Aunt Tabitha's Biscuit Box Reveals Hidden Check Joke
Daisy and Tabitha Elder clash over a heavy Majolica biscuit box sent as a wedding present. A check hidden inside the box sparks a charade of exchanges as family members trade the item, while Daisy schemes to recover the hidden gift. Aunt Tabitha’s playful ruse ends with Tabby’s surprise windfall.
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Aisy
Daisy
Tabitha
Lady Hightoff
Susan
Mrs. Elder
Mabitha
Mrs. Wider
Mamma
Tulsy
Stephen Elder
Daisy) Elder
Tabby
Julbo Aye
Tabitha Mason
Antrin
Steen
Meystie
Jeanie
Ava
Jack
Thare
Westminster street sweepers in bright uniforms spark guard mixups
London borough officials consider adding a blue band to sweepers capes after Maj. Gen. Trotter complains guardsmen are mistaken for dustmen. The mayor notes the robes outshine even the King’s. An unrelated closing remark rails against the phrase quite spry.
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London
Borough of
Westminster
Trotter
Grenadier Guards
Missouri River Commission Criticized for Waste and Expenditures
The Missouri River Commission report defends its policy of continuous, progressive river control and local work spending. It notes 7.19 million dollars appropriated since inception, with 4.24 million on the river above Sioux City and 2.10 million on detached localities, but warns navigation dangers persist and asks whether enough has been done for commerce benefits.
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Missouri River Commission
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Congress
Etpena
Commission
Sioux City
Town
Kansas City
Chaotic musings on public figures and society
A fragmented, satirical note references Mr Cleveland Colonel Watterson President John Mitchell and Mayor of Minneapolis. It touches on the coal strike, weather lore from a patent medicine almanac, safety deposits, and a violent incident in Evansville with a baseball umpire and pitcher.
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Cleveland
Col. Watterson
John Mitchell
Hobson
Gen Smith
Chicago
Mississippi River
Coal Trust
Minneapolis
Grand Jury
Mary MacLane
Gen Bragg
Bandit Tracy
Mr Wu
Bragg
Masonic Temple
Evansville
Ind
Rush for pensions shocks pension commissioner Ware
Pension applications from Spanish American War veterans flood in. A study compares five volunteer regiments and five regulars near Santiago, showing strong activity from Northern and Eastern units. The 8th Ohio alone has 1,330 members with 706 claims and seeks pensions for 53 percent of its men. A Northern company even has a captain acting as a pension attorney, with nearly every member filing.
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Ware
Santiago
United States Treasury
Eighth Ohio
Cuba
Impeachment Push Aimed At Judge Jackson In WV
United Mine Workers officials plan impeachment proceedings against Judge John Jay Jackson if he refuses to dissolve his blanket injunction restraining miners from agitating for a strike. Secretary Wilson says a full copy of court proceedings will be submitted to Roosevelt and the Senate, with the evidence published for public judgment. The American Shipbuilding Company orders ten 257 by 43 by 46 foot steel freighters from Chicago, forming the fleet nucleus for Great Lakes transport. Minneapolis mills switch to Texas oil for flour production and test oil in street railway service.
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United Mine Workers
John Jay Jackson
Oral Court
West Virginia
Wilson
Miners’ Union
Roosevelt
Senate
Jackson
American Shipbuilding Company
Chicago
Lake Points
Quebec
Atlantic Steamships
Agpre
Texas
Great
Minneapolis
Quakes in the West Rocked Nebraska and California Towns
A major earthquake centered near Norfolk Nebraska shook Nebraska Iowa and South Dakota brief tremors reached 200 miles across. Tilden Oneill Petersburg Elgin Oakdale Battle Creek Norfolk and many towns reported shocks with damage and frightened residents.
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Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Norfolk
Neb
Tilden
Santee Indian Agency
Omaha
Winnebago Reservation
Indian Territory
Mount Joula
Oneil
Petersburg
Elgin
Oakdale
Battle Creek
Ewing
Neligh
Randolph
Clearwater
Wnany
Towna
Yankton
Ouiaha
Weather Bureau
Church Service by Phone in Washington Indiana
Washington Indiana tested phone sermons by placing telephones in churches to connect worshippers at home. The Bell Company offered free church service to outpace a rival, with pastors agreeing to install public lines. The system lets listeners hear sermons at home, skip offerings, or switch to another preacher. It drew praise for convenience and critique for undermining pew discipline.
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Washington
Ind
Bell Company
Independent
Central
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Minneapolis Journal
James J. Jeffries
Pugilist
Robert Fitssimmons
Dakota
California
Lompec Valley
Cal
Santa Ypex
Los Alamos
Santa Barbara
Western Union Oil Company
Garreaga
Harris Station
Santa Maria
New York City
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