Lytton Quote On Esteem And Love
A compact line attributed to Gubver Lytton questions esteem's volatility without love describing it as languid and cold.
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Gubver Lytton
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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1929
Page
3
Boudoir Diction Reveals Hidden Meaning of Sulking Place
A dictionary note explains boudoir meaning a sulking place rather than a private retreat for women. The piece explores how language quirky origins can entertain and spark questions about word usage.
Forests Cover Six Samoan Islands Says American Tree Association
The area of the six islands of the Samoan Archipelago belonging to the United States is 60000 acres, according to the American Tree Association. The forest area is perhaps 70 percent of this, or about 2560 acres.
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Samoan Archipelago
United States
American Tree Association
New York Drugstore Cowgirls and City Notes of 1929
A 1929 column surveys New York social scenes, noting drugstore cowgirls in Greenwich Village sipping sodas and chatting at noon. It describes Remington exhibition at the New York Public Library and a sideline tale of a veteran subway coin fisher near City Hall. It mentions news photographers and the “Wrench plate” prank in photo setups.
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West
Chuck
New York
Greenwich Village
Frederick Remington
New York Public Library
Remington
Rochelle
Park Row
Snakes Impede Work of Power Line Patrolmen
In Newburgh New York hundreds of poisonous snakes along the Delaware river near Port Jervis hinder patrols on a high tension line. Patrolman J J Marsh reports killing sixty reptiles in a few days as others swing clubs at copperheads rattlers and related snakes driven out by heavy rains and heat.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Delaware River
Port Jarvis
J. J. Marsh
Typhus Deaths Among Missionaries Rise in Kausu Province
Typhus has killed 123 famine workers in Kausu Province, most of them American missionaries, according to recently received advices. The report notes severe conditions affecting relief efforts and casualties among workers in the famine zone.
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Peiping
Chuat
Kausu
Healthy Region Claims New Zealand Is Healthiest Country
An article asserts New Zealand as the healthiest country. It cites life expectancy figures for men and women and notes regional health advantages.
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New Zealand
Estimated 5000 Gypsy tribes in United States
An estimated figure places about five thousand Gypsy tribes across the United States. The estimate reflects the diversity of groups and settlements within the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dolton Special Assessment No 60 hearing set for Aug 27 1929
The Village of Dolton announces a special assessment to cover road improvements on Greenwood Avenue Kits Avenue Ingleside Avenue Maryland and Drexel Avenues Shepard Drive and 145th Street 144th Street and 143rd Street plus related roadways between curb lines. Final hearing August 27 1929 in Cook County Court. Ten installments with 6 percent interest. Commissioners Charles C Heidenrigh clerk notice dated August 9 1929.
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Dolton
Minage of
Greenwood Avenue
Kits Avenue
Main Street
Chicago & Southern R Railroad Company
Ingleside Avenue
Ladth Street
Shepard Drive
Maryland Avenue
Drexel Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Cottage Grove Avenue
South
Chicago & Southern Railroad Company
145Th Street
144Th Street
143Rd Street
Dalton
County of
Cook
State of
Ilinois
Cook County
A. D
Illinois
Charles C. Heidenrigh
Vienna Court Rules on Libel Content and Typist Involvement
A Vienna court held that writing a libelous letter and dictating it to a typist does not constitute criminal libel because only the writer and recipient know the contents, the typist being considered part of the typewriter and not a co-conspirator.
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Vienna
County name origin traced to Lady Anne Arundell
The Marsland Historical Society explains Anne Arundell County is named for Lady Anne Arundell daughter of Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle who married Cecil Calvert second Lord Baltimore and founded Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsland
Historical Society
Anne Arundell
Thomas Arundell
Lora Arundell
Wardour Castle
Cecil Gualvert
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
Crowd Helps Starving U. Graduate After NYC Collapse
A 23 year old University of Virginia graduate Ernest Barber collapsed at Broadway and Eighty eighth street. A crowd gathered and provided coffee and sandwiches. An ambulance arrived and he was found starving. A hat was passed raising 100 dollars for his relief and travel home.
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New York
Broadway
Eighty-eighth Street
Ian 2Wal
Ernest Barber
University of Virginia
Parliament approves cancer radium fund for hospitals
The House of Commons voted to allocate 500 000 dollars for radium distribution to hospitals for cancer treatment. It was disclosed that 54 000 people in Great Britain died of cancer in 1927.
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London
House of Commons
Great Britain
Sound Sleep Stages in Eight Hours Explain Rest
The text explains that eight hours of normal sleep yield the soundest rest. It notes the muscular system settles into a recumbent position by then. From hour four onward sleep grows lighter as the brain tires of inaction.
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Lights OF
Sixx
City Hall
Jones
Bobby Jones
United States Golf Association
Flont
Amnetica
Canada
Pebble Beach Court
del Monte
Calif
Golf
Countis
Greater
Corona Marshes
Woo
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