Bible school charter amid many varied notices
A fragmented notice lists a proposed Lincoln centennial Bible university with 500000 in property under J Wyeth Coolidge, plus diverse items including Thibet customs, Chicago gas ordinances, a Bahamas fish, European museums, eclipses, quotes from Lincoln, bishops in England, umbrella use in India, Canadian Pacific stock changes, Max O Re ll, Queen Elizabeth ale drinking, New Zealand exports, Dickens bed rule, carrier pigeons, Japanese education stats, Mexican literacy, French hydro plant, US gold trade, Irish magistrate exchange, and Mrs Taft honorary Daughters of Ohio members.
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Lincoln Sentennial Bible University
J. Wyeth Coolidge
Calabridaee
Abas
Sven Hedin
Thibet
Fle
Chicago
United States As A World Power From the Manufacturers' Record
The United States stands as a world power due to unmatched material resources location and size. The piece argues vast coal and iron reserves exceed Europe, huge cotton production, and a labor market linked to global migration boosting wages and shaping industrial and political influence worldwide. It concludes that America has just begun to wield this power.
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Ttecord
United States
Europe
Language of Old Mizzoury in Missouri Speech
Walter Williams reflects on rural Missouri speech in the Kansas City Star. He notes regional quirks such as “takes up” for “takes in” and “hot biscuits” praise, cites phrases like “couldn’t get to go,” and compares terms like pack and tote across states, illustrating a distinctive local idiom.
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Walter Willams
Kansas City
Missouri
Tennessee
Lord Jesus Christ
Cupid
Paradise
FIRST FREAKS MINGLE IN Sideshow ABOARD INDIA RUBBER MAN WEDDING
The column presents a carnival style banter among performers and a jokey exchange about marriage and fame. It riffes on a woman midget marrying the India Rubber Man while noting showbiz opportunism and audience admiration. Poems and quips tag the piece with light satire. Easter morning in the barnyard closes the skit.
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India
Ashe
Wanted to See It. Hubby and Wifey on shopping talk
A dialogue shows a wife planning to buy a bathing suit while her husband questions if Mr. Smithers is acting a part. Harriet dismisses the idea, insisting Smithers always thinks himself the whole thing.
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Mr. Smithers
Harriet
United States Growth and Global Role in Wheat to Wages
The United States holds half of the world's wheat and corn with 6 percent of land, 64 percent of population, and 51 percent of rail mileage. Population could rise to 125 to 160 million by 1940 to 1040, driven by transportation advances and higher wages, fueling global wage influence as European labor shifts to the U.S. market.
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Europe
America
Bell
United States
Rightly used power to advance civilization and peace
The passage argues for a form of power not rooted in arms but in peaceful progress. It envisions strength as a force guiding humanity toward a higher plane through civilization, uplift, and universal betterment.
Language Notes From Missouri and National Reflections
A compilation of anecdotes on Missouri speech and national concerns. Highlights include a senator’s quip about Lincoln and wartime spending, remarks on the Billion Dollar Congress, and Missourian pride in dialect and English usage.
Taft Leases Beverly Cottage as Summer Home
Washington announces President Taft will use the Robert B Evans cottage at Woodbury Point Beverly Cove Massachusetts as a summer home for one year with option for three more. The Tafts plan to depart Washington after Congress adjourns and spend summers in Beverly while Taft travels. Family will stay in Beverly with golf links nearby in Manchester by the Sea.
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WOODBURY _ POINT, BEVERLY COVE, MASS
President Taft
Robert Devans
Washington
New Flampshire
Virginia
White House
Robert B. Evans
Beverly
Mass
Boston
Woodbury Point
Beverly Cove
Salem Bay
Manchester
Taft
Evans
Congress
Northern Italy Seen as Industrial Power Next Decade
Charles A. Hickey predicts Northern Italy will lead European industrial growth in the coming decade. He notes strong public enthusiasm, expanding electric power from Alpine schemes, Legnano’s Tosl works with 2,000 workers, and Italian control of iron mines. He urges American manufacturers to study Italy’s machine tools and collaborate to boost foreign trade.
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Italy
Europe
Charles A. Hickey
Washington Post
Garibaldi
Alps
Milan
Legnano
Tosl
Dusseldorf
A Hopeless Case From Judge
A humorous exchange features Cupid probing a bachelor about love and marriage. The man resists, noting marriage would be costly and unnecessary, while Cupid teases him about the woman’s beauty and a longing for affection before exiting in frustration.
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Cupid
Pd Wke
Rip Van Winkle Returns to Sleepy Village
Rip Van Winkle wakes from a 20 year slumber to a barber shop in Success Magazine style. He asks if Congress, Panama Canal, and Panama events have occurred, only to hear no changes and decide to go back to sleep. The piece parodies long-ago news about political affairs and modern headlines.
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Rip van Winkle
Success Magazine
Congress
Jerome
Plott
Panama
Not Knocking Anybody Lawyer and Witness Exchange Remarks
A courtroom exchange features a defense remark about the defendant and a witness response defending him. The dialogue hints at perceptions of effort and nourishment, framed as a humorous or clipped wartime style exchange.
Managing Liberty On Shore Aboard The Navy Cruiser
The article describes a method to prevent trouble among sailors on liberty by deploying a seamen's patrol led by a commissioned officer. Marines are kept off the ground, while the patrol coordinates with city police to monitor and return disorderly sailors to the ship. The approach, first tried at Trinity College and used successfully on prior cruises, earns praise from authorities and provides valuable experience for young officers.
Adrift in South Seas from London Standard recounts Captain Williams’s 230 mile ordeal
Captain Williams of the rubber Nebraska endured a harrowing escape after the vessel was lost near Green Hill island in northern Australia. He swam to Green Island, built a seaworthy dinghy, survived three squalls and 12 days on turtle eggs and iguanas, foraged water from tree bark, and traversed rivers and jungles on a 230 mile trek ending at Port Darwin amid a cyclone and perilous weather.
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South Seas
London Standard
Williams
Green Hill Island
Port Darwin
Northern Territory
Australia
Green Island
Gulf
Field Island
Alligator River
Che
Allifs Gator
Wildman River
Lake Finnis
Adelaide River
Lawrie’ Landing
Profanity Among Boys in Savannah News
A Savannah News opinion criticizes rising public profanity among boys age 10 to 16. It argues that swearing harms credibility and morality, noting the habit extends from street play to shopfront verses and that decency wanes in public spaces.
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Savannah News
Noile Ty
Mannish' Ito
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Bertin Museum of Safety
P. H. Cowell
Historiea
Richmond
John Randolph
Chesterfield
the James
Abraham Lincoln
Shute Barrington
Durham
Prettyman
Lincoln
Barrington
Winchester
Great Britain
Canadian Pacific Railway
Max O'Rell
Edinburgh
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Elizabeth
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New Zealand
Tmyports
Charles Dickens
Sir John Tinniel
Punch
Hig Wrth
Sir John
Pinch
Japan
Educaional
Mexico
TulHeres
Dordogne
Chile
Sore
Raine
Savage Club
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Orient
Chien
Dollara
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National Treasury
Illinois
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Jack
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