Bridge Across the Pacific Prediction by Prof McGee
The San Francisco Chronicle quotes Prof. W J McGee predicting a natural land bridge across the Pacific from America to Asia. He cites the Aleutian chain and Russian islands as the southern boundary, with the Yukon river’s detritus creating new land and expanding western Alaska toward Asia. The process, he says, will convert shallow offshore waters into dry land over time.
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Pacific
America
Asia
W. J. McGee
Prof. McGee
Alaska
Beringsen
Asiatia
Aleutian Chain
Aleutian Islands
Russi Islands
Jeross
Kamchatka
United States
Uncle Sam
Arctic
Yukon
Ahiskan
San Francisco Chronicle
Tan slippers linked to aristocratic youth of old days
A brief note recalls how tan shoes or slippers were once a mark of refined youth, contrasting modern trend with past fashion. The remark suggests social perception tied to footwear among children, highlighting a historical shift in style and status.
Persevering Lisbon Bookkeeper Becomes Typist Star
A Lisbon street store bookkeeper demonstrates grit as she left school ten years ago to support her family. She studied at night, attended grammar and business college, mastered shorthand, learned typing, and secured a job after writing to a business head. She trained late hours, proving she can type as fast as needed.
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Lisbon
Letwiston Journal
Notorious Fort Smith Judge’s Surprising Leniency Tale
A reminiscence about Judge Isaac Parker of Fort Smith Arkansas known as a harsh executioner. During a crowded sentencing, he offers a young offender a $50 fine due to youth. The young man, unfazed, claims he has enough money in his jeans and quips about facing a year in prison. The tale appears in Women’s Home Companion.
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Lon Isaac Parker
Fort Smith
Ark
Did Him Cornered. Mrs. Chinner-Ernestine Dialog
A Brooklyn Life snippet portrays Mrs. Chinner directing her daughter Ernestine about meeting a suitor Constant. Ernestine confirms readiness while Mrs. Chinner insists she will speak to him if he asks. The exchange hints at social courting protocols within a family.
Wordplay and wit fill a crowded page of clipped humor
A collage of humorous snippets and quips from readers and columnists. It references a rural comedy drama praised by ministers, classic city banter, a pun about gravity, holiday wreaths, a stray hen in a pulpit, a baby rabbit mix up, and Kipling jokes about word pricing and a returned shilling with the single word shanks.
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England
Hidden Costs of Stopping Trains Raise Time and Fuel Bills
A Bangor Commercial report quotes an official noting the hidden costs of stopping trains. Estimates vary from 18 to 80 cents per stop, plus wear, fuel and risk to couplers. A western division test of 123 miles with 14 stops showed eight hours 35 minutes vs seven hours 12 minutes with no stops, and coal use per car mile rose from 3 to 3.2 pounds.
One Cow's Milk and the Family Doctor
A perplexed mother agrees to give her baby one cow's milk daily as advised by a family doctor, pondering how the child will manage “holding it all” in a curious Tit-Bits vignette.
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Robbie
Suil
Ori
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Chicago
Boston
Corcoran
New York Press
Mr. Dodley
Troth
London
Washington Post
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
the Outlook
John E. Dutelle
Pinehurst, N.C
Bangor
Hermon Pond
Bangor Commercial
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