Quiet Sundays to bridge clubs and jokes about wives
Tiny Timothy endures quiet days as his family members study or practice rituals. Mother may join a bridge club. grandmother disapproves of clubs, joking about gos sip. A Jackson day dinner anecdote recalls humor on women and compliments, with a closing quip about churchgoing curing insomnia.
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Tiny Timothy
Father
Brother John
Nellie
Mother
Little Timothy
Grandmother
Eskimo Winter Home Described by Pocock
The Greenland Eskimo’s winter dwelling is a turf and driftwood dugout with a single window. A five foot high tunnel houses the dogs and leads to a large central room where a raised dais holds the family sleeping area. A hollow stone stove with seal oil and a wick lights heats and cooks.
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Greenland
Roger Pocock
Wide World Magazine
Startling Threepenny Bit Tale About Lavery Portrait
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recounts Sir John Lavery painting a shy girl when a threepence coin appears. The girl ad libs a lisped exchange about counting coins, humorously turning the moment into a lighthearted art story.
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John Lavery
London
The Sweet Thoughts of Youth
A wartime father returns to his six year old son who now whistling by a window. the boy remarks on happiness, and the mother gently notes he may have lost a parent. The father’s stern discipline contrasts with the child’s innocent joy.
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P’r'aps
Irl
New York Assembly Expels Five Socialists
The New York State Assembly voted to oust five Socialist assemblymen amid claims of disloyalty and calls to outlaw the Socialist party. The expulsions followed 22 hours of dramatic hearings with voting patterns breaking along party lines.
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Albany
N. Y
State Assembly
New York
Louis Waldman
August Claessens
Charles Solomon
Samuel Orr
Samuel de Witt
Sweet
Judiciary Committee
Socialist Party
Moscow
Orr
de Witt
Waldman
Claessens
Solomon
Margaret L. Smith
Elizabeth van 2
Gillette
Schenectady
Big Gun Wrecks Bridge in Transport Accident
A 10 inch army gun on a flatcar moving from Sea Girt proving ground to Watertown Arsenal tore away eleven iron pillars and nearly wrecked the Atwells avenue bridge over the New Traven Railroad in Providence. The gun was among eight on the convoy.
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Providence
Proving Ground
Sea Girt
N. J
Watertown
Mass
Atwells Avenue
End of the postwar spree eyed by Fed officials
Federal Reserve officials report the era of extravagance and reckless buying is nearly over. They foresee a possible price recession and a shift to a more hopeful view of the nation's business condition.
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Federal Reserve
Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Hayti Promotes Marine Corps Guard To Lieutenant
Lieut Harold A Miller U S M C receives lieutenant appointment in the Haiti gendarmerie. He has served four years as personal bodyguard to President Antequenive and is described as influential in Haitian circles, effectively termed the vice president of Hayti.
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Sergt
Harold A
Wilson to Return Treaty and Senate Clash Over Versailles
Washington reports a renewed Senate fight over the Versailles peace treaty and the League of Nations covenant. President Wilson plans to veto any peace resolution if Congress passes it, then likely return the treaty to the Senate within days. Democrats warn the plan risks entangling the U.S. with the Allies and paying for Rhine troops, while Republicans push for a no-amendment rule limiting debate.
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Congress
Senate
Washington
United States Senate
Wilson
White House
Germany
Rhine
House
Thales Committee
World News Digest Reports Turmoil Across Fronts
Berlin notes Wilsons Turkish proposal stirs interest amid Allied splits. Warsaw rejects Soviet armistice terms as peace talks loom. Berlin reports 20 million Marks vanished from the city to Essen. Atlanta lists President Wilson in Georgia primary petition but withdraws support. Berlin cites American aid plan as superior to the Council loan, emphasizing credits for food and materials.
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Berlin
Wilson
Teuton
Great Britain
France
America
Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Essen
Atlanta
Wison
Georgia
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Germany
Supreme Council
Cascarets Sleep Cleansing Cure Claims Quick Morning Relief
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a safe overnight remedy for biliousness and digestive issues. It links torpid liver and sluggish bowels to indigestive stomach contents and foul symptoms, promising a thorough cleanse by morning without the harsh effects of calomel or laxatives.
Politician Chides Easy Job Seekers For Government Posts
Senator Snortsworthy quips that some office seekers want no taxation of effort. A visitor recalls a man from his state who sought a government berth and offered to drive the senator as a chauffeur when told there were no positions. The Birmingham Age-Herald captures the exchange.
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Snortsworthy
Washington
Sam
Birmingham Age-Herald
Cuticura Talcum Ad Promotes Trio Cosmetics
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum as part of the Cuticura Trio Soap Ointment and Talcum. The finely scented powder is pitched for face skin baby and dusting use with perfumes and is offered at 25 cents each in all outlets.
Ada Asks For Letters From Far Away Adolf
A whispered scene shows Ada asking her lover Adolf to swear true love and promise she will receive letters from every town he visits on his world journey. She questions if his affection is real or just a collection of foreign postage stamps.
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Adolf
Ada
Diamond Dyes Color Card Ad For Fadeless Fabric
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes promising a new fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. It claims Diamond Dye can dye over any color and advises using the Color Card from the dealer to match materials.
Two Skating Ways Named By Boy
A family friend teases the son about fancy skating tricks. The boy replies he can skate in only two ways, standing up and sitting down.
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Sonny
Son
Freckles to vanish with Othine double strength treatment
A late 19th or early 20th century style ad promises removal of freckles with Othine double strength. The text urges purchasing an ounce from a druggist, applying nightly and morning, with a money back guarantee if results fail. The excerpt blends with wartime fiction snippets and old proverb-style quips.
Lift off Corns with Freezone Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Freezone for corns and calluses. It claims painless relief with a few drops applied to the corn or callous, then easily lifts it away from the skin. The tiny bottle is inexpensive and sold at drug stores.
Tongue Twisters Provide Quick Speech Challenge
A collection of amusing tongue twisters showcases rapid speech. Examples include glowing gleam growing green and six thick thistle sticks. Other lines feature mobs of sounds like flesh of freshly flying fish and two toads tried to trot to Tedbury.
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Tedbury
Grimes Jim
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Healing Pain Relief
An old Bayer advertisement touts Aspirin as a versatile remedy for rheumatism colds headach neuralgia earache toothache lumbago neuritis and general pain. It urges asking for Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross and notes box sizes and low prices.
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Bayer
Ady
Gulls of the Pacific Coast Species Overview
The Pacific coast hosts three common gulls the glaucous winged the western and the California gulls not found in the East. These white headed birds resemble the herring gull according to A A Allen in American Forestry.
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Pacific Coast
California
A A. A. Allen
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad From 1886 Toledo Ad
An old advertisement from Toledo Ohio offers Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a promise of curing catarrh and a money back pledge. Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co asserts the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any case not cured. The copy cites internal use and blood action on mucous surfaces.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Ohio
The Modern Rube and Stage Transformations
A quip defines a rube as a factory laborer convinced a farmer will sell food cheap. The piece juxtaposes a World cartoonish remark with a note on how real variety stage acts mutate into artistic performances.
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Hiram
New York World
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