Dooley On Newport Life and Millionaire Society
Mr Dooley lampoons Newport as social capital where wealth defines status and danger to the rich and poor alike. He sketches a staged world of mansions, yachts, and the social gaze, noting how money reshapes neighbors, nightlife, and even dinner thefts from Mrs Rasther, while Hennessy probes the gulf between rich and poor in a bustling coastal enclave.
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Newport
Mr. Dooley
Mr. Hennessy
Paner
America
Ionaire
Linus
Bovert
Tusther
Coonty Island
Michigan Agnee
Oconomowec
mUlylonaire
Congress
Willie
Eek
Casey-Kelly
Sullivant
Manny
Wurruk
Winsdah
Dorther
Dublin
Tal
Clarissa
Fractured Schoolroom Tale Stirred by Witty Outburst
A chaotic school incident unfolds as a teacher’s reprimand and student reactions echo through a crowded classroom. The scene shifts to a tense hallway confrontation with students and staff reacting to a controversial exchange and its fallout among parents and authorities.
Choate and an Enthusiastic Yale Student in a Car
A New York Times story recounts a Yale student’s boisterous greeting to U S statesman Choate during a Yale Harvard boat race trip. The student, enthralled by the elder lawyer, boasted of an old friendship as he clung to a huge pipe, which he later presented as a birthday gift. Choate suppressed a cough and kept the pipe in view, prompting laughter as the student departed with the antique smoking bowl.
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Choate
New York Times
United States
Mgr
New Fiaven
Yale
Harvard
Wage
Joquadaug Stuent
Stu- Talent
Tes Jipe
College
Jim
Woman on Time and a Greek Matron in Verse
A clipped reminiscence from an August Ladies' Home Journal note by Emima C. Dowd praises a universally punctual, gracious Greek madam described as a beautiful matron who has stood watch on the speaker's clock for years. The writer contrasts male claims of women’s tardiness with this exemplar.
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K Maklen
Heyer
Emima C. Dowd
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Fat Passenger Demands Fare On A Hot Day
In a crowded omnibus a stout man complains about the heat and loudly questions fare prices. A deaf passenger asks for witness while other riders observe, noting the day’s heat and the ten bold remarks by one man within an hour.
Book of Royal Contradictions Revealed in Lively Royal Critiques
A London publisher showcases a humorous volume titled The Book of Royal Contradictions. It collects newspaper cuttings on royal figures from the king to Victoria and Edward, with the monarchs replying underneath each excerpt. The compendium lampoons royal pretensions and pride, contrasting public praise with private jests by the royals.
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London
Marlborough House
Prince of Wales
Scotland
Duke of
Cromwell
York
Duke of York
Mendelssohn
Princes of Wales
Tingland
Victoria
Edward
England's governesses face meager pay in schools abroad
The New York Sun notes governesses in England are less favored than private school teachers. Rich families rarely depend on governesses for girls education, earnings hover around $50 a year for some, and many face long hours with low pay. Salaries in London schools vary, with headmistresses earning up to 1,000 pounds yearly, and other teachers receiving far less.
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New York Sun
England
Woman's College
Gaying
Milas X
Shea
Miss X
Thia
Bvbw
Hindergarten
Wingland
London School Board
HO and
Stercely
Unfavorable view of New England woman in Atlantic Monthly
A doctored critique describes a New England woman as frail and lacking vitality, noting slim build, weak lungs, and awkward movement. It contrasts her gait with a Georgian ideal, comments on clothing interference, and praises her delicate natural skin untouched by powder.
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Yenkoo Maggeivist
Piyatyjuc Atlantic Monthly
Aunt Hester's Plan Backfires In Quiet Pinksburn Parable
George Ade style tale follows Albert who visits Pinksburg to escape city life. Aunt Hester and kin stage a nonstop feed of beds, banter, and local talent, leaving him bloated and exhausted. Morals warn against overbearing relatives who mistake care for clogging festivity.
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Dave
Tie
Hester
Wal
Nester
Pinksburg
Felicia Fulgraves
St. Louis
Prague
McIltwaine
James Whitcomb
Riley
Albert
Leah the Forsaken
A Triumph In Division. Youth's Companion Tale
A Boston schoolboy inspired by a long division problem tells a spoof about his aunt with eight children and seven apples. She shared seven apples to give each child an equal amount by making apple sauce, prompting the puzzled class and teacher to laugh at the arithmetic twist.
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Boston
Wage the World Smart Set Recital Impressions
A lively dialogue follows Madge and Marjorie as they recall a piano recital. Madge praises the pianist and gown while noting the hair and overture, contrasting with Marjorie’s envy over tickets and finances. Madge claims her music was stirred and she promptly played ragtime upon returning home.
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Madge
Marjorie
No Ovening Plain Dealer Style Fight Ends
A garbled Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment reflects a clash with a small fight line about a foe named Dooley and a character named Terry. The text shows stilted dialect and incomplete phrases, indicating a sketched exchange rather than a full report.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dooley
Terry
Birds Move South As Warblers Depart In August
A reader notes August signals when many migratory birds begin to travel south. Orioles depart mid month, whips and warblers vanish by mid September, swallows leave by August 20, with swift seen later. Poets exaggerate dates, but birds truly head south as August ends.
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Adiéa
Harper's Magazine
Adirondacks
Mala
Hudson River
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Proposed Compromise in Philadelphia Record
A dialogue shows a tramp and a lady negotiating how to settle a debt or need. The tramp offers his whiskers to stuff a pincushion as a form of compromise or repayment. The scene captures social tensions and humor in a street encounter.
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Philadelphia Record
Dodd's Kidney Pills Offer Quick Cure Report
Wabasha Minn Aug 19 George Huber suffered Kidney Trouble and Backache. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him completely and he is now well enough to work. He calls Dodd's Kidney Pills worth their weight in gold. Reports say the remedy brings many cures in Bright's Disease Diabetes Dropsy Rheumatism and Backache since its introduction.
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Wabasha
Minn
George Huber
Dodd
Real Reason for Dabney Absence at Jipp Wedding
Dabney stayed away from Misls Jipp's wedding by claim of grief, though whispers cited a different motive. He reportedly said he could not borrow a dress quit, while a local source suggested the retreat was linked to social obligations and personal comfort.
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Chicago
Dabney
Jipp
Poised Remedies and Odd Notices Across Newspapers
An eclectic jumble of advertisements and clipped lines tout cures for bowel health with Cascarcts and Cascarn dts candy style claims, plus intemperate quips about fashion, with early 20th century product pitches for Red Cross Ball Blue, Allen's Foot Humae, and Kilner nerve tonic, interspersed with a few personal quips and mock dialogues.
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le Wits
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Pet Bay
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Somerville Journal
Pribune
Allen
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WREN
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