Humor and Harsh Reality in a Hospital Visit
A humorous tale recounted in various newspapers follows Mrs. Barr's extended illness and the strained, emotional visit by her husband William. The nurse advises cheerfulness to aid recovery, sparking a comical exchange about burial and resilience. Included are quips from a cook, a publisher, a novelist, a senator, and a flirtatious exchange from a life columnist.
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Mr. Barr
Maggie
William Barr
Bliggins
Washington Star
Postum Helped Kansan Break Coffee Ailments
A Kansan recalls a lifetime of coffee dependence causing headaches and health issues. After switching to Postum, her nervous system and heart symptoms improved, headaches vanished, and she regained strength and appetite.
Coeducation and Romance Draw Wide Debate in Boston Note
The Chicago Chronicle cites a Boston coeducational institution president arguing coeducation reduces matrimony. It notes sentimental ties fade as character forms, contiguity shapes affection, and many college girls still marry despite youthful romances. A heiress cured of infatuation hints at ordinary appetites.
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Boston
Chicago Chronicle
Apollo
Japs Owe Success to Ito and His Rise to Power
The London World credits Marquis Ito with Japan's rise to world power and future status. Born to a lower middle class background, Ito rose from minister plenipotentiary to effectively ruling Japan, gaining early backing from Emperor Meiji and becoming finance minister under Mutsuhito.
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Ito
Japan
London
China
Russia
England
Europe
Kamel Yenno
Moutsouhito
Sto Es
The Sin of Ananias in a Modern Marriage
Jim and Helen Carson share a distant harmony built on a pact of independence. Each hides disquieting doubts while pursuing separate lives, until a moral crisis forces truth about their marriage and their own desires. They confront the point where secrecy erodes love and pledge to reclaim genuine closeness.
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Jim Carson
Helen
Jim
Harry
Carlyle
Ori
Ananias
Moonshiners in Missouri Highlighted by Kansas City Journal
The Kansas City Journal notes substantial moonshine production in Southwest Missouri. Detective James Rosche of Carthage reports arrests of illicit still proprietors and explains profits from cheap molasses and meal mash. Moonshine fetches about two dollars per gallon at market, with operators often from the less educated class.
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Illa Mot
Kaseas City Journal
Suthwest
Missouri
James Rosehe
Carthage
Rosche
Uncle Sam
The Good Time Near and Nature’s Peace in Verse
A fragmentary page blends lyric lines about heaven and love with stray chatter about country living and a Brooklyn Life item. Names appear inconsistently while snippets evoke peaceful imagery and a city dweller’s view of rural pleasures.
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Brooklyn
Chief of Police Saved by Kidney Pills
Chief of Police Harrin of Newberry describes long term kidney pain backache and night awakenings. He credits two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills with relief restoring kidney function and normal secretions. A free trial offer is extended by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY and sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box.
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Newberry
C—W
Harrin
Police of
Dean
Kidey
Chief Hartis
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Modern English Servants Embrace Change and Independence
The Lincolnshire May Hiring Faire results show a shift from the old maid to a demanding, better paid workforce. Weekly holidays, cycling to work, and male milking staff reflect rising wages, mobility, and emancipation from dull routines as supply dwindles.
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London Chronicle
Entertainer Dines With Servants Then Performs Upstairs
An English woman hosts a show for a famed entertainer who dines with her servants. After a first “performance” in the servants’ hall, he insists the audience is finished and that his engagement was one act. He then reveals the upstairs entertainment was the same event, leaving guests perplexed. The anecdote blends social satire with a comic miscommunication.
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Chicago Chronicle
Fragmented dispatch scene after a cipher mixup
A confused telegram prompt from The New York Evening Chronicle describes a man awaiting a dispatch. An operator notes a twisted message that could not be read, leaving the recipient unsure if any communication was sent.
Clergyman's visit ends with ailing man still bedridden
A Philadelphia Press account tells of a young clergyman visiting a poor sick man and his wife. The husband, declared dead by doctors, remained in bed while the wife hid his condition, saying he had not risen since the minister's first visit. The tale notes the couple's frail state and the household's odd behavior.
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Bunlnesd
Ives
Philadelphia
On Him at Last Monument Inscription Stated
A fragmented report describes a frugal gentleman famed for accepting hospitality from acquaintances. The piece notes a monument placed on his grave bearing an inscription about time, reflecting on his economical nature.
Back to the Flood Claims Ancestry in Rainy Season
A reader claims the family head was the original Macintosh, easing tensions amid the rainy season. The message reflects local humor and a flood era dispute, with references to Nod and Indianapolis as context.
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Leese E
Weason
Indelphie Reas
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