Uns purred by high honor a Pershing portrait
A Washington staff officer recalls General Pershing as a genuine American. He recounts traveling with Pershing toward France and meeting a retired Negro porter from Pershing’s boyhood town. The porter remembers Pershing as a curious, once ornery child who mimicked human scuffles.
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Quick Exchange Hints Mind Reader Session
Short quip from Boston Transcript jokes about a quick finale and a planned mind reading session between a character named Bix and Dix. The line plays on rapid dialogue and humorous anticipation of a séance or mentalist act.
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Boston Transcript
No Prospect Sale Causes Humorous Exchange At Butcher Stand
A playful exchange unfolds as a customer seeks a cut of meat while joking about price cuts. The butcher replies with an economical quip about cutting costs and energy usage, highlighting lighthearted banter over a simple meal item.
Lodge Warns on League of Nations Articles
Senator Lodge cautions that league articles must be weighed carefully before adoption to avoid endangering the nation’s future. He warns too many changes could cause trouble much like a diva editing a rough contract to remove a spouse in a farcical anecdote.
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Sherman Landmark Camp near Ground of March to the Sea
A camp near a historic site linked to Shermans march hosts an aero squad with several planes. One cadet struggles to finish a task and, after sweating in silence, declares this must be the spot where Sherman expressed his view on war.
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Thrift of Time Echoes in Gladstone Quotation
A historical note cites Gladstone remarking that thrift of time yields repayment in the afterlife with usury of profit beyond sanguine dreams. The aphorism reflects Victorian moral virtue linking frugality to spiritual recompense.
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Simple puddings and dishes from the kitchen cabinet
Mixed recipes and proverbs from a vintage kitchen column, featuring Graham Pudding Creole Soup Prune Fluff Indian Pudding Baked Beans With Sausages and a trio of maxims on love hate and admiration. Also notes on cottage pudding and Wheatless War Pudding with sauces and serving ideas.
Raisin Recipes Highlight Singly Nutritious Sweet Treats
Raisins are praised for their sugar content and medicinal value in various bake and cookery uses. Raisin Rolls combine flour salt shortening syrup and milk with cinnamon sugar and seedless raisins for hot rolls. Raisin Sauce blends cornstarch sugar butter raisins and water simmered with lemon for a fruit relish. Raisin Pancakes mix buttermilk soda salt baking powder flour and raisins with beaten eggs and serve with maple syrup.
One Advantage in Modern Esthetic Dances
Aunt Nancy remarks on a modern esthetic dance noting its advantage that dancers require little space and thus reduce the chance of others stepping on toes. The observation frames the dance as practical and space efficient.
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What to Eat From Old Recipes Calf Liver With Celery and Rice
A compact collection of kitchen guidance and recipes focuses on well cooked simple dishes. It outlines calf liver with celery and rice, flank steak rolls with onion dressing, and baked lima beans with tomatoes and catsup.
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Cake cake cake quip in Aunt Willie exchange
A humorous brief exchanges shows Aunt Willie teasing Willie about cake preferences and Willie replying he dislikes a cake of yeast in a light domestic banter.
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Ex-kaiser to be tried by peers of Huns
A brazen remark on wartime justice inflames debate as the ex-kaiser faces trial by a jury described as peers of the Huns. Critics argue the idea mocks legal fairness while supporters claim severe wartime accountability.
French Officer’s Tale of Language and a Tiny Law
A French officer laments mislearning English noting phrases about being fast and the paradox The first shall be fast and the last shall be first. He recounts quitting after struggles with a sentence. A neighborhood club forms with one law to serve refreshments at each meeting.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promised Kidney Relief
An old advertorial urges readers with back pain or kidney distress to treat symptoms with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims long history, quick relief, and that the product fights causing germs, available through druggists with money back guarantee.
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Too Much of a Good Thing in a Family Moment
A mother warns her son to stay where she can reach him and the boy apologizes, saying he did not realize she wanted him to stay in place. He fears discipline as he voices the need to cross her knee for punishment.
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Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Internal Cure
The ad argues local applications cannot cure catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally. It claims the remedy works through the blood on mucous surfaces, using tonics and blood purifiers. endorsed by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and offers testimonials upon request.
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On Being Cheerful by Lydia Marla Child
A reflective note urges readers to enjoy the company of cheerful people and to spread that happiness by earnestly trying to grant others pleasure through simple acts and presence. The piece emphasizes contagious optimism and social grace.
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Girl Trades Present For Promise In The Future
A social note observes a girl paying little heed to a man's long term plans if he arrives with a gift or two.
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises Female Relief
The article promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a temperance tonic from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York. It claims the remedy cures feminine disorders through blended roots and herbs and offers both liquid and tablet forms sold by druggists. It targets weak nervous, despondent women with regular or irregular pains.
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Irishman Refuses Blame in Courtroom Quip
In front of Judge Richardson Pat testifies he did nothin wrong and protests the arrest. He muses about sharing the zoo as part of the exchange, remarking on the situation while testimony unfolds. The Los Angeles Times notes the exchange as part of a broader courtroom moment.
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Rose Sees Bets Favor Boys Over Girls in Races
The speaker notes that while every race seems certain, most girls bettors predict the wrong winner as the event unfolds.
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