Corn Art Exhibit Promotes Home Craft from Nebraska to Chicago
The National Corn Exposition in Chicago hosts an exhibit of household articles made from corn parts led by Mrs. T. V. Morse. She offers guidance and designers to help women create rugs mats frames and more. Entry is free with prizes for top displays. Nebraska land fertility and crop rotation discussed as context for renewed agricultural progress.
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Colisecum Building
Chicago
T. V. Morse
Art Crafts Orgy
Republic Building
Chie
Morse
New York State
Nebraska
Postal warnings on writing in mail parcels
Postal authorities issue further instructions warning against placing written content in parcels mailed at one cent an ounce. Any writing makes the item subject to two cent postage per ounce, with violators facing heavy fines. Ignorance is not accepted as an excuse under postal law.
No blank spaces on ballot for unqualified write-in
The Blue Springs Sentinel notes a instruction against writing in names not qualified by law on ballots. It urges voters to select a candidate who has met legal requirements and paid or voted, avoiding improper write-ins.
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Blue Springs
Fair Play For Every Citizen Speech Delivers Equal Justice
A citizens’ representatives pledge to uphold law as supreme and to ensure fair play for all. They commit to equal justice, incorruptible leadership, and strengthening laws to end unfair trade practices while governing with conscience.
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Republic
Bewildering First Bowling Game Told by Mark Twain
In a San Francisco memory from Twain’s Autobiography an office party after hours joins twelve lanes at a bowling alley. He plays for half an hour and scores a flawless sequence of ten strikes due to a grooved alley, while others fail and accuse him of deception. He explains the trick, and the proprietor confirms the setup.
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San Francisco
A Twain
The Conductor Courteous of St. John's N F
A fragment suggests a feature on a conductor noted for courtesy in St. John s Newfoundland where locals nicknamed the place Senjens and the description hints at a vivid picture of the scene.
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St. John’s, N. F
Senjens
Remote valleys teach travelers courtesy and kindness
The writer extols unhurried life in remote places where strangers are warmly welcomed. Locals show genuine courtesy, with a streetcar conductor going the extra mile to guide travelers and ensure they understand directions, even in winter.
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Travel Magazine
Hostess Corrects Dinner Table Profanity In Harlem
At a Harlem dinner party a guest joked about the host using profane language around women. The hostess replied with dignified scorn that her husband never says anything before ladies that he wouldn’t say anywhere. The table erupted in laughter.
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Harlem
New York Tribune
Realistic Love Story Divides Critics
Miss Yern and Crabb e debate a new romance praised for realism. The book reviewer calls it strong, while Miss Yern dismisses the dialogue as silly, highlighting a split reaction to the lovers' exchanges.
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Crabbe
Philadelphia
Proverbial reflections on life and saving time
The exchange notes that many books show how to save life while waiting for a doctor, but a guide for the young doctor to save life while waiting for the patient is needed. A German proverb warns that life in continual need is half death.
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Bocker
Harper’s Bazar
Sleep and death described as two kinds of sleep states
A Cosmopolitan writer explains sleep as temporary death of the sensitive system, with the vital system continuing. It distinguishes natural death from sleep, sudden death from injury, and notes death involves no pain at the onset. The piece outlines three heads of death: natural, sudden, and disease related.
Death From Disease and the Unknowable Moment
The text discusses death from disease as a rapid, painful ending of life’s sensibilities and contrasts it with recovery. It notes that the transition into death or recovery is indistinct and that the moment of dying cannot be recalled or fully understood, likening birth and death as the two key physiological events with no final insight into the latter.
Pointed Paragraphs From An Atchison Globe Column
A collection of aphorisms on courage, timidity, luck, and human weakness. The passages warn against overconfidence and delay while noting the limits of self help and the influence of guidance from professionals.
Most Prized Austrian Decoration Maria Theresa Cross
The Maria Theresa cross is Austria’s top decoration akin to the Victoria Cross. Its foundation rules bar admission for birth or influence, only long service or wounds in battle count. Recipients are ennobled ipso facto, as stated by the empress founder and the governing statute.
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Austria
Ediths Admirer and Pledge Confession in Pearson's Weekly
A dialogue excerpt shows Ediths suitor declaring deep love while Ediths father cites his vow after signing a pledge. The exchange contrasts romantic longing with restraint, reflecting Victorian moral norms published in Pearson's Weekly.
Johnny’s Wet Hair Riddle After Creek Fall
A child explains to his mother that he fell in a creek while on a bridge but removed his clothes to avoid getting them wet. The exchange highlights a humorous misunderstanding in a rural setting as quoted in Life.
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Johnny
Wealth and ambition test in a sharp exchange
A Washington Star quote pairs a philosopher with Mr. Comrox as they discuss money and effort. The mother and the girls are mentioned, implying ongoing attempts while the checkbook lasts.
Still Green Teddy Reveals Green Caterpillar
Teddy brings a green caterpillar from the garden to his mother and proclaims he has a big worm that isn’t Ape yet in a remark quoted by the St. Louis Republic. The child’s playful line captures lighthearted domestic humor.
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Teddy
St. Louis Republic
The Lamb Plant Unearthed in China
Old travelers spoke of a plant resembling a limb with head and tail and soft down. A newly found specimen has a woolly covering and long silky hairs that the peasants stroke to resemble an animal, matching the legendary description in part.
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China
Tartary
Moon Selection Game Fragment
A fragmented text describes a game round where Moon is selected from among players and proceeds with a walk or run gesture. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes.
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Moon
Moon Dance Game Described in Child’s Play
A vivid scene shows boys lining up with handkerchiefs as moon and runners. The moon advances by stepping over handkerchiefs while others cry for it to walk. A boy tapped aside becomes moon after a ritual run, facing knotted handkerchiefs from peers.
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Moon
Monster Devilfish Revealed as Octopus
A long time ago off the California coast a colossal sea creature was netted. The creature measured fourteen feet from body tip to tentacle tip and bore eight arms with over 800 suckers. Its body was a soft sack about two feet long with a one inch eye and a mouthlike opening. The real name of this sea monster is octopus.
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California
Telephonist in France Answers a Call
Dialogue appears as a humorous exchange where a tele phone girl in France answers with I listen and Mr Galey questions the extra information. The caption type joke reflects a puckish wit from a period page.
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Mr. Galey
France
Puck
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