Christmas German social in Hotel Graham delightfully attended
The dining room of Hotel Graham hosted a pretty Christmas german with many dancers including Crockett Davidson Hicks Saunders Dodd Hawkins West of Texas Spanner Salb of Cincinnati and others. Piuefield orchestra provided music and Mrs. Hunter was chaperone. plumbers battled frozen pipes as a thaw caused flooding and a kitchen range exploded from frozen pipes. M Graham planned a winter in Florida. telegrams urged notices for upcoming local weddings and events. several residents traveled to Portsmouth for a banquet and others returned from visits with G B Stevens.
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Graham
Piuefield Orchestra
S. N. Hufford
Pocahontas Day by Day Deaths and Local Notes
Death of Mrs. Alice Bo Hoover reported from St. Louis. She had lived with sister Mrs. W. T. Barbour in Pocahontas for years and in Salem during her son's schooling. Other items note burials, visitors, and local residents away or visiting, including Roanoke figures and families.
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Kate Allen
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Waterstreet, East
Bank Teller Refuses Check Without Identification
A woman, Mrs Weatherley, tries to cash a check but is told she must be identified. The teller explains he does not know her despite the name on the check and asks her to bring someone who knows her. She insists the check was given by her husband.
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Rowll
Mrs. Weatherley
Miss Allie Gray Buchanan Host Before Event
A brief note records a guest appearance by Miss Allie Gray Buchanan at a social event, noting her presence as the centerpiece of the gathering.
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Allie Gray Buchanan
Gorilla-like Bank Customer Described in Memoir Anecdote
A banker recounts a peculiar man with a mole on a cheek a side mouth twist a missing front foot and odd clothing details including a No 15 collar and No 6 shoe who cannot keep his coat buttoned He notes the man is hard to extract money from and that the check required a signature on the back. The quote is paired with reflective memory and a meditation on aging and friendship.
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Galveston News
No Boxes For Two
A Boston telephone operator recalls a mix up when a man asked for a box for two to night. The caller learns the line goes to an undertaking shop not a theater and cancels his box for two order.
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Boston
Missing Bible Question Sparks Landlady Mystery
J M Barrie recalls Bret Harte's Glasgow lodgings episode as the American consul arrives with tight finances. Harte leaves his belongings with a stern Scotch landlady who confronts him on his return about a Bible she found among his items.
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J. M. Barrie
Bret Harte
Harte
Glasgow
Starte
Do You Think That Scribbling Is Important
A sarcastic college lecturer confronts a student doodling in class. The youth replies he was recording what the instructor was saying, prompting the lecturer to question the value of the scribbling.
How to Make a Cat Calendar
Create a decorative cat calendar using fur or velvet on watercolor paper. Glue an oval fur body, a small head with ears, tiny feet, and a curved tail. Add green beads for eyes a red tongue and paste the calendar in the lower right corner. A match scratcher version is possible.
Perfume the breath with small aromatic aids
The piece advises modest breath fragrance using remedies like orm root and cloves. A whole clove in the mouth yields a carnations scent if not chewed. chewing requires immediate swallowing to avoid overpowering odor. Myrrh held in the cheek is also suggested for a subtle sweet aroma.
How to Make Giblet Gravy
Wash giblets and boil in a small pot with water salt and pepper until tender. Drain broth but reserve it. Chop giblets and return to broth, make gravy as usual, strain, and add chopped giblets when serving.
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Jean
How to Make Pumpkin Bread
A historic recipe instructs stewing a large pumpkin, mashing it fine, and mixing with flour and salt to form a stiff batter. It is baked in a greased pan in a slow oven for three hours or more and may be eaten hot or cold, then sliced and fried with jelly or a sweet sauce.
How to Avoid Poison Accidents
A household tip warns against poison accidents by tying a bell to each bottle of poison. The bell tinkles when the bottle is moved, giving a warning even in darkness.
Look Your Best with Bucklen Arnica Salve
A wartime era beauty tip touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for pimples sores boils and skin eruptions. It claims to soften skin and improve facial appearance by treating pimples cold sores cracked lips and chapped hands.
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Bucklen
Christmas Eve Match Seller and the Reporter’s Cut
A poor boy in tatters sells matches on Christmas Eve outside a church, seeking pennies to comfort his mother. A well dressed stranger sympathizes and reaches for a ten dollar bill, but the copy is cut short by press deadlines, robbing the boy of the donation.
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Astrakhan
Judge’s Library
Christmas Gag Gifts Upset Faculty Says Judge
A sophomore crafts odd presents for faculty members including cigars for the philosophy professor, an illuminated House That Jack Built for architecture, a mirror for applied mathematics, a plum pudding for chemistry, an essay on A Woman's League for dead languages, and a collection of mosquitoes for natural history to prick his conscience.
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Judge
Jack
Dear Joe Sings of Juvenile Mischief from Toys
A Chicago News quote humorously describes a mother lamenting how children ruin new toys. She recounts buying a toy automobile that caused damage to vases and chairs after being left in the parlor. She notes she confiscated the car and the children now possess a toy aeroplane that tears wallpaper and disturbs the canary.
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Joe
Chicago News
Banker's wife driven from home in new buggy
A Baltimore American quip recalls a local banker named Cashit who allegedly drove his wife from their home in a new buggy during an evening dispute. The brief item captures a social mention without detailing motive or outcome.
Just Like All of Us Sillicus Do You Believe There Is Hon Among Thieves
Cynicus answers that thieves are not better than others, denying any honor among criminals. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Record reflecting a debate on morality and social judgment.
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Sillicus
Cynicus
Philadelphia
Bluefield
Bluefelave
Not Needed Miss Sweet and Cousin Joe Exchange
Dialogue features Sweet asking a romantic question and Cousin Joe replying with a flirty remark about Christmas mistletoe and kissing. The light exchange centers on playful romantic interest between two characters.
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Sweet
Joe
Live Wire TM at Kr aness City Times
A brisk banter profile notes one figure as a real live wire and more abreast of the times, calling him a live wireless in Kr aness City Times. The exchange highlights wit and modernity in local media.
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Times
Kraness City Times
Wyrick Mineral Water for sale at Bluefield outlets
Wyrick Mineral Water advertised as a healthy choice for daily drinking. The note promotes the product as essential to well being and lists Bluefield Tea & Coffee Co. and all druggists as sale points.
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Bluefield Tea & Coffee Co
After the Holidays Dinefield Norwal and Business
The fragment notes post holiday activity at Dinefield Norwal and surrounding business. It mentions shifts in commerce and possible reopenings or promotional efforts following seasonal slowdown. No further details available.
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Ut, Dinefield Norwal
Embarrassing Blunder in Massachusetts Trial
A wife of a Massachusetts professor caused a courtroom moment as she confessed a misstatement in testimony. She told the court she gave her bust measurement instead of her age, prompting the judge to inquire about the nature of the error and the impact on the testimony.
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Massachusetts
Hier
Life's Compensations by James Russell Lowell
Poem exhorting resilience and widening of the soul through noble acts and duty to others. It envisions lasting legacy as future generations carry youth toward divine guidance, urging vigor over weariness in life.
The First Patient Recounts an Early Career Tale
A New York surgeon recalls his lean early days when no patients visited his modest office for six weeks. A late visitor asked to arrange collection of bad debts on commission, a tale he uses to boast about later wealth and fame.
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New York
Two men roam town after all night out
Two men who had been visiting many places selling liquids walk home at dawn. One teases the other about his wife missing him, and the other jokes that she throws pretty straight.
Billy Emerson Sees Shanghai Chits Change Box Office
Billy Emerson, touring minstrel with blackface troupe, recalls a Shanghai show where the box office collected 400 in cash and 1400 in chits promises to pay. He notes locals settle monthly using signed chits, prompting him to wonder at the potential profits of such a system in the United States.
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Billy Emerson
Australia
Shanghai
Emerson
States
Saturday Evening Post
Humble Ministers Joke About Poverty and Wealth
The Rev. James Patterson of Philadelphia joked to his colleagues that ministers should be humble and poor like their Master. He added that he prayed to stay humble, but never to stay poor, trusting his church for that outcome.
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James Patterson
Philadelpha
Anecdote of Macready and a London theater clash
An anecdote recalls Macready's temper during Henry VIII at the Princess Theatre London. Cardinal Camperus was played by Wynn, George Augustus Sala’s brother, provoking Macready who demanded suitable costume. He finally lashed out, shouting Mother Shipton, before the scene ended. The excerpt ends with an eczema remedy advertisement.
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Henry
Wolsey
Maddox
Wynn
Mother Shipton
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