Fervor Dampened in Southern Oklahoma Cotton Meeting
Anecdotes from a southern Oklahoma gathering describe a minister praising heaven while a spirited participant longs to fly there as a June bug. A sister quips that a woodpecker would stop the speaker, reflecting the era’s racial and regional humor. The piece also notes Sweden’s big field for American tractors and a laundress’s cheerful line about Red Cross Bag Blue.
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Oklahoma
Bradder Mose
New York Evening Post
Pin Money Sparks Diamond Wish in Clever Exchange
A humorous exchange reveals a husband resisting pin money while his wife insists, clarifying the pin money is for a diamond ring. The dialogue turns on a witty algebra of finances and romance.
Freckles to Fade with Othine Double Strength Cream
A beauty ad promises freckle removal with Othine double strength. Apply nightly and morning from your druggist, claiming most freckles fade or disappear, typically using one ounce. Money back guarantee cited if no results. An end joke compares fashion to last year’s clothes.
Do Not Get Careless With Your Blood Supply
Public health notice promotes S S S as a vegetable blood medicine to revitalize blood and boost vitality. It urges readers to buy at drugstores and offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Co in Atlanta Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
City People Easy Marks at Williamsburg Beggar
An elderly beggar in a wheelchair sits by a Delancey Street subway entrance with a young man shouting in Yiddish to spur coins. The NY Evening Sun notes the pair have turned begging into a business, drawing alms from passersby as the spectator public complies.
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Williamsburg Bridge
Delancey Street
New York Evening Sun
Distinction as Divorce Motive Recalled in Question
An attorney probes a woman about her wish to divorce her husband. She admits she wants a divorce while he does not, highlighting a key incompatibility of temperament that underpins the case. The exchange underscores the contrast drawn by the court in considering divorce.
Adam and the Apple Ancestry Rumor
The Chicago Journal muses on Adam’s apple as proof of ancestral lineage. It notes the belief that a bite from the forbidden fruit cursed humanity, leaving a protrusion in the throat and a reminder of Paradise lost.
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Adam
Garden of Eden
Chicago Journal
Why He Wanted Strong Ones
A humorous quip from The American Legion Weekly where a customer, O'Rourke, demands strong cigars and complains that weak ones always bust his pocket, prompting a counter exchange about strong versus mild.
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O'Rourke
The
American Legion Weekly
Electric fog sirens heard for fourteen miles
A new electric fog warning system emits sirens audible for fourteen miles, signaling apocalyptic weather alerts as storms approach coastal towns.
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Fourteen Niles
Detective’s suit claims $14204.30 from Mrs de Aleria
J C Marston, a Los Angeles private detective, sues Mrs Kate I de Aleria for 14204.30 unpaid on a 22521.30 claim for four years of services tracing her marriage to Count Harold de Aleria. The case hints at sensational revelations and notes De Aleria was barred from citizenship after seeking naturalization.
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OS Angeles
J. C. Marston
Kate I. de Aleria
Harold de Aleria
Harold Adrian
Marston
de Aleria
Trippet
Couple Seeks Fast Pass for Fiancée Under Literacy Rule
Alfonso Mastrodi of Yonkers pleads with Congress to exempt foreign fianc es of overseas soldiers from the literacy test. Maria Iacomini, stalled at Ellis Island since last November, can only enter if she can read forty words. Washington ruled she may be admitted for 60 days if she agrees not to marry during that period.
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York
United States
Congress
Alfonso Mastrodi
School Street
Yonkers
343D
Maria Iacomini
Ellis Island
Maria
Italy
France
Alfonso
Tallgosa
P. S
Washington
Miss America Fights for Rights at Kemper Hall Revolt Rumor
In Kenosha at Kemper hall 125 students protest expulsions of four girls and two teachers after alleged illicit liquor smoking and gambling. Helen McDougall and Nanie Lyle Dickey are cited as sympathizers with plans to force rector Rev. Dr. Alfred Griffin to readmit the expelled.
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Enosha
Wis
Kemper Hall
Kenosha
Alfred Griffin
Helen McDougall
Glencoe
Nanie Lyle Dickey
Oklahoma City
McDougall
Dickey
Louise Fletcher
Indianapolis
Marian Morton
Gary
Ind
Eloise Squires
Forest Avenue
Highland Park
Jane Perkins
New Mexico
Sisters of St. Mary
Murder at Italian restaurant ends in fatal knife attack
In a South State street Italian restaurant Giacomo Mirabello known as Giacomo the Terrible threatened to kill a woman after a dispute over marriage. He attacked Antonio Costanzo with a butcher knife seven times, died en route to hospital. Costanzo held by police for possible charges.
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South State Street
Giacomo the Terrible
Giacomo Mirabello
Mirabello
Angelina Costanzo
Antonio
Frank Cammino
Jake
Angelina
Salvatore Corrao
Pliceman
Giacomo
Costanzo
Returned Soldier Told to Start at the Bottom in Business
A veteran is urged to seize a chance to learn a solid business, with the caveat that progress begins at the bottom. The remark suggests humility and steady effort as the path to growth.
If You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best
A promotional ad extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming it cures kidney liver and bladder ailments and neutralizes uric acid. Readers can obtain a sample by mail for ten cents and order large or medium bottles from drug stores. The plea emphasizes endorsements from druggists and customers.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
House hunting blows far into Kansas humor
In Kansas a local observer notes that finding a house is not just an Eastern problem as a stranger searches, and comments on house hunting with a joke about a windstorm reaching Kansas. The exchange reflects regional humor on local housing search challenges.
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Kansas
Boston Transcript
Ely's Cream Balm Ad for Open Nostrils and Relief
An advertisement promises open nasal passages and relief from head colds or catarrh. It urges using Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils, claiming instant soothing of swollen membranes and easier breathing with no nasal discomfort.
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Ely
Flubdub Comments on Magazine Contest Fairness
Flubdub questions the fairness of magazine contests while noting a prize win. The exchange hints at scrutiny of prize legitimacy and the celebratory angle of the award.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure Across Conditions
A local ad touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy taken internally. It claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, strengthen health, and assist nature, with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Testimonials and free literature are offered by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
British East Africa Seeks American Made Well Drilling Machinery
British East Africa announces a market inquiry for American manufactured well drilling equipment. The move signals expansion in mineral exploration and infrastructure projects with potential supplier interest from U.S. manufacturers.
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British East Africa
Wild dogs devour sheep in New South Wales vast depredations
A delegation of stockmen reports to the NSW minister of public lands that packs of wild dogs caused about 50,000 sheep losses in a few months. They request government aid to build a dogproof fence to protect nearly 40 000 square miles of rangeland.
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Washington
Minister of Public Lands
New South Wales
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Quick Relief
Take Aspirin right to get speedy relief following directions in the unbroken Bayer Tablets of Aspirin package. The Bayer Cross marks the genuine aspirin trusted by physicians for over eighteen years for cold, headache, toothache, neuralgia and more. Handy 12-tablet tins cost a few cents. larger packages also available.
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Bayer
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