Literary man quotes waiter on beefsteak remark
A witty Edinburgh Scotsman anecdote recounts a literary man saying a beefsteak is hard to cut. The waiter sighs and explains he mistook the man for someone always original, since he echoed common diners' sentiments.
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Edinburgh Scotsman
Bayer Tablets of Aspirin Adverts 1900
An advertisement highlights Bayer as the true world famous aspirin provider since 1900. It emphasizes asking for Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, notes the Bayer name stamped on each tablet and package to guard against imitation.
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Shifting Attitudes Mark a Young Woman’s View of Milestones
The narrative traces a girl from indifference to fascination to selective engagement with life events. She moves from observing to celebrating to advertising, then to observing again, wishing to forget, ignoring, and finally denying them. Friends quietly keep score and remind her of these moments.
Birthday Cake Sparks Laplanders Candles Comment
A quirky exchange notes Laplanders eating candles and a playful remark about a birthday cake. The dialogue hints at a traveler behind someone, implying caution about missteps on the road and social reactions to a birthday celebration.
Economical Small Colonial Bungalow Designed for Families
William A. Radford outlines a practical small home with five rooms and a bath on a 38 by 24 foot frame plan. The design emphasizes efficient use of space, front vestibule, living and dining rooms, kitchen, two bedrooms, and a basement with heating and storage, all on one floor.
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Amusing Gift Tale Involves Archbishops Mirth
A humorous Victorian anecdote recounts a four year old duchess silencing the archbishop at the chapel royal by slyly passing a sugar almond into his mouth. The scene underlines the archbishop’s dilemma and the primacy of decorum in church ceremony. The second item notes the Little Gray Nuns of the North overseeing a Canadian mission school in Resolution, Mackenzie country, tracing their Montreal origin and gray habit tradition.
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Oil Taming Shifting Sand on Oregon Columbia Highway
In eastern Oregon between Pendleton and the Columbia River mouth engineers used oil to calm dunes threatening the Columbia highway. Sand and silt shift with spring floods and summer winds, prompting oil spraying from a tractor rig to coat slopes and dunes, directing spray with the wind for maximum effect.
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Can't Kick We Know: one man who never complains about his lot
The Boston Transcript notes a deceased man who never complains about his fate, remarking on his acceptance of his burial. The phrase suggests a stoic or fatalistic attitude toward life and death.
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Boston Transcript
Handmade Christmas Silk Bags and Ribbon Treasures
A nostalgic piece on home crafted gifts, praising handmade items as priceless keepsakes. It details black satin bags with satin lining, blue top, and ribbon trim, plus a doll rattle and ribbon embroidery on hats and dresses. It highlights ribbons as versatile art, from hats to gowns, and notes varied widths and colors.
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Grecian Hairdress Trend Expands Evening Style
A description of Grecian hairdressing notes a preference for soft waves drawn to the nape or crown, with a prominent exaggerated psyche knot spread into a fan across the head. The style stands out from the head, suited for evening wear rather than daytime use.
Corduroy Bloomer Frocks Grow Popular For Girls
Corduroy blooms in fashion for small girls with crease resistant styles each season. Practical little models of corduroy appear for cold weather wear and a black velveteen smock dress features bloomers in black and white checked silk. Gown decoration uses braid iridescent beading and fine stitching.
Hat Rules for Occasions Without Mandatory Headwear
The note states that a hat is not required for any occasion. It implies optional headwear and outlines no penalties or formal dress rules for events lacking a mandatory hat policy.
Ribbon as Real Fabric
Ribbon now comes in patterns and colors that make it a real fabric rather than a simple trim. Its versatile uses and stylish variations elevate it to a prominent material in design and crafts.
Boudoir Garments Favor Rich Dark Hues
Dark, rich colors dominate boudoir garments with fuchsia purple and peacock shades widely used in fabrics and styling choices.
Unclear Ad Fragments on Misfortune and Ball Blue
A fragmented advertisement notes misfortune, laundry tips using Red Cross Ball Blue, and a claim that city young men are healthy with scarce eating opportunities. The passages mix promotional lines and casual commentary without a coherent news item.
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Don Quixote warns Sancho Panza about his biography
Dan. Quixote chides Sancho Panza for flattening his idealism. He promises to serve faithfully but insists Panza must not write his biography.
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Portable grinder converts to bench unit in thirty seconds
A grinder built with aluminum alloy housing and a pistol grip offers easy handling and precise control. Designed for direct or alternating current, it includes an attachment to convert into a bench grinder in thirty seconds, suitable for grinding cleaning buffing or polishing tasks around a shop.
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Popular Science Monthly
Surgical Airfleet Aims to Bring Hospitals to Remote Areas
French authorities plan large multi engine airplanes assigned to surgeons with small mechanic staffs. Cabins will be outfitted as operating theaters with life saving devices. Surgeons and assistants can perform major or minor surgery in mid air or remote regions during transit.
Just Give Us Time and Listen In
A Harvard astronomer says the earth lies 360 quintillion miles from the universe center, a vast figure. The Cincinnati Telephone Bulletin notes that given more time experts may reveal even larger cosmic scales.
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Bagatelle
Cincinnati
North-I Used To Be Poor But Proud West
Five years after H. CG. L. North I am no longer proud. The speaker notes a change from poverty to pride in a reflective wartime era line.
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