The Captain's Bride Reconciles Love and Fortune
Captain Fairbreeze plans to steer his son Frank toward Madge Thornton for money. Frank reveals Aunt Mary will provide twenty thousand dollars, and the captain then learns the widow Lavelle shares a larger fortune. In the end Frank and Madge wed with family cooperation and a larger wedding gift.
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Madge Thornton
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Vie
Prudkwn
Lavelle
Captain Fair Breeze
Mary
Aunt Mary
DT Dunk
Hasty pudding praised as ideal quick lunch
The Baltimore American notes a hasty pudding serves as an ideal fast day lunch. It suggests a simple, rapid meal that fits solemn days and quick hunger with minimal prep.
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Baltimore American
Revenge After Two Years Drummers' Rivalry Ends in Quarantine
A tale from the South recalls two traveling salesmen Benson and Moore who turned rivalry into partnership. After a seven-town loop they fight in the seventh town, Moore vanishes, Benson pursues revenge, Moore is quarantined for three days in Alabama for fever exposure, and Benson seizes the surrounding trade.
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Ben- 5On
Moore
Raliegh
N. C
Poth
Benson
Severn
Raleigh
Gulf Coast
Alabama
Mississippi
Old Times
New York Evening Post
Crowning Wonder Impresses Rural Visitor in New York
An elderly country man visits his pianist niece in New York and witnesses a jaw dropping piano performance at her studio. He tours the Flatiron District and Broadway then proclaims the show the greatest day of his life and praises the musician's skill.
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New York
Broadway
Kitty
New York Tribune
Do You Sit on a Thorn President Responds
A New York woman and her seven year old daughter visited the president. The child asked if the president sits on a thorn after reading Alice in Wonderland. The president joked that he does not sit on a throne but he does sit on many thorns.
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New York
Outsider skunk forms own farm after trust snub
In a Chicago Tribune item, a skunk protests being passed over for leadership in a trust of animals. Rejected as the rank outsider, he withdraws to Indiana and begins his own farm.
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Indiana
Chicago Tribune
Eve Employed None and Cain Went Wrong Parable
A Chicago Post reflection debates domestic work noting Eve had no nurse girl and Cain’s misdeed as implied by the motherly shift of responsibility. The exchange contrasts traditional roles and child care expectations in a concise moral vignette.
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Eve
Cain
Chicago Post
Man With Fast Boss Says Shoes Key for Boy
Uncle Ephm remarks that a quick boss matters less than securing shoes for a boy, noting it’s different if a man has a son. The Chicago Tribune quote highlights practical priorities and family ties.
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Eph
Chicago Tribune
Funeral Wake Delights Pat With Dramatic Night
A Baltimore American excerpt captures Pat recounting attending a friend's funeral. The wake is described as a drama with Pat recalling the event vividly and humorously, reflecting a lively social scene surrounding a death.
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Pat
Baltimore American
Play Requested by Modern Drummer Quote in Post
The Pittsburg Post reports a comic exchange where The Modern Drummer asks for a play and the response asks for material to wedge apart seventeen special ties, highlighting a quirky newsroom moment.
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Pittsburg Post
Bargain for a Rescued Suitor in The Circle
A dramatic quip shows Hunt lamenting a fall from ten thousand dollars to a hundred as a joke about romance. She exclaims it a bargain and eagerly accepts, turning a fortune’s loss into a comic match. The exchange plays on fortune’s wheel and witty reversals.
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Miss Hunt
Sour milk as life extender draws European experts
Berlin Cor. Chicago News reports that Dr Ludwig Reinhardt and Prof Metchnikoff discuss curdled sour milk as a potential health aid. They note Bulgarians’ longevity and centenarians, attributing part of this to soured milk containing bacteria that may cleanse the system. Prof Strauss backs the beverage's health effects and its potential to combat bodily decay.
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Ludwig Reinhardt
Herman Strauss
University of Berlin
Metchnikoff
Reinhardt
Metchnikofft
Paris
Strauss
Berlin Cor
Chicago News
Teeth Like Money Says Three Hard Facts
A man with an aching molar tells a drug clerk that teeth are like money. He says the answer is that teeth are hard to get, hard to keep, and hard to lose. The remark appears in a Chicago News feature titled For Three Reasons.
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Chicago News
Diner Wins Bid for Bad Half Dollar Joke
The Philadelphia Press quotes a restaurant cashier who declares a half dollar bad and a diner who retorts that the dinner it pays for is equally bad, ending with a curt good day.
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Philadelphia Press
An Orthodox Explanation From A Bath Time Round
A mother wonders about the dust on the water while bathing her child. The little girl replies with a playful line about being made of dust, in a quip from The Circle.
All-Day Cigar Display At American Museum
The New York Herald notes giant cigars on view at the American Museum of Natural History. A 18 inch Indian cigar is shown among other specimens from the Rio Nigra collected by Henry Schmidt and Louis Weiss. The article describes a fork-like holder used to puff the long cigars.
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American Museum of Natural History
Rio Nigra
Amazon
Henry Schmidt
Louis Weiss
New York Herald
Pay of the Old Masters and Modern Wage Comparisons
A Minneapolis Tribune piece notes a popular illustrator lighting a $2 cigar with a $2 bill while contrasting modern pay with Renaissance rates. It cites Michelangelo at $40 a month for Pisa cartoons, Leonardo at the same, Correggio $7.25, Carracci $6.50, Durer barter terms, Rembrandt $475, and Velasquez about $35 per picture for the Spanish government.
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Michael Angelo
Pisa
Leonardo
Correggio
Garden
Carracci
Albert Durer
Durer
Bear cubs share honey spoils from bee tree
In a Chicago Tribune anecdote Seton Thompson-Ernest notes a mother bear returning with honey for her cubs. A cub eagerly eats and bites with gusto, earning the caption that it has cut its sweet tooth. The scene highlights animal appetite and family sharing.
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Seton Thompson-Ernest
Chicago Tribune
Tasmanian Myrtle Wood for Piano and Cabinet Work
New import Tasmanian myrtle described as a rich pink, moderately hard, and very close grained wood suitable for high end piano and cabinet making. The article emphasizes its color and dense texture as selling points for artisans.
Wooden Horse draws playful debate in Paris and Hector
In a humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly, Paris questions the wooden horse before Troy with Hector replying Troy weight. The quip lands as Paris grows envious, sparking a light hearted moment amid the siege imagery.
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Paris
Hector
Troy
Harper’s Weekly
Artificial Face Demonstrated by Dr Delair at French Academy
A gun accident left a man with most of his jaw nose and lips destroyed. Doctors showed a four piece artificial face with silver, vulcanite, and india rubber components. The wearer can chew, and from a distance the face looks natural.
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India
London Mail
Boo Hoo Baby and Collier's libel clash across papers
A Philadelphia editor rails at Collier's Weekly over libel suits and attacks on the Religious Press. The piece defends Postum and Grape Nuts, claims the public must judge Collier's conduct, and urges readers to consider medical advertising claims and the truth about nourishment.
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Collier's Weekly
Collier’s
Collier’s Weekly
Collier's
New Orleans
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