Proper and Common Nouns Explained by Judge
A judge offers a witty distinction between proper and common nouns. He states a proper noun denotes a specific item used properly, while a common noun denotes a general item used commonly.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
2
English Scientists Boost Radium Extraction Method
English researchers report a perfected process to extract radium from pitch-blende increasing yield. The new method allegedly produces more radium in two months than the Austrian process yields in a year, signaling a major advance in radiochemical production.
Senator Brown on idle rich youth and marital misadventures
At a Washington dinner Senator Brown denounces idle rich young men who think they may do wrong as a right. He cites a vivid maid servant quip about aristocrats living among tip hoppers and three kinds of wine, smoking ladies, and swearing men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Brown
Washington
The Indian's Vision
An excerpt notes that tests on Torres Strait natives show their keen vision stems from knowledge of the environment. A civilized observer gains similar sight with familiarity, able to judge deer sex by gait rather than visible antlers, per Scientific American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torres Straits
Scientific American
Eye for an eye skull sign warns motorists on mountain road
Along the San Jose to Santa Cruz mountain road a large skull sign warns drivers that mountaineers and farmers will stop speeding. District attorney receives daily complaints about racing vehicles and residents fear for children’s safety in sending them to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Santa Cruz
Cal
NO HARM DONE TO MEN IN EQUAL PAY FIGHT
Miss Grace Strachan argues equal pay for equal work raises all women and will not injustly harm men. She says sympathy for men is unnecessary as women gain status and men must exclude inferior men from advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Strachan
Cultivating Expression in Music Students
A guide urging amateur musicians to search for expressive marks before playing. It highlights syncing notes beyond meter, rhythmic deviations, accelerandos or ritardandos, and chromatic or accented passages. Students should identify and label accents, dynamics, and articulations to approach the composer’s intention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Mathis Lussy
Bishop Whitaker Sermons Endure In Print Despite Orders
A Philadelphia clergyman recalls Bishop Whitaker’s sermons were not to be printed, yet many eloquent pieces appeared in newspapers magazines and weeklies. The mother of a young minister once urged a meeting so her son could hear the bishop preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Whitaker
Philadelphia
Miss Jean Gordon Keeps Agency Link After Resignation
Miss Jean Gordon resigns as New Orleans factory inspector but will donate free time as allowed. She will oversee the employment bureau she started and direct it as possible. She established a scholarship fund funded by city money, New Era club dues, and donations to aid a mother by paying her child’s equivalent wages while the child attends school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Gordon
New Orleans
Employment Bureau
A New Borrow Emerges In The Broad Highway
Baily's Magazine lauds Jeffery Farnel as a new Borrow in literature and credits him with creating a classic in The Broad Highway. Farnel, mentored by Shirley Byron Jerona editor of the Sportsman, is praised for chronicling wandering tinkers and rugged lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borrow
Jeffery Farnel
Shirley Byron Jerona
Sportsman
Baily
Unknown Inventors and Their Enduring Inventions
The passage reflects on timeless devices created by forgotten makers whose names are lost to history. It argues that countless simple contrivances shaped the world more than many modern innovations, though their inventors remain unknown.
Beyond Words Doctor and Poet Tongue Liaison
The exchange between a doctor and a poet reveals a deep, unspoken ache beyond medical signs. The tongue test proves ineffective as both recognize a condition that words cannot express.
Makes a Clean Breast of It Emporia Gazette Motto
A compact quote from the Emporia Gazette notes that even a gifted writer inevitably produces junk. The remark highlights writerly limits and editorial honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia Gazette
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Scandia
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J. B. Henry
W. M. J. A. Merrill
Sec’y
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Monuments
Belleville, Kans
E. Porter Ahrens
D.S
Nywall
Scand
Gourtland
LL. Warren
D. D.S
Omecover Bank OF
Doctor Bros
City Drag Line
W. E. Godfrey Mme
River Bridge
Chas, Petersen
Scandia Journal
Hitt
PustisHer
Bank OF Scandia
General Banking
G. W. Nimocks
J. H. Sandell
Dickason-Goodman Lor
Stott
Nelson's
Wild West
Brough
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
H. Z. Ackley
AGT
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