The Church Carpet Cost and Its Hidden Toll
The Chicago Advance cites a church carpet price of $800, recounting the full cost estimate reaching $4,000 when factoring worry and strain on 100 women, communal efforts, illnesses, doctors’ bills, demoralization of giving, and cross church entertainment costs. A burglary method using sponge and water is described, noting a Barranca cable manager’s residence entry but minimal loot obtained.
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Chicago
Barranca
Old London quip ends with a bet in a playful scene
A London Telegraph snippet features a comical exchange where Goo morning asks about Aunt and a bet about borrowing money, while the Chicago News recounts a tale of a suitor told to settle with the father. It also notes Toledo sword blades forged by Saracens snapping back to straightness like clock springs.
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London Telegraph
Chicago News
Toledo
Fragmented quotes on singing, theatre, and a 1968 golf club
A collage of snippets covers a singer at a piano refusing to be discouraged, a playwright questioning a production, a doctor quipping about insomnia and a book, plus the Royal Black Heath Golf Club claim of 1968 founding and an old cough syrup ad. The text weaves literary quips with promotional notes and social chatter from a bygone era.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Stag
Dr. Paresis
Royal
Old Wood Stove Keeps Cooking After Gas Oven Fire
A Memphis Scimeter story recounts a gas range installation mishap. A workman left the oven jets lit after closing the doors, and the oven burned continuously for days while a family member faced a $21 gas bill. The old cook had warned the danger, preferring the wood stove she trusted.
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Stavo Potten
Négréksag
Memphis
Backing Up the Horne in Skillful Street Maneuvers
The article discusses expert backing techniques for drivers, noting it requires precision to back up to a curb squarely and safely. It describes dangers on inclined causeways with rear excavations where narrow cellar passages demand careful, level-headed maneuvering to avoid missteps.
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New York Sun
Story of Morrissey and Dawes in Pittsfield court
Henry L Dawes recalls a Pittsfield prize fight between John Morrissey and Yankee Sullivan. Sullivan paid a $1000 fine after arrest, Morrissey was fined the same and jailed until cash arrived from New York. Dawes notes Morrissey later greeted him in Washington with a sly greeting indicating they had indeed met before.
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John Morrissey
Henry L. Dawes
Pittsfield
Maas
Charles Sumner
Senate
Morrissey
Yankee Sullivan
Boston Corners
Sullivan
New York
Sherif
Washington
Madonna of the Tubs woman rebukes Mrs. Ward
Visitors to Hast Gloucester meet the real Madonna of the Tubs, who meets Mrs. Elizabet Stuart Phelps Ward and admits she mocked the tale. She says the story about her was untrue and recalls how she challenged Ward, saying she sassed her for writing it.
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Gloucester
Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps
Ward
Phelps Ward
New
New York Sun
Dean Francois Raffaellt
Dandet
Talsten
Nile
Lipplncott
Molasses Query Sparks Bladensburg Flashback
A Bladensburg merchant, dozing in his store, awoke to four little girls with a pitcher seeking a quart of molasses. He stretched, opened his eyes, and in a playful but firm tone asked, Ain't there nobody what sells molasses in Bladensburg but me?
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Bladensburg
Elephant fear of a tiny mouse shocks Buffalo Express
The Buffalo Express recounts a tale from elephant handlers about how elephants fear mice. It argues that despite their size and power, elephants dread a small rodent, a claim supported by winter-quarters show observations of mice triggering panicked behavior in herds.
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Parkine O
Trrther
Tilke
Willie the voracious eater learns crusts and crumbs rule
A child named Willie, age 0 years, is guided by parents to stop wasteful eating habits. At a party for a 13 year old girl, he is watched as he learns not to overeat and to eat crusts, with all lessons tied to keeping portions in check.
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Little Wittle
Vic Utte Olegles
Wille
Willie
Bergereening
Pittsburg
Spelling Quandaries and Odd Signboards Across Cities
A rail of garbled phrases and quirky signs draws attention to errors in spelling and vintage storefront menus. The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls funny misreadings from a Broadway saloon window to a St Clair street sidewalk chalking.
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Gakon-Regs
Park-Neas
Tor Oster
St. Clair Street
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Explanation of Sir John Adye and the Gibraltar clocks tale
A humorous anecdote features Sir John Adye, governor of Gibraltar, questioning a staffer who admits he attends to the clocks only on Saturdays. The exchange highlights Adye’s insistence on duty and awareness of departmental work, ending with the officer retreating in his haste.
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John Adye
Gibraltar
Sir John
Jobo
Mustard Mishap Sparks Four Year Old’s Quick Witty Comeback
Little Janet, four, observed her family helping themselves to mustard at dinner. Seizing a moment of distraction, she slathered bread with mustard, tasted it, and, biting back a cry, declared she would wait until the jelly cools.
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Janet
His Nose For News In The Hallway Onions Scoop Line
A playful Chicago Tribune snippet records a maiden confessing she has been eating onions as a young reporter readies to depart. The exchange creates a light mood around the idea of a potential scoop.
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Scott
Fannie
Chicago Tribune
Nast Cartoon Legacy and Washington Portraits In Print
The piece discusses Tom Nast and his cartoons printed but not published for a social reader in Washington. It recalls Nast’s self caricature with his back of head facing forward and cites Roscoe Conkling’s Rochester speech remark about Harper’s Weekly as “the paper made famous by the pencil of Nast.” It also notes Atlantic magazine reflections on gold seeking, miners, and peril in the Grand Canyon era.
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Washington
Roscoe Conkling
Rochester
George William Curtis
Grand Canyon
Market Monroe
Atlantic
Perfume and Disease in May Lilacs and City Olfactory Health
A Boston Transcript note discusses perfumes potentially warding off disease during epidemics. It cites a French physician observing protective effects from constant fragrance use, with delicate scents like violet and lavender proving stronger than harsh essences. It references Beccaria’s advice to plant odoriferous trees along streets to purify air via ozone, and extols lilacs as vigorous, long lived, and pleasing under May sun.
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Beccarla
Boston Transcript
Law Teacher Cracking Wit Sparks Comic Lie
Long Ready Made Law features Rourke Cockran studying under Judge Theodore Dwight. A difficult question yields a witty saving clause about a common lie, provoking a benignant smile from the professor. Also noted are notices of a retiree Captain Nos, a MacArthur cablegram on Liscum, a shipwreck near Dowsett reef, and a Missouri quo warranto case against St. Louis transit companies.
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Rourke Cockran
Theodore L. Dwight
Cockran
Philadelphia
Avening Post
Charles
Grow
Health and Blood Ties To Wellbeing In Human And Beast
A discussion on how stimulants affect the blood and nervous system explains that proper health and balanced stimulants lead to mild intoxication and a sense of well being. Anecdote from New Lipplncott recounts a dramatic omnibus tale about staged emotion and audience response.
The Philadelphia Negro and the white-face road to success
In Du Bois text the road to success is said to favor white appearance. A Pennsylvania University mechanical engineering graduate branded as colored loses jobs after advertising and is eventually forced to wait on white peers at the University club, illustrating persistent discrimination.
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Walter
W. IE
B. du Bois
Philadelphia
du Bois
University of Penn-sylgnniia
University Club
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Indianapolia Journal
Boston
Aewley
Ktind
Seeleyel
OLS
Ackley World
St. Louis Republic
WR Bury
P.cbarier
Wilson
Warencoo Sredit Launor
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John Ratha
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