Only Favoritism Wanted at Board Meeting
George Gould spoke on railway difficulties during a board meeting. He warned a railway cannot be just to please all bands, citing a commuter tale about a superintendent and added that new trains stop at his station while others do not, provoking a grumble about favoritism.
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George Gould
Mr. Gould
Sta‘tions
Maude
Glion
Mr. Pearman
Mrs. Denison
Lhis
Belgravia
Tyburnia
Grenville Rose
Noisy popgun tale and eye remedy ad jumble
A fragment presents a boyish quarrel about making a noiseless popgun, a mention of sore eyes treated with Petlit's Eye Salve, and an assorted list of old ads and scene snippets including a fast food joke and a free cure offer from Rea Company.
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Zeb
Henry
Rea Company
Dept. B5
Mininneapolis
Minn
The Turtle's Head Kept Alive Hours After Amputation
A New Orleans Times Democrat item reports a turtle head in a porcelain dish remained alive nearly twenty-five hours after being severed. An oyster opener declares victory over a wager that the head would stay alive, while the head miraculously shows life and even moves toward a finger.
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Gus Schmidt
Gus
Nir
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Georgia physician endorses Grape-Nuts after recovery
A prominent Georgia doctor recounts his illness and recovery using Grape-Nuts. He testifies the food rebuilt his nerve and brain tissue, improved digestion, and restored strength, enabling him to return to work and practice. He invites others to try a 10 day trial and references a short book, The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Rn Tracles
The Hermit and Miss Graham Meet at Sunset
In Alastair Holland’s tale, the hermit Selden observes Miss Misa Graham near the water and邀 shares a tea scene at his cottage. They discuss romance, the ship’s history, and their budding connection as Islip interjects with a wary note about bets and markets.
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Charles
Miss Graham
Misa Graham
Elizabeth
Graham
M Grahkim
Division of Labor in a Clever Debtors Scheme
In a short tale from Success Magazine a hungry broker tries to collect a twenty year debt from lawyer Phillips. Bly Bulger uses a ruse to get a share of the payoff, forcing Phillips to hand over ten dollars to avoid damaging his business, while Bulger celebrates the half he has earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistah Boyd
Bly Bulger
Billy
Chillips
Mistah Phillips
Success Magazine
Ripening Bananas In Colombia District A Surprising Rule
A visitor to Colombia's banana district learns that bananas are not allowed to ripen on the plant. They are cut and hung to dry, ripening inside rather than by skin color. The observer notes bananas can be ripe when the skin remains green and dried.
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Colombia
York
Distinguishing quality of the problem play
The Washington Star notes the problem play makes audiences think. The first half leaves viewers wondering what the question is while the second half keeps guessing what the answer might be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Our Own Minstrels and Swiss Referendum Talk
A fragment from a minstrel piece features comic banter about waifs and apartment houses. Interlocutors reference a nobleman Count De Bust and a heiress, then pivot to a historical note on the Swiss referendum, tracing its adoption from St Gallen in 1830 to federal incorporation in 1848 and expansion by 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Heire
Count de Bust
Switzers
St. Gallen
Urleburg
A Race for a Wife by Hawley Smart Chapter XII
Maude Denison faces a forced engagement to aid her bankrupt family and confronts love with Grenville Rose. Maude weighs marriage for money against her happiness while Grenville, torn by duty and desire, contemplates how to help without wrecking his future.
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Sir Jonah Barrington
Granville Rose
Manda
William
Grenville Rose
Dallison
Coriander
Epsom
Grenville Mose
Grenville
Maude
Ife
Glinn
Maude Denison
Gren
Helen
Menelausy
Greville
Justiner
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Johnny
Dicky
Petlit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Hiram
Dickey
Chicago ‘Tribune
the Pirate of
Rupert Sargent
Alastair Holland
Harvard
Felix
Alas. Sr
Sean
Alastair
Eir
Ike
Belhoa
Pacific
Jo Assid
Heran
Helf
Calo
Alain
Miss Greham
Barbara
Mr. Selden
Mr. Islip
Selden
Islip
Rodney
Penguin Club
Jerry
Gentianen
Towlau High-Menah
Tim
Hawley Smart
Harold Denison
Gina
Mrs. Deni- Bo
Glenn
Temple
Westminster Courts
Fyttleton
Erskine and
Edenborough
Fen
Poorman
Goa
Gil
Pearman
New York World
Osnaburg
Germany
Charlie Wingne
St. Wiho
Frisia
Ste Frederick
Hohenzollern
Holy Roman Church
Francis William
Wartenberg
Alemania
Cologne
Innocent VI
Avignon
Wilhelm
Carolus TV
Constance
Pater Gulleluus Aschendorf
Antwerp
Jean de Bolland
Deamus
Jesu
Antwerp, Lide (Ilanse
Society of Jesus
Annwe
Ephel
Austin
St. Norheyt
Pougerlon
Jean Franeais van de
Preshtet
Louvain
Joseph AL Donovan
N.Y
Nell Tate
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