Meaning and Saying on Grammar Slips Across Readers
Hartford Courant notes how writers breach grammar with casual reading as examples. It cites Arthur Christopher Benson and George A Birmingham showing phrases like seldom dares and between each course as readers infer intended meaning despite incorrect construction.
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Tom Lounsbury
Yale
Arthur Christopher Benson
Sam Johnson
Dublin
Chicago
Hartford Courant
Man as Architect of His Own Misfortunes
A Chicago News aphorism notes that individuals largely shape their own troubles through choices and actions, reflecting on personal accountability and consequence. The commentary frames misfortune as self-inflicted by behavior, decisions, and character.
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Chicago News
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promise and Reward
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 to anyone not cured, and urges readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with accompanying family laxative pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Draggista
Allied Gains Drive Deep in Western Front War
French and British forces push forward around Perthes Beausejour and Souippes in Champagne gaining trenches and cemetery near Souchez while Argonne hosts heavy artillery. German claims of counterattacks appear unsuccessful as allied lines hold or widen the ground gains amid large prisoner captures. East holds little change with improving Russian front signals and border tensions rise in Greece and the Mexican border war aids.
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Massiges
French War Office
Argonne
Berlin
England
Paris
Perthes
Beausejour
Souippes
Champagne
Verdun
Arras
Bassee Canal
Sir John French
Germany
North Sea
Ameland
Friesland
Sofia
Constantine
Eleven miners entombed at Coaldale colliery disaster
At Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co mine in Coaldale Pennsylvania eleven workers were entombed by a rock fall triggered by a heavy blast. The fall extends 300 feet and blocks the sole passage to the active chamber. Rescuers say hope of finding any alive is lost.
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Coaldale Colliery
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Coaldale
Kansas College expert weighs wide and narrow wagon tires
Mechanical instructor F A Wirt of Kansas State Agricultural College reports on experiments with wide and narrow wagon tires. Wide tires reduce draft in fields and on soft roads, pack surface for a firmer roadbed, and cause less field damage. narrow tires pull harder in mud but fit ruts and mud better.
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F. A. Wirt
Kansas State Agricultural College
Wirt
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised by Mrs Stevens
A testimonial claims Dean's Kidney Pills restore perfect health by reviving weak kidneys. Mrs J A Stevens of Bridgeport Neb recalls initial relief from emirit ed misery years ago and confirms a lasting cure after recommending the remedy. Price 50c at all dealers.
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Dean
J. A. Stevens
Bridgeport
Nebr
Doan
Bad Roads Cause Accidents Report Highlights Loss
A Chicago traveling men’s insurance group reports ten death claims paid in the first 50 days of the year, four from motor-car crashes due to bad roads. Each death occurred in Minnesota North Dakota or Montana. Each beneficiary received $5,000, underscoring the financial impact of poor road conditions.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Builders Associations Plan First Joint September Meeting
Gov C W Gates announces a joint gathering of The American Road Builders Association and The American Highway Association to be held next September. The venue is undecided between Oakland California or San Francisco. The note concludes with a proverb about fresh eggs hatching first and advises buyers to insist on one shipment.
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Laredo
American Road Builders’ Association
The
American Highway Association
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