The Coward Who Saved Jasper on the River
In Shickshinny on the upper Susquehanna a brave orphan named Curt Webb, known as the village coward, rescues Jasper Tyson and another boy after ice floods break a gorge and threaten their cabin shelter. Curt steers a skiff toward a floating tree to escape the avalanche, saving them both before dawn.
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Shickshinny
Susquehanna
Scrub Island
Vimagee
Squire Tyson
Jasper
Curt Webb
Jasper Tyson
Curt
Catawissa
Flowers Feel Love and Hate Like People, Says Scientist
A French scientist claims flowers possess passions akin to humans. Roses favor certain companions and wither near incompatible blooms. Helio tropes and violets show mutual sympathy, while pansies and carnations display warmth. A German writer suggests proving flower affection could imply they have souls.
Farm for sale with or without well in Hartford area
A Hartford lawyer recalls a farmer in a nearby town offering to sell his farm with the well for 700 dollars and without the well for 600 dollars, noting the anxiety caused by the costly well project. The farmer’s practical pricing reflects the impact of the new well on land value.
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Hartford
Waal
Cooper
Main Street
Milk Epidemic Traced To Springfield Outbreak
An 1892 Springfield Missouri typhoid outbreak linked to a milkman. Investigations by Professor W T Sedgwick tied cases to milk from a farm with prior fever cases. Waste from a tobacco field and manure tracked to farmhands' boots led to contamination near a well where milk was cooled before delivery.
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Springfield
Mase
W. T. Sedgwick
C. E. A. Winslow
Atlantic
Woman Tests Applicant With Ladybug Knowledge
The principal trustee of district No 16 interviews a young man fresh from coke for a teacher post. After dinner on the porch a bag with black spots crawling by is identified as a ladybug, and the trustee declares the man cannot win the vote if he cannot name it.
Promises and Punchlines in Hazardous Times
A column of fables and gibes opens with Arab versus Kurdish wit about lost legs and a cliff measuring prank. A French sailor vows a wax Saint Christopher if saved, then jokes about paying nothing. Another terrified man promises to eat no ham, adding a mustard caveat as danger passes.
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Asia Minor
Eople
St. Christopher
Paris
A Girl of Discernment
A conversation reveals Madge and Marjorie discussing Tilsie’s purchases including a watch, three suits, a fur cloak, Turkish rugs, a revolving bookstand, and author sets. They guess she will marry soon, noting the items were bought on installment and the husband will shoulder payments.
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Madge
Tilsie
Marjorie
Exchange of Compliments In Spare, Missouri
The village sexton also served as a grave digger and handy man. A local doctor, securing a higher paying post in another county, used the sexton to help move, then disputed charges for removing furniture and a contra balance. The sexton noted gravedigging has been slack since the doctor left.
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Eeaton
A Tale of Two Doctors
Dr Nash, famed for two heavy Westminster antiquities folios, faces critique from antiquary Dr Barton who spots errors and jokes about his being a justice of the peace. Nash answers "Tam" and Barton urges sending the work to the house of correction.
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Nash
Westminster
Barton
Tam
House of Correction
A Disintegrating Bachelor Club Teasing Ends in Breakup
A Kansas City Star item recalls a dashing bachelor teased by club members about marriage. To prove openness to matrimony, he offered to marry the club election pick, and each of nine women wrote a candidate vote in disguise. Result: one vote per member. the club dissolved and members turned furious.
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Bacheor
Kansas City Star
An Old Story Dinner Excuse Comes to Light
Spratts tells Bloobumper there is little dinner when he urges a guest to stay. Sammy Spratts recalls a planning dinner claimed to have occurred the previous evening, echoing what papa said to Mr. Taddells at dinner yesterday.
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Spratts
Bloobumper
Sammy Spratts
Home of the Mole Reveals Hidden Underground Life
A descriptive piece explains a mole’s intricate burrow system with a central chamber two galleries and runs radiating outward. It notes water pits for rain collection, tiny eyes, keen senses, and the remarkable fore paws used to dig. Fur remains clean due to smooth directional hairs.
March Bargains At Our Store With Deep Discounts
Look when you will and the like can not be seen. These prices bring bargains near the public. March days offer overcoats, suits, pants, and shoes at hard bargains. All-wool men and boys apparel marked down to low prices. Linen, damask, towels, gloves, buttons, and embroidery on sale.
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WM. T. Jones
Als
Queen Anne, Md
Food For Toy Dogs And Diet Tips From Outing
Overfeeding toy dogs leads to fat unhealthy look with foul breath and rough coat. A balanced mix works best: finely cut boiled beef or lamb necks, soaked bread with yeast squeezed out, boiled vegetables such as potatoes carrots spinach beans, occasional rice barley and oatmeal. Include the boiled meat soup, firm enough to scoop. One daily serving suits most toy dogs, though active nervous dogs may need more.
Sorry He Spoke on Elevated Train
A young matron rebukes a persistent ogler on an elevated railroad car. The man, calling his style fetching, asks to meet her and is sidelined when she identifies him as the caller who visits their cook Mary.
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New York Post
Nighttime pistol mystery sparks judge questions
In a Newark Nowa report a judge probes timing of a pistol shot. A witness cites the upstairs milk run and downstairs kitchen fire as timing clues after saying the room was dark and there was no clock. The exchange highlights the vagueness of the incident time.
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Newark Nowa
Glowering Bulls: Man Calms Wild Beast by Staring
Bob Meekin recalls a tale from London Answers about John Tamson claiming a human gaze can tame a savage bull. Tamson describes sitting inside a house, glaring through a window as the bull charged across the road and then backed off, proving the eye can frighten the animal.
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Bob Meekin
John Tamson
Bob
Caracrggan
London
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Hotel Avon
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Caroline County
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J.eowin R Cochran, JR
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Justice OF the Peace
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AID
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Ridgely
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Smith & Wright
T. W.smith
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Ynogy
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Kendounty Mutual Insurance
Dover
Delaware
John T. Carter, Jr
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