Hypnotism cashing joke stirs ferry tale of a bank cashier
A long wandering speaker aboard a Staten Island ferry broached a Chicago sleuth tale about a bank cashier allegedly hypnotized into theft. He recounts a Iowa incident where a robber with a black beard and piercing eye trained a hypnotic performance on the teller, triggering a $50,000 loss and a reluctant arrest. The tale follows the cashier’s daze, a detective’s rag carpet search for hidden money, and the cashier’s eventual discovery that the money lay beneath a rug in his home dining room.
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New York Sun
Staten Island
Iowa
Jim
Chicago
Jim Gor
Tie
Compulsory Insurance Idea Battles for Civil Service Reform
The United States Civil Service Commission argues for compulsory annuity insurance funded by salary deductions to curb superannuation and disability costs in government service. It cites small current numbers of aged workers, claims autarkic private funding risks, and notes gradual premiums of about 46 yearly for a 1000 deferred annuity starting at age 70. It suggests government safeguards with collateral deposits by insurers and predicts minimal hardship for lower grade workers.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Ita
Congress
Washington
United States Civil Service Retirement Association
Uncle Sam's Big Store shows army commissary vast stock
The New York Tribune notes the commissary general report to the war secretary reveals a large general store run by the army. Meals, coal, ice, and wages rise. officers buy over $21,500 in goods and enlisted men spend more than $95,000. Losses exceed $800,000 in one store. Philippines orders prove well managed with beef and mutton at low prices.
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New York Tribune
War Department
United States Army
Uncle Sam
Philippines
Australia
Weston
South Africa
Manjia
Kent
Fiso
Anecdotes From Everywhere and Everyday Laughs
A long collage of light vignettes and tall tales from various figures. Jokes about Russell Saga Hag and the Staten Island Dyeing Company. a Melbourne surgeon’s classroom twist. Little Elsie’s misheard devotion and a mock Christian convention. Dumas’s Monte Cristo dogs swelling his estate. a native’s wry wisdom on revolving doors and power. Senator Stewart and winter hats. a father policing hair fashion. lightning rod sales and a rival’s sting. a London editor’s rush to print. Epworth salts joke at the drugstore. Mark Twain recalling his first earnings and a school desk rule miscue.
A Seaside Romance Rivalry Ends in A Seaside Twist
In a resort tale two university friends Kimball and Brewster vie for Lola Graham’s attention. At a department store Lola tests them with clever misdirection. Brewster’s sincere pursuit wins, revealing Lola is the rich, distant niece of an elegant hostess, and Kimball learns a hard lesson about judging people.
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Miss Graham
Kimball
Book Department
Lie
Brewster
Graham
Lola Graham
Brewater
Lela Graham
Phen
Igia
Auntis
New York Run Fragment in Front of Cheap Hotel
A distorted report places two men before a cheap hotel in New York. One man has long hair and pale face while the other wears a plug hat and cravat. A whispered claim alleges Eggem the actor’s wife seeks a divorce over custody, as the husband refuses to carry their baby to term.
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Brewster
Jmy Hat Ustairs
Mr. Kimmel
Stewater
Eure
New York
Eggem
Why He Never Marries A New Hampshire Vacation Tale
A crusty bachelor in a New York boarding house explains why he remains single. He recounts a chaotic scene at a table with two fighting children from a neighbor, describing hair pulling, kicks, and eruptions, then notes his reasoning against marriage and hurries off to catch the 4 o'clock trolley.
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New York Times
Voal
New Hampshire
Tony
Maine
Thristen
Acoid
Dates When Summer Dress Is Retired Across Cities
A statistics collector studies when summer wear ends in various cities. Straw hats halt after September 1 in many places. Montreal marks September 4 as the last straw hat day. Panama hats extend New York’s straw hat season to October 1 if warm, while Chicago limits sashes after September 15. The Boston finds include hand painted ties after September 1.
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New York Sun
Montreal
New York
Chicago
Boston
Ita
Plaster Falls as Organ Starts at Alton Church
A Chicago Post item recalls Wagner and the Birgit Methodist Church in Alton where the organ debuted. Moments after the organist began, plaster toppled from the ceiling and dust filled the pews, sparking debate on myth and music.
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R. M. Field
Chicago Post
Wagner
Birgit Methodist Church
Alton
Buc
Iit
Tannhauser
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