Foot comes down in streetcar fare war joke
A streetcar gag erupts as one passenger tells another to get off at the next corner. The retort clarifies the punch line with the foot level of insult. A classic era quip.
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
3
The Makings
Two physicians discuss a patient case with a grim tone and cynical profit motive. They estimate they could yield about five hundred apiece from the situation, signaling possible medical or forensic impropriety.
Unwise Kindness and Bluff Mask Self Esteem
A brief note on how a man can gain an easy pass through others kindness and reluctance to challenge him, allowing a false show of confidence to go unchallenged, harming true self esteem and judgment.
Foot care remedies from a bygone era
The article prescribes rubbing tired feet with vaseline or pure fat, praising mutton tallow for skin friendliness. It notes soldiers grease feet nightly during marches. It also recommends an legible corn cure using an ounce of flexible collodition and 30 grains of salicylic acid, warning the remedy must not touch healthy flesh.
Finnish Women Share In All Professions Says Dorr
Rheta Childe Dorr asserts that Finnish women participate in all work fields including chimney sweeps and hodcarriers as well as clerks and stenographers. She notes many unmarried women earn their own money and rely little on fathers or brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheta Childe Dorr
Finland
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Marlboro Resident
Marlboro resident Mrs Alice H Campbell of Howland Street testifies she suffered dizzy nervous spells and backache from kidney irregularity. She found relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills and says she has not needed kidney medicine since. Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U S agents. Remember the name Dean's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Marlboro
Alice H. Campbell
Howland St
Mass
Dean
Poster
Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United. States
Marlborough Savings Bank Dividend Schedule
Marlborough Savings Bank in Marlborough Massachusetts announces deposits earn interest on the third Wednesday of January April July and October. Dividends payable on the third Wednesday of January and July. Signed by B I Greeley President and Arles F Holyoke Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. i. Greeley
Arles F Holyoke
Trener
Wanted live fowls at special price in mall loté
Farmers and poultry dealer Geoyer advertises a special monthly sale on live fowls at his Matibivre shop. Prospective buyers are urged to drop a postal and call telephone 195W for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telehone
Geo - Yer
Matibivre
Concord Couple Wed in Elegant Wheeler Home Ceremony
Miss Sarah Kendall Wheeler and J Malcolm Everleth were married at the Wheeler residence on Sudbury Road in Concord. The ceremony featured Caro line Belcher quartet music, heirloom lace veils, and a pink and silver reception for about 200 relatives and friends from Concord Boston Cambridge Worcester Brookline and Lincoln. The couple plans to reside in Rutland after a wedding journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Kendall Wheeler
J. Malcolm Everleth
Lincoln
Wheeler
Sudbury Rd
Caroline Belcher String
Boston
Miss Wheeler
Isabel Leach
Brookline
Nell Rose
Killarney
Caleb H. Wheeler
Charles Lee Todd
Loren B. Macdonald
Benjamin R. Bulkeley
Beverly
Unitarian Chuch
Julian Edwin Everleth
Thomas Todd, Jr
Malcolm Richardson
Concord
Cambrideze
Worcester
Everleth
Rutland
Sarah Elizabeth Parks Wheeler
Caleb Henry Wheeler
Simmons
Boston College of Commerce
Posse Gymnasium
Sargent's College For Physical Culture
Sargent’s Normal School
Chickasha
Okl
Mr. Everleth
Julius F. Everleth
Worcester Academy
S. S. Pierce
Assistant Superintendent Appointed at Rutland Electrical Firm
An employee quickly rose through roles and now serves as assistant superintendent at the electrical concern in Rutland, reflecting a steady career progression within the company.
Home Talent Day Celebrated by Concord Mass Woman's Club
The Concord Massachusetts Woman's Club hosted its annual Home Talent Day with a program led by Home Talent chair Mrs. Charles H Towle. Performances included songs by Whitney Coombs Ritornelli by Chaminade and others with dances and character sketches. Tea followed and the next open meeting on December 8 featured a civic conference addressing Juvenile Court probation Playground Curfew and Junior Civic Leagues inviting all interested attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Concord Mass
Charles H. Towle
Whitney Coombs
Ina Clark
Dorothy Dodge
Dvorak
Laddie
Thayer
Ronald
Kathleen -Howard
Emma Clahane
Their Fifth Anniversary Whist Party Honors Browns
Mr and Mrs John A Brown celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary with a whist party and dancing. Ten tables staged play with prizes going to Miss Mary FE Dee and Mrs D Hayes for ladies and Henry M Breen with John McPhilips for gentlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Brown
D. Hayes
Henry M. Breen
John McPhilips
Mrs. Brown
Splendid Epworth League Meeting at Methodist Church
A Sunday program drew about 40 attendees from Boston and nearby churches. Afternoon essays on poverty, difficulties, and fidelity were read by Olga Olen, Herland, and Nelson with musical numbers by Helen Andersen and Miss Robinson. A large supper followed. evening services featured Rev. A Bergf and Rev. B E from Boston, with combined choirs and a gospel testimony before guests returned to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Epworth League
Methodist Church
Boston
Olga Olen
Concord
Herland
Hevland
A. Berg F
Concord M. B
Rev. B. BE. On
Vesper Services Planned by First Parish on Sunday
The First Parish will hold vesper services Sunday November 30 at 5 o'clock. Soloists Miss Edith Barry Whitcomb soprano and George E Hills tenor will perform. The program includes organ preludes and pieces by Dubois Mosenthal Mendelssohn and Widor with duets and a sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Barry Whitcomb
George E. Hills
Dubois
Mosenthal
Miss Whitcomb
Mr.Hills
Jerusalem
St. Paul
Local singer Harry Lucious Chase to perform at Trinitarian Church
Harry Lucious Chase of 1 Concord is set to sing at the Trinitarian service. He is noted as brother of Mrs. George M. Baker, with the article confirming his part and involvement in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lucious Chase
Concord
Mr. Chase
George M. Baker
Farewell to the Straw Hat Comrade at Washington Star
The poem laments parting from a worn straw hat companion. It recalls long days on errands and ball games shared with untiring feet and cheering crowds, as the speaker bids farewell and anticipates the end of friendship with the hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Postal Bank Changes Aid Depositors and Access
Uncle Sam imposes new rules on the postal savings system benefiting depositors. Cards with nine ten cent stamps may be cashed without a $1 certificate and deposits may be made or withdrawn by mail under revised procedures. Withdrawals and partial redeems up to $500 are allowed, with the system now under the Third Assistant Postmaster General in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Savings Bank
Postal Savings Bonds
Washington
Bedford News Highlights and Local Notices
Edward Troy Bedford attended the Harvard Yale game last Saturday. Martin McMahon confined to home with blood poison. Concord Lexington game described as very close with local attendees. Governor proclaims Thursday Nov 27 as Thanksgiving day. Unitarian church concert praised with large crowd. Walter Temple resigns as caregiver at Congregational church. Peter Buchholt appointed to fill vacancy. Ernest Lt. Thompson stocks fowl for Thanksgiving. ad in this issue. Police note chicken thieves active. watch turkeys before Thanksgiving. Edison Illuminating and Electric Co displays ad outside C. W. Blake drug store. Mrs Margaret Wall underwent operation at Hart hospital Roxbury and returns home. Mr and Mrs Roger W Brown welcomed daughter born Nov 20. Paul Raymond and John McMahan call Harvard Yale game best in years. Randall A. Whittier resigns as Athletic Committee chair and secretary Bedford Civic club. Lexington noise cars pass to Concord for annual struggle. Concord outmatched by Lexington. A vicious dog killed 20 valuable fowl belonging to Mrs Geo Skilton Bedford Springs. I L Hodgdon to arrange appraisal and Middlesex to reimburse. Chas W Blake hires new druggist from Malden Chase. 28 years in business. from Brookline. Ads note Dr Immanuel Pfeiffer Jr returning from Washington. meets President Wilson and Burlson. advocates penny postage. Postal Reform league active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Troy
Harvard Yale
Martin McMahon
Concord
Bedford Civic Club
Whittier
Lexington
Geo. Skilton
Bedford Springs
I. L. Hodgdon
Board of Selectmen
County of
Middlesex
Immanuel Pfeiffer Jr
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Burlson
Pfeiffer
Civil Service
Postal Reform League
Fox Hunters to Hold Winter Meet in Bedford
The New England Fox Hunters Association plans its winter meeting in Bedford with headquarters at the Bedford House. Bedford citizens welcome the club of true sportsmen and William H. Simonds and Charles Weatherbee push to ensure a grand event as January approaches and the horn sounds announcing the hunters on the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Fox Hunters’ Association
Bedford
Bedford House
William H. Simonds
Charles Weatherbee
Mr. Reynard
Gamboa dike to blow Oct 10 to flood Culebra cut
Isthmian canal commission reports the Gamboa dike will blow Oct 10. Water will be admitted to the Culebra cut five days earlier to cushion the blow, with steam shovel work ceasing by mid September and all gear removed by Oct 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culebra
Gamboa Dike
Gatun Lake
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Goethals
Beef prices abroad cheaper than in the United States
Representative Kinkead of New Jersey cites evidence from a letter by Rev Lawrence of Binghamton New York. Lawrence says he bought American and Argentine beef in Europe at prices far lower than domestic wholesale rates, arguing that American beef remains costly here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinkead
New Jersey
Europe
Lawrence
Binghamton
N. Y
Pagiso
Power project eyed in Switzerland's Valais region
Work advances on a coast 1 powerful hydroelectric project in Valais Switzerland noted as the world's highest. It will be roller supported and fed by water from around 2 390 feet above sea level, marking a landmark in power generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valais
Switzerland
Wit and Wiles Echo in Birmingham Charm
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a dash of humor as a palm reader questions a man about truth. He replies that his wife has long practiced such reveals, adding a light touch to daily life and relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Heral i
Flattering Epitaphs by Charles Lamb Recalls Boyhood Quote
In Table Talk a young Charles Lamb and his sister stroll a churchyard where he asks ironically where all the “haughty people” lie buried. The anecdote reflects Lamb’s playful wit and early curiosity about fame and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lamb
Mery
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Sheridan
I. S. Johnson ° c & Co., Inc
Beston
Marlborough Savings Bank
Marlborough, Mass
MR. and Mrs. Everleth
Am Electrical Concern
Immanuel
Leslie Ett Tees
Mr. Hills
Hymn of Praise
Mendelssohn
Mr. Cook
Uncle Sam
Formosa
State Department
Chicago
Haynes
Milton
Settee
Sisaan
Wadeess
Cocos Econ
Blow Gamboa Dike
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