All Around the World Mad Apple and Curious Facts
A curious collection notes diverse trivia from ancient Greek shorthand to a French Bible translation in 517 languages. It mentions English artificial flowers, precision shoe lasts, a hack saw attachment, and a French society translating the Bible into 517 languages. It cites a 64 barrel machine gun from the 17th century, a Great Eastern Atlantic crossing in 11 days, and Venice's 60 000 residents among many tidbits.
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England
Central Africa
Malaya
Mpany
Federated Malay
Atlantic
Venice
United States
Cnimp
Tampico
Gift from Italy's king to Holy Name church
A solid silver chalice presented by the king of Italy to the Holy Name church in Washington. The 12 inch high Roman design piece features chiselled reliefs of the apostles on the base and a delicately engraved handle symbolizing faith hope and charity.
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Italy
Holy Name Church
Washington
Automatic Pistol With Flashlight
A new flashlight pistol combines a six shot 24 caliber automatic gun with a tubular flashlight. The barrel sits along the flashlight tube and the trigger is on the opposite side, aiming to deter burglars.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Excessive Erudition Provokes Editor’s Wry Reply
A Chiggersville Clarion editor quips that publicity seekers may be amiable but a high brow citizen who fills columns with obscure authorities and six syllables will not win favor with readers or the newspaper staff. The remark echoes editorials from the Birmingham Age-Herald about overelaborate writing.
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Chiggersville Clarion
Cltizen
Okehs
Birmingham Age-Herald
Pelican reference sparks dinner party bird comparison
A Boston Transcript line jokes about a famous soprano named Briggs singing like a bird at a dinner party. The remark contrasts Briggs with Griggs and notes attention to her bird-like cadence during the evening.
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Briggs
Griggs
Boston Transcript
Unclear Quote Sparks Political Exchange On Evolution
Fragmentary remark features a senator named Sorghum disputing evolution as a waste of time. The dialogue frames evolution as complimentary to chimps, while implying voter relevance.
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Senator Sorghum
Evolution of Style in Fall Fashion Highlights
A fashion columnist notes the evolution of style shaping the coming season. Long coats with graceful lines replace capes, heavy Moroccan crepe fabrics and gray crepe linings define Parisian outerwear, and oversized beads frame elegant white dresses. The era favors straight lines, draped sleeves and skirts, with a sustained focus on beauty and wearable grace in American women's attire.
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New York Times
Graceful sleeve design described in wardrobe notes
A fragment describes a gown with long flowing sleeves sewn in long pieces of the gown material. The sleeves join to other parts of the dress forming a continuous graceful line. Once this construction is used there is little need for trimming.
The Chic Summer Frock of Silk From Paris Couture
Navy silk crepe frock seen in American fall prep shows features tailored lines and soutache braid. The design includes a brad trimmed skirt with panels and tan accents, plus a navy canton crepe version with a basket braid yoke and cape back.
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Paris
Something to Think About by F. A. Walker
A reflective essay extols great men as guides for readers to imitate. It highlights perseverance, honesty, humility, and steadfast faith as paths from obscurity to eminence, urging youths to follow these ideals with devotion to God and self-respect.
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F. A. Walker
Sant Tamorrow
McClure
Signs of a Successful Person through Hand Reading
The text explains palm reading for business success. It links hand size and squareness to practicality, a firm palm to energy, a large top thumb phalanx to will power, a well-shaped second thumb phalanx to reason, and a long middle phalanx of the ring finger to love of work, attributed to Wheeler Syndicate Inc.
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Apollo
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Iddies Six By Will M Maupin
Poem reflects resilience facing hardship with music and hope. The speaker vows to push through sorrow with a positive outlook and daily effort trusting God to handle the rest. The cadence shifts toward perseverance and faith.
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Will M. Maupin
Bach
Rudy Wail
Maupin
Uncommon Sense on Education Costs and Value
A partial, early twentieth century reflection argues education is a cheap commodity and that college costs reflect the value of a four year course. It notes many students work through college and that education enables access to material success.
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Omfortadlis
John Blake on self education through libraries
A column extols self education via library study, citing Mark Twain and Charles Dickens as examples of great writers with limited formal schooling. Readers are urged to read widely, ask questions, and persist, paying only fines while gaining priceless knowledge.
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America
England
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Jon Blake
Mother's Cook Book on Warm Weather Dressings and Salads
The article discusses aging insights and lively food work, endorsing warm weather salads and dressings. It details French dressing using oil and vinegar, mayo with yolk and vinegar, and various seasonings. It notes uncooked dressings from sour cream and methods for beating and mixing ingredients. It also mentions a broad range of dressing variations and flavor adjustments.
The Romance of Words and the Tumblers of Toy History
The piece explains the origin and meaning of the word tumbler from popular Chinese dolls and 15th 16th century European toys called tomboli. It describes weighted wooden tumblers that stand upright when filled and cites German examples with the inscription Lay me down when empty I'll stand again when full by the Wheeler Syndicate.
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Italy
Europe
Nanny Partis
Germany
Wheeler Syndentu
Inet
Love at first eight and a Bulgarian king’s cellar sale
The article alleges a romance involving young Boris of Bulgaria who, amid exile and poverty, plans to sell his cellar wine stock to Sofia hotels at two dollars a bottle. He is described as twenty seven, with few servants and halted court entertainments. It notes his father’s former luxury and frames imperialism as waning after the war.
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Boris
Bulgaria
Sofia
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