Thanksgiving Reconciliation Turns to Family Home
Dick Waring and Linda Mills invite Uncle Henry to share Thanksgiving at their home after misunderstanding and estrangement. Uncle Henry, moved by their gesture, reconciles as the couple proves capable of managing with love. A meal becomes the bridge to renewed family ties and a possible shared future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Henry
Jimmy
Linda
Clement Street
Mary Michens
William
Henry Waring
Envy
Makes Brave Men Cowards After Bombardment
The piece argues that even harmless shell bursts can demoralize troops. It describes how survivors suffer lasting neurophysical effects, with brain and spinal injuries from explosive shocks. It notes similar outcomes in railway collisions, branding mental injuries of explosives as real, physical trauma.
Fortune Teller and the Jealous Lovers Tale
A lower order fortune teller in a dirty house attracts jealous suitors. A girl consulting her learns the man she loves will not marry her. The hag, paid by both rivals, predicts misfortune and offers magic charms that soon lose power. The piece ends with a lecturer remark about ignorance and etiquette at a public dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
Chambers’ Journal
Obedient Tiger Story Prompts British Authority Praise
The London Globe cites a Lahore anecdote showing native trust in the government. A tiger escaped from zoological gardens and, after failed lure tactics, the keeper implored the creature in the name of the British government, and the tiger returned to its cage at once.
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London Globe
Lahore
Zoological Gardens
Invitation Accepted by Wallace Amid Rain Delay
Small Wallace accepted an invitation to a party with a playful note promising attendance if it does not rain. The message reads Dear Souis I will come to your party if it don't rain. The writer contemplates staying home if the weather turns bad, suggesting a lighthearted hesitation in the exchange.
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Small Wallace
Souis
Dellneaor
Real Tumbler Sighted at Circus
A witty exchange recalls a goblet of bone and a tumbler of flesh and blood seen by two speakers, ending with the answer that the grisly item was witnessed at a circus.
Inward knowledge of love and faith from noise and section
A compact reflection notes that outward noise gives birth to inward silence, and from division arises inner insight into love and faith, attributed to MacDonald.
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MacDonald
Alibi Clears Accused Then Leads to Odd Sequel
In York a respectable traveler visits the assizes and aids a highway robber’s acquittal by supplying an alibi tied to his London banker books. The prisoner is freed, but the banker later faces burglary charges in the neighborhood.
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York
Dick Turpin
Dover
Calais
London
L Hairy Furniss
London Standard
Stunted Oaks From Japan Grow Tiny Garden Trees
A florist displays glass bowls holding full sized trees grown from Japan. The trees are raised from seeds or cuttings, trained over decades, pruned and restrained to become miniature versions. The process concentrates life in a small space and yields slow growth before sale.
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China
Japan
Carlyle
Tiue
Montreal Standard
Don’ts for Smokers From an Old Dispatch
Don’t smoke directly after a meal the craving is strongest but wait a half hour to an hour. Don’t smoke outdoors in wind or cold as it is dangerous and harms breathing. Don’t smoke with the cigar or pipe at the mouth corner as it increases digestion of bile. Don’t frequently expectorate as it is unnecessary and harmful. St. Louis Post-Dispatch warns men.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Surprise For the Thief Watch Explodes Winding
Terr Hager, a wealthy banker, once guarded against theft with chains but later let guards lapse. A watch he carried exploded when wound, shattering the holder’s hands and destroying one eye, leaving Hager delighted at the ironic outcome.
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Terr Hager
Love and the Locksmith. A Harmony to Lock and Heart
Jimmie Barron ignores a broken lock and estranges his wife Nettie. After a late Chilvers business meeting, Nettie leaves home for her mother's. Barron pledges to mend, seeks pardon, and finds Nettie at her mother's door. They reconcile, promising to love and repair together, a joke on love and locksmiths.
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Barron
Nettle Barron
Jlimmie
Nettie
Chilvers
Jimmie
Mother’s
Nettle
Tle
Tie
Yale
Woompan
Shade
Darren
Jhannie
Mother
Diname
Jimone
Starfish gregariousness and a snoring usher tale
Fishermen note starfishes are highly gregarious and can cover acres, creating dense beds in tank corners where many lie stacked. Green crabs climb the tank walls, using starfish ridges as ladders, while starfish seem unfazed by the crowding. In a separate item a court usher, aged and loyal, falls asleep during proceedings and is reproved by the judge for snoring.
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Aquarium
Mike
New York Sun
Henie
Osher Jones
Tie
What Do They Cure Dr Pierce Medicines Golden Medical Discovery
A period tone ad explains Golden Medical Discovery as a potent blood purifier and tonic healing mucous surfaces. Favorite Prescription built to restore strength in overworked women, regulate functions and reduce pain. Claims non alcoholic non secret formulas with glyceric plant extracts and endorsements by medical writers. Pierces Pills aid digestion and bowel regulation.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Jon
Pierca
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The
Associated Literary Press
Diode Gio
Dick Waring
Linda Mills
Mr. Waring
Henry
Linda Waring
Dicky
Tinda
Linoda
Leury
Aaid Dick
Warings
Warlog
Love and the Locksmith
Clivers
the Usher
Dr. Bull
Mrs.s. Schoenberg
New York
N.Y
Corna
Pull
ALO Meyer & Co
Baltimore
Serlativo
W. Rl
J. Wilsorn
Purniture Company
N. Howard St
Wilton
Axminster
Brussels
W. H. FT. Wilson Furniture Co
Baltimore, Md
Mulberry Street
Geo. W. Kelley
Preston, Pd
Dearborn
Kelley's
Preston, MD
Henry Gastelberg
Lexington and Eutaw Sts
Lexington Warker
RSS Ee
Maryland
Europe
Pam
KING
Hammond
AYARS
A. K. Robins & CO
S. M. Sindall
S. Pratt St
F. J. Wright
Denton
Wright
HH. Evans & Company, Fruit and Proprce Commission Merchants
S18
Light St
Sints
Mullin's
Wilmington
IE Have
Bree
Scrapple
Willard H.thawley Denton, Md
Southern Transfer & Express Co. Cincorporated
South
Paca St
Harvey L. Cooper
J. Edward Douglass
Circuit Court
Caroline County
R. M. Owen & GO
Lansing, Mid
P. E
WM. A. Smith
Denton, Maryland
R. RR. Shull
Greensboro
J. Leland Hanna
Equitable Brig
J. M. Haymaker
Drintisss
Mall
Ridgely, Maryland
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