Seeing Life from Troolyrooral Farm to Aunt Martha
The narrator recalls the comic chaos of visits by Uncle Peter and Aunt Martha to Troolyrooral Westchester, detailing a parade of relatives and mishaps. Cousin Elsie and a string of cooks, from Phyllis to James Buchanan Pendergrast, create a portrait of domestic farce and stubborn modern life.
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Peaches
Uncle Peter
Westchester
Troolyrooral
Peter
Martha
Elsie” Schulz
Elsie
Maria
Gustave Bierbauer
Gustave
Misie
Bronx
Phyllis
Hank
James Buchanan Pendergrast
James
Hep
Standing Room Only at Cohan Box Office
A packed New York theater sold only standing room as a lone patron paid a dollar for a standee ticket. After failing to see the stage through the crowd, he returned to buy another standing space, insisting he needed a view for the performance.
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Saturday Evening Post
Cuticura Hand Care Sample Offer Ad
Fragrant soft white hand soap and ointment claim to cleanse purify and soothe. A one night treatment tests red rough chapped hands with free mail sample via postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Blind since birth passes bar exam before state supreme court
Ole H. Flow of Pierce South Dakota, blind from birth, passed the state bar examination after memorizing Blackstone via readings by his sister and writing answers read by a court stenographer. He and another young aspirant both succeeded, Flow using an ordinary typewriter to write his responses.
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State Supreme Court
Ole H. Flow
Pierce
Flow
South Dakota
Blackstone
Town Honors Declared Sanity of Murder Suspect
A Buffalo Express report notes a town reception committee formed after a jury declared one local man sane regarding a murder from years ago. The item frames the celebration as honoring the legal decision rather than a victorious conquest.
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Buffalo Express
Needed Gift
A brief humor item notes a playful exchange between a widow and Bashful Youth about kissing and sand in the mouth. The Life magazine style quip frames the joke as a life observation with a dash of cheek.
Points of Similarity as Natural Mates
A humorous exchange compares a match to natural mates. The joke hinges on wordplay about being doveeyed and pigeon-toed to highlight complementary traits between two people and their relationship.
Window Boxes Care Tips From McCall’s Magazine
The article advises whitewashing the inside of window boxes before filling with earth to prevent wood rot and deter insects. It also notes a claim that men have a stronger sense of taste than women and mentions Sweden adopting kerosene engines and gasoline motors.
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McCall’s Magazine
France War Enlistment Also Leads To Humor In A Family Tale
In a domestic vignette a mistress instructs a new servant Nora to keep times on the hour. Across the piece a French family story notes 72 men enlisting for the European War. The dialogue hints at flirtation and misread intentions amid wartime tension.
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Nora
France
A Benevolent Refusal From a Kansas City Senator
A city senator refuses to offer a private job saying government service ruins a young man and reveals he has promised the position to his son. The exchange underscores conflicts of favoritism and public service ethics.
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Kansas City Journal
An Expert
A short fragment notes an expert defined by a father as one who tells others how to do things he cannot do himself. It mentions Kansas City Star and an advertisement for Red Cross Ball Blue grocers.
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Johnny
Kansas City
Aero
Red Cross
All Grocers
Adv
Chocolate Soldiers Turn of Phrase in War Time
The Westminster Gazette reports Captain Bean of the British army says Tommy Atking aims to live up to Shaw's Chocolate Soldier. Chocolate sweets and other confections are in high demand. Australian troops in Cairo have reportedly eaten the entire chocolate supply. Captain Beap notes soft drink demand rose, while beer demand fell to one fifth.
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Herman Schulz
Troolyrooral
Gn Peaches
Hep Hardy
Martha
Uncle Peter
Lizzie Joyce
Lizze
Aunt Martha
Lizzie
Peter
Bean
France
Westminster Gazette
Tommy Atking
George Bernard Shaw
Cairo
Beap
Australian cattleman with vast 28 800 000 acre empire
Youth's Companion notes the Australian cattleman who owns or controls a land domain rivaling the size of Pennsylvania. The profile highlights vast ranch holdings and the ambitious scale of his empire in the context of industry leaders and land barons.
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Pennsylvania
Humor and social slyness in early cemetery gossip
A fragmentary quip about Bill’s violent outburst hints at heavy drinking. A cynical take on marriage expectations notes that before thirty a girl seeks wealth, while after thirty she seeks a husband, reflecting social pressures and dated gender norms.
A Corner Quip At A Sunday Sermon
A young preacher misquotes a biblical passage then corrects himself the next Sunday. A bemused elder in the omen corner quips about feeding five thousand with leftovers from last week sparking a gentle moral about quarreling over trifles.
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George W. Hobart
John Henry
Mari
Heman Schulz
Plainfield
N. J
Herman
Aunt Marth
Cad
Deir
Galahad Schalszenberger
der Bride
Deir Doneseek Vesna
Sreck
Fathead
Elizabeth
Lizie
Aunt Mar
Countess of Cornbeef
Clamchowder
Casey-at-the-Bat
Sweden
Australia
New Zealand
Seemantenion
Ieee
Experien Galesmen
Trower
CE Chase & & c McCoun
Chocolate Soldiers
Miracle
Vigor
Ty Grocen
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