son’s education over athletic glory. He praises competitors while asserting his son is there for academics, balancing sports pride with scholarly goals.
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Plain Dealer
Stammering Orator Swallows Pebble Joke
Harpers Weekly recalls Demosthenes practicing oratory with pebbles in his mouth. He accidentally swallows one and quips that if it had been buttered he would have thought it was his wife’s biscuits.
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Demosthenes
Harper's Weekly
The Wisdom of Dorothy Nighttime Plea
Dorothy protests being left alone at bedtime and pleads with her father to join her upstairs. He assures her he will come after his dinner digests, prompting her to insist he come upstairs now.
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Dorothy
Autumn Verses From the Louisville Courier Journal
A compact set of seasonal lines evokes autumn motifs. The brief verse items invite readers to choose and fill in their own lines, reflecting the paper's light literary whimsy.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Pending suit lingers as fee dispute stalls action
In Atlanta the chronic litigant asks if the case is still pending while the lawyer pushes for the retaining fee, reflecting a stalled legal dispute amid ongoing contention.
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Atlanta, Constitution
He is Justified as He Looks and Speaks Bold
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader notes a man shown wearing a fourteen collar and a fifteen shirt in a bold stance. The quip contrasts perception with attire to imply a strong, defiant attitude.
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Cleveland
The Likeness and assorted quips and quips
A collage of brief jokes and captions from various papers. Eskimo keen vision noted for detecting white foxes at long range amid snow.
Annual Statement of the Casualty Company of America
The document outlines the Casualty Company of America's capital stock of 500,000 dollars and year income totaling 1,547,965.17. It details disbursements including policyholder payments 77,199.24 and agent commissions 418,681.79, with total admitted assets of 2,081,967.99 and liabilities of 3,482,012.82.
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State of
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Oxford Bibles Use Vast Skin Supply Each Year
The article notes that 100000 animal skins are consumed annually for the covers of Oxford Bibles, highlighting the large scale of resources involved in producing these religious texts.
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Oxford Bibles
Cat Uses Rotary Tail to Right Itself in Fall
A scientist built a papier mache cat with a rotary tail and demonstrated that by rotating the tail at the correct speed the device always lands on its feet. The finding supports the saying that a cat falls on its feet because it can guide its fall with its tail.
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