The Elephants Talk and Learn at Home Story
Mr Elephant declares he has memory and can speak to Mrs Elephant and Misa Elephant. They discuss ner vous days and sing a bedtime song. The keeper baths them, teaches new tricks at elephant school, and prepares a supper of hay and water for the family.
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Mr. Elephant
Mra. Elephant
Miea Elephant
Elephant
Ming Elephant
Aleap
Sud
Edo
Tve
Mias Elephant
Achiol
Miephante
Achuol
Mr. Miephant
Riddles and Wordplay From a Vintage Quiz Line
A playful collection of pun riddles and quips about appetite sleep poverty and geography with answers like a good appetite the payee islands to a city you can pot in and the musical country Fife, reflecting a humorous old missive style.
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Fupayiee Islands
Cork
Favorite Stories About Death Row Choices
A teller recalls two grim fables about condemned men granted a last wish. In one, a dying prisoner asks to learn Chinese before execution, and in another, a sheriff offers any breakfast desire, though time and ripeness constrain the request. Both stories probe fate, mercy, and human oddities.
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Gude
Gabo
Unfitted Confederate tale at a Tennessee reunion
A Confederate veteran at a Kentucky reunion recounts Morgan's cavalry surge in a Tennessee campaign. A frightened Federal recruit in a broken bit on a bay horse charges the Confederates, is halted by Sterritt who jokes about whether to kill him, then takes him prisoner. The story recalls bravado and fear in wartime.
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Baal
Duke of
Kentucky
Morgan
Hia
John Morgan
Tome
Loutaville
Mie
Tennessee
Sterritt
Tailor Made Man Leads Regiment Baseball Rally
An anecdote recalls a southern colonel in a Negro regiment who, eager to inspire fight, shed his coat and joined a pivotal game. He hit a hot line drive, chased a homer, and urged his men to run as the crowd roared.
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United States Army
James
Giger
Peruna touted in letter from Knoxville revival crowd
A clipped letter from Knoxville references Peruna as a remedy for catarrhal diseases. It notes a revived interest during Hilly Sunday’s event and claims widespread use and recognition of Peruna’s value, describing bottles taken by attendees and its proclaimed medical spread.
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A. R. Wilson
LaFalets
Knoxville
Red Herring Across Trail Tile Phrase in Speech
In Chega Journal Jenn Newton explains how the expression red herring across the track signals a diversion to mislead attention. The dated idiom traces to seventeenth century hunting and tracking training where a fox’s scent was dragged across a trail to mislead dogs.
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Jenn Newton
Chega Journal
Suticura Toilet Trio Ad Highlighted for Clean Complexion
An advertisement touts Suticura Soap for the complexion plus Cuticura Ointment for scalp and hands, and introduces the Fragrant Cuticura Talcum as the three part Outicura Toilet Trio for daily care.
Invention Teases New Thread Machine Named Ingect
A note on a novel electric sewing device called Ingect described as resembling a fly and using white-hot steel wire. Mentions welda piping and steel plates for ships, with Ted trom from a bobbin as key details.
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Venns
Ted Trom
Bobbin
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Moat
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LaPollette
Veena
Daisy Fly
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