California Rich in Semi-Precious Gems
California yields a variety of gems including purple amethysts from Mono, rose quartz from San Diego, red fleches d Amour crystals, brown wood tint crystals from Elsinore, green epidote gem quality, and exquisite chrysoprase from Tulare. The piece notes ancient Asia admiration for chrysoprase and hints at Tulare stones as semi-opal with greenish allure.
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Mono
San Diego
California
Elsinore
Ural Mountains
Tulare
Asia
Los Angeles Times
Haas quotes on accents and rowing humor in Worcester
F. M. Haas, famed passman, jokes at a Worcester dinner about English laughter at American accents. He recalls an Oxford cox swain who stopped a novice rower and asked if he was an oarsman, only to learn the student had never ridden a horse.
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F. M. Haas
Worcester
Oxford University
Glass clothing and hats dazzle London buyers
London retailers showcase new wearables with clothes spun from glass that can be washed and pressed. A glass hat, first seen years ago from an Alsatian inventor, resembled brown straw and cost 1100 dollars.
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London
Nephew Lester on Wanhoo County Farm Work
Farmer Fumblegate names his nephew Lester as a farm helper in Wanhoo county. A moving picture company photographed him recently using a slow motion camera. The remark comes from the Kansas City Star.
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Lester
Wanhoo County
Farmer Fumblegate
Farmer Funter
Moving Picture
Kansas City Star
Terrible stomach rumble likened to wagon crossing bridge
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat quotes a diner describing severe stomach rumbling after breakfast. The remark likens the noise to a wagon crossing a bridge, joking that the morning meal is responsible.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Fair Game in Bridge Observation
A conversation notes that she plays a fair game of bridge, but only when she is watched. The exchange hints at scrutiny and possible bias in card play among friends.
Local pupil seeks school board pull for business query
A student asks Willie about the best way to press a request with the school board or city aldermen. The exchange hints at local civic involvement and student initiative in business matters.
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Willie
Crack Yale Crew of ’86 Enjoys Longevity After Rowing Fame
Forty years after Yale’s famous upstream triumph over Harvard, the entire nine-man crew remains healthy and prosperous. Hugh Fullerton notes the line between intense rowing and life expectancy is clear, as the crew stayed together, trained hard, and supported each member. They plan to attend the New London race barring wreck or high water.
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Yale
New Haven
Harvard
Hugh Fullerton
Liberty
Mr. Fullerton
New London
Work That Demands All His Attention Fable
President Boardman of Maine University tells graduates a fable about an elderly man on Mount Baldface who, with a telescope, cries out loudly to avoid distraction. Tourists learn the man is the echo for the district and must focus to keep his job.
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Boardman
Maine University
Mount Baldface
Prospector’s Exit Marks Klondike Wealth Decline
The Klondike region once yielded vast gold near Bonanza and Eldorado creeks. Eldorado paystreak stretched four miles and produced about 1,200 dollars per running foot. Peak output reached 22 million dollars in 1900 with total regional production near 162 million by 1915. By 1906 annual output fell, 1910 gravels depleted, and Dawson’s population dropped to 3,108 as syndicates replaced individual prospectors.
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Alaska
Carmack
Bonanza
Eldorado
Klondike
Dawson
Glacier National Park rowboats we saw on wild lakes
The row-craft used on remote lakes in Glacier National Park Montana is a unique water transport made from spruce logs with ingeniously built oarlocks. It leaks but never sinks and serves summer tourists despite narrow forest trails.
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Glacier National Rock
Montana
Nizam Proclaims Ban on Cow Photographs in Aurangabad
The nizam of British India issues an order making it a crime to possess a photograph or picture of a cow within Aurangabad. Citizens must surrender all such photographs within 18 days or face a fine of 500 rupees and six months' imprisonment.
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the Nizam
Aurangabad
British India
Beuve praised by Dr Phelps wives in witty exchange
Dr William Lyon Phelps of Yale lauded wives as the best critics. He cites a man who asked his wife what he would have done as Abe Lincoln and she replied he would have stayed in New Salem and grumbled about hard times and lack of opportunity.
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Saint Beuve
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Abe Lincoln
George
New Salem
Classified Ad Fragments Spark Controversy in Papers
Reading fragments from the Brooklyn Eagle and Boston Transcript reveal a white supremacist plantation ad promising to populate a lake area with white families and an appeal for a White woman associated with an evening meal.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Southern Paper
Boaton Transcript
Counter Remarks and True Friends in Boston Transcript
A dialogue contrasts Maud and Marie No about remarks in a Boston Transcript excerpt. It notes how people sometimes damage others to raise their own reputation and suggests true friends listen even when one speaks little.
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Maud
Marie
Boston Transcript
Queen Anne Funds First Free Library in America
The first free circulating library in America was sponsored by Queen Anne in 1696 with 2000 pounds of her money. It began in Annapolis on State House hill with 1000 volumes and aimed to serve clergy and gentry alike. Doctor Thomas Bray conceived the project and bishops aided its expansion, with the collection later moved to St. John’s College.
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America
William III
England
State House Hill
Annapolis
Royal Colony
Thomas Bray
London
Maryland
St. John’s College
Baltimore Sun
Stowaway parrot hides in banana crate to Manchester
A bright green parrot from the Canary Islands survived three weeks in a banana crate. It remained hidden until the crate was opened in Cheadle Heath near Manchester. An expert notes birds may eat bananas and asks how the bird breathed in the crate.
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Canary Islands
Cheadleheath
Manchester
England
London Mail
Garston
Liverpool
Edgeley
Stockport
F. Hargreaves
Edgeley Road
Leslie
London Zoological Gardens
Devotionals Misunderstanding Sparks Store Exit
A well organized reader asks a clerk where devotionals are kept. The clerk misunderstands twice, explains all books are on tables, and the woman leaves in disgust. This incident from the Springfield Union highlights a mix up over classification and wording.
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Springfield Union
The Home Hospital offers inhouse doctors and specialists
A home like open hospital in Stromsburc Nebraska invites patients for surgical medical obstetrical care. It features X ray lab electrical treatments and a nurse from University of Nebraska. Licensed under Shepard Tal act it aims to serve emergency chronic disease cases at prices within moderate means.
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State Welfare Department
Taé University of Nebraska School of Nursing
Quotable maxims blend wisdom and wit from history
A collage of aphorisms from Fuller Luther Confucius Shakespeare Gladstone and Joubert praising prudence truth and practicality. The misc text blends sayings on fate money time and speech with a playful note on women and language.
Light fuels rapid wheat growth and bulb bloom
Experiments in England show electric light boosts plant growth. Four crops of wheat can be raised on the same ground in a year with light. Easter lilies and daffodils under 1,000 watt lamps bloom in four days, normally four weeks. A six hour period from midnight proves most effective for growth stimulation.
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England
Baby and mother share heritage shawl in South Wales
In a South Wales scene a mother and baby share a pisid shawl that embodies maternity across generations. The shawl shelters the infant as the mother performs household tasks, with the child resting, feeding, or watching the world from its nest on the mother's arm. The shawl serves as both cradle and conveyance.
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South Wales
Barbara the largest rotor ship launched in Germany
The Barbara, the largest rotor ship ever constructed, was recently launched in Germany. It measures 300 feet in length, 43 feet amidships in width, and displaces 2,800 tons. The vessel is expected to average ten miles per hour.
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Barbara
Germany
Wharfed vessel becomes whaling museum near New Bedford
Col EK H R Green has beaching an old-time whaling ship on his estate near New Bedford Conn and turned it into a whaling museum with an old-time skipper serving as curator.
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Col
EK. H. R. Green
New Bedford
Conn
Nervous Tennis Racket Unstrung in Cincinnati Times Star
A brief quip notes a nervous exchange about a tennis racket being unstrung, cited by the Cincinnati Times Star. Carol and Jack are the speakers in a light on-the-record exchange.
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Carol
Jack
Cincinnati Times-Star
Handy Felks to know Have you friendly neighbors
A humorous note about neighbors who borrow tools, prompting the speaker to avoid gardening chores. The quip highlights neighborhood familiarity and shared items among residents.
Living expenses check by mail banking ad copy
An advertising blurb promotes mail banking services, promising close personal attention, prompt handling, reduced errors, time savings, confidentiality, and safety for customers making checks and transactions remotely.
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Schola Record
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AD Today
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