Thanksgiving clothiers and concert notes mixed in town
Local readers learn Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes are valued as a community good. The column weaves a Thanksgiving plea with letters from Von Bulow and Sarasate praising musical performances, noting a Brahms conference and private concert details.
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Sarasate
Von
Iaibe
France
Otto Goldschmidt
Bulow
Johannes
Brahms
He Preferred Mules and a Chuckling Senator Magee
A Philadelphia Press anecdote portrays Senator Christopher Magee fond of his Pittsburg Times. He jokes about missing a railway wreck scoop and quips that his paper will be retrieved by males rather than men.
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Christopher Magee
Pittsburg Times
the Times
Times
Fourth Avenue
Vanity of Men in Tea Room Bee Debate
In a women's club gathering over tea and cigarettes, speakers mocked male vanity citing bees as example. The group recalls king bee legends from Pliny and Shakespeare and notes historical denials of female rulers in hive society.
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Pliny
Moses Rusden
Charles II
Shakespeare
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Uncle Joe Cannon comment on casualties in political fight
In Illinois, Speaker Cannon faces opposition tactics as friends of Uncle Joe are dismissed from public service. A supporter asks how to respond to Smith and Jones losing posts and Uncle Joe replies that battle brings dead and wounded.
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Illinols
Uncle Joe
Joe
Smith
Jones
Precaution and modest plans in a humorous exchange
A father advises his son to avoid being too attentive to his daughter to keep funds for marriage. The dialogue turns witty as the young man contemplates marriage, while other snippets show a housewife dismissing help and Beefsteak Ben dealing with a bulldog.
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Liverpool Mercury
Beefsteak Ben
The Milkman Breaks Into an Exchange
A milkman fumes at a customer accusing his milk as defective. the customer replies with a witty line saying the milk can is a picture a fine water color. The exchange ends with the humorous remark.
The Poet Is Born Not Made Says Proverb
Restless exchange about a cook's passing and whether she will stay, with a quip that the poet is born not made. Bridget is noted as hard to please, reflecting a comic traveler’s humor in travel writing.
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Boston
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