Memoirs of Dan Rica Book Promises Laughter for All
The book Memoirs of Dan Rica by Marla Ward Brown is pitched as a humorous collection of jokes, caustic satire, anecdotes, songs, and sketches. 500 pages, illustrated, postpaid at $1.60, from Book Publishing House New York. Also includes brief humor items and medical ad copy plus various magazine snippets and a likely joke about kidney pills and comic cuts.
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Dan Rica
Marla Ward Brown
Publio
Dan Rice
Artemus Ward
Address Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
New York City
Pranks and Prose in Early 20th Century Gossip
A collage of short notes mentions a clergyman paying a dentist a nominal fee in exchange for a manuscript, Bancroft’s tale about a tolling feather and a future groom, China's infant emperor seeking nursing mothers, Berlin’s Unter den Linden as a grand boulevard, and England's aging pension cost projected at $45 million.
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China
P'u J
Eleanor Franklingan
Unter den Linden
Berlin
German Empire
Washington core respondents tell tale of Rep Brownlow call
A Tennessee representative Brownlow berates a White House operator during a tense call seeking access. The operator slips up. the exchange escalates with Brownlow demanding Trump either correct access or provide a reasonable alternate. The misrouting reveals a hospital name and prompts questions about control.
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wAt
Washington
Representative Brownlow
Tennessee
White House
Central
Brownlow
Spence
Mr. Brownlow
Government Hospital
Cam
Control
Picn
Coats and Shoes Bind Two Old Friends in Town Tale
Sam and Jerry, longtime friends, reconcile after Sim crafts a coat for Jerry who wears shoes Sam could not bear to see worn. They confront a shared love for widow Parsons, but realize their bond matters more. Jerry admits he made the coat and shoes, and the pair reconcile at the garden gate, choosing friendship over rivalry.
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Sam Braley
Jerry Todd
Jerry
Sam
Sim
Mfe
Parsons
Thomas Green
Mrs. Parsons
Mos
Jack
Terry
West
Shi
Vox
Sin
Boston Post
Cutiura
Charles Baker
Albion
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Masa
Uniform accounting urged for American cities
The American Magazine article notes widespread call for standardized municipal accounts. It cites New York Chicago Boston and Ohio Massachusetts Wyoming adopting stamps from the National Municipal League. Minnesota and other states push laws to require uniform systems, with findings of waste and lack of bidding in Boston and New York investigations.
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America
William Alien White
American
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Chicago
National Municipal League
Ohio
Good Government League
Massachusetts Bureau of Municipal Accounts
United States
Tipplers from Temperance Towns Spark City Drunkenness Debate
Police Commissioner O'Meara of Boston notes most arrests for drunkenness are visitors from neighboring temperance towns where prohibition shifts consumption to the city. They travel for drinks and return with longer criminal business in the police court, a national issue. Bishop Hamilton cites an anecdote from a streetcar scene to illustrate public behavior and prudence.
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O'Meara
Boston
Utica
N.Y
Fine Business for Jim and Poultry Payoff
A humorous exchange questions poultry-keeping returns. EF bought Jim fowls and eggs, but Jim eats the produce, while IT must pry for leep and buy eggs, leaving T uncertain about profit.
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Jim
Timidity in Business Persists Amid 1907 Panic Echoes
A bankers' view notes lingering timidity in the money market and confidence erosion since the 1907 panic. Call money remains cheap yet credit is constrained as banks redirect funds. Building trades show activity, wool prices stay firm, and cabbage and cherry yields are lower with rising wholesale provisions after a market shift.
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New York City
Bankers’ Magazine
Rheumatism Cured In a Day By Dr Detchon's Relief
The advertisement touts a radical cure for rheumatism claiming immediate disappearance after a first dose. It promotes 75c and 1 dollar bottles and free literature from the Dr May Laboratory at 543 Pearl Street New York City.
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David Hennedr
Maveron
Lassdownedy
David Kennedy
Onnre
N.Y
Detchon
Siberia
Dr. May
Pearl Street
New York City
Light Booze Do You Drink It
A minister's wife describes coffee addiction during nurse training and a recovery after switching to Postum. She recounts nervous tension and bilious attacks, then notes improved health after a year without coffee and using Postum as breakfast beverage.
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Hilda
Wollville
Anaconda and a Wary Wanderer in a Disturbed Night
A dazed man, wandering for a week, awakens in Anaconda and groans that the police will catch him again. A blend of misadventure and oddities, including ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure and a comic memory gag about forgetting to buy a piano.
Banquet Toast and Quips Show Temperance Tone
A toastmaster introduces Mr Ketchum A. Cummin as the final speaker, promising a strong finish. A Telegraph-like vignette from various papers shows whimsical exchanges about temperance and social banter, ending with a doctor’s aide amid a gymkhana inquiry and a bread poultice instruction.
Pronunciation and Usage of Chauffeur Across Languages
An observer discusses correct pronunciation of chauffeur and related terms. It notes varied readings como read aloud show pher and cautions against mispronunciation when borrowing foreign words. The piece contrasts the driver of a motor vehicle with the boiler and fireman in steam era contexts.
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Taian
Boller
Uiecas Nleien
N. Baill
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Evin E Pinkham
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Confessions OF A Clown
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Daytable
J. N. Smith
Chicago St
Buchanan, Mich
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Iowa
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Ife
London Globe
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Everybody’s Magazine
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American Tea Company
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Wales
Australia
Holman Day
New England
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Thomastown
Chesapeake Bay
Simeon Shibles
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Andrew Jackson
Esquire
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Harper's Weekly
Benvenuto Coellini
Kansas City Journal
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Tam
Philadelphia Ledger
Anaconda
Hall
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Toledo
Halt
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Ann
Bobbie
Judge's Library
Kemp
Paris
Peperfield
Druggista
Mra. Winslow
English Mercantile Marine
Temperance Gentleman
Tom Timkins
London Tatler
Ketchum
A. Cummin
Barney O'Brien
Thomas O' Bil
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Mfunyon
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