Amundsen Plans Arctic Cruise for 1914 Scientific Study
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen outlined a 1914 Arctic voyage starting in San Francisco, aiming to study currents and climates via the Fram. He will skip the North Pole, focus on scientific data from Alaska Greenland and the Northwest Passage, with 12 to 14 crew. He also plans a lecture tour and returns to Norway in July.
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New York
Roald Amundsen
United States
South Pole
National Geographic Society
Washington
Arctic
San Francisco
Amundsen
Alaska
Bering Sea
Fram
Antarctic
Pole
Buenos Aires
Spitzbergen
Greenland
North Pole
Alaskan
Arctic Ocean
Northwest Passage
Canada
Norway
Stefansson
The Sabbath: A World Without Sabbath
A reflective quotation compares the Sabbath to a smile, flowers in summer, and a garden in a homestead, asserting the essential joy and rhythm that the sabbath imparts to daily life.
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Beecher
Potash supply and uses in the United States
Potash is widely used in the United States across industries including gold mining glass making bluing photography dyeing explosives and fertilizers. The majority of supply comes from Germany.
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United States
Germany
Fiancee Count Mentioned by Louisville Belle
A Louisville Courier-Journal quote notes a summer belle claims to be engaged six times while remarking that twelve is an uncommon brides count in India. The lighthearted remark frames a social trend in courtship.
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India
Louisville Courier-Journal
Making Room For All Conductor Pleads For Space
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote recounts an Irish conductor on the Payne avenue line during rush hour asking passengers to shift seats to create room. The wry narration notes the humor in his request for those in front and behind to move up or make space for others.
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Payne Avenue
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Believer in Nonoperative Cure for Appendicitis
A Houston Post quote recalls a patient claiming his appendicitis symptoms vanished without surgery after learning from a friend who had undergone an operation. The anecdote highlights a claimed nonoperative cure and the price of the operation as a warning.
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Houston Post
He Was Game An Experience of Bob Taylor Lecturing
The Los Angeles Times recalls Bob Taylor beginning his lecturing career in financial hardship. Col Albert W. Carpenter recounts how locals menaced the orator with a costly secret society initiation that yielded about $100, matching the day’s receipts. A year later Taylor drew a large crowd and $800 in profits, prompting his quip about being “game.”
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Bob Taylor
Taylor
Tex
Albert W. Carpenter
Lone Star State
Bob
Los Angeles Times
Toothache Signal in Chile Reveals Drinking Curse
In Mrs. Hugh Fraser’s Reminiscences, she recalls Sanatinpor where daily townsfolk displayed toothache from habitual drinking. Men in frock coats and toph hats hid their faces as a signal that they had drunk the night before, a scene noted across the week.
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Chile
Hugh Fraser
Huh
East End Clergyman Seeks Interest in Tenement Poor
London Punch records a fraught exchange where a clergyman questions the hardship of tenement life and a society lady criticizes the portrayal as overdone, highlighting class and philanthropic tensions in Victorian London.
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East End
London Punch
Better at current job boosts future prospects
A Youth's Companion editorial advises improving performance in the present role as the best path to securing a better job. It argues skill growth and reliability build momentum for advancement and future opportunities.
An Adventure on the Train Turns Romantic Mystery
A man recounts meeting a young woman on a train, swapping a dollar bill for candy, and forming a connection. He tracks her via a thousand dollar bill found later in personal ads and letters, discovers she is innocent, and eventually marries her within a year.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Aren Box
Postofice
Worthington
New York
A Real Winter Resort and the Riviera Cartoon
Luther Burbank in Santa Rosa asks why people shiver in winter at the Riviera when they could bask under palms elsewhere. He recalls a Sarac Lake boardinghouse ad boasting winter resort status with a guest noting eight below, prompting a gruff landlord reply and a quip on what winter means.
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Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Riviera
Saranac Lake
Washington Star
Prices Rising In Town Leave People Waiting For Snow
A Brooklyn Eagle voice laments widespread price hikes for meat coal flour and taters while wages lag. The piece bemoans the town's cost increases with little relief beyond snowfall as winter tightens. It preserves local voice and concerns about affordability and living costs.
Pujo Talks Currency Balance in Washington
Representative Pujo discussed currency in Washington stressing that balance must be automatic and delicate. The remarks compare financial steadiness to a Christmas husband and feature a humorous exchange about heavy parcels and light pockets.
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Pujo
Washington
Riders and Riders of History in Verse Snippets
The item collects verses referencing Paul Revere, Sheridan, George Washington, Noah and varied transport modes. It contrasts luck with technology through breezy lines about a horse, aeroplane, hydroplane and submarine, noting how different eras might have altered famous rides.
Money Trust Inquiry Quotation Sparks Debate
A provincial excerpt shows a speaker asserting 180 men control the nation’s financial affairs. Another voice retorts that they do not control his affairs, while a reference to the money trust investigation backs the assertion.
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Money Trust
Carmega Toilet Powder Ad Promotes Baby Safe Dusting
An advertisement touts Carmega Toilet Powder as an ideal delicate perfumed dusting powder with an oriental odor. It stresses absolute purity free from harmful substances, marketed as safest for infants with a 25c box price.
Quote on money trust probes amid interview gaps
A fragment quotes a Chicago Record-Herald remark about money trust investigations not interviewing the speaker's wife, reflecting a dismissive tone toward inquiry. The line underscores the era’s trust-busting discourse and public curiosity.
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Washington
Money Trust
Chicago Record-Herald
The Two Extremes of Daring Dynamite Work
A humorous slice shows Hi Burdin and Hiram with contrasting temperaments as partners in stump blasting. Hi rushes ahead while Silas waits, leading to a misjudged blast that leaves Hi in a neighboring field and Silas nearby, a comic close to the Buffalo News tone.
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Hiram
Buffalo News
Not the Dim Religious Kind
A visitor asks if Christ church Poughkeepsie uses candles on the altar and the sexton replies the church is lit by electricity in Living Church style.
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Christ Church, Poughkeepsie
Dangerous Combinations The Worst Affinities in Sight
A terse quote from the Washington Star warns that dangerous unions produce havoc. It cites the firearm and the fool, and adds the auto and the ass as another perilous pairing, illustrating a dim view of careless or dangerous behavior.
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Washington Star
Love and Living in Hardship Warned Lovers
A London Opinion column captures a melodramatic exchange where Hardup pledges devotion to Madeleine, while she accuses him of toying with other women. He swears chastity due to today’s hard cost of living.
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Hardup
Madeleine
London
Deerhounds at Dunster Pack Stand Historic English Breed
A brief note on the Dunster deerhounds pack in Somerset dating from 1598, described as the oldest such group in England. The passage contrasts legendary baseball figures with a focus on the historic canine kennel in the village setting.
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England
Dunster
Somerset
Leading Woman and a Father Interplay in Gossip
Excerpts describe social observations and humorous banter. The Chicago Examiner notes a definition of a leading woman as any married woman. In Baltimore American a young woman asks her father to let her see William and to avoid fooling him.
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Chicago Examiner
William
Baltimore American
Cautious Mrs Wetmore Sparks Quip on Clocks in Kitchen
A Chicago Record-Herald quip quotes Mrs. Wetmore as the most cautious person known and mentions her joke about never keeping a striking clock in the kitchen to avoid teaching the cook a habit.
Missionaries and Liquor Sent Abroad Stir Droll Debate
A Boston Transcript quip notes missionary efforts abroad last year matched by 1 495 gallons of liquor sent by Christian America. The exchange mulls how religious missions intersect with drinking culture in a playful, satirical tone.
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Hub
America
Boston Transcript
Painless Surgery in Questionable Billing Claim
A historical note questions the use of aesthetics during procedures and the impact on patient bills, mentioning Washington and a doctor. The brief hints at medical ethics and financial dispute surrounding painless surgery claims.
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