Needles Eye and Proverbs in a Southern Letter
Bill Arp answers readers questions on biblical proverbs and arithmetic quirks, discusses the origin of the needle’s eye metaphor, notes learning from diverse cultures, praises young readers, and marks his wife’s wedding anniversary after fifty-one years of companionship.
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Bill Arp
Avlanta Constitution
Jeruselem
Heaven
Job
Solomon
Confucious
Mahomet
Richard
Ile
Pony
Benig
Stewie
Florida
Lime Gavns
Louisiana
Tom Hood
Praed
Trevelyn
Niger
Largest Things in the World in Global City Hubs
A compilation lists the world’s largest facilities and landmarks by city and nation. It cites the Pennsylvania Carnegie Steel complex and New York firms among the dominant sites, with notable mentions from Paris, London, Chicago, and Boston era contexts.
Domestic game supply unaffected by foreign stock sales
A Forest and Stream correspondent questions if selling imported game would alter domestic supply. The piece explains import sales would not affect native stock unless prices drop and demand shifts. It notes most so called foreign game is actually American, mislabeled to sound foreign, including Brazil birds and French pheasants.
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Brazil
Chian Sues Banta for Libel Over Goebel Shooting Claim
Colonel Jack Chian sues Mrs. Kate Banta for 25000 dollars damages alleging malicious libel. The suit concerns her charge that Chian shot Goebel, a claim disputed in court.
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Jack Chian
Kate Banta
Chian
Goebel
New Eskimo Tribe Found on Southampton Island
A hitherto unknown Eskimo group on Southampton Island near Hudson Bay, discovered by whalers, is studied by the Museum of Natural History. The people live in stone-age fashion, use whale bone tools, build huts from whale skulls, and wear unique women’s dress with two long hair tubes. The tribe, about 58 members, subsists mainly on fishing and hunting, and their peculiar customs, crafts, and attire are being prepared for public display at the New York museum.
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New York
Hudson’s Bay
Museum of Natural History
Cromer
Southampton Island
Maine
America
Greenland
Hudson Bay
Jack's Grievances and Cotton Outlook Across the South
An exchange piece argues enlisted sailors must file grievances in person or via formal petition with signatures. It also surveys the cotton industry, predicting the South's rise as a manufacturing center by 1910 and large future increases in cotton production, led by projections from Me D. Ay Toomp kins of Charlotte.
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Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of
Navy
Mare UV Twos Wasseters
Davy Department
America
Great Britain
Lodia
South Carolina
North Carolina
South
Texas
Southland
D. Ay Toompkins
Charlotte
Tailor Sparks One Leg Trouser Joke in Liverpool Shop
A Liverpool tailor replies to a one legged customer by offering dress trousers with one leg missing. He severs the right leg in front of the customer and presents the altered pair, who asks for the price and requests the left leg cut as well.
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Liverpool
Patriotic whites back amendment in Wilmington speech
The Wilmington Messenger notes satisfaction as intelligent republican and populist white men speak out bravely for the amendment. It urges others to assert independence without fear or hesitation.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures War Veteran’s Ulcers
From Newark Michigan comes a wartime tale of a Civil War veteran plagued by ulcers for twenty years. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed the sufferer and a variety of skin ailments, with a 25 cent price and guaranteed results, offered by J. E. Carry and Company, Druggists.
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G. B. Steadman
Newark
Mich
Bucklen
J. E. Carry and Company
Jesse James and Bride Married in Missouri Courtship Story
The Kansas City Republic reports Jesse James son of the outlaw and Stella McGowan wed January 25 at the bride’s home in Kansas City. They honeymooned on the James farm in Clay County amid bullet scarred memories and gathered family. James’s mother, ill but alive, resides at the Clay County cottage.
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Kansas City
Jesse James
Stella McGowan
James
Clay County
Frank
Jesse
Lorelda Samuels
Leeds
Jesee
Saad Atheager Epee
Olga Otodor
T. T. Crittenden
EF. Swinney
First National Bank
R. L. Yeager
Mr. Crittenden
Samuel
Pigrims
Jefferson City
James Homestead
Kearsey
Mi. Samuel
Prank James
Jesse James James, Jr
Mary
Jesse James Jr
Armour
Lowe
Loray Mills Breaks Ground in Gastonia Aims for Modern Cotton Hub
Gastonia, North Carolina begins construction on the Loray Mills to be among the nation’s best equipped cotton factories. The 135 by 104 foot five story building will house engine, boiler rooms and about 400 tenement houses, with 2,000 looms and 50,000 spindles planned. Arlington Mills also planned nearby with 6,000 spindles. The project, built by Flint Building and Construction of Palmer, Massachusetts, has $1 million capital and aims to run by early next year.
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United States
Loray Mills
Gastonia
N.C
Southern Railway
Flint Building and Construction Company
Palmer
Mass
Arlington Mills
Yar
Thawte Ae
Ias
Trastouia
Spion Kop and Ladysmith in Boer War Myths
A Colliers Weekly sketch relays Doctor Leyds remarks on handling 10 000 British troops if Ladysmith falls to Boers and ties Spion Kop to a legend of a python and a chief’s burial. The piece notes Boer legends, the Hill of spying name, and cautions yellow journalism in London.
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Someody
Doctor Leyds
Transvaal
Europe
Ladysmith
Spion Kop
London
To Cure A Cold In One Day Advertisement
An old ad promises a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It claims all druggists refund the money if it fails and instructs to look for the genuine tablets marked with L 4 QO on each pill.
Ancient corn seed proves vitality across millennia
Doctor Cullen cites a Chicago scientist describing a grain of yellow corn found near Anderson Indiana and in Waggy farmland that allegedly survived 3 000 years. The recovered seed allegedly grew into twelve foot stalks yielding 250 bushels per acre with multiple ears per stalk. Indiana farmers reportedly breed corn like stock for crossbreeding effects, claiming revival and degeneration observations.
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Mississippi Valley
Cullen
Chicago
West
Anderson
Ind
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Herculaneum
Royal Museum of England
Continent
Arkansas
Market Tree
Indiana
Discovered by a Woman Promises Recovery with Dr King’s New
A woman ill seven years with a severe cough and failing organs found relief using Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. After three months of persistent coughing she slept after the first dose and, with two bottles, claims to be cured. J Ein & Co.’s Drug Store offers two free bottles and guarantees results.
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Jakes
W. C. Hamrie Co
J. Ein & Co’s
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Lyon
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Carnegie Steel Company
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Washington Bridge
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Hotel Des Lavandes
Egypt
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Jesse James and Bride
Uels Home
St. Louis Republic
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Frei
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