Old Readers and a Bookstore Echoes of School Time
In a lively exchange a New York Post piece recalls how boys seek classic McGuffey Fifth Reader pieces while storeowners note parents crave old school books to restore memories and verify forgotten geography and history. The tale contrasts expurgated modern readers with enduring titles like Webster’s Speller Sander’s Reader and McGuffey’s Reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Smith Apperson
Bosworth Field
Apperson
Spartacus
Grampians
Scotland
Norval
McGuffey
Darien
Panama
Speller
Sander
Harry Smith
Kosciusko
New York Post
Beauty In the Mexican Voice and Speech Patterns
Excerpt from Three Years Before the Mast by R. H. Dana reflects on Mexican speech noting its varied creole drawl and rapid utterance. The observer compares a bullock driver to an ambassador and remarks on pride, manners, and voice as defining features of the people.
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R. H. Dana
Golf stunt by Lord Alverstone at Edgbaston links
The London Mail recounts a Birmingham assizes golf moment where Lord Alverstone improvised with a niblick to lift a ball almost vertically from a bunker. The ball rose neatly and dropped into the judge's baggy right hand pocket, a neat trick during a lull in proceedings.
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Lord Riverstone
Birmingham
London Mail
Early Use of Asphalt in Road Paving
The piece notes asphalt as a common paving material with recent field use. It cites the first compressed rock asphalt roadway laid in Paris in 1854 and the first such road on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington in 1876.
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Paris
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
The Luxury of Disdain Cartoon Exchange
The Washington Star quotes Mr Growdher dismissing a dog with no pedigree. He says he keeps a dog to contemplate with superior disdain due to his own lack of distinguished ancestry. The exchange showcases vanity and social snobbery in a humor column.
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Mr. Growdher
Washington Star
Noted Elitist Jones Bets Home Repairs Using Limousine Mortgage
A Baltimore American quote notes Jones indulges in unusual acts to stand out. He has borrowed against his limousine to fund repairs on his house, illustrating his desire to be different from others.
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Jones
Baltimore American
Star borderer jokes about dining shapes in Indianapolis
In the Indianapolis Star a star boarder quips about square meals after Mrs Hasher remarks on a round oak dining table. The exchange highlights humor at a domestic gathering.
Thaws and Cold Explain Heat Exchange
Thaws and Cold explains that a thaw feels warmer because freezing releases heat to the air while a thaw absorbs heat from the air, making the air seem cooler during frost. The piece contrasts warmth in freezing versus cooling during thaw conditions.
Diner Orders Chicken as Chicken Goes Missing
A humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript features a diner requesting chicken, only to be told the dish is unavailable. The diner insists on waiting for its return, signaling a lighthearted crowd-pleaser about a kitchen delay.
Power of Song Wins the Foot Race in Balkan Tale
In a Balkan village, Eudoxia the swift runner vows to marry any man who can beat her. Boris arrives with a harp and sings his love while pacing the race, halting her with melodic charm. He wins not by speed but by song. Boris reveals his noble Greek lineage and takes Eudoxia as wife after the race.
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Goplunk
N. J
Cartoons Magazine
Ohio State Journal
Balkans
Eudoxia
Boris
Apollo
Song
Montenegro
Greece
Veteran waited death but now loves life in Forest Home grave
Milwaukee veteran Francis Marion Collins age eighty nine kept a grave ready at Forest Home cemetery after years ago digging his own grave during a rainy night. He survived and now enjoys life and a sweetheart named Annette sending letters and visiting. Collins served four years in the Civil War with Company I of the 134th Pennsylvania infantry.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Forest Home Cemetery
Francis Marion Collins
Collins
City of the Dead
Annette
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry
Army of the Potomac
Pineapple Growth and Planting Methods in Hawaii
Experts note the pineapple is a solidified blossom and indicate Hawaii’s pineapple blossom season runs June to October. About 7,000 acres are devoted to pineapple cultivation with planting densities ranging from 5,000 plants per acre for large fruit to closer spacing for juice or canned products. Mr and Mrs Chas G Smythe have returned from the Sound country after two weeks, reporting snow in Everett on the 10th and finding flowers in bloom with balmy air upon return.
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Hawaii
Chas. G. Smythe
Sound Country
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Everett
North Central Washington Growers' League Meets for Officer Elections
The second annual meeting of the North Central Washington Growers' League convened in the Commercial Club rooms with Mr. Adams, former president, leading efforts to elect officers for the new fruit year. The item notes other local movements and arrivals including trips to Montana and Seattle.
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J. B. Adams
Wenatchee
North Central Washington
Seattle Police Raid Wrecks 1916 Drug Stores Seizures Hit $80 000
The Seattle police enforce prohibition with axes wrecking three new 1916 drug stores and smashing furniture and glassware. Liquor seizures total about $80 000 this week as drug store supplies are raided from warehouses. Injured druggists plan lawsuits for damages to property. Day of Everett formerly with Golden Rule spent days in town.
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Seattle
L. V. Day
Golden Rule
Everett
Chelan County Sheriff Candidates Named on Republican Ticket
Political notice lists Frank A Reynolds seeking the sheriff nomination in Chelan county as a Republican and Bert McManus of Cashmere joining N Insche in the primary race. Insche is Wenatchee chief of police serving seventh term and 13 years in the county.
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Frank A. Reynolds
Chelan County
N. Insche
Wenatchee
Bert McManus
Cashmere
Wenatchee Republican seeks county engineer nomination
Tom C. Atkinson of Wenatchee is a Republican candidate for county engineer. He has served as office deputy in the county engineer’s office for the past four years and runs in the primary election.
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Tom C. Atkinson
Wenatchee
Impressions of Mount Vernon volume offered on approval
Readers are invited to order a colonial blue covered, gold titled book about a trip to Washington's home. The publisher calls it a faithful portrayal with Mount Vernon authorities approving the illustrations. Price is 75 cents on approval, 1 dollar regular.
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Mount Vernon
Washington
U.S. Press Association
Bond Building
Washington, D. C
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Boston Transcript
F. A. Losekamp
Montana
Judah
Pendleton Sisters
Ahearn
Ernest Hedrick
Leavenworth
Wm. Thompson
G. D. Gossman
Peshastin
The
Wenatchee World
Colville
Aaron Cox
Blewett
Methodist Sunday School
John Koerner
Spokane
A. C. Daniel
Wheeler’s
A. C. Barclay
Ansco
Koerner’s
Pearl
Standard Oil Company
California
Mutual Mercantile Co
Hilbert
Koerner
Chelan Co
J. &. Jones
J. L. Close
Northside
Fountain Pen
Echo Office
C. & O. Nursery Co
Wenatchee, Wash
Vienna
Ricker Bros
Jerusalem
Rutherford’s
J. B. Hathaway
Winton
D. H
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