Boxing scheme and a dog tale from old New York
A garbled reminiscence recounts a staged boxing match in a fishing town with a fake prize and a knockout from behind. It shifts to a tale of Duncan Ross and his bull terrier Clive, transported daily by elevated transit, carried in a wrapped parcel to avoid detection.
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New York City
John L
Pugillet
Tenner
New York Sun
Duncan Ross
New York
India
Ross
Clive
Turkey as National Bird Argument
A Practical Poultry man argues that the turkey should replace the eagle as the national bird, criticizing the eagle as wasteful and untrustworthy. He praises the turkey as a better, handsome bird and essential for holidays, while noting turkeys supply the most delicious food at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Turkey
Saucily Clever Willy Outwits Angry Father
A boy named Willy answers his father with a sly retort about his grandfather. The angry parent grabs him by the collar and warns against impudence, but Willy smiles and suggests the same behavior may have been unnecessary from the elder. The father relents and withdraws.
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Willy
Papa
Albany Journal
Trouble in Paradise as Husband Craves Food
In a playful Boston dialogue Mrs Turtledove and Mrs Kissimee discuss Harry's changing affections and a growing hunger for a square meal, complaining about chafing dish diets and old cooking. The exchange ends with a wry note on men's fickleness.
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Mrs. Turtledove
Harry
Boston Transcript
Spider the web footed animal line from Yonkers Statesman
A caller quotes a Yonkers Statesman quip about which animal is web footed. The reply identifies the spider as the web footed creature in the joke.
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Web Foot A. Tommie
Yonkers Statesman
Eccentric Tales From a Texas Town and Emerson Lecture
A Texas town encounter with a touring company shows a self confident manager and a heckler seeking work The piece contrasts with Major Pond s portrayal of Emerson s last Boston lecture where a wandering audience member helps the scene end with emotional farewell.
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Major Pond
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Boston
Mrs. Livermore
Mr. Howe
Mr. Emerson
Alderman Swelhed Opposes Rapid Curriculum Change
An interviewer quotes Alderman Swelhed on grammar school curriculum reform. Mr M T Swelhed says he does not seek to push opinions but will not advocate radical changes without more study after comparing domestic and foreign curricula. A reader quips about the interviewer's memory.
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Alderman Swelhed
M. T. Swelhed
George
Feller
Counterfeit Feeling Guides Pair Past Barroom
A Memphis Scimitar narration describes two men visiting a bar, one joking about counterfeit bills and the other admitting he’s used to pushing the queer, as they walk away together down the street.
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Memphis Scimitar
Mushroom hunting in Nagasaki thins the shipping office
A Nagasaki shipping branch was found deserted when the manager and staff left on a mushroom hunting excursion on a fine day. The foreign visitor described mushroom hunting as a pursuit that appeals to every true Japanese.
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Asy Gothe
Nagasaki
Missed the Name Guest of the Doctor's Visit
A fragment from a theater item shows a confused exchange about a visitor and a forgotten host. Dialogue hints at a hurried attempt to enter and identify the guest. Names are garbled, suggesting OCR errors in a late stage script or stage direction.
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Anniston Banking & Loan CO
M. B. Wellborn
Pens
Lincoln’s Vegetable
THE
Lincoln Medicine CO
Columbus
Ohio
Columbuus
Jane 4
Las
Lincoln
Pertoure
M. Miller
Stickney's
WIKUK
Preston Cure
Preston
Tik Preston Cure Co
Philadelphia
T'S
Wood Yard
Railroad and
15Th Street
B. Veclurkin
State Dorma Dchoss
Jacksonville, Ala
Cataogue
W. Daugette
Py Mail
the Sunday Sun
the Sun
Charles B. Hanford
Texas
Mr. Hanford
Mark Antony
Hamlet
New York Telegram
Emerson
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
Aper
Noble Street
City
Oxford, Oxania
Jacksonville
Piedmont
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