Miscellaneous Quotes and Observations From The Express Iowa
A collection of quirky remarks on topics from politics and manners to science and poetry. Notes comment on baldness, aging nations, flirtation fines, a stylish thief, pole exploration, plumbing arrests, Atlantic steamer births, milk microbes, shoe shines, scholarly writing, Liberty's birthday, Scottish poetry, and a proposed Bremen Hamburg ship canal.
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Bremen
Hamburg
Elbe
Weser
Wumme
Missouri to Build Road from St Louis to Kansas City
A macadamized road linking St Louis and Kansas City will be completed within two years with work starting next spring. The Missouri legislature appropriated 500000 dollars for the project. The road will be sixty feet wide and another north south route will follow through the state after completion.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
French Premier Flies in Steerable Balloon Incident
In Paris the French premier ascended in a steerable war balloon. A pipe burst during the flight, splashing him with hot water. Repairs took about twenty minutes, leaving the balloon stationary over the city.
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United States
M. Clemenceau
Paris
Stallon
Record-setting Erie railroad locomotive and long trains
A newly built Erie railroad locomotive weighing over 200 tons sits on 16 driving wheels. A train a mile and a half long, about 210 cars, exceeds past norms as engineers now pursue even longer trains.
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Erie Railroad
Navy Wins National Rifle Match at Camp Perry
Initially the navy faced exclusion due to travel funds but was later included. The naval team surpassed the Army and claimed the championship, proving sailors can excel with firearms on land as well as at sea.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
Navy
Army
Boys of the Sea
Troy Times
Man of Warsman
Corset Crusade Fails As Fashion Holds Ground
A brief says critics push against corsets but fashion endures. A woman driving near Oxford New Jersey was struck by a stray rifle shot but the steel corset she wore saved her from injury.
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Oxford
N. J
Corn Laws Recalled Amid Debate on Deceased Wife's Sister Bill
Reflection on Britain's long wait for corn laws contrasts with swift action on the deceased wife’s sister bill. The remark notes Parliament’s history and questions the pace of contemporary reform. The quote underscores impatience with rapid legislative changes.
News Boys Union Funds Harvard Course
The Syracuse Post-Standard notes the local news boys union is providing funds for one member to attend a Harvard University course, highlighting support from a city organization for education.
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Syracuse Post-Standard
Newsboys’ Union
Harvard University
Mystery of a Safe in Standard Oil Offices
In New York evidence from the government suit shows a steel safe with books in the Standard Oil offices. Kellogg nears the books to prove the oil combine never legally dissolved, while Assistant Secretary Charles White says a second safe contained unknown contents and records remain missing.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil Trustees
Kellogg
Charles White
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Company
Steamship train collision injures passengers in France
A rear coach of a special Paris Cherbourg train carrying 150 first class travelers was telescoped by a Rouen express near Nantes. No deaths. seven or eight hurt, a man with a fractured leg and a woman with possible internal injuries. Injured Americans mostly continued to Cherbourg.
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Paris
Cherbourg
New York
Rouen
Nantes
Antwerp Dock Strike Ends in Federation Victory
Antwerp dock laborers end a long running strike with a unconditional return to work under employer terms. Federation of Ship Owners claims a sweeping victory and predicts no future Antwerp laborers strike for years. A world wide ship owners coalition forms to deter future strikes.
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Antwerp
Federation of Ship Owners
Conspiracy Arrests Reported in Havana
Washington sent word from Gov Magoon to Acting Sec Oliver detailing arrests in Havana. Maso Parra, enraged by a failed uprising, threatened to dynamite a building and escape. Police captured him and two accomplices Lara Miret and Ducassi and jailed them.
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Washington
Havana
War Department
Magoon
Oliver
Maso Parra
Lara Miret
Ducassi
Wife Slain Aged Man Held in Hampshire Murder
Chicago. Mrs Cyrus Baldwin aged 83, wife of a Hampshire pioneer, was murdered Wednesday. The elderly husband is detained as a suspect in the pitiful tragedy ten miles northeast of Elgin Illinois.
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Chicago
Cyrus Baldwin
Hampshire
Ill
Elgin
New Boxer Outbreak Reported in Klangsi Province
The dispatch notes a Boxer outbreak at Nankangsien in southern Klangsi. It reports the murder of an Italian priest and several converts at the village of Tawoull.
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Shanghai
Nankangsien
Klangsi
Tawoull
Actress Marguerite Bower Found Dead in Hotel Bed
Mrs. Marguerite Bow er leading lady of Broadway After Dark company was found dead in a hotel bed on Friday. Her husband resides in Mineral City, Ohio.
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Washington
Marguerite Bower
Mineral City
Lipton Seeks Fife Advice After Cup Challenge Rebuff
Sir Thomas Lipton discussed the New York Yacht Club rejection of his America's Cup challenge on Thursday night. He said he may issue another challenge and will follow Mr. Fife's guidance, expressing willingness to accept the club's decision.
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Lipton
Fife
London
Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
May Extend Wire Strike Across New York
The New York local of the Commercial Telegraphers union voted to call out all leased wire operators in the city if sanctioned by national officers. They may also urge brokers and press telegraphers nationwide to quit work. The move aims to support Western Union and Postal Telegraph workers, despite opposition from some leaders.
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New York
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union
Daniel L. Russell
John G. McCloskey
Hearst News Service
Russell
Sterling Oil refinery fire at Marietta destroys plant
A major blaze at the Sterling Oil refinery in Marietta Ohio destroyed most of the plant, burning for seven hours. Water pumps failed but steam lines helped save ten crude oil tanks. origin unknown, suspected retort processing bones for clarifying oil. Losses include over 200 barrels of machine oil and 14 tanks of refined product.
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Marietta
Sterling Oil
Nebraska clergyman resigns over church trial
Rev Wilbert Ferguson of University Place resigns from the state Methodist conference rather than face a church trial for unbecoming conduct with Mrs B F A Cross. His counsel cites prejudiced rulings by trial moderator Rev J T Roberts and says depositions supporting Ferguson were improperly barred.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wilbert P. Ferguson
University Place
State Methodist Conference
Bf. A. Cross
J. T. Roberts
Striking workers clash with trolley crew near Latrobe
In Latrobe Pennsylvania early Tuesday striking West Moreland Street railway employees cut trolley wires stopping traffic. They attacked a car carrying Superintendent Schwartz and forced the crew to flee. The attackers then smashed windows and wrecked seats and furnishings.
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Latrobe
West Moreland Street Railway
Schwartz
Here
Havana conspiracy uncovered linked to New York capitalists
A conspiracy to start a Cuban revolutionary movement has been discovered under Gov Magoon’s orders. Suspects have been shadowed for days, with authorities believing the plot is backed by New York capitalists.
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Cuba
Havana
Magoon
New York
Woman Testifies in Methodist Church Trial at Lincoln
The University Place church trial of Rev. Wilbert P. Ferguson resumed with Mrs. A. Cross on the stand. She described conduct allegations mirroring the preliminary inquiry and said the minister had claimed love surpasses law while he was her boarder and she still felt affection for him.
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Lincoln, Neb
Wilbert P. Ferguson
Methodist Church of
University Place
A. Cross
Mexican Foreign Minister Ill in Mexico City
Ignacio Mariscal the Mexican foreign minister is reported seriously ill and will miss the entertainments planned in honor of Secretary Root in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Ingacio Mariscal
Senor Mariscal
Root
Leap for Freedom Is Fatal
Federal prisoner William E. Bureh of Glendale Ohio died instantly when he leaped from a fast moving train near Dayton en route to Cincinnati Tuesday his neck was broken.
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Dayton
William E. Bureh
Glendale
Cincinnati
Glover Leaf Buys Alton in Steel Railway Shakeup
The Toledo, St. Louis & Western directors voted to buy the Chicago & Alton from Rock Island interests if immunity is granted in the Standard Oil rebating probe. An expert report praised the Alton’s condition and a unification of Shonts Hawley properties is anticipated for closer links between Detroit St. Louis Kansas City and Chicago Kansas City.
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New York
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railway
Chicago & Alton Railway
Rock Island
Alton
Standard Oil
Bonaparte
Chicago & Alton Board
Shonts-Hawley
Toledo
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Detroit
Kansas City
Chicago
Richard Walton Arrested in Chicago Murder Case
Richard Walton, a Black man, was arrested in Springfield on suspicion of the Sept. 18 strangling murder of Mrs. Lillian White Grant in Chicago. He was initially cleared on vagrancy charges, identified again from a police photo, and held awaiting Chicago orders. Walton admitted his identity after rearrest.
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Springfield
Richard Walton
Lillian White Grant
Chicago
Walton
NO THIRD TERM ROOT VISITS ARKANSAS en route to Mexico
Elihu Root secretary of state spent a brief stop in Little Rock on Friday while traveling in the private car Signet with Iron Mountain train No. 5. He stated that President Roosevelt will not be a Republican candidate and that he will not allow his name to be presented at the next national convention.
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Little Rock
Ark
Elihu Root
City of
Mexico
Roosevelt
Police Shoot Crap Players in Pittsburg Raid
In a Tuesday raid on a illegal gambling game in Pittsburg, officers opened fire as suspects fled. Daniel Murphy, 12, white, was fatally struck while Hays Kessler, colored, was wounded in the back. Several others escaped.
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Pittsburg
Daniel Murphy
Hays Kessler
President Dines Bishop of London hosted at White House
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a Friday dinner at the White House in Washington. The guest of honor was Rt. Rev. A. F. Winnington Ingram lord bishop of London who arrived in the city that day.
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Dines
London
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
A. F. Winnington-Ingram
Taft Arrives in Yokohama Aboard Minnesot a
The steamer Minnesota carrying Secretary Taft and his party reached Yokohama at seven o'clock Saturday morning.
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Yokohama
Minnesota
Taft
Ferry Capsizes, Fourteen Die on Tombigbee Crossing
A ferry crossing the Tombigbee river at McGrew Shoales near Jackson Alabama capsized late Thursday, drowning one white boy and thirteen Black passengers. The victim is identified as Leslie Vermile, 16, of Oaksdale, a suburb of Mobile.
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Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Tombigbee River
Government Works
McGrew Shoales
Jackson
Leslie Vermille
Oaksdale
Nine Poisoned by Ice Cream In Georgia
Cone Hagan a farmer near Statesboro and eight children were poisoned by ice cream that used condensed milk as an ingredient. The incident underscores a tainted dairy product case reported in Statesboro Georgia.
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Statesboro
Cone Hagan
Here
Frisco Welcomes Pacific Fleet Squadron Arrival
The first division of the Pacific fleet arrives off San Francisco as four armored cruisers led by the West Virginia pass the Heads in a fire formation. Rear Admiral James H. Dayton commands the flagship with the two star flag shown. The cruise began last September at Newport Rhode Island and covers 36,000 miles.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Golden Gate
West Virginia
James H. Dayton
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Newport
R. I
Campaign for Honest Weight Targets Omaha Packers
Lincoln Nebraska food commissioner Johnson launches a campaign against packing houses violating the pure food law by failing to stamp net weight on meat packages. He orders the Douglas county attorney to sue South Omaha packers. bacon and ham are often wrapped to reduce stated weight. Nebraska packers must comply or retailers will be held responsible.
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Lincoln, Neb
Johnson
Douglas
South Omaha
Nebraska
Campbell found guilty of manslaughter in Harris case
A Chicago jury verdict returns a verdict of manslaughter with a recommendation for clemency to the state board of pardons. Amasa C. Campbell the Antigo Wis lumber dealer shot Dr Benjamin S Harris last December in the Stock Exchange building after alleging improper relations with Campbells wife. The jury signed a petition urging a minimum penitentiary term of one year.
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Chicago
State Board of Pardons
Windes
Amasa C. Campbell
Antigo
Wis
Benjamin S.harris
Stock Exchange
Campbell
Harris
State Pardon Board
Roosevelt Arrives in Washington at Busy Pennsylvania Station
President Roosevelt returned from Oyster Bay arriving in Washington at 6 57 p m Wednesday. A large crowd gathered at Pennsylvania station to greet him as Postmaster General Meyer Secretary Straus and Assistant Secretary Murray of commerce and labor joined federal officials in escorting him to his carriage on Sixth Street amid cheers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Pennsylvania Station
Meyer
Straus
Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
Sixth Street
Grand Duke of Baden Nearing Death
Grand Duke Frederick of Baden, suffering from an intestinal inflammation for over a week, is rapidly worsening in Constance and not expected to survive much longer.
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Grand Duke of
Baden
Constance
Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duke
Frederick
Ex Judge Morse Stricken In Court At Jonia
Former Michigan Supreme Court justice Allen B. Morse, age 69, suffered an apo plexy while testifying in Jonia Michigan court. Doctors fear the stroke may be fatal.
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Morse
Jonia, Mich
Allen B. Morse
Michigan Supreme Court
Railway Clerks Strike in Toledo Over Working Agreement
Two hundred railway clerks from six roads walked out in Toledo on Friday seeking a new working agreement. More than that number remained at their desks.
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Toledo
Nebraska Wins Rate Victory in Nebraska Rail Case
Judges T C Munger and W H Munger denied railroad requests to enjoin enforcement of grain rate law limits by the state railway commissioner. The earlier restraining order was dissolved, seen as a decisive win for Nebraska though the railroads may appeal to the federal circuit court.
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Nebraska
Omaha
T. C. Munger
W. H. Munger
United States
United States Court of Appeals
Eight Die In Wreck Near Bellaire With Opera Company Aboard
Eight men died and a score injured when the Chicago and Wheeling express crashed into a freight train near Bellaire Ohio. A switch error caused the collision as the speeding train tried to regain lost time. Passengers included members of Richard Carle's Spring Chicken Comic Opera company with several escaping serious harm. director Alfred Dalby had his arm amputated. Engineer H A Lipscomb died after an on scene surgical effort.
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Michael Heinze
Wheeling
W. Va
H. A. Lipscomb
Newark
N. J
F. E. Motz
F. L. Rose
Cleveland
Harry Seitz
Massillon
William Shaw
Wheeling W. V
E. J. Blubaugh
Ben Dale
Lipscomb
Great Cathedral 18 Begun in Washington Event
Foundation stone laid for the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul at Mount St. Alban Wisconsin avenue with President, Bishop of London and dignitaries present. Episcopal aid marks ceremony as centerpiece of two day religious gathering tied to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew convention closing.
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Washington
Se Lacopal Church
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
Mount St. Alban
Wisconsin Avenue
Episcopal Church In
America
United States
London
Satterlee
Capitol Building
George Washington
Mining Man Arrested in Missouri Fraud Case
Joplin Missouri Maj C H Wilson a veteran mine operator in the Missouri Kansas lead and zinc district was arrested Sunday on charges of obtaining money through fraudulent companies Detective Garber of Indianapolis transported the prisoner after presenting requisition papers. The arrest follows a complaint by A J O Reilly Monon railroad general agent in Indianapolis alleging $17500 losses from Wilson led schemes.
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Indianapolis
A. J. O'Reilly
Monon Railroad
Former Archduke to Wed Humble Siberian Girl
Former Archduke Leopold Salvatore Woelfling of Austria is engaged to Maria Ritter, daughter of a humble Siberian. A telegraphed confirmation from Zurich confirms the match.
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Vienna
Herr Woelfling
Archduke Leopold Salvatore
Austria
Maria Ritter
Zurich
Rev Father Poland Struck by Street Car in St Louis
Rev Father William Poland a philosophy professor at St Louis University and contributor to religious magazines was struck by a street car Sunday and seriously injured according to early reports from the city.
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F. W. Poland
St. Louis
Father William Poland
St. Laws University
Flood Strikes Malaga Leaving Dozens Feared Lost
The Malaga disaster reports widespread distress as storms and floods kill rivals and ruin supplies. The governor battles famine by stopping the consumption of decayed goods cast out by merchants. Dozens are found in the mud and a migrant group on a quay vanishes, feared dead. Damage is estimated at 3.8 million dollars.
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Malaga
Real Estate Man Mitchener Drops Dead In Church
Frank B. Mitchener a Kansas City real estate man fell dead in church Sunday as he sang the hymn God be with you till we meet again with his Sunday school class. The sudden death shocks attendees and authorities investigated the incident at the place of worship.
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Kansas City
Frank B. Mitchener
Editor of Christian Observer Dead in Louisville
F B Converse, editor of the Christian Observer said to be the oldest religious newspaper in the world, died Sunday in Louisville aged 71 from a heart attack.
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Christian Observer
Louisville
F. B. Converse
The
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised For Pain Relief
Mrs. B. A. Moore of Wa terville Missouri testifies that after a year and a half of kidney trouble, backache and fatigue, Doan's Kidney Pills gave great relief and she was cured. The ad urges keeping kidneys healthy to prevent suffering and notes the pills cost 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. Moore
Waterville
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn, Co
Buffalo
N. Y
First Aid and Ink Incident Told by Doctor
A Washington doctor was summoned by a colored former servant of his wife who claimed her child had swallowed a bottle of ink. The woman reported the child’s distress and said she had given three pieces of blotting paper before the doctor’s arrival.
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Washington
Darky
Doc
the Negress
Harper’s Weekly
Land Opening on Lower Brule Reserve in October
56 560 Acres U S Homestead land to be opened for settlement on the Lower Brule Reservation near Pierre South Dakota from October 7 to 12 Reached by Chicago and North Western Railway service Registration at Pierre U S Land Office October 7 to 12 Homeseekers rates apply on first and third Tuesdays of each month Apply to W B Kniskern P T M C N W Ry Chicago Illinois for full information
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U. S
Lower Brule
Pierre
Chicago & North Western Ry
U. S. Land Office
W B Kniskern
C & N W Ry
Chicago
Spelling Lesson Fears Targeted by Teacher
A Detroit News Tribune item describes Little Lucy crying after school over a spelling lesson. She fears punishment labeled an example and worries that classmates will rub her out if forced to stay.
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Lucy
Detroit News Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive treatment for catarrh a constitutional disease. It promises internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Includes contact F J Cheney Toledo and mentions Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Druggieta
Highest Attainment in Planting and Crafting
A reflective proverb praising layered labor from planting a tree to teaching a child. The set expresses that each productive act benefits society, culminating in the teaching of a child as the highest form of good. The quotation is attributed to Farrar.
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Farrar
Revenge and forgiveness quoted by Mountford
A reflective line on revenge stating it brings only fleeting triumph and remorse, while forgiveness stands as the noblest form of revenge offering lasting pleasure.
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Mountford
Give Defiance Starch a Fair Trial for Starching
The ad urges trying Defiance Starch for both hot and cold starching and promises a money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied with faster, cheaper results, with grocers expected to refund the purchase.
Preparation and Opportunity Grow Power and Success
The saying notes that preparation builds power and readiness enables success when opportunities arrive. It adds a view that today’s disappointments may become tomorrow’s blessings, urging resilience and forward planning.
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Fabher
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