The Flyers and Other Works Feature in Notable New Titles
A survey of recent publications notes George Barr McCutcheon’s The Flyers a brisk comedy of elopement complications and rapid pacing. It also covers Dr Max Lenz’s newestography on Napoleon and an upcoming English translation. Other items include Booker T Washington and W E B Du Bois on economic development in the South, Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes works gaining Russian interest, and a German life in the army volume that sparked controversy with penalties for its author.
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Deoorge Barr McCutcheon
Napoleon
Max Lenz
Paris Figaro
Booker T. Washington
W. E Burghardt du Bois
South
Conan Doyle
St. Petersburg
Sherlock Holmes
Bilse
Ano
Goldwin Smith
Shakspeare
Milton
Bacon
Burke
Macaulay
Manages a Misplaced Bag On a Fast Moving Train
An anecdote from England recounts a passenger on a Manchester to London train keeping a seat for a friend while mistaking a bag on the opposite corner. As the train neared departure, the caretaker tossed the bag to the platform, sparking a dispute when the owner discovers the mix up.
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England
Jin
Manchester
London
Gladstone
Verse and prose mix in editorial exchange noted
A Philadelphia Press exchange shows a candid editor and a persistent contributor debating verse and prose. The dialog highlights the line between poetry and prose in literary criticism.
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Philadelphia Press
Free Ride for School Children in Victoria
In Victoria Australia children ride electric school buses free of charge. A man laments his wife outfit purchase expressing disappointment that his money did not yield the hoped for results. Some individuals pose as peacemakers to intrude into others affairs for personal gain.
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Victoria
Australia
Beggar Refuses Help Then Reappears Before Train
In a Kansas City tale, a one armed beggar seeks aid from the Helping Hand Institute but is sent to the workhouse after Mitchell testifies at a police court. A week later the same beggar encounters Mitchell on Baltimore Avenue and vows to flee town after a brief encounter.
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Wren
Samuel E. M
Helping Hand Institute
Main Street
Kansas City Star
Mitchell
Institutes
Institute
Kyle
Baltimore Avenue
Quirky Childhood Chats and Small-Town Wedding Tales
The column strings together humorous snippets from a country Sunday school class and village wedding. Jokes about aging and octogenarians mix with a country wedding mischief, court quips, and a note on Manchuria’s trade. The tone recalls a late 19th century gossip page.
Witty Quips and Dining Dilemmas Across Past Social Circles
A collection of short anecdotes from society and schools recounting humorous misdirections about politeness and words. Stories include the royal wedding address debate, a Kaiser salad predicament, Lord Cardwell’s prayers, a Mississippi teacher’s word choice, Boston dinner praise, and Brazilian asparagus at a temperate-climate visit.
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America
Lord Cardwell
Harper's Magazine
Sissippi
New York
Boston
Tropics
Ido de Jat
Ana Yan
Byguenos Ayres
Brazil
Iitle
Ponce de Leon’s Spring Revisited as Property Refusal
The Neptune springs at Ponce de Leon’s site near St Augustine remain owned by a widow and her daughter after rejecting a $45,000 bid. Tourists still drink lithia water from the boxlike well, while nearby ruins of the old Spanish fort and gate echo the area’s storied past. The owner declined offers and continues selling water from the historic spring.
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Leon
St. Augustine
Cincinnat! Enquirer. Org
Spain
Neptune Springs
Wit
Ponce Spring
Ponce
Uncle Sam
Marlon
Ponce de Leon
Rainbow Imagery and Rivalry Echo in Atlanta Quip
A brief editorial fragment from the Atlanta Constitution contrasts a rainbow metaphor with a witty line about money and weight. It also includes a remark on why enemies might have friends, highlighting a local column style.
Polar Days and Nights in Polar Regions
The piece describes harsh polar winters with thick ice, six to eight feet. brief hints of summer calm and brilliant sunsets near Arctic margins. It notes long twilight, auroras, and the mental strain of prolonged darkness, plus extreme dry air reducing disease despite isolation. It also retells a courtroom anecdote about a Southern planter's testimony in a race-related case.
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Nansen
Arctic
Journal of Geography
Antarctic
Temperate
They Roast Her for Her Magnificent Flat
Quotes from guests describe a beautiful but poorly arranged home. Critics praise wallpaper and bound books while laments about layout and missing leaf cuts. The onlookers conclude the hostess has hosted well and deserves roasted praise.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Japan studies ice making in plan to adopt American cold storage
Tokyo officials led by T Uchimura arrive in Philadelphia to study U S methods of artificial ice production and cold storage. Kawamura says Japan lacks plants and aims to import meat vegetables and fruit via refrigerated ships, with plans to install systems nationwide. The visitors tour the Bellevue Stratford refrigerating plant.
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Uchimura
Tokyo
Japan
America
Belle- Vue-Stratford
Various 19th Century Facts and Anecdotes from City and Country
A collection of brief notes covers New York crime rates and debt, daily arrests for speeding, human eyelid movement, ducks laying eggs in February, and meat in diets of peasants and laborers. It mentions a Reno unveiling for Mackay School of Mines, an Andrew Cummings horn in Massachusetts, unbalanced scales reports, Lord Rosse and Birr telescope, Daniel A. Campbell as Chicago postmaster and senator, and Lady Frances Balfour’s marriage in 1879.
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New York City
Buck Farm
East Mansfield
John W. Mackay Further
Reno
Mackay School of Mines
University of Nevada
Mackay
Simon Cummings
Great Barrington
Mass
Royal Highlanders
Bureau of Weiguts and Measures
Lord Rosse
Birr Castle
Daniel A. Campbell
Chicago
Busse
Senate
Frances Balfour
Eustace
Arthur Balfour
Duke of Argyll
The Early Education of Tom Corwin
The father of Tom Corwin kept Matthias at school while Tom worked on the farm. A broken leg during his youth forced confinement that allowed study. He then secured schooling in the same institution as his brother, showing keen industry and mastery of English literature and Latin.
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Tom Corwin
Kentucky
Matthias
Thomas
Ohio Magazine
Quick Wits and Quips Across Four Papers
A collage of jokes and cartoons from multiple papers. Snappy dialogue covers warnings about soy spoons to political gaffes and misheard phrases. Notable lines reference Mrs. Smith, Drugetst, Mrs. Money Bags, and a wide array of humorous exchanges across newspapers.
Glass Mirror Breaks in New Cigar Store
A Chicago cigar store opened recently without steam heat and installed a gas radiator. Three hours later a large plate mirror cracked from top to bottom due to unequal expansion. The owner vents frustration over superstition and delays while customers remark on bad luck.
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Chicago
Ocean
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