Shakespeare Birthplace Debate Sparks Frankford vs Holmesburg
A Philadelphia Record humorous exchange questions Shakespeare's birthplace, contrasting Frankford and Holmesburg. A chauffeur cites Frankford while an auto salesman cautions against mixing places, referencing Edwin Forrest’s Holmesburg actor home and Shakespeare Day.
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Damo
Damo Say To Another, ‘Do Come and See Me Soon. TI Live At the Avon
Frankford-on-Avon
Philadelphia Record
Installment Man Arrives For Debroke Visit
In arrears Mrs Debroke tells Mr Debroke a visitor waits in the parlor. He hurries to the room where the man has already claimed the piano, noting he is the installment man.
Useful League of Nations Fosters Global Food Reports
A 1905 league formed by Lubin now active with 89 country members issues food product reports three times monthly in many languages. The king of Italy donates funds and figures are converted to local currencies so farmers in France and the United States can gauge prices in francs per quintal or per bushel.
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Lubin
Italy
France
Cap'n Quips On Motorcyclist Near Miss
The speaker recalls a night ride on a French highway where a motorcycle courier tried to slip between two motorcycles. He explains the maneuver seemed fine until he realized the two bikes were actually a truck.
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American Legion Weekly
Daylight Quip About Mosquitoes Amuses Local Farmer
Farmer Corntessel jokes about training mosquitoes to work in daylight to keep Josh and the hired man awake. He muses on how waking hours could be better spent if insects were active by day. The exchange paints rural humor and daily labor concerns.
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Corntessel
Josh
Morbidly Suspicious Calendars Prompt Reading Habit
A fragmentary narrator notes a habit of keeping many calendars around the house. The dialogue hints at a morbid curiosity and urges the reader to read calendars as a substitute for other reading material. The tone is quirky and unsettling.
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Hiram
Illuminated rescue projectile boosts sea rope accuracy
The piece describes a new illuminated projectile by F G Hall of Philadelphia tested at Hoyeland, enabling rescuers to trace the rope from muzzle to end of its path. It notes night limits on gun use in rescues, and how illumination helps correct aim and guide those aboard distressed vessels.
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F. G. Hall
Iiladelphia
Hoy Teland
Vancouver
Boy fears burglar entry as he sleeps near window
A young North Side boy, Herman, fears a burglar would enter his home through the window where he sleeps. His mother questions him as he recounts a recent grocery store holdup and his imagination run riot.
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Herman
North Aide
Indianapolia News
Protect the Birds Prof Weed on birds and crops
Prof. C. M. Weed, eminent ornithologist, declares after years of study that birds are a potent factor in crop production and essential to controlling pests, warning that without them agriculture would be overrun by vertebrate and invertebrate pests beyond conception.
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C. M. Weed
Sketch of a Boy Artist Draws Mabel in Humorous Fashion
The New York Sun notes 13 year old GH Fredric’s talent for caricatures. He sketches Mabel with precise curls and dimples but adds a humorous final touch by drawing ragged shoes and a torn stocking.
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Fredric
New York Sun
Mabel
Breddie
Early Knock on Straw Hat in London Times 1799
The text cites the London Times on July 4, 1799 linking straw hats to mental folly in stage life. It notes fashionable young men in Bond Street adopting straw headwear, implying straw hats signify light headedness and questions how wearers could refute such a charge.
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London Times
Bond Street
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