Climate and speech tied to geography and weather
London Saturday Review notes how language tone shifts with climate, predicting gutturals in Norway and Tatosti while southern Italy and Spain favor soft cadences. The piece links wind and storms with harder consonants and calmer, musical speech to tropical regions where salutations are chanted in tranquil air.
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Norway
Italy
Palermo
Verona
Campebello
British Isles
Highfinder
England
South America
Peru
Venezuela
London Saturday Review
Babies in Holes in Uganda Describe Local Custom
A missionary report from 1906 recounts a Uganda woman who places her infant in a shallow bark cloth-lined hole to prevent harm while she works in the fields. The mother explains the practice keeps the baby safe from crawling or rolling and notes safety from midday wild beasts, as she guides the infant home later.
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Uganda
Athoe
Donahoe’s
Maria
1903 General Fund and Improvement District Vouchers
Dated financial ledger shows approved back year vouchers not issued and 1906 expenditures for central fire station and other city items. Includes deposits, warrants issued to D Sullivan Co for interest, engineer estimates with West & Gutzeit, and payrolls for cemetery labor. Balances, receipts, and multiple departmental entries list numerous vendors and deposits.
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Ee Sour
Po Ete Co
John C. Blunk
H. Baetz
Fire Dept
Citizens’ Ice Co
City Hospital
Collins-Gunther Co
Conte
J. Dean, Jr
Dey Capa Cison
Hs Ba Steel
A. Gloecaner
D. Heye
Harness
Weure
Bert
FUCO
P. C. Hoebel
Esty
UNIS
Police Dept
Adamek & McDonald
Crockett St. Werace
Alamos Cement Co
Stephen Biediger
City Hopital
F. Benavides
Beitel Number Co
Surveyor’s
Figh Bull & Perry
Frank Bros
Police Department
M. R. Garcia
John B. Gersdorff
F. M. Gloeckner
Conig
E. L. Hofheinz
CW Ua Kka
Hk Ee
F. Hopkins
St. Mary’s Street Bridge
Anna E. Hicks
Fred Hummert
M. Herwick
F. W. Lange
Benito Lopez
Fire Department
Alcede LaChapelle
Central Fire
Eas
St. C
Alex Masson
William Matthies & Son
Gus A Mauermann
Baby Milk Co
City Hogp. Dept
A. Carhart
W. W. Dunlap
A. Franz
H. R. Geyer
City Hall
Heusinger Hdw. Co
St. C. & S. Dept
F. Kalteyer & Sons
Krakauer & Piper
Theo. Kunzmann
A. F. Lange
Cee
Maverick-Clarke Litho Co
Dominal
Rene Cpeeetvatuseneses Ave. C
St. Com
Theo. Maggott
Thomas B. McKay
Eng
Harry C. Miller
Mills Rep. Co
C. O'Neill
City Smr
Amomfeminne
Ucenes
Nic Tengg
Legla Cay
Ed Toepperwein
F. H. Vollrath
Fire Dent
Water Works Co
West End Lumber Co
Western Union Tel. Co
Ga Eae & O
CONE
Cc Ies
Parker-Washington Co
S. Flores Street
Park Dept
Wm. Ruppersberg
Gf. C
Gept
F. Rodriguez
CONTM
Cece Eeneee
Rogers & Reed
Shaw Bros
City Hosp
Schultz Stove & How. Co
City Tee Orf Ao
Beneed East
Sunset Wood Co
Aerr
L. P. Peck
Health Dept
Cael
Fred C. Pfeiffer
John A. Rollins
Seffel & Sons
Raymond Oberstone
Hospital
City Roapital
Ceesserwerses
Otto Riebe
D. Sullivan & Co
Steves & Sons
G. F. Sigmund
S. A. Gas & Electric Co
Street Commissioner's Department
S. A. Loan & Trust Co
S. A. Telephone Co
Texas Plumbing Co
Main Plaza
Madison Square Parks
A. Butler
Baltla Royal v
Incdinecass Acy
Ban Antonio Gas Compas ci
A. Vargas
Beitel Lumber Co
Tips Hardware Co
Rubber Hose
AGMGA
POG Inc
Tooltas
West & Gutzeit
Ccc
Ehre
Garey
Oeneksse Oat
Treasury
Tips Hardware. Co
March Ther Co
L. J. Gambler
Cs Sch
Collins ‘Guen
Housinger Hardware Co
Ware Co
J. J. Olsen & Son
G.rodriguez
C. O’neill
Housinger
Cccces Eee
New Tees
California’s High Sierras to Yosemite Spring Bloom
In the High Sierras the climate shifts from arctic cold to late spring warmth as one descends to Yosemite valley. Foliage changes from stunted pines and tamaracks to early maple and laurel. Wildflowers flourish in hundreds of varieties near the rim, with azalea scent and riotous flowering shrubs along the trail.
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High Sierras
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite
French Revolution Tumbrel Scene Delivers Lesson
During the French Revolution a priest rode in a tumbrel to the guillotine with a marquis and a common thief. Crowds jeered civically, shouting down with the aristocracy. The thief claimed aristocrat status. the priest advised humility, noting restraint.
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Ccriminal
Description of Julius Caesar as a thin tall man
The text portrays Julius Caesar as slender and tall with a wrinkled seamy countenance. He has a broad wrinkled forehead, bright quick eyes, an oversized nose, a full prominent chin, and a scholarly stoop. He stands with ears protruding and close cut hair, becoming bald early in life.
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Caesar
Julius Caesar
Unexpected marriage shocks Philadelphia Press column
Tess and Jess discuss Maud's marriage surprising readers. They note mixed family reactions, with Tess saying the husband has no family, while Jess clarifies he is a widower with four children, highlighting a social divide in the town.
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Tess
Maud
Jess
Philadelphia Press
A Matter of Credit Exchange
A brief exchange on debt and credit features two men arguing about owing money. One boasts of never owing anyone, while the borrower counters that his credit is not that bad, highlighting pride and concern over finances in a concise, ironic dialogue.
More Than Clever Ted-Is Sawyer A Clever Doctor
A New Yorker excerpt notes Ted-Is Sawyer as a clever doctor who can suggest beauty exercises to a woman patient without offending her, highlighting tactful bedside manner and professional wit.
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Sawyer
NetOp
Ife
New Yorker
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