Salary $3 a Week Satirical Clerk Reply in Philly Ledger
A humorous reply to a Philadelphia Ledger advert for an experienced stenographer at $3 weekly parodies employers seeking office boys’ wages. SOCRATES M’GOO claims vast experience, humorously inflates credentials, and ends with a quip about poverty and charity as a will story unfolds.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Ledger
United States
Madagascar
Pennsylvania
Chauncey M
Depew
Jacob 3S
Goxey
Kaiser Wilhelm
Clark
Dahomey
Timbuctoo
Ahkoond
Swat
Broad and Dock Streets
Sam
Socrates M'Goo
Ramcat Alley
P. S
Dying Man Tunes Will Amid Busy Decoration Day Plans
A lawyer recalls drafting a will for a dying Providence Hospital patient on Decoration Day. The man, of sound mind and rich in land and securities, left 500 acres to each of four children, $60 000 to relatives, houses in Washington, and a bedrock equality of value among others. He even named Sayles J. Bowen for a friendship tied to political ties. The attorney then planned to address Soldiers’ Home Cemetery but was released from duty.
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Malning
Providence Hospital
Washington Star
Hackman
Soldiers’ Home
Beaumont County
Texas
Washington
Sayles J. Bowen
Soldiers’ Home Cemetery
Hyderabad City and Its Enclosed Walls
A Pittsburgh Gazette correspondent describes Hyderabad City as a centuries old fortress city built in a valley with Deccan Trap rocks and nine gates. No European sleeps within its walls, and visitors enter with permits under strict surveillance. The Nizam maintains regular and irregular armies guarding a harsh, insular capital.
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Hyderabad
Pittsburg
Coroner Attacks Slumming Over Opium Case
Coroner Zucen voices strong opposition to slumming after police raid on an opium joint. A young woman from an excellent family, once on a slumming tour, became an opium addict. she later spoke of the harm and urged authorities to curb such gatherings.
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Zucen
Chinatown
New York Times
Ker
Missing-word Contest Imitation Sparks Mild Frisson
Mrs. Dropin complains of Mr. Sputter’s swearing next door. Mrs. Sputter defends it as a harmless mimicry of a missing-word contest, with no words missing. The lighthearted exchange appears in the Ohio State Journal.
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Mrs. Dropin
Mr. Sputter
Mrs. Sputter
Ohio State Journal
Humorous Exchange on Threats and Family Calm
Dialogue shows Mrs Scrappington asking what to do if abducted and Mr Scrappington replying with laughter. The Smart Set quips that a wife with a rattled husband and children often views her role like soothing syrup in the home.
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Percy S. Grant
Ainslee
Manners and motherhood in old New York social essays
A Harper's Bazar excerpt urges young women to enforce proper manners in male companions and condemns flirtatious behavior. It contrasts at dances and street manners with examples of rebukes and emphasizes dignity, then shifts to child feeding guidance from Good Housekeeping advising no solids before 14 months and gradual introduction of cereals and beef juice. It closes with reflections on divorce among the rich and motherhood's role in family stability from Ainslee's Magazine.
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Carraige
Harper's Bazar
Helen W. Cooke
Miss Blank
New York
A Small Waist Beautiful
Ethelwyn Wetherald argues that a natural slender figure is attractive and attainable by developing shoulders and chest and by moderating appetite rather than squeezing the waist. A healthy, firm form with a twenty six inch waist wins admiration and supports childbearing. A Mahogany Restorer details a simple wood cleaning method using sal soda solution with a toothbrush, followed by oil and turpentine for finishing.
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Ethelwyn Wetherald
Good Housekeeping
Box Plaits as Trend in Beige Etiamine Ensemble
Box plaits dominate the fashion scene from narrow to broad forms. An example in beige etamine features five-cluster plaits at the blouse front and back with matching clusters on the skirt creating a continuous upper scheme. Side skirt clusters tuck toward a knee point, and a small turndown collar in embroidered lizard-green velvet completes the look.
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Gibson
Hat fashions and garden party hats from a Philadelphia record
The piece praises feathered and ribbon hats with durable adornments like straw loops and lace. It notes chic choices such as a pale blue lyacinth hat and an Irish lace picture hat, and it compares hat selection to choosing a wife or home, urging sensible, stylish options for gala occasions.
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Philadelphia Record
Living in the Country Embracing Rural Freedom and Wealth
Harper's Magazine advocates country life as a path to independence and tranquility. It contrasts cheap living, spiritual peace, and nature with urban tax burdens while noting roads as a lasting, untaxable investment. It highlights farming, roads, and rural wealth as appealing options.
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Harper’s Magazine
Tree Stole Sheep Horns Found Embedded in Historic Tree
A section of tree has grown around both horns of a mouftion or Rocky Mountain sheep, now sent to the Smithsonian Institution. The horns were embedded high in the trunk, suggesting the animal leapt into the tree from a cliff above and became snagged. It is unlikely someone planted the horns.
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Smithsonian Institution
Rocky Mountain
Messages to a Druggist in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia druggist recounts humorous letters from time to time. The missives request cures for babies, emetics, cork plaster and cutter eyes for a dog bite, licorice root, sody water, and a prescription filled for twenty-five cents with bearer delivery. The tone is playful and antiquated, reflecting domestic medicine in a past era.
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Philadelphia
Bearer
P.S
Sparrows Prove Beneficial Insect Control
English naturalist Bradley notes a sparrow pair brought 2,200 insects to their young in one week and 50,000 in a summer, challenging the idea that sparrows are pests. He suggests patience grows with each new baby and each Newman gains.
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Bradley
House on a Roof in Old Paris Shows Layered Architecture
An essay describes a peculiar three story house perched atop a six story older building in Paris. It explains cramped old city streets on the Seine left bank make new construction impractical and how builders of the period favored rising roofs over expanding walls.
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Houeu
Paris
Seine
Surgical Triumph Eyelid Graft Restores Sight in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia ophthalmologist reports a milestone in eye surgery. A patient who lost both eyelids in a fire received four new eyelids grafted from hip skin. The procedure, slow but successful, restores eyelid function and eye protection, sparking wide medical interest.
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Philadelphia
Charles Monroe Thomas
Thomas
Philadelphia Press
Veteran Doctor’s Advice on Ending Visits With Medical Focus
A longtime city physician recalls a profitable old practice and advises young doctors to conclude each patient encounter by stressing the patient’s illness and the need for regular medicine. He credits a famed mentor with shaping his habit of focusing on the malady at the end of visits.
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New York Sun
Sleepy Grass Warns Riders in Southwest and Siberia
A narcotic grass found in New Mexico Texas and Siberia induces deep sleep or stupor in horses and sheep lasting twenty four to forty eight hours posing a risk to livestock and riders alike.
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New Mexico
Texas
Siberia
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