The Latin Jockey Tricks Skeeter at the Midwinter Hop
Skeeter Lafferty faces a social trap at a prep school dance as Bun Walker and Monk Hanes scheme to pair him with Ernestine Shreckhire. Skeeter wins the coveted dance after Grainger’s girl accepts his offer, while his conspirators suffer embarrassment as Miss Shreckhire chooses Skeeter over them.
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Bun Walker
Monk Hanes
Skeeter Lafferty
Skeeter
Caesar
Morris
Sheeter
the
forest school
Monk
Grainger
Bun
gil Monk
Ernestine Shrockhire
Afonk
Ernestine Shreckhire
greg
Gralger
ily
Monk Hayes
finance
Miss Shreckhire
Miss Shreckhize
Shreckhire
Miss
wen
Lafferty
Mike
Vdike
Skeeterl
Inseparables Inane Pairings Highlighted By News Note
A New York Mail feature lists a string of paired phrases such as sweet and low heart and soul tooth and nail up or shut up rain or shine pro and con and other opposites. The playful item runs through multiple common expressions in a single column style.
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New York Mail
Fiery mishap and money woes in a playful exchange
A couple argues over a puzzled checkbook and stubs as the wife explains stubs track past values. The bride laments a burnt roast and a cost of 8 marks, then considers fire insurance as a quick fix.
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Pittsburgh Press
Sunipey
Closer Than a Brother in a Humorous Court Scene
A brief dialogue features a judge teasing a French count who clings closely to a woman, calling him the original plaster of Paris. The exchange hints at social satire and restrained wit within a courtroom setting.
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Mas
plaster of Paris
Birth of a Nation Noted Signers Age Facts of 1776
The article recounts the signers of the Declaration of Independence with ages, deaths, and lifespans, notes that the signing occurred after July 4 1776, and adds details on Mecklenburg and Harford declarations, plus definitions of harvest and hunter’s moons.
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John Hancock
Independence hall
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Lynch, Jr
South Carolina
Button Gwinnett
Georgia
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
James Smith
Pennsylvania
John Adams
Massachusetts
Wiliam Ellery
Rhode Island
Francis Lewis
New York
Arthur Middleton
Thomas McKean
Delaware
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire
congress
Great Britain
North American
Charlotte
N. C
Mecklenburg
Harford county
Harford Town
Bush
New York Sun
Basis of Charge at Barbershop Cited
The baldheaded gentleman complains about a cheaper haircut in a barber shop. The hairdresser replies that the charge is not for cutting but for the effort to locate the hair in his scalp. A light exchange from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reflects a humorous billing misunderstanding.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Heart's Desire Prisoner Requests Railroad Guide
Warden 41144 asks if the prisoner wants a library book. The inmate replies affirmatively that he would like to have a railroad guide, as reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
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ting
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NALKVER
Rice & Hutchins
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EVERNGAM - DENTON, MD
Dentonational Bank
T. C. WEST
Cashier
HARVEY L, COOPER
SAMUEL G. NUTTLE DENTON, MD
SAMUEL G. NUTTLE
Telephone Building
DENTON, MD
The Peoples National Bank
ALBERT G. TOWERS, Prest
T. F. JOHNSON
FRANTZ BROS
READING TERMINAL
Frank A. Munsey Co
BHE
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Sado
MISS SHHECEHIZE
Maryland
Harvest Moon
Selden
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