Welsh rabbit and crackers at Hagerstown inn tale
A Washington to Baltimore tour group in Hagerstown found hotel fare poor and planned a Welsh rabbit using cheese and large square crackers. An exchange with the innkeeper reveals a doubt about finding large square crackers for the dish. Also recounted is a Savannah doctor whose children test Bible history and Philadelphia records nearly 42,000 births in 1913.
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Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Maryland
Harper's Magazine
Philadelphia
Voice of Conscience Dead
A mother gently explains conscience to a child amid a playful moral lesson. The child wonders how the inner voice tells right from wrong and laments the idea of being good, recalling a past misinterpretation by a nurse who blamed indigestion for her conscience.
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Maria
Mother
Unsightly pimples prompt Cuticura remedy claim
In New Sharon Iowa Clyde Firebaugh reports years of facial pimples and dandruff that vanished after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He sent for a free sample, bought more, and now claims they left him free of pimples and dandruff. The ad promotes Cuticura with a 32 page Skin Book offer.
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New Sharon
Iowa
Clyde Firebaugh
Gard “Cuticura
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Boston
The Way of It Captivation at the Captain’s Table
A dialogue snippet shows Mrs. Nurich replying with dignity to being asked if she sat at the captain’s table. The exchange centers on status and propriety aboard a vessel or formal gathering.
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Mrs. Nurich
Rail strikes loom as Western engineers threaten walkout
Chicago August 3 55 000 engineers and firemen on 87 western railroads threaten a Friday August 7 strike unless the federal board of mediation plan is accepted. President Wilson to press final bid to arbitrate wage disputes with 98 railroads west of Chicago.
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Western
Federal Board of Mediation
Washington
Wilson
United States Board of Mediation
White House
Central and Western Transportation
United States
Canada
William Li. Chambers
Martin A. Knapp
G. W. W. Hanger
Federal Board
A.W. Trenholm
J. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
Warren §. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Congress
Yuan's Rule Is Threatened in Hupeh Province
Reports from Hupeh province claim Yuan Shikai's government faces overthrow with uprisings spreading in the vast central region. European powers watch as the crisis in China could trigger a major conflict. Wong Bock Yue of the Bix Companies and the National League warns that Yuan's advance may trigger a grave war. Adrien Hebrard, editor of Paris Temps, dies at eighty in Paris.
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Yuan
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Wong Bock Yue
Bix Companies
National League
Paria Temps
Paris
Adrien Hebrard
The
Tempe
France
German Teams Eliminated in Davis Cup Doubles Match
Pittsburgh datelined report states the Australian pair Wilding and Brookes defeated Germans Freitzhein and Kreuzer to eliminate them from the Davis Cup competition in the doubles match. Carnegie to Help Belva Lockwood in Washington notes Andrew Carnegie promising to contribute to an annuity as friends of the octogenarian lawyer Mrs Belva A Lockwood raise funds.
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Pittsburgh
Wilding
Brookes
Freitzhein and
Kreuzer
Barber Tale From Civil War Raid in Pilot Knob
Capt. W. V. Lucas of the Fourteenth Iowa recounts a barber shop mishap during General Price’s raid into Missouri in the Civil War. He sat to be shaved, a hornful long roll beat, and he left with one side shaved while the other bore a two week beard. A later touch by a colored barber at Rolla completed the shave, prompting a curious exclamation about the unusual facial contrast.
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W. V. Lucas
Fourteenth
Iowa
General Price
Missouri
Pilot Knob
Messia
C. A. Peterson
J. M. Hanson
Rolla
No New Insights on Finance Provocations in Boston
At a Boston dinner, Thomas W. Lawson quipped about corruption in high finance. He joked that Columbus proved the world is round, but many investors before him knew it was not square. A young man may mislead a girl about wages, but not her father.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Columbus
NEWDEA Helped Wisconsin Courts in Health Test
A Wisconsin couple tested Postum as a coffee substitute after years of sleeplessness irritability and health decline. They found fresher skin sturdier nerves and better temper as coffee was replaced. The ad notes two Postum forms Regular and Instant with boiling or for instant preparation and urges readers to try it as a healthier option.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Not A Promising Market Voyage Ends In Jest
Noted figures William H. Smith and Charley Backus sailed from San Francisco to Australia on a business venture. The captain advised packing potatoes for sale upon arrival. Backus suffered seasickness while Smith proved a capable seaman. In a quip at danger, Smith asked what to do with the potatoes if Backus died, to which Backus muttered a humorous reply about going to hades with them.
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William H. Smith
Charley Backus
San Francisco
Australia
Murphys
Mr. Backus
Mr. Smith
Backus
Smith
Charley
Hades
Aladdin Looks for Beauty in New York Scene
Aladdin orders the prettiest girl in New York from his lamp. A slave returns with the girl, worn dress and tousled hair, baffling Aladdin as he questions the servant. The scene ends with the aide presenting the result as impossible yet delivered.
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Aladdin
New York
German Princeling Visits Ancient City by Rail Stop
A German princeling arrives by private car at a hunting themed station. Local greetings occur as the burgomaster explains the scene to the prince about young city maidens scattering flowers before the locomotive at his royal train.
All the Difference The Your Persons on a Train
A humorous scene on a moving train shows an old lady insisting on facing the front though the car has no engine. A younger passenger quips that the train has a motor, and the elder relents with a comfortable seat. A child asks about Moscow as his mother wonders why he is late due to being kept after class.
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Moscow
Europe
Johnnie
Tommy Heats Grievance With Coal Of Fire
An East side school scene shows a teacher rebuking Tommy for a quarrel with Heine. After initial resistance, she urges the right method of dealing with an enemy and Tommy replies he has been doing just that by “heaping coals of fire on his head,” claiming he gave him all.
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Tommy
Heine
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