Soldier Slang From Enlistment To Desertion In Barracks
Major B. W. Atkinson, writing in the New York Tribune, explains army slang terms like rocky for a new enlistee and snowbird for winter recruits who desert in spring. He lists kitchen police, the top, the mill, chuck, bunkies, wind jammers, blind, old man, bobtail, butt, cent per cent, and other phrases, noting their origins and meanings in garrison life.
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Army
Navy
Chuck
Dad
Kid
Golden Times
White House
B. W. Atkinson
New York Tribune
Imagination in Business and Odd Snippets From News
A discussion on naming a new soap highlights protective registrations by big manufacturers and the hurdle of clever branding. Also includes odd anecdotes about rabbits, a boa constrictor incident in German East Africa, and a tactless quip about Clubber.
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Lorin F. Deland
Atlantic
Trapping Rabbits The Australian Method Of Pest Control
Rabbits, a major pastoral pest in Australia, are controlled at great cost. In summer, when water dries and grass is dry, rabbits gather at water holes. Pastoralists encircle tanks with wire netting and dig holes outside the fence, filling them with poisoned water and enclosing them with another netting strand.
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Melbourne News
Commonwealth
Color Blindness and Theories of Vision
Forty men and four women in a thousand are wholly unable to perceive certain colors or recognize them with difficulty. Education of color sense has failed to overcome color blindness. Three theories of color vision hinge on the inner eye's sensitive fibrils and their operation.
Odessa's Working Days Labor Rules Summary
In Odessa Russia the legal workday is twelve hours with a two hour rest. Workers under seventeen must attend school three hours daily. Christians not required to work Sundays or feast days, nor Jews or Mohammedans on holidays. Those who work Sundays get the next day off for rest.
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Odessa
Russia
Chivalry Motto Inspires Service and Love
A Balzac line contrasts duty and affection noting the motto of chivalry is also wisdom to serve all but love only one. The passage reflects a dialogue about punctuality and meeting a spouse, emphasizing honor and devotion in personal conduct.
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Balzac
Roosevelt and Tolstoy clash in commoner column
A Bryan’s Commoner piece contrasts Roosevelt and Tolstoy, labeling Roosevelts brute force view of humanity against Tolstoys spiritual view valuing love over force. The item also lists real estate for sale or rent including multiple lots in New Ulm and North and South blocks, with contact names such as Albert Steinhauser and Dr. L. A. Fritsche, plus several ads for rentals and goods.
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Bryan
Roosevelt
Tolstoy
Mr. Roosevelt
New Ulm
New Wica
Albert Steinhauser
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Business Methods
M’geta
East Africa
Waluguru
Clubber
John
London
Royal Baking
Broadway
New Post Office
L. A Fritsche
J. H. Forster
Center Street
Wm. Pfaender
A. Hellriegel
Madison
California
Iime
AML
Haubrich
Iltractions
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