They Took Her Literally in a Hicksville Entertainment
A New England village planned a summer benefit show featuring Miss de Laney in a familiar show costume. Village ladies protested the revealing outfit, urging changes. After committee compromise, she insisted on performing in the original costume, citing her long use of it in New York shows. The ladies relented and the plan proceeded.
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New England
Town Hall
New York
Oster
Hicksville
Philadelphia
Leger
Artistic Verisimilitude and Impatient Phonograph Records
A Boston Transcript exchange notes the temperamental nature of grand opera phonograph records. A salesman defends them as the finest achievement while acknowledging their imperfect, unpredictable performance. The brief dialog captures a moment of nostalgia for early sound technology.
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Boston Transcript
Words of Wise Men on Living and Right Sides
A quotation contrasts living to making a living and warns against cowardice expediency and vanity while urging conscience to judge what is right. It advocates enduring wounds of glory over surrendering to expediency deemed safe popular or politic.
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Penshon
Joseph Holt
Random Remarks On Truth And Human Nature From Historical Figures
The document quotes Pershing Grey Lev edhurne Kennedy Jones and Moulton on truth pessimism ambition and judicial sentiment. It notes Grey on telling truths, Lev edhurne on dread, Kennedy Jones on ladders, and McCardie on sentencing a woman, reflecting varied views in a dated discourse.
Bank Statement Notes and Local Folklore Mixed Content
A historical bank report blends financial data on loans deposits assets and liabilities with scattered folklore about dogs. The items list cash reserves notes bonds and securities alongside anecdotes about superstitions tied to dogs and luck.
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U.S
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Leral Reserve Bank
United States
It Is Never Too Late to Love and Change
A historical bank statement appears with figures and a signed sworn affidavit from C. E. Larson, cashier, dated May 13. The text includes moral maxims about starting to smile, honesty, doing what runs in our blood, and saving rather than spending. The snippet blends financial data with quotes and a notary public statement in Payette County Idaho.
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State OF Idaho
Payette
Ss. I
Storing Coal In Carbonic Acid Gas At Dortmund
The article outlines an engineering plan in Dortmund to store coal under carbonic acid gas to prevent spontaneous ignition during underwater storage. It describes three 2,500 ton bunkers with semi-spherical ends, multiple openings, and gas tight outlets, plus a tower crane and conveyor system for filling and unloading. It also explains humidity as atmospheric moisture and defines saturation and relative humidity, noting their impact on temperature effects and public interest in hot periods.
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Dortmund
Germany
Responsibilities and the value of personal duty
Thoughts for others elevate life beyond routine and guide a constructive work and home life. The text argues that fair returns to the boss and happier contacts with others stem from self care and responsibility. It emphasizes that concern for another’s welfare unlocks boundless enthusiasm and social harmony.
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Fitch
THE
Gen. Pershing
Lord Grey
Lord Levedhurne
Mr. Kennedy Jones
Lord Moulton
Justice McCardie
Jones
Summit
Guiterman Brothers
Saint Paul
Reserve District No
Payette National Bank
Idaho
Sony
H.W. Douglass
F. H. Lyon
Marden
Saturday Evening Post
America
Eagle
E. C. Keith & Son
Kemmerer No
Payette Valley
Rex Spray Co
Payette, Idaho
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