Coincidence in Stateroom No 24 Leads to Identity Mix Up
A passenger named Edward R. Jones discovers baggage labeled for Mrs E R Jones in stateroom 24. A mistaken assignment blurs lines when the same initials appear on both bags, prompting a humorous exchange as a woman learns the truth and the steward investigates the mix up aboard the vessel.
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Moer Polybeninta
Jones
Mr. Jongs
Becky Stoddard
Mr. Jones
Er.donen
E. It. Jones
Erie
Abe
Bire
Inderdanid
Alngulaely
Enouh
Edward R. Jones
Indy
Stew
Widow and bachelor wed aboard ocean liner romance
Mr Jones, a bachelor, befriends a widow aboard a Mediterranean voyage. A rose gesture, moonlight on the Grand Canal, and waiting in Naples Venice Genoa lead to a marriage proposal and a final surprise in stateroom 241. The widow accepts, sealing a speedy wedding after a long pursuit.
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Indy
Mr Jones
Bis
Mr. Jones
Mrones
Loned
Cerrale
Chen
Durer
Jines
Mrs. Jones
Hhis
Ciffer
Boreas
Jevat
Wt. Jones
Ecu
Naples
Venice
Grand Canal
Tin
Switzerland
Genoa
Europe
America
Genin
Mer
Ione
Tore
Abe
Jones
Walter, dear Walter in baseball call to play ball
A Washington Star poem notes Walter as a prodigal son welcomed back. the crowd cheers the grand stand readiness and hints at a warning about a pitcher named Silsman who may strike thrice. The verse invites Walter to perform and fulfill a hopeful, celebratory baseball moment.
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Walter
Washington Star
Rail Not Bar Do You Take This Womina to Be Wife
A garbled wedding scene shows the bridegroom Mr. Cheetin Stox hesitating during vows. He interrupts with uncertainty then recovers, asking forgiveness and affirming he takes the bride, amid a comical misunderstanding and a reference to a prior trial.
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Wamina
Cheetin Stox
Louis
Muskrat Debate Splits Menu Traditions in Baltimore Banquet
The Philadelphia Press notes a Baltimore banquet where muskrat or musquash is praised as a delicacy, rivaling terrapin and cinvuabuck. Debate centers on rechristening the rodent to an Indian name and promoting it for markets, while noting muskrat as a tunneling nuisance yet increasingly farmed for food and fur.
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Epicures
Baltimore
Tidewater
Philadelphia Press
Mind Power and Fatal Predictions Stir Warsaw Trial
A Warsaw case features a Polish novelist Reymont accused of criticizing the government and a lawyer famed for predicting trial outcomes. The judge who foretold doom acquits Reymont, then dies suddenly, fueling belief in mind driven fate. The debate centers on mind and nerve research and tragic outcomes.
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Warsaw
Reymunt
Reymont
Fabrichis
Bux
Fabricius
Philadelphia
French Naval Rivalry With Germany in 1020
In the chamber M Delcasse says France will match Germany in dreadnoughts and armored cruisers by 1020 but lag in ordnance. Debats lists 22 dreadnoughts for France and 28 for Germany with 18 000 to 20 000 ton cruisers. The Temps foresees Germany’s navy ahead by one third.
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M Delcasse
Germany
Paris Journal Des Debats
France
Republic
Italy Pushes Oil Search Amid Historic Italian Petroleum Hints
The Italian government urges exploration for petroleum as evidence mounts that Italy holds oil deposits. A century ago Genoa used crude oil for lighting and peasants harvested surface pools, with purity allowing reuse. The Emilia zone is noted as a particularly rich area.
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Italy
Genoa
Vertalo
Emilia
Giant Columbia River sign towers above Beverly area
A huge sign advertising the Columbia Valley Orchards and the new irrigation district runs along the east bank of the Columbia River near Beverly. The 40 foot wide letters, 11/2 feet high, form a nearly quarter mile long display visible to travelers for miles, as reported by the Inland Herald.
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Washington
Columbia River
Beverly
Columia Valley
Inland Herald
Dickens Named Vessels and Animal Labor Folklore
The article notes several English built ships named after Charles Dickens or his characters, including the Charles Dickens and Pickwick, with some lost or renamed like the Kuwamoto Maru. It also mentions a Brazilian pattern where parrots and monkeys share work and food, parrots cracking nuts while monkeys gather and divide results.
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Dickene
Weasele
Charles Dickens
Saw Weiler
Gadshil
Pickwick
Dova
To Cadge and Cadger Distinctions Examined
A writer explains the term cadge and cadger meaning to sponge or live off others. The piece notes cadger may seem more respectable than a beggar, yet the difference between them is not substantial.
Race for a Thief and the Milkman’s Bold Chase
A London adventure recounted by a Blackwood’s Magazine contributor who chased a thief through Bond Street and Regent Street after a milkman urged him on. The pursuit ended with police arresting the thief’s accomplices as the bag and jewelry were recovered from a boy and the jeweler.
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London
Blackwood
Hia
jJeweler
Hund Street
Mao
Bond Street
Iing
Bank of England
Hye
Indy
German Army Officers Expand Repression in Occupied Cities
Officers in Gettywer oversaw railway and theater closures and imposed restrictions on civilians at the metal collection site, asserting authority over daily life under occupation.
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Gettywer
AL Metal Coetion
War of the Walks Cuba Street Scene in Havana
Irene A. Wright’s Cuba depicts a steamy Havana afternoon as pedestrians negotiate the crowded walks. The piece notes etiquette and social maneuvering among locals and visitors, highlighting gendered courtesy and street theater in the heat of the day.
Pearly Time to Bed and Finish Your Block Play
A Harper's Bazar reflection notes how precise phrasing to end a child’s play avoids tears and delays. It argues that stating bedtime and cleanup as clear, final tasks prevents delays and appeals for “just one more.”
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Harper’s Bazar
A Curious Sound From High Altitude Balloons
A fragment describes a balloon ride at about 2000 feet where electric discharge near the car creates a report as loud as a cannon yet heard like a pistol shot due to air rarity and other factors. It notes the echo from earth and thunder rising from below, with unclear background details.
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Earth
Impartial grammar and quirky misprints puzzle scholars
A collage of humorous quotations from newspapers on grammar, spelling, and wit. Notes include C Alphonso Smith at UNC, a farmer letter about impartial grammar, satirical lines about parsing sentences and misread words, and snippets from Washington Star Harper's Boston Transcript and others.
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C. Alphonso Smith
Royal Custom and Royal Warrant Practices Among British Tradesmen
The article explains the royal warrant system as the premier advertisement for tradesmen, who may call themselves purveyor to His Majesty. It describes monthly billing, Marlborough House ledger checks, fixed prices, and avoidance of discounts. It details contracts for coal, cleaning, servant wages, and the king’s personal accounts requiring the secretary’s review and the king’s initials.
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Marlborough House
Onch
George
Stage superstitions and democratic ministers in Australia
The article notes theatrical superstitions among actors from avoiding whistle temptations to not repeating Macbeth lines and bad luck signs with costumes. It then profiles Australia’s cabinet rising from labor roots, listing Hughes as Attorney General, Frazer and Findley as honorary ministers, and others with varied working backgrounds.
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Adora, Says Mr. T. Sharper Knowlson
W. M. Hughes
Australia
Honoraty
Frazer and Findley
Senate
McGregor
Home Department
O'Malley
Defence
Pearce
Trade and Customs
Tudor
Asies Batchelor
Thomas
Andrew Fisher
Commonwealth
Gympie
Queensland
Dominion
Wales
Cornwall Auplins
Thunderstorm Lights Up Garrick Club Reading
Edmund Yates recalls a fierce afternoon storm at the Garrick Club. Charles Kemble, deaf at seventy, calmly reads as thunder booms overhead and he jokes of feeling it in his knees.
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Edmund Yates
Charles Kemble
Garrick Club
Shadower Bloodhound Trains Through Windy Trail Test
Marlborough police bloodhound Shadower passed a tough test by tracking a wind-blown trail laid across downs. A policeman rode a bicycle, hid, then watched as the dog pursued the scent at a rapid pace, ignoring the bicycle to find the hidden officer.
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Marlborough
Downs
Mrs. Raymond Robins Leads National Women’s Trade Union League
Mrs. Raymond Robins heads the National Women’s Trade Union League andlongstanding Chicago and New York leagues. She has served since 1907 as president of the National and Chicago Women’s Trade Union leagues and sits on labor and education committees across the AFL and related bodies.
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Raymond Robina
The
Women's Trade Union League
National Women's Trade Union League
Boston
Raymond Nobluw
Uotons
Mobius
Margaret Dreler
Brooklyn
Raymond Robins
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
American Association For Labor Legislation
Robins
New York
Women's Municipal League
Venise Lace Revival Showcased in Medieval Patterns
The article describes Venise lace as a fashionable revival with patterns worthy of doges’ robes. It explains Venise point construction, its durability, and styling with collars and handkerchief borders. It notes French influence from King Louis XIV and a lace-making school.
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Joint de Venice
Jouis XIV
France
Venice
Tea Leaves as Household Helpers in Old Newspapers
A jumble of vintage tips and quips on tea leaves cleaning dust from carpets washing them, plus quirky excerpts from Detroit Free Press Washington Herald and Dallas News. It mixes practical notes with light humor about stage life and horse care.
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Lavan
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Colin
Hale
Grunin
Irene A. Wright
Cuba
Tout
Dingenen
Hutt
Tim
Faoulaville Courier Journal
Mom
Harper
Politenens
Sydney Hunith
Astle
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Boston Transcript
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Youngstown
Aleep
Chicago News
Tumley
Coyote
Raymond Rollin
Texas
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