Talking Headline Snippets From a Lighthearted Era
A gathered mosaic of witty quips and brief items touches on politics health science fashion and crime. It notes the house fly scientific name offers a tidbit while a Bronx canoe capsizing prompts fashion notes. Nansen plans Arctic study new boating laws are hinted at and milk bottles shift to paper packaging.
Endowing Aviation Chair at University of Paris
A donor opposed to automobiles funds a chair of aviation at the University of Paris. The writer muses on heat, industry, and endurance, noting nature’s inscrutability and the varied uses of creatures and machines, including motorcycles used by dreamers.
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University of Paris
Census Taker Notes College Girl Stereotype
A Chicago census taker notes masculine prejudice against the college girl as a wife, claiming she knows too much. He suggests the labor dispute in Hawaii may resolve without trouble as Japanese workers return to work, implying prior exaggeration for a purpose.
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Chicago
Hawaii
Japan
June disbursements for interest and dividends rise
June disbursements for interest and dividends by railroad, industrial and other corporations total $71,220,000, up $4,277,000 from last year. The figures signal improving business conditions and higher earning capacity, with expectations of further gains soon.
Bank Swindler Paroled After Serving Years
A western bank official convicted of swindling was pardoned after a few years in prison and began a new life with public sympathy for his reform. Yet he vanished with more thousands, highlighting costs of mercy in justice.
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Lfe
Sioux Stampede A Mile Point Review At Pine Ridge
A dramatic Pine Ridge vignette recalls the 1891 siege near the surrender of the Sioux to Gen. Miles. 5,000 soldiers march in review while Sioux ponies stampede and fear of massacre grips the camp. Two Strike the Sioux leader legends of courage and revenge on Pawnees echo in a later tale.
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W. F. Cody
Miles
Pine Ridge Agency
Estes
South Dakota
Col. Shafter
Santiago
Guy V. Henry
Arlington Cemetery
Buffalo Soldiers
Allen W. Capron
Seventh Cavalry
Wounded Knee
Seventh
Two Strike
America
Cooper
Nebraska
Platte River
Buffalo Country
Sky Chief
Pine Ridge
Adabel Ellis
Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Quick Kidney Relief
An advertisement claims an easy cure for kidney troubles by treating the kidneys with Doan's Kidney Pills. It features a testimonial from H. Mayne of Paris Tennessee describing back pain, poor urine, and nighttime urination cleared after using Doan's. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box.
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H. Mayne
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Paris
Tenn
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Doan
Four Sunday Sermon Teaches Kindness Through Suffering
The article cites a New York Times sermon urging acceptance of life as it is. It argues happiness comes from wisdom to see life, sorrows balance the scales, and helps others with a friendly hand and a kind smile. It emphasizes universal kindness as a lesson from troubles.
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New York Times
Died in Good Company Joke Ends With Lesson
A clergyman who enjoyed ale had an Irish man clean his cellar. The worker lifted empty bottles and looked through them at the sun. The preacher said they were all dead, Pat replied they all had the minister with them when dying, a humorous moral drawn from the scene.
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Pat
Beard in the Wind Over Bruce Bust
A Scottish public building site near a Bruce bust invites a bailie to joke about the beard. The sculptor replies that the wind is blowing up the street, turning the remark into a light local anecdote from Tid-Bits.
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Scotland
the Bruce
Bailie
Tea Possibilities for an Electric Tea
A bachelor girl recounts an invitation to an electrical tea hosted by a woman doctor. She imagines possibilities such as using a battery to entertain guests, brewing tea on an electric stove, or even the chance of electrocuting the group during the event.
A Trying Time in Harper's Weekly Cartoon
A courtroom cartoon vignette contrasts a judge and a prisoner. The prisoner asks what he would do if a man requested to photograph his cheese, framed as a parable about restraint and judgment.
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Harper’s Weekly
Unkind exchange over article exhausts editor and author
A terse dialogue between author and editor centers on the writer claiming exhaustiveness of a latest piece and the editor signaling it may silence further work for a time. The exchange framing hints at tensions within a newsroom over publication breadth and editorial control.
True to Life Definition of a blotter
A teacher explains to Johnnie that a blotter is the thing you hunt for while the ink dries and Johnnie answers with a simple Yessum in this period dialogue snippet.
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Johnnie
Grape-Nuts Proclaimed As Foundations Of Health
A New Hampshire woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing severe indigestion and restoring digestive strength, energy, and mental clarity after strict adherence to the product. The testimonial claims recovery included removal of tongue coating and renewed ambition, urging readers to look for the book The Road to Wellville.
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New Hampshire
Wellville
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