The Temple In the Woods A Tale of a Hidden Life
An old actor Eben Harrison lives humbly in a forest hut with a dog and a cat, gathering specimens for museums. His ward Mildred Brown ing discovers his poverty and urges him toward a dream of Shakespearean theater while he reveals a natural temple and a life close to nature.
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Annie Lyle
Eben Harrison
Simpsy
Tana
Mildred
grandpa
las
grandpi
Imogene
menhold
Dickens
Acadia Butter Brand Described as High Quality
The Acadia Butter brand is promoted as having every quality of flavor color and firmness required in a high grade butter highlighting its superior characteristics and desirability for consumers.
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Acadia
Beriberi and Harakiri Confusion in a City Tale
A Philadelphia Record item records a humorous exchange among friends about beriberi and harakiri. They debate whether beriberi is a disease or a method of self destruction, and whether harakiri is the act or the term, concluding with back-and-forth corrections.
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Point Breeze
beriberi
Philadelphia Record
Just Before the Spanking In a New York Times fragment
A back and forth between a father and son ponders chicken origins. The boy asks if a chicken comes from an egg and if an egg comes from a chicken. The father interrupts, and the boy trails off with a quip about sitting on a heated egg, noting it must hurt.
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New York Times
Picture in parlor priced high in old town
In a rough dialogue a craftsman laments that even secondhand pictures cost £500, deciding to abandon plans for a parlor portrait and instead hang mottoes like God Bless Our Home. The exchange, presented in dialect, reflects rising costs and humor from Pearson's Weekly.
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Jane
John
bla
Pearson's Weekly
The Best Way To Find Money
Old Teu Franklin extols the wisest product this country ever produced and asserts the best way to earn money is to earn it, a maxim attributed to Atchisop Giehe.
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Teu Franklin
Heroes of the Deep honor at sea legends of captains
A London Answers piece recalls sea captain heroism and duty. Captain Sealby of the Republic, Chief Officer Paterson of the British King, Captain Griffith of the Mohegan, Captain Deloncie of La Bourgogne, and Captain Craven of the Tecumseh are featured for refusing to abandon ship and meeting death with calm and leadership.
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Sealby
Republic
Paterson
New York
O'Hagan
Grifith
Atlantic Transport line
Mohegan
Needles
Griffith
ofd
Loodiana
Deloncie
La Bourgogne
Delonele
Captain Craven
Mobile
London
SUCCESS IN LIFE The Indebted World to a Man and Its Payback
The essay argues that society owes nothing for personal failure and that life worth is earned through market value. It condemns idle dreamers and speculators while affirming fair exchange: if a man offers valuable goods, the world will buy. otherwise charity should not finance useless items.
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Nfe
hlm
Philadelphia
MAKING A TUNNEL The Way Railroad Engineers Bore Through a Mountain
Engineers face steep mountains, plan tunnels with shields and shafts to hasten work. Electric light and ventilation reduce gas hazards, brick lining stabilizes bore, and joined bores form a single tube from portal to portal.
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Alen
American Lockmaker Hobbs Wins Open Challenge at Bank of England
A British bank drama unfolds as Hobbs, an American lockmaker, opens the Bank of England treasure doors in under an hour after entering the outer doors in seven minutes. Chubb, renowned for locks, watches defeat, then hires Hobbs as adviser to improve his own focus.
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Hobbs
Bank of England
Crystal palace
London
Chubb
tha
England
Europe
Dobbs
Nebbs
Dried beef and crackers mix up dry goods
An amused exchange reports Uncle Josh asking for dried beef and crackers in a downtown dry goods store. The clerk says this is a dry goods shop, and the man jokes that if dried beef and crackers aren’t dry goods, what are they. The quip captures regional humor via a Chicago News quote.
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Josh
tarnation
Chicago News
A Composite Product
A witty quip from Puck mocks marital roles with Mrs. Boggs praising a man’s virtues and Mr. Boggs retorting that a wife and family define a man’s character via a satire on traditional domestic expectations.
Training Grounds for College Players
The article quotes: “Do you consider a college training an advantage?” and answers, “Unhesitatingly yes.” It notes some of the best ball players learned the game on back fields, as reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Jets
voulsville Courier-Journal
The Poor Men. Public banter from Boston Herald
A fragment quotes the Boston Herald noting a girl who throws sly glances often hits the mark while a man described as easily bitten is labeled the easy mark. The lines reflect a witty, rough social exchange about perception and targets.
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Yee
Boston Herald
Question of Poles and Holes in Humorous Verse
Light comic quip contrasts national demonyms with wordplay. A child asks if a man from Poland is a Pole and why a man from Holland is not a Hole, prompting a punning exchange in a Cats humor strip.
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Poland
Pole
Holland
Hole
Insult At 'ed, Big Man
A fragment notes an exchange involving a large figure and insults. The readable portion hints at taunts directed at a prominent local man, suggesting tension but lacking clear names, places, or outcomes. Further text would clarify the individuals and the incident context.
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Frank W. Wagner
Federalsburg
Maryland Fire Ins. Co
Orie
BALTIMORE
Howard and
Lexington Streets
BEST STORE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hochschild, Kohn & Co
Howard & Lexington Sts
American Press Association
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Sam Weller
Monsieur Tonson
uncle grandpa
Mildred Browning
rans Weeeeaw 2 Bae
Acadian
Middletown Farms
Middletown, Del
School Board
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E. M. NOBLE
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Caroline county
Board of County School Commissioners
KING
Virginia
Baltimore, Md
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Burrsville-Anthony’s Mill
Mary P. Willoughby
Jas. A. Willoughby
Frank Murphy
W. N. Willoughby
R. H. PEALE
Judge
Salt Lake City
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