Chev y Chase War Service Camp Trains Thousand Women
At Chevy Chase near Washington a Navy league run service school for women trains a thousand participants in first aid signaling and medical care with Red Cross instruction. Cadet life includes tents five cots per tent, drills, lectures by Roosevelt Grouitch Barrett and others, and penalties for breaches. success sparks plans for similar camps nationwide.
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Kansas City Star
National Service School For
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George Dewey
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Robert Lansing
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Slavko Grouitch
John Barrett
Missouri
Genevieve Clark
Thompson
Champ Clark
Frank G. Odenheimer
Maryland
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New York
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Elizabeth Elliott Poe
Vella Poe Wilson
Philadelphia
Savannah
San Diego
Cal
San Francisco
Wealthy Citizen Murmurs On Lost Arcadia And Modern City Life
Eugene Wood recounts Uncle Zenas memories of Bloomfield Center and bygone neighborhood camaraderie. He laments codfish aristocracy, social clicks, and the drift from festive gatherings to fractured community life, contrasting with heroic log cabin days and shared hardship.
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Zenas
Arcadia
New York
Bloomfield Center
Happy United Village
Eugene Wood
Notable Facts From Early 20th Century World News
Various figures on global wheat production and consumption, imports, and food supply. Notes on new sanitary drink fountains from fire plug attachments, exploration in Australia, locomotive design, and handshake customs in truces. Japanese Romanized school books, naval inventions, garbage fuel value, meat packing value, and 1910 Worcester shoemakers union auto transport. Bananas first imported in 1869 with modern unloading machinery.
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Russia
Australia
Naval Board
Ntry
New Shoemakers’ Union
Worcester
Mass
Great Family of Smiths in England and Wales
The article notes about eight hundred bearers per surname on average in England and Wales. It highlights the Smith surname with over 400 000 bearers, claiming far greater distinction among Smiths and crediting them with substantial empire contributions.
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England
Wales
Nome
The Good and the Bad Proverb Highlight
A Portuguese proverb contrasts character: a man who keeps a good pledge is good while a bad man has neither pledge nor surety. The saying emphasizes trustworthiness and integrity across moral spheres.
Spat Echoes Confession of Late Night Proposal
The Boston Evening Transcript recounts a quarrel in which a woman recalls that she did not say yes to a proposal until the next day while he asserts he proposed at 11:59 p.m. and she accepted at 12:01 a.m. The exchange centers on timing and agreement after the spat.
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Boston Evening ‘Transcript
Attenuated Birthright: Few Eligible for U S Presidency
The piece argues that while any American boy may become president in theory, practical eligibility is limited by convention and time, suggesting few prospects among potential candidates when convention time arrives.
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United States
Colorado College Expert Analyzes Mountain Roads
The Colorado Agricultural College expert reports that roads on steep grades fail in rain due to lack of proper drainage. He urges broad shallow ditches at right angles, spaced every 300 feet, possibly covered by planks to direct water away from the road.
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Ey E. B
Colorado Agricultural] College
Fort Colling
Colo
Road Drag Keeps Earth Roads In Shape For Winter Use
The article explains the split log road drag technique to maintain earth roads. It covers over 2,000,000 miles of roads, construction details, and how two horses are typically used to move earth toward the center to fill mudholes and ruts for economical repair.
Drag Roads When Idle After Rain In Fields Phrase
After rain local guidance urges dragging roads when work in fields is idle. The instruction notes to drag the road to ease future field operations and road use.
Dragging the Roads Practice Notes on Road Maintenance
The text describes a drag tool moving a small amount of earth to fill ruts and level high spots. It explains the drag passes over the road at about a 45 degree angle to spread material evenly.
National Highway Association Offers $2600 for Good Roads Photos
The National Highway association offers 2600 dollars in cash prizes for photographs illustrating good roads. The campaign uses the slogan Good Roads Everywhere to promote the movement nationwide.
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National Highway Association
Securing Prepotency Through Targeted Breeding
Prepotency is achieved not by chance but through years of deliberate breeding for desired traits and a defined function. The concept emphasizes disciplined selection to cultivate genetic advantages and predictable outcomes in lineages and traits.
Water needs of the cherry tree debated
The article argues against the belief that cherry trees need little water. It emphasizes that cherry trees require adequate irrigation like other fruit trees and warns against assuming they are drought-t tolerant.
On the Farm, Community Reduces Isolation Curse
A rural effort boosts social ties as residents implement regular gatherings, shared meals, and cooperative events to combat loneliness. Local leaders note improved morale, safer networks, and stronger cooperation among farmers and families.
Much-Wanted Man
A book agent approaches a doorway seeking Mr Flinn. Mrs Flinn blocks him with a large stick and a menacing frown while answering politely that she is in place. The scene sets a tense meeting outside a residence.
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Mrs. Flinn
Mr. Flinn
Mrs.Flinn
Meek Man Faces Summer Separation For Family
A meek man explains he will not send his wife and daughter away for the summer though they expect to be apart, indicating a planned quieter summer at home for the family.
Mean Reflection. Little Boy Reads A Biblical Quip
A boy reads aloud a biblical line about men being liars and asks why women are not mentioned. The father cites haste and adds a numeric aside. The exchange plays on gender and truth with a curious, dated tone.
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David
Near miss for chauffeur ends in hospital
A humorous Browning’s Magazine quote about a new chauffeur nearly filling the hospital, implying a close call with a medical incident while the car service was being tested.
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Browning
Perfectly Safe Quips About Flubdub's Pike's Peak Lecture
A brief exchange mocks Flubdub's upcoming talk on Pike's Peak. One character expects boredom, while the other jokes that the distance makes the lecture inaudible.
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Flubdub
Pike's Peak
Free Book Offer On Rheumatism Cure
An advertising notice invites readers to obtain a free book titled Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure by Jease A. Case from Dept. C. W. Brockton Massachusetts. The promotion targets those with rheumatism or neuritis and emphasizes the book as absolutely free.
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Jease A. Case
Dept. C. W
Brockton
Mass
Adv
Higgins Sparks Fugitive Poets Muse Runaway
The passage notes Higgins as a poet whose muse will run away with him provoking remarks that he writes fugitive poetry. The remark plays on Higgins poetic temperament and tendency to produce fleeting verse.
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Higgins
Castoria Safety Message for Infants and Children
Health notice urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the Castoria seal and claims the remedy has been in use for over 30 years. It emphasizes safety for infants and children and notes that children cry for Castoria.
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Fletcher
Small Brother Questions Sister About Nickname Duckie
The younger brother voices a comment about the sister being called Duckie. The sister defends her dignity, and the brother says he was thinking the nickname may relate to her walk but insists it isn’t a big issue.
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Duckie
Soap to cleanse and ointment to soothe beauty ad
An old time advertising notice for Cuticura promoting a cleansing soap and soothing ointment to protect skin, with a free sample by mail and a request to address a postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. It highlights fragrance, emollient creaminess, and the goal of preventing irritation and disfigurement. The ad notes the product is sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
The Grieving Woman and the Dry Grave Promise
A Chinese philosopher in the fields near Tientsin meets a woman weeping beside a fresh grave. She explains her husband’s death and her vow not to remarry until his grave is dry, a pledge he made her keep.
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Tientsin
Sunday golfer causes church porch confusion
Bishop Naphtali Luccock described a scene in Helena where a woman asked to leave golf sticks at a manse during a service. The minister noted a porch sign allowing bicycle storage but denied golf gear, joking that a witch could bend the rule.
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Naphtali Luccock
Helena
Poor Service Frustrates Parish Rector With Army Mail
In England a rural rector tries to converse with a parishioner about her son in the army. He mentions Saloniki and Thessalonians, but the exchange reveals delays as the parishioner notes she sent two parcels months ago that have not arrived.
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England
Manchester Guardian
Saloniki
Misfit Bargain Lacks Fit for Anything
A misfit bargain is criticized as unsuitable and lacking value for any purpose. The text argues the deal fails to meet practical needs or standards, highlighting its flawed relevance and questionable worth.
Extraordinary claim about pumping sea water
Mrs Midge dismisses her husband as he clings to trivia from the papers. He boasts that pumping water from the sea at a thousand gallons per second would take twelve million years to empty it. Mary questions the point and ends the debate with a tepid quip about where the water would go.
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Mary
Midge
Suburban banter on lawn care as daily prep
A suburban quip from the Birmingham Age Herald mocks the routine of mowing as preparation for office life. A corpulent neighbor jokes about trying fifty substitutes for lawn work, urging fair trials of each option.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Forty Weeks Sentimental Miss Do You Believe in Long Engagements
The Man Certainly I am an actor Boston Transcript reports a playful exchange about engagement length and romance in a theatrical context.
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Boston Transcript
Be Sure and Save the Child but Kill the Mother
A country man becomes the target of suspicion after a magazine editor rewrites a story with chilling murder instructions. He notices glances, a dogged pursuit, and a detective at his door before learning the post card was a harmless instruction from the editor.
Speaking of Hopes Deferred in Our Town
A local figure, Mr Scrubly, has spent six weeks seeking an interview on the Mexican situation but has not yet broken into print. The exchange highlights stalled progress and deferred ambitions in town journalism.
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Scrubly
Think It Over Candidate Quotations
A Louisville Courier-Journal exchange mocks a candidate named Flubdub noting he has made no enemies as a modest platform for life. The dialogue hints at political skepticism and persona over policy.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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