Woman's Club Literary Program at Palms Theatre
The Sarasota Woman's Club schedules a December 15 meeting at 2:30 p.m. at the Palms Theatre under the Library Committee. Miss Davis lectures on India with stereopticon views, aided by Mrs. Allyn’s recitations and music. Visitors may attend for twenty five cents. members may invite two guests.
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Woman’s Club
Palms Theatre
Library Committee
Miss Davis
India
Board of Education
New York City
Chicago
Sarasota
Allyn
E. L. Robyn
Jefferson
Red Cross Christmas Stamps Offered for Tuberculosis Fight
Red Cross Society issues one cent stamps for Christmas packages to aid the fight against tuberculosis. Stamps are sold at Badger Pharmacy and Mrs Dorothy Dentt's.
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Red Cross Society
Eskimos Laugh At Dyspepsia And Thrive On Blubber
Harper's Weekly notes the Eskimo story of eating raw blubber and walrus flesh without indigestion. It claims Eskimo children bite walrus hide and digest it easily, contrasting with American concerns about dyspepsia.
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America
Harper’s Weekly
Where He Got It A Funeral Wreath Bought Next Door
A mother questions a bouquet of white roses and violets sent by her son Little Jack. The boy explains he found the wreath hung on a neighbor’s door knob after the neighbors tired of it.
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Jack
Sonnie
Beulah Jones’s Overcoated Chickens Plot
Miss Beulah Jones, an eccentric recluse, keeps Plymouth Rock chickens dressed in bright coats. John Moore, her cousin and county committeeman, offers to buy or rent the birds to stage a political show for an election, sparking dialogue on Beulah’s isolation.
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Beulah Jones
Beulah
John Moore
Miss Jones
John
Honest John
Miss Beulah
Plymouth Rock
Secret naval near-miss story of Resolute and Oregon told
A fictitious Lieutenant B B McG writes in Master Mate and Pilot about the 5 June clash near Santiago when the Resolute narrowly avoided ramming the battleship Oregon during the Spanish American War. The tale, linked to Admiral Eaton’s death and his widow Jennie May Eaton’s murder case, stirs navy circles. The account recalls weapons aboard the Resolute and the last-minute full-speed astern that averted disaster. The Naval Register notes no officer with initials B B McG. currently listed.
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B. B. McG
United States Navy
Resolute
Joseph G. Eaton
Oregon
New York Times
Jennie May Eaton
Plymouth
Mass
Eaton
U. S. S. Resolute
Navy
Admiral Eaton
Santiago
Vesuvius
Guantanamo
Louis L. Bernier
Lieut. Bernier
Yorktown
Navy Department
Naval Register
B. B
Odd Expressions From a Bygone Snippet
A string of comic phrases appears as overheard chatter with quips on brains ink and Goodyear patents. The jangling lines lampoon credulity debt and social scenes, each line presenting a playful jab or verbal miscue.
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Goodyear
Six Families Buried After Coburg Gas Explosion
A gas explosion at Coburg Germany leveled a house where thirteen people were killed and six injured. Workmen searching for a gas leak with a candle triggered the blast as twenty six residents including ten children, two of whom were deaf mutes, were inside the building.
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Coburg
Germany
Post Mortem Exchange Over Monument For Husband
A sympathetic neighbor suggests a monument for the husband’s memory. The widow, tearful, questions the idea and reveals she found a pocketful of letters she had given him to post.
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John
Laugh and Grow Fat Allusion to The Laughing Philosopher
The phrase echoes Democritus known as the Laughing Philosopher who thrived on good humor and reportedly lived to 109 years old.
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Democritus
Philosophy and Attachment
Quotation notes that adopting a philosophic stance eases handling loss. It contrasts ease of staying philosophical with difficulty of parting with possessions, attributed to Puck.
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Puck
See Adam in Eve Subject Entry Cited by Times Star
A Cincinnati Times-Star note mocks encyclopedia indexing, saying Eve's entry directs readers to Adam. The quip illustrates sparse cross references in the era’s reference works.
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Adam
Cincinnati Times-Star
Waterproof Bottle Labels From Camp Era Craft
A suggested method uses a black binding tape around the bottle with white ink for lettering. Paraffin wax is poured over to waterproof, and the white letters remain readable in low light.
Have a Fire Extinguisher For Home And Barn Safety
A reliable fire extinguisher that sprays chemicals instead of water should hang in every home barn and stable. Seconds matter when fire breaks out and small affordable extinguishers are simple to use and quickly stop a small blaze. Motorists have found the little extinguisher invaluable.
Tragedy at Klausenberg Film Shoot Ends in Actress Death
An accident during a Hungarian film scene at Klausenberg on the Szamos river led to the drowning of ten actors and actresses as a boat overturned near a mill sluice. Although onlookers rescued the cast, one actress died from injuries suffered during the stunt.
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Cinematograph
Klausenberg
Hungary
Szamos
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