The Doctor Keeps Custodian of a Noted Tavern
An eccentric Boston area settler known as the doctor resided in a grand hilltop house near a main road. One stormy night a mud-covered traveler seeks shelter and is mistaken for a tavern guest, forcing the doctor to admit him indoors. The traveler stays overnight, shocks the host, and the visitor departs without payment, leaving the doctor relieved but unsettled.
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Boston
Worcester
Tits House
Iowa
Ile
Whittaver
Jaudion
Anch Capi
Feller
Ned
Tonny
Tivern
Lent exercises event praised for moral boost and savings
An appreciative note in the Washington Star lauds Lent exercises as beneficial to character and as a chance to economize. The item highlights the moral impact and practical savings, reflecting public sentiment on the observance.
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Cavenne
Wrong Word Habit Triggers Humorous Party Moment
An Evanston woman fond of misapplying words creates a scene at a Country Club party. Her husband, a purist, is teased as she blurts out a Latin provocation and then laments using the wrong word again.
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Evanston
Dever
Wovernly
Blankley
Willian
Mollypop
Chicago Record-Herald
Polish undertaker’s mistaken levity in a second floor error
A Polish undertaker sends two men with a coffin to a first floor flat by mistake they ring a second floor door where a sick man lies in bed The servant lets them in his horror is clear as the coffin arrives The undertaker’s retort we’ll wait is recorded as a grim joke from Bodan Warnings Mrs Stubb notes many married men pay milliner bills Mr Stubb says charity is sent to bachelor clubs to guard against matrimony
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Collin
Bodan
Stubb
Marriet
Chicago News
Patient Jokes Highlight Rolling Sore Running Sore and Jumping Toothache
A Baltimore News quip notes a patient described as an all around athlete with afflictions described as a running sore a jumping toothache and a fighting chance to get rid of both. The exchange mocks medical seriousness with wordplay.
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Baltimore News
Hat and Politics in Two Vignettes
A narrator comments on frugality with a two year old hat and minimal repairs. In a separate line, Mr. Dustin Stax shrugs off government ownership, saying politics is no harder than Wall Street and he would still protect his railway interests.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Skerry recounted sighting a shadowy prowler
Miss Skeery recalls LT seeing a man skulking in the shadow on the way home last night. Her late brother asked if anyone could catch him, reflecting on the incident as reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Miss Skeery
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Edyth Grace praises husband after marriage
Edyth Grace expresses happiness with her count husband claiming he is dearest of all. Mayme-Dearest jokes he cost her father half a million, noting the large dowry in a colorful social mention from Minneapolis Journal.
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Edyth
Grace
Mayme
Minneapolis Journal
GoodleyVin surprised to see you like a time that dog
In a brief exchange quoted by the Philadelph ia Press Marryat notes his pity for animals while recounting a nightly vignette with a dog. The dialogue reflects light domestic humor as Goodley and Vin converse about the creature’s behavior.
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Goodley
Vin
Marryat
Phil Adelphia
Residents hindered as Fitz Klose flat stay closed
Report notes entries to the Fitz Klose flat blocked on the opening night. Wicks says no one was home, while Hicks confirms all residents were inside, citing the issue described by the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Fitz Kloses
Wicks
Hicks
Positively Delightful an Ordnance of Affection in Dramatized Scarlet
An irate father confronts a suitor in a tense exchange about kissing his daughter. The youth calmly answers Vine sir Fine indeed as the Times-Democrat reports a playful, public moment of courtship in New Orleans.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Wittsburg Post Quote Sparks Practical Alternatives
A Wittsburg Post item quotes a playful exchange about value and practicality, noting that a practical substitute may be as effective as the desired option. The brief dialogue contrasts theoretical and real usefulness.
Inventor of New Aero Plane Highlighted
A Houston Post excerpt praises a man whose ideas and standards are described as high, referring to him as the inventor of a new aeroplane. The dialogue frames the inventor as a person of notable innovation.
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Houston Post
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Burnett
Seattle
Aberdeen
Chehalis
Grays Harbor
Mackenzie
P.O
Herald Printery
East Wishkah ST
TEL
Wittsburg Post
L. L. Maley
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
G.W. Ninemire
Pres
A. E. Hoefer
Sec. & Treas
Ninemine Packing Company
Butchers
Packers
Ninemire Packing Co
Transcontinental Machine Company
Park and Oak Streets
Portland, Oregon
W. W. Wrenn, Resae Agdt
East Market Street
Harper
Kentucky
Lile
Fre Humboldt
Hewett
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
the Herald
R. W. Bryan
Albert Hanson
E. Wishkah St
Billy McDonald
Facinc Coast
MacLafferty & H Street
Eleron
L. J. Russell
Metal Works
Shelly Brothers, Grocers
Market Street
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