So I've just checked what I highlighted when I was reading in this book and got reminded that I had a few questions...
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The steamer goes nowhere in particular, for the lake is landlocked and there is no navigation for the Mariposa Belle except to “run trips” on the first of July and the Queen’s Birthday, and to take excursions of the Knights of Pythias and the Sons of Temperance to and from the Local Option Townships.
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That was from the first chapter. What are "Local Option Townships"? (And why are they called this?)
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Dr. Gallagher said it filled him with admiration. Dean Drone said it filled him with awe. Dr. Gallagher said he’d been full of it ever since he was a boy; and Dean Drone said so had he.
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The quote reads like it should, but does anyone know if
"full of it" actually did have the same connotations then as now?