Prove It if a Bill Comes Again for Payment
The piece advises proving payment when a bill is presented twice by showing a check endorsement as proof. It recommends adopting checking accounts to ensure clear evidence of settled accounts and urges opening an account.
Goon Times Notes Early Temperance Pledge and Dog Teams
The piece cites the 1600 founding of the first temperance society by Margrave Frederick V with a two year pledge limiting wine, beer and whisky. It also describes dog teams in Sault Ste Marie used by youths and elders for travel and work, including loads of 400 to 500 pounds, plus Indian children in costume with toy tomahawks in snowy scenes.
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Grizzlies Different Diets Across Rocky Regions
Grizzly bears in the Rockies eat violets and dog tooth violet shoots in one area while hundreds of miles away they avoid them and feed on shooting star shoots in the Bitter Root mountains. The note argues locality explains many debated nature questions and helps readers understand animal behavior.
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Definition of a Kiss From Cyrano de Bergerac Passage
A poetic excerpt defines a kiss as an oath of allegiance and a deep intimate seal on affection. It likens kissing to a secret choice, a moment of eternity, and a shared breath, blending romance with sensory imagery.
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Rowland
Cyrano de Bergerac
Hurry and Olepatch Quote Critique of Office Duty
A Colton quotation contrasts hurry with dispatch to critique weak leadership. It likens a laboring in office to a squirrel in a cage, moving constantly without progress, noting a boss who talks much yet accomplishes little. The piece employs vivid metaphors of irons in the fire and burning fingers.
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Colton
Stromboli Lights Up Earthquakes With Eruptive Fire
Stromboli, the Aeolian volcano known as the lighthouse of the Mediterranean, erupts with flame and curses of lava during disasters. Its regular eruptions drop stones back into the crater, shaping its ancient reputation as Vulcan’s amethyst and a gateway to purgatory through the ages.
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Purgatory
Bean milk praised as substitute in beverages and ice cream
A Philadelphia Bulletin report notes a milkman praising bean milk made from Soja beans. The process soaks and boils the bean, adds sugar and phosphate of potash, producing a liquid thick as molasses that resembles condensed milk when water is added. The piece claims Japanese use it widely.
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Ita
Philadelphia Bulletin
Notable Anecdote in Burnand and Punch Circles
In Cornhill, Bob Lucy notes his ties to Sir F. Burnand and the Punch staff. At a Foreign Office Queen’s Birthday night assembly a uniformed guest greeted Burnand, prompting the quip I see you don’t know me from Adam. I didn’t know Adam.
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Cornhill
Bob Lucy
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Tunnel Link Between Capitol and House Offices Stirs Guffaws
A tunnel connects the capitol to the new house offices, praised for convenience and joked about as a escape route from war and reporters. Members ponder a trolley, while occasional sightings show lawmakers dodging constituents in a lighted, three block trek.
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Capitol
Aunty Jane McCrary Dies After Forty Years In Town
The Gainesville Herald recalls Aunty Jane McCrary mother to Gus McCrary a well known porter at Mountain View hotel. She lived long and was cared for four days after death for church and lodge rites. A familiar figure on town streets she raised over forty children including two dozen adopted. memory honors her years and community service.
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Jane” McCrary
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Gus McCrary
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The Snap That Adam Had and Other Oddities
A fragmented collection of wry musings on patience and politeness. It jokes about time not belonging to others, the value of true friendship, and the curious wisdom that sometimes comes with age, alongside humorous vignettes on women, lectures, and weather.
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Charles Wyndham
Women Strive to Preserve Dignity in Tight Bargain Times
A clipped remark notes women show a puzzled look as they attempt to maintain dignity while bargaining, reflecting broader social pressures and economic hardship of the era.
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