Why the Congregation Tittered at a Church Service
A collection of light anecdotes and verse riffs from a late nineteenth or early twentieth century periodical. Readable items include Helen Hunt finding a purse and a minister’s wry joke, poems by James Whitcomb Riley, and short humorous vignettes about letters, parenting, English speech quirks, and Joseph Chamberlain at a dinner.
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Helen Hunt
Ramona
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Jack London as a Musician
In a Ladies' Home Journal excerpt London recalls a boyhood flood when his father floated on a bed to safety. London adds he played the piano beside his father, framing his music as a lifesaving talent in a small way.
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Jack London
Lonson
London
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Boys Looked After Limpy
A child explains that Limpy owns a block of paper in a ruined area used by several youngsters. The narrator cites Limpy’s limp and the offices along the block, noting the others let him have it despite his inability to move freely. The scene hints at a crowded urban setting with a lament for Limpy's condition.
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Limpy
Boston
Polite Cowboys and Everyday Courtesy in Odd Tales
A collage of humorous vignettes shows politesse in unlikely scenes. A cowboy buys papers and becomes wary of selling to a stranger, station lunches with two ladies prompts a witty butter reply, and a tomb visit reveals an ice house mis identity. A Boston boy mocks swearing after a sparrow quip, Oliver Wendell Holmes charm yields a child’s witty reply, and a Louisiana storekeeper’s shipment inspires a playful “Bill inside” inscription.
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Collier's Weekly
Southern Pacific Road
Oliver Wendell Tolmes
Mrs. Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mary Susanna Brown
Professor and the bedded child mischief tale
A New York professor, absorbed in books, puts his children to bed after quieting them. His wife discovers one child in the cot is actually neighbor Johnny Green, causing a comical mix up. A separate Clinton notice announces preaching with a biblically charged time and theme for the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnny Green
Providence
Clinton
Jefferson and Cleveland Tour New Iberia Cabins
In New Iberia Louisiana Jo seph Jefferson and former President Cleveland toured a plantation and an antebellum cabin. A sunlit mummy invited them inside. A lithograph of Cleveland hung on the wall and Jefferson asked who it was. The reply guessed John de Baptis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Iberia
Joseph Jefferson
Cleveland
Alamimy
Jefferson
John de Baptis
Veranda Hammocks Like Indian Canoes Parade Comfort
A Michigan maker presents porch and bed hammocks with elastic laced webbing and cotton felt cushions. Prices range up to 20 dollars with four for seated use and durable construction noted, including denims and tufted cushions.
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Ion
Michigan
Solomon
Turning to Buttermilk Drinking In High Society
Discussion at social gatherings centers on buttermilk as fashionable fare. The Roosevelts adopt the idea with buttermilk served in the White House. President McLean’s summer home stop includes a glass of buttermilk. Frozen buttermilk gains popularity from New Orleans epicures to the North.
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Roosevelts
White House
Friendship
Johnn R. McLean
New Orleans
How to Make Attractive Baby Bibs with Eyelet Embroidery
Instructions describe making bibs from heavy white linen or pique with a buttonhole edge and purple eyelet embroidery. A scalloped edge is drawn using a small spool of cotton No 100 for four guides, with options for plain or subdivided scallops, padded with darning cotton and finished with buttonhole stitches in mercerized cotton.
Ahern Openings Evening Real Estate Listings
Real estate notices list multiple properties on Otis, Siath, Plymouth, Portland, Sacramento, St Marys and Shepard Streets. Homes range from 3 to 12 rooms with land parcels. prices include 1300 to 3500 dollars and rents from 210 to 258 dollars yearly. Some parcels priced per foot.
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Siath Street
Plymouth Street
Bath
Portland Street
Sacramento Street
ST. Marys Street
Watertown
Second Street
Seventh Street
Shepard Street
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Henest Lash
Riverside Furniture CO
Austin Street
Cambridge
MASS
Shea Bros
Pearl Street
Ofies
Cambridge Street
James J. Shea
Realdenre
Std &T
G. F. Whiting & CO
Union Stables
Green Street
Fine Carriage Service
Cattstein’s
Fitchburg
Cambridge Mass
Lackawanna
Edwin Dresser
Frark L
Earl, Gashler
National City Bank
Corser Massechuetta
Iaoman Street
National Bank
Whooley’s den Lynch
Massachusetts Ave
Brookline St. Station
BAY State Vulcanizing CO
Prospect Street
Central St
Peter Powell
Nat Somer
Massachusetts Avenue
Brookline Street Station
Somers
James Whitcomb Riley
Brixton
John
Dover
Paris
Aris
Tommy
Lippincott's
Chamberlain and the Mayor
Washington
Bill Inside
Bill Jones
Louisiana
Bill
Ahern
Fifth St
Otis Street
Sidney Street
Allston
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Plymouth Stredes
Ce E. Lovell
Soden ST
Cambridgeport
Tel
A. Richard
Ing
E. Francis
J. E. Fabyan
Mt. Stables
Tele
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G. P. O'Brien
Bay
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Charles F. Manning
Mass. Ave
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Hyman Pill
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