Army Slang and Terms From the Enlisted Ranks
Major B. W. Atkinson explains soldier slang such as the top and kitchen police for the first sergeant and cook, the mill for guardhouse, chuck for meals, and snowbirds for winter enlistees who desert in spring. The piece notes terms like dad and kid for oldest and youngest, skipp er for deserter, bunkies for bunkmates, bunky for a pipe user, blind for fines, wind jammers for field musicians, and a bobtail discharge with a cut part.
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Army
Navy
Chuck
Dad
White House
B. W. Atkinson
New York Tribune
Li Hung Chang’s Poison Cake Verdict in Imperial Court
Li Hung Chang investigated a suspected poison plot involving three men. The premier displayed calm and prudence, executing two accomplices after revealing the poison was a deception and preserving the third with a sly remark on genius. The tale ends with a biting judgment on deadly resolve.
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Li Hung Chang
Tsung-Ii-Yamen
Yamen
The North Atlantic Iceberg Voyage From Greenland Glaciers
Day Allen Willey explains in Scientific American that icebergs form from Greenland glaciers and travel up to 2,500 miles to the Gran Banks. Bergs reach 300 feet high and 1,000 feet or more in length, with much of their mass hidden below the water. Arctic observers report many bergs daily, formed by summer glacial activity as thick ice breaks away and drifts seaward.
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North Atlantic
Greenland
Melville
Allen Willey
Scientific American
A Frog's Nest in Brazil Protects Tadpoles
A Brazilian tree frog builds a circular mud wall starting at pond bottom forming a tubelike nest that rises above the water surface. Eggs are laid inside and hatchlings stay safe from fish until able to survive on their own.
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Brazil
Clever Quip Over Ear Cropping In Toy Terrier Tale
In a London Express anecdote a young man praises his own fortune to a girl with a toy terrier. She retorts she is taking the dog to have its ears cropped, a sharp clash of wit in a railway carriage.
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London Express
Matrimony as Uncharted Sea Says Third-Divorce Woman
A joke attributed to a woman with three divorces who calls matrimony an uncharted sea. Her friend quips that her marriages show no voyage toward charting purposes. The exchange appears in the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Emerson Quote on Manners Elevating Daily Life
A late nineteenth century reflection notes that good manners polish daily routines and add grace to ordinary details, likening refined conduct to a rich varnish over life’s plain surface. The remark underscores social polish as a virtue shaping everyday behavior.
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Emerson
Government support boosts dairy farming in Australia
The piece explains a government led dairy program in Alberta and Australia that uses cooperative creameries under public management. Patrons receive monthly credits and a cash advance, with the government handling markets and exports to British Columbia, Yukon, and Japan. It also discusses profitable goose farming and breeds like Toulouse.
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Australia
Calgary
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
British Columbia
Yukon
Japan
Wild Animal Trap Book and Fur Catalog Advertisement
A 40 page trap book with illustrated images of 46 wild animals in natural colors plus a fur calendar and gun and trap catalog listing hide and fur prices. Postpaid for 10 cents or silver. Free to those who ship to or buy from N. W. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Fur Dept
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Manning the Stations On Shipboard Emergency Discipline
A detailed portrait of naval emergency organization shows every sailor numbered with a station. Alarm bells trigger rapid response, with levers and telephones routing orders, bulkheads sealing compartments, lifeboats manned, and daily drills ensuring readiness. Modern ships rely on interconnected systems to prevent sinking.
Lew Wallace Encounters Pirate Ben Hur Edition
After Ben Hur found success Lew Wallace discovered a pirated London edition with a altered subtitle a preface and a rewritten chapter He confronted the publisher who admitted the crime and claimed the changes better suited British taste Wallace left in anger without further confrontation.
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Lew Wallace
London
Wallace
Trial of a Turbulent Peasant Before Chief Baron OGrady
A wild peasant testifies in a trial before Chief Baron OGrady. An offended counsel threatens a kick if asked again, then asks what the lordship would advise. The judge suggests moving away from the witness to avoid repeating the question. The second item rails against the poultice as a barbaric relic of witch burning using flaxseed and heat as its only perceived value.
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Baron O’grady
He Got the Teacher at City Grammar Fire Drill
A man visiting a large city grammar school pressed a bell button in the main corridor. The sound drew a line of pupils and teachers promptly from rooms, revealing he had triggered the fire alarm drill practice.
Ring that sparked a patent idea becomes adjustable
A young man visited a patent expert with an engagement ring proposing protection for his idea. The ring appeared ordinary until the inventor noted it was adjustable, prompting the expert to consider what, if anything, could be patented about it.
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London
No greater grief than misery turning thoughts to happier times
Quote attributed to Dante about grief and memory reflecting on happier days in misery.
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Dante
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Chinese - Justice
Sim
Farmer L
Toulouse
van Vliet Adling
Bookkeeper
Washington
Ninth Street
United States
LaFollett’s Paper
U. S
R. M. LaFollette
The
Washburn Times
Bayfield County
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