A Garden Romance by Bernard Brainerd
A Garden Romance by Bernard Brainerd presents a tale of quiet affection set among blooms and tending hands. The piece unfolds with gentle imagery and a focusing on character emotions in a pastoral garden scene.
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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
7
Garden Romance Sparks in Miss Blaney Visit
In a rural morning scene, Bently tends his garden and meets Miss Blaney, a poised visitor who admires his rare rose. She proposes a contractual engagement, tests his price, and hints at business sensibilities. A subsequent morning, Miss Blaney arrives with real estate agent Hurt, causing Bently to react with surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlly
Benty
Bently
Miss Blaney
Hurt
Mr. Hunt
Garden Mistake Becomes Romantic Union
Bently learns Miss Blaney misidentified his garden as the estate, apologizes, and their relationship deepens. He reveals he mistook her for royalty or a fairy princess and confesses his love after a daytime garden misadventure. They renew promises amid moonlit garden imagery and shared future.
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Bently
Intentio
Miss Blaney
Earl Bently
Mr. Blaney
Miss Gently
Earl
Bally
Woodbine
Practical Health Hint Gores and Digestive Disturbance
The notice explains cold gores as a sign of digestive disturbance needing correction. It advises bathing the affected area with spirits of camphor and opening developed gores with a sterile needle, then preventing injection. Hydrogen peroxide and borated salve are recommended for relief and prevention.
Deadly Ground Gas Kills Dogs and Natives in Africa
A traveler in Gwallab northeast Africa reports a deadly ground gas episode. Dead birds lay nearby and four dogs died within minutes after sniffing around. Three natives who slept on the ground the next morning were found dead, revealing a three to four inch layer of poisonous gas forcing the party to flee the area.
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Africa
Gwallab
Ruby Mine of Mogok Reveals Stolen-Stained Diggings
The Mogok ruby mines in Burma lie in a forested valley where digging is constant and the village suffers as earth and rails carry ruby bearing clay. English residents have built a polo ground between town and digs while officials warn strangers they may keep any ruby found, though none have been recovered yet.
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Mogok
Burma
Journey of Judges Ends in Moonlight Banter
Mr Justice Maule and Judge Coleridge ride with the high sheriff of a rural English county. Maule questions the moon's effect on weather, Coleridge politely defends it, and the jokes lead to a pause in their carriage conversation.
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Justice Maule
Coleridge
England
Mr. Jones
Maule
Jones
Napoleon's Masterful Mother in Imperial Life
A historical note on Napoleon Bonaparte and his mother Mme Letizia. It describes her as the sovereign mistress of the household and notes a private bond that tempered public deference. Baron Larrey cites a family scene where Napoleon kissed his mother’s hand and she reminded him of private kinship over public respect.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Mme
Letizia
Baron Larrey
Mera
Nace
Wall Built to Last in Cyclone Country
A farmer in a cyclone district constructs a sturdy wall five feet wide at the base and four feet high to endure storms. A stranger scoffs that a cyclone will blow it down, but the farmer replies it will simply rise another foot if it does, proving resolve and stubborn practicality.
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Minneapolis Journal
Literary Note on Mabel and Schools of Literature
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip explores two kinds of literature by noting Mabel’s interest in authorship and the speaker’s response. The remark contrasts forms that use the abbreviation thru with those that do not, presented as a light, humorous observation.
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Mabel
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lest We Forget Dialect in Child’s Injury Exchange
A brief, humorous vintage exchange shows a mother and child discussing a finger injury. The child insists on tying a rag around the hurt finger so he remembers which one hurts, while the mother downplays the injury as minor.
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Arthur
A Fall Inference Judge Quips On College Plans
The judge notes a student’s likely intent to take a full college course load while remarking on a high liquor bill for the first month, implying concerns about the young man’s finances and focus.
Grand Canyon Trip Memory Quotable From Chicago Record-Herald
A Chicago Record-Herald quote recalls awe at the Grand Canyon with a traveler remarking on a striking image of a "mighty pretty girl astride a brows mule" as the most impressive sight.
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Grand Canyon
Chicago Record-Herald
Geetha Reflects on Identity and Creation
A terse aphorism suggests a link between becoming and making as the speaker muses on the nature of being. The line implies creativity requires a present state of becoming something through action.
After Summer Has Gone Excitement Games to Lonely Pair
A hotel dining room tale from Judge magazine recounts two vacationing men left alone except for staff. They drift from civility to tension as days pass. One finds a girl’s shoe print in the sand, prompting a fresh, wary curiosity between them.
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Robinson Crusoe
William S. Adkins
Identification Easy
A man recalls meeting a crying boy who says a "big boy" bit him. The boy names the assailant as the Simpkins' boy, among a crowd of children, described by injuries including a black eye and bloody nose. The quote is drawn from the Chicago Daily News.
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Big Boy
Simpkins
Chicago Daily News
Wasted Efficiency Quote From San Francisco Chronicle
A popular statesman recalls 10,000 cheering spectators for one hour as a vivid measure of wasted effort. A mathematician counters that one hour for each person equals 10,000 hours or about a year and two months spent on exhaustive unproductive cheering.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Child saves $5007 earns father's praise in plea for funds
Janet asks George if he told their father about saving five thousand seven dollars. He confirms and the father replies that George is the man he's looking for, urging him to send the money. The exchange is detailed in the St Louis Post Dispatch.
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George
Janet
St Louis Post-Dispatch
A Good Spender
Short dialogue reports concerns about germs on money and how money transfers germs between people as a discussion unfolds with Henston quoted in a Post item. The piece conveys public anxiety over money hygiene and the idea of germ transmission in everyday transactions.
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Henston
Weary Rivers the Automobile Bug
A humorous exchange describes a new insect in the public eye. The Bee-Who asks about the strange insect and Bee-Why replies that the latest bug in the line is Weary Rivers, taking the place of the horse fly. The exchange appears in the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee
Weary Rivers
St' Louis Globe-Democrat
Church Sermon Critique By a Child Named Johnny
A Philadelphia Press quip shows a boy speaking to his father after church. The child notes the sermon started and ended well but jokes that the middle portion was too long.
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Johnny
Philadelphia Press
Doctors Thrive Without Whiskers Said to Reflect Change
A Kansas City Journal remark notes a shift in medical fashion as many doctors succeed without facial hair, contrasting with practices from thirty years ago. The brief dialogue calls the era great and questions what has changed in medicine.
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Kansas City Journal
Mistake in flirtation ends in abrupt marriage
A fragment from the Boston Globe quotes a man admitting he misunderstood flirting. When he attempted it, the girl married him, leaving him sadly uncertain about his own knowledge of romance.
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Boston Globe
Accounted Quotation on Writing Style and Band
A remark on authorship and style praises a writer described as having a flowing style. The quote notes the relation between writing and a running band as a metaphor.
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Baltimors
Hoaxing a Premier Dining Party Prank Lobs Cards
A prankster posed as an official guest invitations for a dinner at French Prime Minister M Barthou’s private residence. About thirty invited friends attended before the premier learned of the ruse and the joke continued with further invitations prompting police involvement.
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M. Barthou
Ticket Printing Machines Change Rail Ticketing
The article describes ticket printing machines that print and stamp railroad tickets at the push of a button. They speed issuance, reduce clerk effort, and produce separate records for agent and supervisor. The devices are locked to prevent tampering and act like automatic cash registers for account accuracy.
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Pittsburgh
Saturday Evening Post
Genuine Beggar Poet Named in Verlaine Circle
The London Chronicle notes that France possesses a genuine beggar poet, Germain Nouveau, a friend of Paul Verlaine, who published ballads and sonnets under the pseudonym amills. He lives mainly on the alms of Aix en Provence and is often seen among beggars near the cathedral on Sundays.
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France
Germain Nouveau
Paul Verlaine
Amills
Aix ‘En Ovence
London Chronicle
Starch Bath From Paris Promises Beauty Boost
A Paris socialite promotes a starch bath as a beauty hint. Dissolve a pound of starch in hot water and add to a full tub up to the neck, bath twenty minutes with face and hair above water. It calms nerves and soothes skin, best before breakfast or before dinner attire.
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Paris
Leslie’s
Greenland Census Reveals Few Marriages and Early Deaths
The New York Herald reports Greenland shows low marriage rates and short lifespans. The census notes only twenty six men and forty four women over sixty, with 650 single, 819 married, and 31 widowed per thousand. It also mentions three men with multiple wives among the region's inhabitants.
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Greenland
New York Herald
Tart Criticiam
In New York a antiquarian man drawn to drama attended a sociological play in a theater and stayed to the end. He quipped that over its door might hang the old English natgas “Entertainment for man and beast,” reflecting his sharp, satirical view of the production.
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New York
Crying Babies and Gentle Alternatives to Comfort
The piece argues that feeding a crying baby as a default response ignores the needs of a helpless infant. It urges caregivers to imagine being fed for every request and discomfort, challenging the habit of treating every cry with nourishment.
Death by own action in Vienna rises in year
Statistics on Vienna suicides show 1558 people killed themselves last year up from 1406. Increases mainly among women, 627 versus 510. men up 35. Ages ranged 9 to 88. Summer months higher. hanging 633, shooting 233, poisoning 108. Motives cited include ill health, love disappointment, and hunger. Seventeen child attempts linked to school work stress.
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Vienna
Dramatic Thaw Case Encounter At Colebrook Hotel
In a Colebrook New Hampshire hotel William Travers Jerome and Deputy Attorney General Franklin Kennedy discussed the Thaw case with doors open when Harry K. Thaw appeared in the hallway. Thaw bowed coolly and entered with a quip about being in the right church but the wrong pew as the two men faced him.
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Colebrook
N. H
Thaw
William Travers Jerome
Franklin Kennedy
Jerome
Kennedy
Stanford White
New York Tribune
New Road Designation System Aids French Tourists
France adopts a new road designation system with every road named and numbered. Direction posts at crossings and 100 meter markers along routes will show the highway class and its number. Tourists can navigate easily using a strip of figures as a guide.
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France
Churchill Outlines Royal Navy Expansion Plan
Winston Churchill then first lord of the British Admiralty announced a rapid build up of the navy. The program calls for a torpedo boat destroyer each week for nine months a light cruiser every thirty days for twelve months and a new super Dreadnought every forty five days for eighteen months.
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England
Winston Spencer Churchill
British Admiralty
Gaelic Speech Decline Reflected in Census Scotland
The census shows Scotland's population up by about one million since 1881, but Gaelic speakers drop from 230 800 in 1901 to 202 298 in the latest count. Gaelic only speakers fall to 28 107.
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Scotland
Trees and Politics in Chicago Vote Planting Plan
The Chicago Political Equality league outlines a plan where every woman voter in the upcoming spring election plants a tree in a designated city spot. The effort emphasizes proper tree selection and care to fit each location.
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Chicago Political Equality League
Ita
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bernard Brainerd
Geetha
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