Odd Bits From The Marshfield Times January 19 1910
The column compiles quirky notes including weather puns about Central America cold water polities of the Russian secret police and the Boston poets club. It jokes about radium price citrus fruits and a new department store in New York selling woolens boots and hammocks. It mentions Halley’s comet airships labor moods and a gas producer motor boat trend alongside fears of a chewing gum shortage.
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New York
Hag
Bind
Conservation of the nations resources urged by President
President's special message to Congress calls for broad conservation of public lands water power forests and mineral resources. He cites land frauds mismanagement withdrawals delays in reforms and urges statutory actions to classify lands protect water power rights and accelerate reclamation projects with bonds and new laws to curb monopolies and ensure public benefit.
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Taft
Coness
Senate
House of Representatives
Multalite Arcia
Mountain Cangee
Ard
Alaska
Entirat
Ordler
Thes Innin
Ravarine
Pehite Domain
Java
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Ig Beat
Inter- Inr
Geological Survey
Gener Sericultural
United States
Interior
Thoraugeested
Reclamation
Funda Mt Hand
Ite
Retursa
Honda
Reclamation Fund
Jowaomt Rata
Rhea
Department of Agriculture
Thin County
St la Dein
Walter
Trera
M Waterway
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cairo
Mall
Upper
Mississippi
St. Paul
St. Louia
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Boards of Army Engineers
Gulf
Acorn Storage Woodpecker and Humorous Penitentiary Den
A California woodpecker stores acorns in pine holes to survive winter, displaying foresight over instinct. A host lampoons editors by showing a “Penitentiary Den” where he spends time writing, while the wall wallpaper imitates editors’ standard regrets at declined manuscripts.
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Bird's Savings Bank
California
White bears in the Alps prompt new expedition
Italian zoologist reports the discovery of a white bear carcass at Mount Blane near Aosta. Initially thought the specimen might be 300 years old preserved by ice, but analyses suggest death occurred only days before discovery. The find implies living white bears may still inhabit the Alpine region, prompting further expeditions.
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Aolre
Mount Blane
Aosta
Alps
How far between two towns becomes a joke
A humorous courtroom exchange from Everybody's Magazine mocks mishearing a witness remark. A lawyer asks a distance while the witness and judge reinterpret the phrase causing comic confusion.
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Tooly Lural
Everybody's Magazine
90,000 American Settlers Go to Canada
A 19th century report touts large American migration into Western Canada with free 160 acre homesteads. It argues land prices and profits entice settlers from Iowa to Ohio, noting wheat yields and favorable costs. Government agencies offer guidance on suitable districts for homesteads.
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Canada
United States
Held Vy Railway and
Iowa
Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Gay Afteen
Belle of the season turns on dining humor and quack cures
The passage riffs on appetites and social charm while mocking patent medicines. It references quack remedies like quinine and bromine, jokes about a dinner bell as a lure, and notes on ads for tobacco products and cigars, reflecting a playful, period newspaper tone.
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the Marshfield Times
Marshfield Times CO
Central America
Secret Police
Boston Poets’ Club
Poeta
Lili
Long Walt
France
Germany
Uncle Sam
Europe
Sweden
Lowe
National Medical Society
Uleges
Nautical Gazette
Moron
Tae
Washington
Inwa
Alreams
Nod
Cniet
Far West
Mississippi Valley
Rivera
England
Interior Department
Forest Service
Gericultural Department
Pont
Tewis
Earch Man
Shiakessfeare
Dodds
Orta
BROWN
Cariel
Superior Mart
Erquest
Son
Hocton
Woatees F Coleman
Gussie
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