Names Forgotten in Social Busy London Life
A London essay notes memory lapses among the socially active, blaming modern interests for frequent failure to recall names of people, places, books, and plays. It describes dinner table collapses in conversation as speakers struggle to remember Anatole France or San Gemignano, turning talk into stumbles and pauses.
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London
Macaulay
Anatole France
Italy
Siena
San Gemignano
Spaghetti
Sig. d'Amore
Lycee
M. Emile Faguet
French Academy
M. Faguet
Mobile postoffice fills clerk carrier exam day record
A Mobile postoffice examination drew seventy five clerk carrier and four rural carrier applicants, the largest turnout for the position. Three civil service examiners led the tests in the postoffice building, with results to fill vacancies or place candidates on an eligible list.
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Movile
Illinois man developing Baldwin land in Alabama timber tract
Charles B. Phillips of Peoria buys Round timber tract from William Vizard and clears, fences, and farms 560 acres near Fairhope. About 50 workers cut timber, sow beans, and prepare 200 acres for sale in ten acre plots. Timber yields 600000 feet of yellow pine priced at $15 per thousand.
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Fairhope
Ala
Charles B. Phillips
Peoria
Ill
William Vizard
Mobile
O. Gjord
Montrose
Satsuma
Spectacular Suit Sale Delights Shoppers With Spring Styles
Activity in Suit Land promotes a seasonable sale featuring silk dresses and over 300 Taf feta Pussy Willow and Crepe de Chine styles. Linen and Ratine coat suits in short coats and tunic skirts, tub suits, light weight silk and wool coats, all heavily reduced. Shirt waists in Crepe de Chine and crepes highlight a Raglan shoulder model priced at 2.98.
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Venice
Traspire
McDonald Optical Co
Dauphin
Bell Phone
W. T. Goubil
Daupha
Llinois
Man
Baldwin’ Land
C. B. Phillips
C.J. Gayfer
Mobile’s Greatest Woman’s Wear
Summer
Milady
Keystone
Cretonne
Ed Piernag
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