Notable Johnson Anecdotes From Samuel Johnson's Retorts
Charles Hopkins Clark in the North American Review recounts Johnson wielding a blunt bludgeon over a rapier in a repartee. The tale includes a pompous acquaintance praising a sermon and Johnson’s sharp replies. Other exchanges feature Cholmondely, Vesey, Sir Lynch Cotton, and Jesus College President Bernard with Johnson’s pointed refusals and quips.
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Samuel Johnson
Charles Hopkins Clark
North American Review
John‘son
Vesey
Doctor Johnson
Lynch Cotton
Bernard
Jesus College
Oxford
Johnson
Women in Babylonian history and modern times compared
A discussion highlights that ancient Babylonian women worked in factories and trade, ran saloons, and served as stenographers and lawyers. Edward Chiera notes their influence, while the piece argues modern readers underestimate ancient knowledge and culture.
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Babylon
Uupe’s Weekly
Edward Chiera
Early Peoples Skipped Clams Says Scientist
Dr. Edward Morse studied shell heaps and found oysters dominated while clams were rare. European expert Steenstrup noted clam shells are absent in ancient oyster remains, suggesting North American shells introduced clams. Europeans never ate clams in ancient times.
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Edward 8. Morse
Salem
New England
Europe
Steenstrup
Edwin BH. Slosson
Science Service
Collier’s Magazine
Baltic
England
Writer's Tribute to Chivalry of Women
A nostalgic excerpt arguing women are the chivalrous sex in relations with men. The author mocks the idea of male dominance, citing examples of verbal scuffles where women puncture male pride with pointed remarks. Quotation references include G. B. Stern in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan.
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G. B. Stern
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
Casse and Effect Reflections On Providence And Nature
A John Burroughs reflection argues that natural phenomena exist independent of human use and that beauty, thirst, and mercy arise from the universe’s laws. Humans respond with love for beneficence because benevolence is directed to all, not solely to individuals.
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John Burroughs
History of fans and a rattlesnake hunt in 1900s paper
The article notes ancient and modern fan use from Egypt to Paris, describing materials and craft by 500 Paris fan makers under royal privilege. It also reports Mrs. James Keons shooting a rattlesnake in her garden and Harold Cain losing the end of a forefinger while hunting near Tecumseh, with a doctor’s treatment and a note on a delayed workweek.
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Steny Heind
France
Louis Ntv
Pius
Paris
Bhig
James Keons
Brooklyn
Harold Cain
Tecumseh
Harold
Deerfield Moon
Market Report and City Bond Votes Highlight Local News
The market reports list prices for Wheat 1.34 per bushel Corn 90 cents Oats 42 cents Hogs 12 to 12 1/2 cents Calves 12.34 cents Eggs 56 cents per dozen. Chicago and Tampa pass sewer laws showing parental challenges. Holly votes 63000 in bonds for a new senior high school and 4500 for enlarging the site. Construction underway.
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Holly
Tremendous progress in cancer treatment and tuberculosis work
Dr B H Herben reviews cancer risks in breast uterus and intestine noting early signs and need for annual checks after childbirth and menopause. The piece also covers tuberculosis advances presented in Detroit with doctors from Sweden Austria and England describing new chest operations auto vaccine and sunlight therapy. It ends with a chancery notice in Washtenaw County and a local quip about King Ferdinand's illness.
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Michigan
Detroit
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Michigan Trudeau Society
Detroit and
Wayne County Medical Association
Hans Jacobaeus
Stockholm
Sweden
Ernest
Taecbaeus
Loewenstein
Farm Notes on New York Land and Forest Nursery Output
Idle New York lands are turning into assets as state forest nurseries sent out over 17 million young trees in spring 1926, enough to plant about 20 000 acres, with a yearly output near 23 million trees. Ji lambs should exercise lightly in winter. scatter roughage for movement or place roughage away from shelter to stimulate activity. If winter pastures are used, no extra exercise is needed.
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Simee
George W. Sample
Washtenaw
Bonisteel & Lane A
Saline Observer
Sid
New York
New York City Water Sources Before Catskill System Began
The Croton and Esopus watersheds supplied Manhattan and the Bronx before Catskill water arrived in 1917. The Catskill supply comes from Schoharie and Esopus watersheds via the Shandaken tunnel and Ashokan reservoir west of Kingston. A Paris court ruled a wife cannot open her husband's letters.
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Manhattan
Bronx
New York City
Croton
Esopus
Catskill
Schoharie
Catskills
Shandaken
Ashokan
Hudson
Kingston
N. C
Paris
MASTER THE HORSE TRAINING AND ESTATE NOTICE
Training horses requires patience gentleness and firmness to shape power and obedience. If a colt cannot do a task assign an alternative and avoid fatigue. Also notice for locals to send legal settlement notices to this newspaper with probate judges’ approval.
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Frank Elliott
Fred Comer
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Dave Lewis
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Cliff Woodbury
Bob McDonagh
T. E. Schaible
Ypsilanti, Mich
Market Report
Chicago
Tampa
Dr. B
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Federated Church Notes
T. Dunk
Herculosis
Sir Henry Gauvain
Sir Henry Gauvian
Sir Henry
Chancery Notice
Chancery
Samuel Boyd
S. Jonathan Kersley
Levi B. Pratt
Sally
Jane Ann Foster
Catherine Foster
Commodore Foster
George W. Foster, Jr
Lemuel F. Frink
Isabel Frink
Gilbert S. Vincent
Catherine A. Vincent
Glement LaFarge
Angeline P. LaFarge
Charles C. Combs
Charles H. Combs
Gilbert M. Brown
Edgar R. Aldrich
Granville C. Aldrich
Auguster Binder
Caroline Binder
August Binder
David
Haywood
County of
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Pray
Bonisteel & Lane
First National Bank B’dg
Ann Arbor
Chicago Road
Pittsfield Township
Washtenaw County
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Wheeler’s Pharmacy
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
F.C.B. Ypsilanti
Joseph H. Thompson, Inc
Michigan Avenue
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Emotoakr Cars
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