Defiance College announces new programs and facilities in 1915
The Defiance College in Ohio outlines academic departments including engineering commercial fields and teachers training. The campus features five buildings, a library, laboratories, and up-to-date equipment with 23 acres for men and women housing. Tuition is 25 per week with meals and board. For the 1914-15 year the calendar lists fall nine months starting September 14 and winter and spring terms, with information available from President P. W. McReynolds.
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Theleek
Newls
Attractita Y.mda
VAW. Ola
Halist
daGuaty Ab
Starck
Prp
OW. McReynolds
A Fish Story From English Inns
Richard La Gal Henne recalls English inns after a Blenheim visit. In Woodstock a landlord claims the Duke of Marlborough once sat in the chair used by the author for lunch. The duke allegedly drank beer from the mug and refused the fish.
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Old
England
Richard la Gal- Henne
Blenheim Palace
Woodstock
Marlborough
Bless the Ladies in Short Public Hearing
The Kansas City Journal notes a congressional committee hearing where BUeches were delivered in two hours. The report humorously contrasts women handling public business with how men might fill days with speeches, citing rapid multiple speakers in a crowded session.
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Kansas City Journal
That's Settled. Mrs Brown Is Dead, Informant Reports
Beddie reports the final answer after multiple checks in the search for Mrs Brown. An officer confirms the woman is dead, settling the matter for the record.
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Beddie
Mrs. Brown
Unusual man estranged from self and neighbor
A remark describes a man as unusual for not loving himself or his neighbor, portraying a paradox of self regard and social disconnection.
Through Train Fable and Two High School Heliotropes
A satirical piece recalls a 30 year old romance between Lib and Angie, detailing a pact of lifelong friendship and the comic misadventures of two husbands Otis and Wilbur. Wealth, press scrutiny, and marital tensions surge as wives confront echoes of romance and social performance. The tale ends with a moral on wealth and publicity.
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Angie
Pittsburgh
Main Street
Otis
Wilbur
Splendid Advice From a Sensible Woman in a Western Paper
A western newspaper cites a sensible young woman offering advice on friendships and choosing companions. She warns that real comfort comes from careful selection of intimate friends and uses the phrase if you are looking for real comfort.
Bartimaeus Healing Lesson in Mark 10 46 52
A sermon outlines Bartimaeus as a model of faith and persistence as Jesus travels to Jerusalem. The blind beggar calls for mercy, is rebuked by onlookers, then Jesus stops and heals him, demonstrating God’s readiness to help the seeking and the limitations of human understanding.
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Mark
Jesus
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Jericho
Luke
Jesus of Nazareth
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Christ
Son of
David
Messiah
Rival humorists clash then reconcile in Kansas City Star note
The Kansas City Star comments on two humorists who quarrel with sharp wit before settling into amicable relations. The item underscores a lesson that critics from outside can provoke resentment even among joking colleagues.
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Sahara
Samari
Greek Grocery Mystery Hidden in Holpos Sign
A Quincy Ledger squib recalls a stranger in a Greek grocery office offering fruit from a downstairs store. Curious, the reporters found a sign ending with "Holpos" and discovered it was an abbreviation for Highest quality, lowest prices, the store's standard, a misread Greek name.
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Holpos
Quincy Ledger
Actress Darmer Killed by Stage Accident in Berne Theater
Fraulein Darmer, a beautiful actress, died after falling through a defective stage trap at the Theater of Varieties in Berne Switzerland. The last act of The Pride of the Third Company was ending when she fractured her skull from a six foot fall. A doctor attended but could not save her as curtain fell on stage. The company members and audience remained ignorant of the tragedy behind the scenes.
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Fraulein Darmer
Theater of Varieties
Berne
Switzerland
Going Him, One Better. An English Bishop and an Orange
An English bishop offered a child an orange if the child would say where God is. The child, son of a clergyman, replied that he would give two oranges if the bishop could tell him where God is not.
Not So Much to Blame
A brief dialogue reveals a mix up over a Russian newspaper mistaken for a dialect story. The characters note the paper and discuss the speaker’s linguistic claim with light irony.
Ingenious Smuggling Device Found in Paris Museum
A Paris museum of criminology founded by M. Charles Perchard displays a hollow wax baby used to smuggle brandy into the city. A woman carried the baby daily. authorities found it never grew, exposing the fraud and revealing this arch smugglers’ device.
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Paris
M. Charles Perchard
Police
Anarchist Brigade
Our Statesmen. Ambrose Bierce Dinner Washington
A satirical remark by Ambrose Bierce at a Washington dinner defines a conservative as a statesman enamored with existing evils, while a radical would replace them with others. The remark appears in a concise, witty exchange highlighting political definitions.
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Ambrose’. Bierce
Barre
Washington
Bierce
Did Not Read All That News Report
A compact note reflects partial engagement with news content, paraphrasing limited comprehension and noting a brief attempt to engage with the material. The fragment hints at selective reading and mixed attention to detailed reporting.
Fashionable ladies wear powder and shoe aids advertised
An old advertisement promotes cosmetic powder to shake into a tight shoe for dancing comfort. It mentions LeRoy and substitutes, urges asking for Ball Blue, and notes availability at grocers.
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LeRoy
Saved from the Grave Lydia Pinkham remedy tale
A woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her weakness and fainting spells after months of illness. She praises the product, notes three months of use restored her strength, and urges other women to try it, citing local support and a testimonial from Mrs. Alonzo Baker of Adrian Michigan.
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Alonzo” Baker
Tecumseh St
Adrian
Lydi Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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