Romance on the Roof Sparks a Broadway Romance
A struggling actor on a New York roof rescues a dog and wins the affection of Mona Lawrence, the woman next door. After a dramatic chimney rescue and a near-fire alarm, he declares love and plans marriage, asking her to stop calling her dog Snookums.
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Fire Department
Zou-fou
Muzzer
Zou-Zou
Mona Lawrence
Scott
Helen Rowland Quotes on Love and Marriage Humor
A collection of wry aphorisms on love, marriage, and gender roles attributed to Helen Rowland. Witty observations compare bachelor life to married life and male expectations to female behavior. The piece uses satirical definitions to critique romance and social norms.
Idle Hours and the Politics of Time
The passage argues progress is blocked by ignorance and prejudice while success hinges on exploiting others' work. It critiques talkativeness and time-wasting behavior, notes the difficulty of caring for others, and laments how ego and reputation can Consume effort, leaving little for true achievement or lasting legacies.
Philosophic weekly meditations by David Starr Jordan
Daily reflections on human will effort worth while living and doing the small duties faithfully. The notes underscore virtue optimism and decisive action guiding the best and highest course.
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David Starr Jordan
Quotations on Women Forgiveness and Memory
Vintage quotes reflect lifelong beliefs about women, forgiveness, and memory. Notable lines attribute endurance of slights to women and imply better outcomes in women presence as a social insight.
Chips with the Bark On A True Man Is Truthful
A compact reflection on honesty, self control, and social roles. The piece notes temperance improves with disuse and that appearances can mislead, while humor hints at rigidity in social forms and youth behavior.
Well of Hot Mineral Water in Flathead Reservation
In the Flathead Indian reservation near Camas Montana lies a unique artesian well with hot mineral water claimed as the world’s only. Nearby are other artesian wells with clear cold water all within a mile. In 1913 drillers on a ranch close to a cold well found hot water erupting at 244 feet forcing retreat. the well was tamed and capped, yet the hot water ran at 120 Fahrenheit and about sixty barrels per minute.
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Flathead Indian Reservation
Camas
Mont
Flathead, Reservation
Oak sourcing, ivory handles and other forest notes
The report covers Asian origin of Pacific coast oak timber, a ten foot mountain lion in the Grand Canyon preserve, turpentine restoration for ivory, a pocketable perfumery atomizer from Europe, and apple wood used for saw handles and drierwood pipes. It notes Forbach Germany’s forest yields $12.14 per acre, Massachusetts forestry inspectors offer free shade-tree checks, US refining nickel relies on Ontario and New Caledonia ore.
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Forbach
Germany
Boxwood and War Medal Idea Highlight 1911 Dispatch
Boxwood ranks among the costliest woods in the United States quoted at four cents per cubic inch and about 1300 dollars per thousand board feet. A proposal features a uniform war medal with the inscription I was there to be issued to allied troops. In northern Idaho and Montana after a hot summer, 35 percent of national forest fires were caused by railroads, 26 percent by lightning, and 10 percent by campers.
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United States
Idaho
Montana
Witty quips on love taste and trouble with spending
A collection of humorous quips from various papers. Lines critique proposals and stylishness while noting fears of proposing, car financing, garden plans, neighborly concerns, hay decorations, and a sleeping husband in light tone. Includes remarks from Indianapolis Star Albany Journal Mad News Macon Telegraph New Orleans States.
Mixed races in the Turkish empire and global cotton stats
The text outlines the Turkish empire as a blend of Greeks Slavs Albanians Armenians Jews and Circassians. It notes a flashlight coating indicating bullet entry and lists Portugal s small navy and national army strength. It cites the United States producing 60.9 percent of world cotton in 1913 and cotton as a major export.
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United States
Rare Emperor's Coat Sells for Queen's Work Fund
A richly embroidered purple black satin coat once owned by a Chinese emperor has been sent to London for sale to support the queen's work for women fund. It was kept for 170 years in a sealed case at the Peking palace and now journeys to England after China’s last revolution.
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China
London
Palace of
Peking
England
Poetic Lines and Verse in Judge Reflection
A Judge quote by William J. Lampton reflects on poetry as soundless music and varied inspiration. It contrasts love poems read by moonlight with poems that are burnt as perspiration, noting poetry's precious packaging and diverse creators.
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William J. Lampton
Judge
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