Word Experts Then and Now on Vocabulary Depth
Prolific discussion with Dr Frank Vizetelly on word counts across professions verse Shakespeare. Notes ranges for doctors lawyers churchmen and editors and cites long forms and rare terms with examples from chemistry and language history.
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Proehl Haller Jakson
Ray Waiters
Woodrow Wilson
Frank H. Vizetelly
Funk & Wagnalls
New Standard Dictionary
Vizetelly
Farmers urged to use cob pipes and curb excess
A collection of homey maxims and social quips argues for plain living and practical virtues. It mocks overeducated talk, praises honest work, and suggests reforms in public life while humorously noting local quirks and everyday struggles.
Reformers claim superior virtue in equal rights stance
The writer argues reformers overstate their moral authority claiming one man is as good as another. He notes their belief in equal rights and expands that all husbands support such equality, suggesting self-serving justification behind the stance.
Scientist Finds Food That Accelerates Rat Growth
A scientist discovers a food that makes a rat grow four times faster, while Hyde Sweet questions why a rat should grow at all. A Nebraska editor notes that when a girl with dancing slippers and hair drying shows up, she is unlikely to eat onions for supper.
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Hyde Sweet
Nebraska
Bayer Medicine Boxes Advertised For Common Ailments
A short advertisement touts Bayer tablets for colds neuritis toothache and neuralgia. It notes unbroken packages of twelve tablets and mentions availability from druggists in bottles of 24 and 100, highlighting low cost and convenient quantities.
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Ase
What Sheridan Said on the Winchester Ride
Mrs. Sheridan denies the famous line attributed to Gen. Phil Sheridan at Winchester. She says the actual words were not the widely quoted command but a much vaguer remark, best rendered as a series of dashes, leaving the precise wording uncertain.
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Benson
William E. Gladstone
Constantinopolitan Bagpipe Makers
Constantinopolitanischer Dudelsachspreifenmachergesellschaft
Bismarck
Apotheker
Bnelpaardeloossonderspoorweg Petrol
Winchester
Phil Sheridan
Cuticura Toilet Trio Advertisement Highlight
The ad promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as daily skin care including cleansing purifying soothing healing and fragrance. It presents the trio as essential for a complete toilet table and ongoing skin care.
Supreme Court Budgeted at 319560 For Next Year
The Supreme Court will cost the federal government 319 560 dollars for the next year under the current congressional appropriation. The figure is close to the tribunal's average annual expense and is included in the Justice Department total.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Justice Department
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