Quiet Quarantine Comedy Ends In Kitchen Charade
A 1909 romance and farce unfolds at a party when a mistaken romance, a smallpox quarantine, and a planned escape collide. Kit, Jim, Aunt Selina, and Harbison navigate deception, jealousy, and a chaotic charity of disguises as they stage a fiery ruse to break free.
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James Wilson
Jimmy
Belia Knowles
Bis
Selina
Kit
Wilson
Jim
Bella
Belle
Harbison
Harrison
Henry Llewellyn
Chile
Tie
Aunt Selina
Betty
Louie Mercer
Anne
Cal
Flannigan
Dal
Mercer
Mr. Harbison
Merry
Aunt Seling
Anti-Suffragette Views on Ruspoli Case in Providence
George Cavan Browne discussed the Ruspoli case saying an American heiress married an Italian and under Italian law all her money goes to the husband. He mocked mercenary foreign nobles, recalling Peleg Henderson of Apponane who wed a woman with a cow. He quipped no difference between two women when a wedding is held.
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Wes
Flannigan
Cal
Max
Vella
Jim
George Cavan Browne
Ruspoli
Italy
Peleg Henderson
Apponane
Peleg
Shanoe
Erlhus
Discovery Echoes On Modern Invention And Marcel Wave
A fragmentary exchange recalls a line about mermaids combing long gold tresses and awaiting a Marcel wave. The quirky dialogue links beauty ideals to evolving trends in hair styling and invention.
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Marcel
Not Serious Grave Charges Against Secator Jinks
A fragment suggests allegations of grave charges against Secator Jinks with sparse wording about the sexion’s bila. The readable text hints at a scandalous or formal accusation, though specifics are unclear. Entities include Secator Jinks and an unnamed section or group.
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Secator Jinks
Five Day Blizzard Feats Endure Wyomin g Sheep Herder
William McCormick a sixty year old shepherd guarding three thousand sheep survived five days in a Wyoming blizzard without food sleep or fire. He trekked back to Murdock camp with his collie, braving frozen extremities and near starvation, while surgeons say he will live and about a thousand sheep were later recovered.
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William McCormick
Great Plain
McCormick
Wyoming
Postal Banks in France Growth of Savings Network
The French postal savings bank system shows steady expansion from 6 024 banks in 1882 with 211 580 accounts totaling 9 187 116 dollars to 1909 with about 5 542 882 accounts and 316 456 866 dollars in deposits. Average deposits rose from 43 41 to 57 08 francs, while administrative expenses reached 1 504 678 and net profits 526 786. Individual accounts are limited to 1 600 francs. surplus funds are invested in national bonds, with 2 080 575 dollars bonds purchased in 1909 and withdrawals totaling 104 916 150.
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France
Postal Savings Bank
As the Wild Geese Fly in Northward Canoe of Air
A poetic meditation on wild geese flying north in clear air their steady strokes and rigid necks point to a northern summer home their distant fading outlines becoming dots. The piece contrasts the geese’s strength with human frailty and ponders messages from the vast celestial dome as travelers’ paths vanish into night.
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Eltieg
Too much of nothing fallacy warned by professor
A Boston professor John M. Tyler of Amherst College urges against overexercise for girls aged ten to fifteen, delivering a quip that too much of nothing is good. The note critiques the idea as a fallacy while weaving in local references and playful wordplay about debtors and donuts.
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American Physical Education Association
Boston
John M. Tyler
Amherst College
Johnny Meehan
Park Row
Professor Tyler
Idaho Potatoes Prove Profit Potential For Farmers
Idaho's potato yields, highlighted by the 1910 Burley prizes, show strong profits from a single acre. Twin Falls county won $500 with the Dalmeny Challenge, Canyon county took $250 with Peachblow, thanks to 645 bushels on Snyder’s prize acre. Snyder notes 34,535 marketable pounds, about 575 bushels, at 42 cents per bushel, plus 4,150 pounds of culls.
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Idaho
D. E. Burley
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oregon Short Line
Pacific Idaho Northern
Idaho Northern
Idaho Southern
Payette Valley
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
L. A. Snyder
Twin Falls County
Dalmeny
Canyon County
W. B. Gilmore
Snyder
Commercial Club of
Twin Falls
Waho
Polaoes
Idaho potatoes show strong promise for settlers and growers
Idaho farmers discuss potato yields and market potential with quotes from William B. Kelley and Samuel Lewis. They note large fields near Gooding produce 600 bushels per acre, with prices around 42 cents a bushel, and emphasize favorable climate, irrigation, and available water as key to sustained harvests and economic opportunity for new settlers and capital-poor households.
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United States
Buren
Snyder
Idaho
William B. Kelley
Gooding
Samuel Lewis
Ing
Tdi
Wall in the Nem Judge Slams Plutocrat Pace
A satirical judge narrator curses plutocrats as a wall in the nem mocks a harsh economic scene. The snippet references a $29 weekly commission and automobile speeders, depicting a grim social critique.
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Plutocraft
Makid
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