The Only Reason She Tried So Hard to Be Identified
A Mrs Yammond endures a trying afternoon shopping with rubber boots as she seeks to be recognized after buying a tea gown and walking suits at Brown & Stobart's. She recalls clerks and a photograph department clerk who finally identify her amid a train rush. It ends with her resolve to prove she is not an impostor.
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Edward
Mr. Sammond
Indy
Baby
Weil
Mr. Hammond
Trials of a Wife and the Servant Problem in Washington
A Washington man recalls his wife’s trials with housekeepers and rival servants. She suspects a neighbor named Mrs. B of trying to lure Mary away, while the couple hears odd kitchen sounds and contemplates burglars in a winter night scene.
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Washington
Edward
Mary
New York Times
Another Slight Jolt in a Humorous Exchange
The dialogue includes Lapleigh Weally and Miss Cutting with a light headed wobble after a waltz as quoted by the Houston Post. The Major notes the state name could be stained by delay, while The Colonel comments on lingering consequences and a sheriff’s hanging reported by Puck.
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Lapleigh
Miss Cutting
Houston Post
Puck
Merchants and Sheriff Plot to Clear Stock
A Chicago News snippet shows a merchant lamenting a large stock on hand and a sheriff advising against advertising to help move it. The brief dialogue frames a sly plan to reduce inventory without public notice.
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Chicago News
Pointed Remark in a Fable Exchange
A brief humor item from the Philadelphia Press presents a talking Needle teasing a sharpened friend about being saved from holes. The exchange playfully contrasts pride with dependence.
Envy Behind Backlash Over Popular Girl Prize
In a Washington Star note, envy fuels dislike as a girl wins a prize in a popularity voting contest, highlighting social tensions and evolving views on public popularity within the community.
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Washington Star
Gas Lanterns and Blazing Bags From Cornish Moors
A tale recalls William Murdock a Scottish mining engineer in Cornwall who first suggested gas in tubes to replace lamps. He made a gas lantern carried under the arm to light the way, squeezing the bag to emit flame while crossing the moors, earning the nickname demon of the Cornish.
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William Murdock
Redruth Maines
Cornwall
Murdock
London Telegraph
Focus Ranch: Home of the Westward Fortune
A humorous note from Lippincott’s describes three brothers who went west to raise cattle asking for a ranch name. Their reply Focus seemed odd until explained as “the place where the sons raise meat.” This witty geographic nickname links family, cattle, and a Western livelihood.
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Lippincott’s
The Possibility Stage Manager Warns About Stage Scene
Stage manager cries out to stop as Lupe warns not to move the scene shown. A character named Juliet lies dead in the tomb, and touching the canvas could cause a draft that makes her sneeze.
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Lupe
Juliet
Kansas City
Word lesson leads to family pun in class
Teacher tests meaning of imbibes with a sentence task. Fanny answers by twisting the word to joke that her aunt imbibes boarders, prompting a laugh and a lesson about uptake.
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Fanny
Things He Didn’t Understand
A shrewd agnostic and a Christian clergyman share a table in a Pullman dining car while debating belief over dinner. The agnostic poses questions about understanding the Bible as the clergyman cites living by a simple rule. Separate notes discuss ancient Egyptian medicine, fog’s bewildering effects on animals and a fisherman’s notion of luck as knowledge.
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Hudson River
Sam
Fortunate Texan Praises King’s New Life Pills
A Dallas resident Mr. W. FE. Goodloe reports trial of Dr. King’s New Life Pills at Evans Drug Co. They claim to dispose of malaria and biliousness without grinding or griping. Price 25 cents.
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W. FE. Goodloe
St. Louis St
Dallas
Texas
Dr. King
Evans Drug Co
Union Bank and Trust Co Granted Washington Charter
The Union Bank and Trust Co of Aberdeen Washington receives a state certificate of authority to operate as a trust company after paying in its full capital stock of fifty thousand dollars The action is dated May 29 1907 and signed by Secretary of State Sam H Nienots and Assistant Secretary Ben R Fisn.
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United States of America
Aberdeen
of Washington
Union Bank & Trust Co
State of Washington
Capitol
Olympia
A. D
Sam H. Nienots
Ben R. Fisn
White's Cream Vermifuge advertised for worms in babies
An old advertisement promotes White's Cream Vermifuge claiming it cleans worms in babies who are feverish, fussy, or sleepless. It stresses many infants suffer from worms, urges mothers to try the product, notes a price of 2 cents and says it is sold by all druggists.
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Sying
New York Tribune
Scotland
Sarah
Aweel
V. C. M. Morris
Order to Show Cause in Nathan Fry Guardianship
In Chehalis County Washington the Superior Court for Nathan Eugene Fry a minor orders the guardian to show cause why to sell part of the ward s real estate to pay taxes and invest funds. A hearing is set June 24 at 10 A M in Montesano. Publication of the order runs four weeks in Aberdeen Daily News.
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Nathan O. Fry
Nathan Eugene Fry
Ward
Montesano
Chehalis
Washington
Aberdeen Hicka Alp
Mason Inwits
Said Superior Court
Washington Superior Court Divorce Notice 1907
The State of Washington summons Mary E. Carter to appear within sixty days after May 16 1907 to defend a divorce action filed by Joseph Carter for desertion. The attorney for the plaintiff is H J Hoanes with offices in Aberdeen Washington. Last publication date June 27 1907.
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Superior Court OF the
State of Washington
Caehalis County
Joseph Carter
Mary E. Carter
Towit
H. J. Hoanes
Plaintiff
Dabney-Pearson Block
Aberdeen
Washington
W. W. Boner
P. O
Foreclosure Tax Lien Summons in Chehalis County
Publication summons in Chehalis County Washington warns C M Morris and unknown claimants that Lizzie E Davis holds delinquency certificate 3288 for 1900 1905 taxes on Lot Nine Block Six Bay View Addition Westport. Court action seeks lien foreclosure with 15 percent interest and costs. last publication June 24 1907.
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State of Washington
C. M. Morris
Lizzie E. Davin
Chehalis
Chehalis County
Bay View
Westport
Washington
Superior Court
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