European Armies Starving Schools Across Europe
A French critic notes that major European powers favor military budgets over education. France spends far more on armed forces than schooling, Germany allocates one third to education versus military, Austria and Russia underspend on schools against casernes, Italy spends nine times as much on the army as public education, Belgium balances eight to four, while Switzerland uniquely funds education twice as much as defense.
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Asia Minor
Gunesag
Germany
Austria
Russia
Aly
Belgium
Switzerland
The Struggle by Arthur Hugh Clough
The excerpt reflects a lyric meditation on persistence and hope amid struggle. It contrasts failing hopes with lingering resolve, suggesting the effort to endure and the quiet advance of change despite fatigue and distraction.
Andrus Transmitter Company Plot Deepens in Family Drama
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt, a father recalls past dealings with the young inventor Andrus and a sheltered daughter who now faces a lucrative profit offer. The daughter reveals she is a partner in the Andrus Transmitter Company and seeks her father's counsel as both she and Robert Andrus bid for her hand and investment.
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Everetter
Florence
Andrus Transmitter Company
Rascal
Robert
Robert Andrus
Daddy
Newcom
Gifted youths offer plant sale to rival company
A father recalls offering $200,000 for a young inventor's factory and patents plus a $10,000 salary as he meets the partner who controls half the interests. The gifted creator remains unshaken and will decide with his partner. The National Engine Company seeks the output, while the Carter Motor Company acts to protect the venture.
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Bomabody
National Engine Company
Carter Motor Company
Doctoring by the Contract and Other Fragments
A satirical collage on health care finance and social promises, lampooning weekly doctor payments and the lure of easily bought cures. It weaves jokes about a perpetual “installment plan” for medicine with quips about literature, fashion, and daily life.
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Neurasthenia
Gringo Aims for Consulate Side of Diplomacy Talk
In a Chicago Tribune blurb a diplomat wonders if Gringo will join the ministry and hints his real aim is a consulship. The dialogue suggests strategic moves within political ranks.
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Gringo
Chicago Tribune
Inquisitive Person and Chauffeur Exchange on Speed
A strange dialogue presents an inquisitive person asking how to tell speed and a chauffeur replying with a cryptic expression about watching a passenger’s face. The fragment hints at misheard phrases and a playful or surreal exchange.
Averages All Hight and the Standoff at Breakfast
A humorous exchange unfolds with a resident complaining one radiator stays cold while another stays hot year round. A new waitress overhears a breakfast mishap as a diner makes a loud mess, later dismissed as the train caller ordering breakfast. A last quip notes census confusion in a town of about 6,000.
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Kitchan
Suburban Exchange Notes Odd Scribbles and Jumbled Letters
A chaotic string of lines features a teacher asking Clifford who wrote the Jenins letters with the boy replying I didn t know. A humorous asides mentions a letter carrier hindered by dogs and a halting, fragmented suburban street scene in a Chicago Tribune style.
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Clifford
Jenins
Chicago Tribune
Recaping by Technuicality in New York Courtroom
A cryptic court recap from New York references improper traction, with a dialogue about facing a crowd and whether the speaker is prepared to confront many people. The fragment hints at legal or procedural confusion in a tense public setting.
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Tommy
There Are Others and a Polygamy Proof
A California Weekly item jokes about polygamy and a person named Bing fearing prosecution. The quote notes confusion over marriage to one person versus a larger family. The piece shifts to advertise Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Bings
California
Weekly
Mortimer and Sal Lion Suitor Scene Cited by Chicago Tribune
An exchange in a family scene shows Mortimer pressed by an elderly relative about marrying Miss Sal Lion. The nephew answers with caution and propriety, while the elder is relieved Mortimer will not push the match.
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Mortimer
Sallion
Chicago Tribune
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Run
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John Eld
Cranston Building
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Dearie
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Dellafield
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Indianapolis News
Hills
Chicago
Detroit Prep Press
Freddie
Puck
Castoria
Castur
F. Gerald Blattner
Buffalo
N. Y
Gustave A. Eisengracer
St. Paul
Minn
J. J. Dennis
St. Louis
8. A. Buchanan
Philadelphia
J. E. Simpson
R. DB. Eakfidson
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin F. Pardee
New York City
Chauaffeur
Jonea
Baltimore American
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
B'hiya
Cresce
TNA
Tela West
Portland
W. A. Wise
Tm News
Denta
Spain
Portland, Oregon
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