Wedding bells and sugar chase in small town tale
In a cluttered scene among neighbors and kin, David Maynard is pressed to secure sugar for Elly’s birthday as Nannie and Dora gossip and plot. A late romance unfolds with cautious humor as a wedding looms and neighbors weigh family ties, plans, and responsibilities.
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Nanette
Pigeon Carrier Speeds Vary With Weather
A historical note states carrier pigeons fly about 200 yards in calm weather, 15460 yards with a moderate wind, and 200 yards under a high wind, illustrating wind effects on speed and travel distance.
Priscilla Cards Question of a Man's Word Promise
A fragment from the Boston Transcript reflects on a man's failure to keep his word and the implications when trust dissolves, framed as a brief, pointed meditation on honesty and accountability.
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Priscilla
Boston Transcript
Colorado Women Support Leonard Wood in State Polls
The Colorado Republican committee survey shows 16 of 20 women backing Leonard Wood, with 11 of 14 senators and 26 of 46 House members endorsing him. A statewide poll of 66 voters favors Wood 34 to 32 against Harding Lowden and Johnson.
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Wood's Mind Is Not Militaristic Endorsement War Hero Traits Questioned
Herbert B. Hadley former Missouri governor and University of Colorado president chairs Leonard Wood National Campaign support. He praises Wood as a decisive leader with civil and military achievement but asserts he lacks a military mind citing a 1917 incident sending supplies to Camp Funston.
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Governors Split on Leonard Wood Candidacy Across States
Governors from six western states show varied support for Leonard Wood for the presidency. Norbeck of South Dakota Shoup of Colorado Allen of Kansas Burquist of Minnesota Campbell of Arkansas Larrazolo of New Mexico all influence regional sentiment from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande.
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Missouri editors favor Wood in presidential poll
A Missouri editorial poll of editors shows William G. McAdoo leading the Democratic column while Wood in the Republican column. The survey covers 124 newspapers and lists several candidates with Hoover and Roosevelt mentioned in related notes.
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Gen Cacoes| Wood
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Auld Lang Syne Origins Misattributed Verse
A brief note debunks the claim that Robert Burns authored Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, citing an old man’s singing as the source and mentioning the misattribution by a speaker named Toston Pew.
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Robert Burns
Toston Pew
Theory and Practice in Pale Executives and Cooks
A fragment from the Galyveton News notes a quip about pale folks tied to executive ability and a cook proving safer than a college pro, illustrating local wit and opinion on merit and skill.
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