Civil Service Exam Announced for Tinley Park Postmaster
The U.S. Civil Service Commission calls for an examination in Blue Island Illinois to fill the Tinley Park fourth class postmaster vacancy and potential others. Applicants must be 21 or older, residents within the local post office area, and US citizens. Applications due at least seven days before the exam.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Blue Island
Tinley Park
United States
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
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Less Bowel Trouble in Blue Island
An advertisement touts Adlerika a German bowel and stomach remedy claiming a single dose of buckthorn bark glycerine and related ingredients relieves constipation sour stomach or gas instantly. The copy asserts rapid relief and cites a cure for appendicitis with antiseptic effects on digestive organs. Dare Stadle.
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Blue Island
Dare & Stadle
Adv
That Printer of Udell's Comes to National Theatre
Harold Bell Wright and Elsberg W Reynolds adapt the novel into drama with Old Uncle Bobbie a highlight. The National Theatre presents the production under Gaskill and MacVitty starting Sunday matinee August 3 with a renowned cast and enhanced scenic equipment.
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Udell
Mr. Wright
Elsbery W. Reynolds
Messrs. Gaskill and MacVitty
Bobbie
Elsberg W. Reynolds
Messrs Gaskill
MacVitty
Adv
Foley's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad
Postmaster Antonio Deloria Garaner Michigan speaks for those with kidney and bladder irregularities. He recommends Foley's Kidney Pills noting his experience and his father's cure and mentions neighbors benefited. The ad claims benefits for rheumatism due to uric acid and praises toning and quick results. Dare Stadle.
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Antonio Deloria
Garaner
Mich
Foley
Dare & Stadle
Adv
Laughing at Yourself in Friendship Talk
In a Woman's Home Companion talk to girls about boys, a wise observation urged laughing at one's own failures. It notes that such humor shows imagination and the ability to picture how others might view one's mistakes.
Not Recorded State of Dying After Election
Atchison Globe notes no historical record of a statesman dying of overwork following an election. The remark frames a historical reading as a gloss on overwork myths rather than a documented event.
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Atchison Globe
Minister Praises King’s Life Pills for Constipation
Rev H Stubenwoll of Allison Iowa praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as perfect and essential. He claims they regulate liver and bowels and are guaranteed, selling for 25 cents at Emil Schmitt's or G R Richter's.
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H. Stubenwoll
Allison, Ia
Dr. King
Emil Schmitt
G. R. Richter
Just One Way to Get Even
A speaker urges restraint after a workplace grievance. He argues the true test is not revenge but learning from mistakes. The piece closes with a defiant vow to prevent future slips and avoid the boss’s reproach.
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Mr. Boss
Maurice C. Lipman
Chicago Record-Herald
The Silent Upholsterer Joke of Old John Bates
J Pierpont Morgan told of Old John Bates an upholsterer famed for silence. A patron asked the best mattress and Bates answered hair then cotton years later. Bates lamented talking as his ruin and kept quiet as a practiced art.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
John Bates
John
New Charwoman Narrates Woes Of Unemployed Husband And Children
A verbose charwoman consoles her young mistress with stories of hardship. She explains her husband has been unemployed for six years and has had an ailment for four, while she struggles to provide for two children. The elder daughter is said to be a comfort, often crying with her mother.
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Usband
Cardinal Dines, Jesuits Reply in Leonardtown
During a southern Maryland church visit Cardinal Gibbons was entertained by the Jesuits at Leonardtown. A priest joked to the cardinal about the dining style, and the priest replied the cardinal dines. The anecdote reflects lighthearted banter at a formal repast.
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Maryland
Cardinal Gibbons
Leonardtown
One Shot Kills Three Dingoes in Night Vigil
Gossip of Tyalgum New South Wales killed three dingoes with a single rifle shot during a moonlit disturbance around his dairy herd. The bullet first struck a dingo in the neck, then pierced the second’s back, and entered the third between the ribs, breaking its fore leg after having already slain a cattle dog.
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Tyalgum
N. S. Wales
Australia
Wife Keeps on Talking Delays Senior Partner at Office
A telephone ring interrupts the office as the senior partner explains the call was from his wife who was still talking and had not missed him. The partner pauses at the desk then returns to work after the exchange.
Praise of the Living as Well as the Dead
A reflective verse urging kindness and warm words for those alive as well as those who have passed. The speaker asks for expressions of good will while people linger and cautions against only praising the departed.
Meanest Man in Town in the Mean Men Contest
A local joke notes the meanest man in town lives on our street. His doctor warned him against acids and now he bans any strawberry from entering his house as part of the supposed contest.
Artistic Temperament in Mrs Okicastle's Gallery
Mrs Okicastle notes her husband has gone to New York to verify a painting's authenticity. The hostess explains a misfit old master was replaced to balance the gallery, as Josiah's artistic nature refuses gallery imbalance.
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New York
No Chance for Happiness Poem Fragment
A terse verse lament about debt and hardship. The speaker imagines a world where owing would be paid promptly and frosts or labor would not spoil gardens, yet even then they fear sorrow and lack of peace unless they could borrow different ills. The piece reads as a contemplative, period voice on finance and want.
Pennington Novel Overstock Hopes for Better Sale
The head of a major publishing house warns they printed fifteen editions of Pennington's latest novel, but sales are weak. The secretary suggests hoping for better prospects as coal prices rise, making the books a potential fuel asset.
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Pennington
Inquiry on Gambling Terms Leads to Dictionary Debate
A minister quotes a widow dispute over her husband’s alleged gambling. She argues gambling implies a chance to win per dictionary, while denying engaging in such behavior by buying grain and stocks on margins. The exchange centers on semantics and intent.
Thankless Child Ends In Sudden Family Upset
Bullington Bullion bursts from a call proclaiming his wife is prostrated at home. His partner asks the cause, and he explains their daughter has jilting a duke and will marry a worthy American despite the scandal.
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Bullington Bullion
Forced to Merge Sparks Complicated Divorce Case
Dialogue reveals a man and his former wife contemplating remarriage due to financial strain from alimony and limited funds. The couple discusses enduring love and practical needs as they navigate legal and personal pressures.
Saddening Sight Inaction Burden On The Resting
A brief reflective note observes the sadness in idleness and laziness when another rests, suggesting weariness with perpetual stillness and the sight of inactivity.
Mistress Too Touchy Over Toothbrush Dispute
A tall woman discovers the mistress of a six room flat quarreling over toothbrushes. Mary leaves after a morning row about toothbrush etiquette sparked by her obsession with brushes. The narrator seizes a brush, Mary departs claiming sensitivity, and the two part ways.
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Mary
Frequent Ring Gaffe Prompts Odd Wedding Fixes
A humorous look at grooms forgetting the wedding ring and clergymen improvising. One minister handed a ringless groom a key ring, prompting the bride to fit a key into the moment. Another clergyman offered a gold rim from eyeglasses as a substitute ring.
Joy of Living and the Right to Happiness
The passage extols the legitimate joy of living as a prize of sanity courage and sympathy. It notes that avoidable diseases and moral disasters can cloud days but cheerful people bring blessings to the distressed. It asserts a duty to seek happiness and to set an example for others and find comfort in liberty and a peaceful life.
No Race of Giants in Ancient Human Remains
The text argues that fossils of extinct peoples do not prove giants, noting no current race exceeds normal human height. It defines typical human size and explains how rare deviations are labeled giants or dwarfs.
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Great Britain
First Civilization and the Rise of Writing
The article weighs whether civilization began in Mesopotamia or Egypt. It notes a strong case for Egypt holding the title as the earliest cradle of settled, orderly society, while acknowledging compelling but unproven arguments for Chaldaea or Babylonia as earlier sources.
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Egypt
Chaldea
Babylonia
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