Freeholders oppose auto reciprocity clash over cross state rules
The Association of Freeholders hears William L. Dill oppose a plan by A. R. Kohler to charge foreign motorists a monthly license fee. Dill warns against limiting reciprocity and urges Pennsylvania alignment to end differentiation between commercial and regular vehicles.
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Trenton
A. R. Kohler
Gloucester County
New Jersey
Association of Freeholders of
William L. Dill
Pennsylvania
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Kohler
South Jersey
Philadelphia
McCran
Western Union Telegraph Company
Walker
American Telegraph Company
Western Union
Belgian bond winner in 1907 lottery claim
A Belgian bond holder who bought in 1903 sought a 1907 lottery prize. the Antwerp visit confirmed a drawn number and a 200 000 franc bonus. An unrelated ad promotes Dr. Peery's Dead Shot as a worm remedy. Mention recalls M W Maury’s death in 1873 and a Virginia sailor’s quip to his son.
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Antwerp
Caisse Communale
Nafs
Maury
Great Marine Authority
Virginia
Julian Street
Army Man Praises Jaques Little Wonder Capsules
Sergeant Major G M Haney testifies to relief from years of gas stomach heartburn and vertigo after using Jaques Little Wonder Capsules. The ad claims each capsule digests 6 000 grains of food and offers quick relief from indigestion dyspepsia and constipation with a 60 cent package available at druggists or by mail from Jaques Capsule Co Plattsburg NY.
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G. M. Haney
Plattsburg
Jaques’ Capsule Co
Plattsburg, N. Y
Fijian Cricket Fits and A Haircut Tradition
A London Tit-Bits note describes long cricket bouts in Fiji where games extended for weeks and players wore pads on bare legs. It also recounts Esau the house boy with a jagged haircut adopted to match the Lomaloma A team as stores cannot supply identical sashes.
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Fiji
Esau
Lomaloma
London
Grandfather and Betty Visit Strawberry Patch
A grandfather and Betty visit a strawberry patch where he shares berries with the child. Betty notices larger berries and, after a moment, tells him she can eat the large ones too.
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Grandfather
Betty
Muses Dialogue Between Peggy and Glory
A short dialogue fragment features Peggy asking about a tree-toad song and Glory responding that such a tune is nature’s owed treat. The exchange hints at a poetic mood and ecological reverie.
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Peggy
Nervous and Half Sick Women Find Help in Vegetable Compound
Letters from readers describe relief from nervousness back pain and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Elmer Heasley of Youngstown Ohio and Mrs L E Wiese of New Orleans share improved energy sleep and well being after several bottles.
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Daily Pipe
Lydia E. Pinkham
Youngstown
Ohio
Lydia B. Pinkham
Elmer Heasley
Jackson St
L. E. Wiese
Louisa St
New Orleans
Lynn
Massachusetts
Clergyman Accuses Himself in Field Lying Gag
A Massachusetts preacher who once rebuked a workman for swearing chases a stubborn field. The worker mocks him saying the preacher told more than 50 lies, noting he claimed not to see the hire while watching him plow. The exchange ends with the preacher insisting he did not swear.
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Massachusetts
On to Him and the Cards
A husband vows to call tonight but only if he has the cards as his wife warns him. The speaker reflects that the greatest enemies lie within our own hearts.
Notable Coal Operator Shares Rail Tale at Scranton Banquet
W. S. Inglis, a prominent coal operator, recounted a railroad yarn at a Scranton rail workers banquet. He described a 12 mile branch line famed for its roughs and dirt and told of a traveler who quipped that his worst journey was over, replying to a joke about going to Hong Kong, China.
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W. S.inglis
Scranton
Hong Kong
China
Not Quite Sprout of Violets on Locust Trees
Tommy, four, and his mother walk the woods in spring to pick violets. A few weeks later they join friends for a car ride past locust trees in full bloom. Tommy remarks that violets are growing on trees.
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Tommy
First a man proceeds to lay off a garden
A short exchange ponders the process of laying off a garden with a quip about continuing the work.
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Motor Commissioner
Jersey
United States District Court
Rellstab
Ment
Camden
D. A. Loseulzo
Lawrence Palese
Dominick Palese
John H. Carroll
Charles
Ridgway
Joseph B. Daily
Wiliam Dischart
Charles Stahl
Thomas Martin
Gennaro Totorella
John Shuck
Ottmer Leiswinder
Herbert Shue
Charles Ricco
Easlestow Rynski
Julius Atbendorf
Anton Miller
Frank Ursky
Gilkyson
Adjutant General
American Legion
Samuel 2 B. English
Glen Gardner
English
First District
United States
Jay
Bureau of Child Hygiene
State Department of Health
Civil Service Commission
Bureau
State Bureau
Salem
Tsib Seuss
Hennery
Tennessee Onan
United Weights
Ander
Blackeye
California
Wasers
Barr
Long Island
Delaware
Georgia
Carmen
Maryland
News
Bocas
Cubas
Bccore
Dr. Peery
Pearl St
New York City
Army Man
Jaques
Lydia
Pinkham
Indiana
Elizabeth Reinbold
N. Pine Ae
Putnam
Superior Distributing Company
East 23A Street
Ecra
Jbc
Gend Itc
Butterfly Tinting Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Butterfly Tinta
Life Partners
Union of
Nature, Science and
the Farmer
Partnership For Life
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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