The Value of Confidence in a Mined Fortune
Sallie Conyers inherits a $1,000 share and prods a failing Hope Mining venture. She trusts her late father's mining maps, risks stock at 2 cents a share, and the vein strikes at 1,500 feet making her rich as Willard Stearns declines the fortune. Sallie remains steadfast in confidence and becomes a major speculator.
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Evelyn Wetworth
Moonright
American Press Association
Tom Conyers
Sallie Conyers
Colorado Springs
Aega
Sallie
Conera
Hope Mining Company
Sualle
Willard Stearns
Conyers
Salle
Sullie
Hope Mining
Sal
Hope
Bloix
Centrifugal Force and the Tension Phenomena of Rapid Rotation
A science note on revolving bodies describes how diamond dust sharpened copper disks cut armor and how rapid rotation creates centrifugal tension. It details card stock, paper disks, and drum chains behaving as solid rings, illustrating the free axle and hoop-like motion in everyday objects.
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Natuwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift
Quick Thinking and Pristine Play on the Diamond
Baseball anecdote recounts Tommy McCarthy making a rapid throw to nail Jack Doyle at first after Tom Browne dash to third. McCarthy’s insight, Doyle’s slower decision, and a decisive throw saved the game for Boston as Browne would have scored. The tale, sourced from Hugh S. Fullerton via American Magazine, highlights split second planning under pressure.
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Tommy McCarthy
Boston
Tom Browne
New York
Jack Doyle
Doyle
Browne
McCarthy
Helder
Hugh
Fullerton
American Magazine
Handle With Cars
A Philadelphia Ledger item recalls a mother role playing as Dorothy and spanking a new doll until its eyes fell out. The doll’s mishap leaves the girl contemplating the value of harsh discipline and she quips that mother spanked too hard, remembering how the doll suffered.
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Miss Dorothy
Philadelphia Ledger
A Familiar Trait in a Chicago Home Scene
A Chicago man reappears after twenty years to surprise his wife who does not recognize him at first. The couple’s tense reunion turns comic when she finally recognizes him, and a belated dinner dispute ends with a playful exchange.
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Chicago
Kansas City Journal
Daylight Mourning Notes at Lipnlocott's Theater
Mrs Baker discusses a specific mourning dress that allows attending matinees but forbids evening performances. The dialogue contrasts light mourning with restrictions, with Mrs Smith questioning and Mrs Baker clarifying the rule in the scene at Lipnlocott's venue. The snippet captures social etiquette around attire and theater attendance.
The Return of the Mary Denton Whaler Story
A first person reminiscence recounts the Mary Denton a New Bedford whaler that vanished after a fog bound port return. Edward Kendell a rising merchant in town awaits her even as the ship disappears leaving a legend of a missing vessel and a broken romance.
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Noneeas
New Bedford
Mary Denton
Captain Denton
Denton
Dentons
Kendell
Mary
Edward Kendell
Yiston
Arago Nose Tale from a Carnival Train Ride
The French politician Emmanuel Arago, famed for a very large nose, was aboard a train to Versailles when a child cried out to have him remove it. The mother explained the boy feared masked carnival noses, and Arago refused, joking that it was his own nose. The train journey continued with the nose hidden in his hat as the child quieted.
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Emmanuel Arago
Aetronomer
Versailles
Arago
Monsieur
Bo Arago
Role Of The Cocoanut The Staff Of Life To The Natives
The cocoanut is described as essential to natives of Ben Washedind offering food clothing and shelter. It thrives on tropical shores, protects the embryo, transports across oceans, yields milk oil sugar and more while the husk and shell shield from breakage and water. The tree is praised for sustenance and practical utility in harsh coastal environments New Age.
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Ben Washedind
Pacific
Dickens Speech Method Compared To Wheel Spokes
A historical note describes how Charles Dickens planned orated talks by envisioning the subject as a cart wheel. He used the hub as the center and ran spokes to cover each topic, elaborating each spoke in turn until the wheel was emptied and the speech concluded.
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Charles Dickens
Whipping Up Rude Whistle Cash Trick With Lady
A London Fun gag plays on a grocer’s boy instructed by his master to whistle when handling a lady to secure payment. The exchange features the boy claiming the instruction was to whistle for money, highlighting a sharp comic twist.
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London
Running Conversation Debates a Bill and a Marathon Remark
A heated exchange shows Collector pressuring a debtor about a bill. The debtor responds with a quip proposing to file the bill in the next Marathon race as a sarcastic solution.
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George
Puck
What Did He Mean Judge Speech on Suffrage Meaning
A judge questions a senator about a remark suggesting women should be addressed as “beve rote.” The exchange touches on women’s suffrage and the senator’s understanding of women’s rights, revealing confusion over language and the suffrage issue.
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Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Pioneer Limited
U. S
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W. B. Dixon
Robert St
Underwood Standard Typewriter
Underwood
Underwood Typewriter Coo., Inc
Ialao
Jennett
F. S. Waters
Bottineau, N.D
Connecticut
Bottineau
McKenzie
the Courant
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