Willie and the Whumps in Camp Adventure
Willie in camp treks toward the whumps lair while Tim and Bess tease him. Willie vows to wind up the clockwork foes to save Bess as the group encounters a mock whump captivity. Brace reveals his mug whump role and offers Willie forest freedom after the rescue.
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Wwilliam
Tim Mason
Willie
Mason
Tim
Bess Farley
Nature
William
Bess
Whump
Jim Brace
Brace
Boat Club
Savage Childhood and the Awakening of Pain in a Kaffir
An adult Kaffir recalls his childhood fear of beating and describes how a crude punishment taught him what a beating feels like. He explains that prior to the experience he could not imagine the pain, but after swift retribution he understood the meaning and consequences of his father's discipline.
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Milly
Weuatty
Papa
London
DwWley Kidd
L Lewes shopkeeper aids leg swap trickster
A Lewes shopkeeper allows a man with a wooden leg to leave his leg for a moment and visit a neighboring house. The swindler returns with the same trick but is confounded when the resident offers a substitute leg. The note ends with the jab about coincidences hitting him with both feet.
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Lewes
A Bundle of Blunders
A compact reader note on language usage and phrases urging precise meaning. It argues cleanliness, common sense, and phrasing should reflect common understanding, warning against misused idioms and hubristic expressions.
Shakespeare Versus Burns in a Scottish Nights debate
A literary society lecture ends with a heated dialogue between a Scottish speaker and the lecturer over Shakespeare and Burns. The exchange mocks the idea of Shakespeare as more clever than Burns with a jab about regal burdens and royal imagery.
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Shakespeare
Burns
Robbie Burns
Robbie
Gold Abundance Across Mines and Seas Explored
The text discusses rich ore in certain mines and the potential to find gold in granite and undersea deposits. It notes Scotland and Cornwall as possible rivals to famous gold regions if extraction becomes affordable and highlights gold’s planetary distribution from cosmic dust to surface falls. It cites Black and Whafte.
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Scotland
Cornwel
Klondike
Editor declines talk with one sentence spelling reform
A local entertainment committee asked a noted editor to speak on spelling reform. He replied he could share his view in one sentence by removing the word me from the programme.
A Working Majority Quote in Senate Debate
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt shows Senator Sniffkins arguing that a "safe working majority" exists with two classes of people. The exchange questions whether further escalation is needed, framing a stable governing coalition as the central point.
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Senator Sniffkins
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Deeps Are Dumb Golfers And Duffer Talk
A London Truth quote notes the greatest golfers and cricketers rarely discuss their sport while the enthusiastic duffer enjoys talking about his game.
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London Truth
Most Promising Pupil Skips Lessons in Village School
A brief London Opinion quip shows a genial visiting clergyman asking a pupil what he does all day. The boy replies he waits until recess to leave class, illustrating a humorous exchange about school routines.
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Timne
London
Better to Fight for the Good Than the Ill Quote
A Tennyson couplet is cited asserting moral struggle favors good over evil. The line reflects a literary blanket recitation rather than a news event.
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Tennyson
Township Trustee Discloses Office Schedule and Estate Notice
Luce township trustee will be in Richland City Mondays and Saturdays and in Eureka Wednesdays to transact township business. Trustee FY W Dodd also notes flexibility on non road days. Notice states Robert F Nourse and B F Huffman named administrators for the estate of Joseph W Nourse of Spencer County Indiana. Estate described solvent.
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Arrison Township
St. Meinrad
Joseph F. Vital
Harricon
Luce Township
Nistice
Richland City
Eureka
FY. W. Dodd
State of
Indiana
Spencer
Joseph W. Nourse
Spencer County
Robert F. Nourse
B. F. Huffman
Appointment of Executor for John Vogel Estate in Spencer County
State of Indiana Spencer County notice states that Wred Fuchs has qualified as executor of the last will and testament of John Vogel deceased. The estate in Spencer County is described as solvent. Reinhard & Stevenson, Attorneys, handle the matter.
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State of
Indiana
Spencer County
John Vogel
Application for Liquor License in Spencer County
William Head, a male resident of Spencer County Indiana, petitions the Spencer County Board of Commissioners at the January term 1908 for a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors including spirits and wine on the premises described as a front room in a two story building on River Road Enterprise Indiana. He seeks authority to allow consumption on the premises and to also sell cigars and tobacco with lunch service.
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Spencer County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Enterprise
River Road
Iro
The Limit of Athletics
An athletic girl boasts new feats and aims to enter a space with grace, avoiding staggering as a car starts. The ad promotes Kodol for Dyspepsia as a scientific blend of natural digestive juices, claiming it cures indigestion and stomach troubles. Sold by T. C. Bas.
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T. C. Bas
Italian Customer Seeks Thermometer in Portland Hardware
A Boston Record description recalls a Portland street hardware and paint dealer where a non English speaking Italian customer asked in broken English for a device to make hot or cold. The clerk guided him through the store of heating apparatus and the man spied a thermometer hanging high with an indicator. He asked for that exact device saying it must have numbers to show cold.
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Portland Street
Boston Reco
John
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