Her Bad Break
A woman jokes she bought a Noahs Ark as a birthday gift for the Greens child. The husband challenges the gift given the Greens vegetarianism and the boy might eat the animals, prompting a humorous exchange about consideration and taste.
Concordia College Catalogue Free On Application
Collegiate and professional programs listed by Concordia College Moorhead Minnesota. includes academic, normal, business, ladies seminary, elocution and music offerings. illustrated catalogue available upon request to Professor R. Bogstad.
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Concordia College
R. Bogstad
Moorhead
Minn
Misogynist Dialogue From Household Letter
A rural exchange shows Mrs Murphy recounting her father’s gruff greeting and her husband’s grumbling as they discuss a domineering man. The dialogue highlights gender tension and old fashioned suspicion in a domestic setting.
Ship Cattle Hogs and Sheep At Carson Wood Weiller Ad
Minnesota auction house Carson Wood and Weiller on South Street Paul offers highest market price guaranteed for cattle hogs and sheep.
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Carson, Wood & Weiller
South St. Paul
Minnesota
Ostend Visitor Quips About Afters and Dinners
A quip contrasts Ostend’s father with after dinner speaking as a pre dinner speechmaker who criticizes cooking. The item then shifts to an old classified line seeking phonograph dealers with brands Victor Edison or Zonophone and contact for W. J. Dyer & Bros in St Paul Minnesota.
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Phonograph
Victor, Edison
Zonophone
W. J. Dyer & Bros
St. St. Paul, Minn
Fragmented Modest Dialogue and Local Ads
A partially readable newspaper fragment includes a joke exchange about a sister singing and a back alley pun. It also contains a minor ad for Crescent Creamery Co. of St Paul Minnesota urging today for tags and mice. A short comic bit hints at debt with Borrows and Diggs about slow payment.
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Crescent Creamery Co
St.Paul, Minn
Female Barbers in Austria Special City Exams Grow
In Austria female barbers face a yearly cycle of special examinations in major cities. The practice notes rising numbers of women entering the trade and earning credentials through these municipal tests.
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Austria
Finish Assured Emphasizes Finnish Diet Women
Maria Stubb remarks on the suffrage victory and notes nineteen women in the Finnish diet. Mr Stubb expresses surprise, concluding with a wry reaction to the progress.
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John
Mrs. Stubb
Maria
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Reported by Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers at 911 Pioneer Press, St Paul. Inventors listed include George C Andrews Minneapolis boiler Charles J Bender Fergus Falls washing machine Isaac L Ross Bowbells North Dakota feed box William Vague Brooks snow plow John H White Kennedy spark arrester Dennis Donahue Sioux City ice washer.
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Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minn
George C. Andrews
Minneapolis
Charles J. Bender
Fergus Falls
Gottlieb W. Froelich
Isaac L. Ross
Bowhells
N. D
William ©. Vague
Brooks
John H. White
Kennedy
Dennis Donahue
Sioux City
S. D
Force of Professional Habit
A dialogue notes a young man from Susan’s circle reacting when her father seizes her example reveals a lawyer’s stance. He warns the father he may block court action but will proceed with a lawsuit to sue.
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Susan
Prescriptions in Latin and patient rights
A critique argues Latin prescriptions conceal drug details from patients and inflate costs. It urges the public to obtain translations from pharmacists, enabling patients to know what they take and reuse or switch doctors without repeated visits.
Legal Declaration of Unrequited Love Sails to Paris
Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney, a Washington widow and mother of two, sailed to Europe after a suitor filed a notary sworn deposition declaring he loves her for herself and would not claim her fortune if she marries him. The admirer, from Cincinnati, follows toward Paris. Pike, the painter and architect, is known for Corcoran exhibitions and a house combining home studio and garage.
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Washington
Albert Clifford Barney
Europe
Barney
Paris
Miss Pike
Cincinnati
Corcoran Art Gallery
Ambassador Jusserand Encounters Jamestown Transport Snub
Ambassador Jusserand of France and Mme Jusserand left the expo by car. He tried to hire a carriage but drivers refused, saying carriages were reserved for the president's friends. He protested that he is the president's friend, but the driver challenged him with a taunt and a joke at his expense.
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Jusserand
France
Mme. Jusserand
Alphonse
Saturday Evening Post
Washington’s aristocratic capital display under Roosevelt
The piece notes President Roosevelt’s adoption of livery and the national colors on his coachman and staff, marking Washington as refined. It highlights buff trousers, green coats, brass buttons, and tricolor cockades for drivers and footmen, with horses bearing ribbon decorations. The Roosevelt family outfits, including Mrs. Roosevelt’s tan harness and Ethel’s outfits, showcase a growing display of national symbols in public life.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Reclaiming Wife Deserter Paroled in Washington Case
A barber named Bunch was paroled by a Washington court after deserting his wife. Conditions require him to stay out of the country as set by his father in law, avoid his five sons unless his behavior improves, attend church each Sunday, work in a first class barber shop, and obtain a ministerial recommendation. If any condition is broken he faces three months in prison.
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Bunch
Washington
Waste Not Want Not in a Witty Exchange
A comic exchange reveals a renewal of vows and a plan to avoid wasted social cards. Mrs Meanly insists she will remarry after Mr Meanly concedes his mistake. He jokes about not wasting two hundred visiting cards marked Mrs Meanly.
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Mr. Meanly
It Cures While You Walk Foot-Ease advertisement
Allen's Foot-Ease offers relief for hot sweating feet with swelling and aching. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a free thin package offer. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
The Crafty Upholsterer and the Marital Notice
A witty exchange portrays a town upholsterer who studies marriage notices. He then visits brides' parents to offer to upholster the parlor sofa, implying a clever, sly method.
Krause's Headache Capsules Ad From Des Moines
An old promotional ad notes Krause's Headache Capsules available from your Druggist for 25 cents. The ad credits Norman Lichty Mfg. Co. of Des Moines Iowa as the manufacturer.
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Krause
Norman Lichty
Woman’s Fate in a Grim Parlour Exchange
A sharp remark frames a moral exchange about marriage and death. The speaker notes a woman’s second marriage, then grimly reveals the groom is deceased. The dialogue contrasts male and female social fates with a bleak, fatalistic tone.
Inner reflection promised to heal impatience with others
A reflective note suggests self-examination as a remedy for impatience toward people. It emphasizes looking inward to improve behavior and tolerance in social interactions.
The Value of Time
An old quip contrasts caution with haste, urging balance between planning and action. A citizen reflects on not delaying too long over schedules lest opportunity pass, illustrating time as a precious, missable resource.
From His Point of View Car Accident Joke
A courtroom quip pivots on numbers as a lawyer notes a car’s plate 6666 while a client claims 9999 then adds the car flipped over after striking him for a humorous exchange.
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Public
Public health notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as dangerous to the system. It promotes Wall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective when taken internally. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation with price details.
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Wall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. Cheney & Co
Drugetet
Hall
Test of Love in Action Among Neighbors
It is easy to talk of love for our fellows, but the test comes when we find the particular fellow in need of our love.
GUNS AND HUNTING SUPPLIES AD FROM MINNEAPOLIS
An advertisement from No. 1 N. W. Hide and Fur Co. of Minneapolis offers guns traps decoys and other hunting gear at low prices with a free catalog available upon request.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minnespolis
Minn
Delayed Regrets Mark Tomorrow Over Yesterday
A reflective line notes postponement of remorse, suggesting hesitation to dwell on past actions and choosing to face future choices. The quip emphasizes timing in dealing with regrets and decisions.
All Needed. South Water Street Merchant’s Lemon Order
A city salesman questions a small dealer’s demand for 100 dozen lemons. The fruit stand operator near the West side ball park is connected to the Cubs and Gi- merchants in the exchange.
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South Water Street
West Side
Ball Park
Cubs
No New Arguments on Love or Politics Declared
A brief item reports that there are no new arguments or debates on love or politics. The note emphasizes calm discussion and the absence of fresh contention in these topics.
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