Elevator caper ties fate to young architect
In a Chicago style tale, Myrtle Mason and architect Homer Lincoln cross paths after an elevator malfunction at Old Mason’s building. The delay sparks headlines, a courtroom, and a courtship born from comic misadventure and fate.
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Feared for His Character In Slavery Era Tale
A Kansas City Star excerpt recounts Harry a faithful servant of planter M’Sam. After a fall day of drinking he collapses in a wagon, his son Job finds him and the planter helps by dragging the wagon under a shed. Harry fears being accused of drunkenness by his master.
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Kansas City Star
What Every Woman Knows in a Cleveland Class
A Cleveland teacher asks students the difference between a while and a time. A shy boy answers with a humorous line about a father going out for a while versus a time, illustrating a practical joke of language.
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Cleveland
Papa
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Young Woman Weighs Marriage and Children
A young woman tells her mother she plans to marry and have four children. After reflection she considers the possibility of remaining single, expressing doubt about having many children. The exchange appears in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Mommie
Allen's Toot-Eane Shoe Powder Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Toot-Eane antiseptic powder to ease shoes for dancing and breaking in new shoes. It promises instant relief to corns and bunions and suggests using the product for misfitting footwear.
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Winstow’s Boothing Syrup For Children Promoted
A dated advertisement touts Mrs. Winstow’s Boothing Syrup for children promising soothing relief for cough and discomfort. It claims to soften phlegm reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind. The copy notes a 250 a bottle price and asserts success with use.
Ambiguous Quote on a Dog Selection in a Financial Talk
A financial operator is asked what kind of dog he would pick. He replies a water dog, claiming it suits a food stock venture. The remark illustrates how a man's business may reflect his mind.
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Teffries
Saving Steps and Nicotine Remedies in Period Ads
Excerpts blend an 19th century travel note about a Gibson-But house near a station with a Harpers Bazaar quote on baby care and a Paxton Toilet Co. nicotine cleansing ad. It also features Goethe’s line about daily culture, forming a collage of era advertisements and quotes.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Blue ife water blues and friends warning
Advert sentence fragment warns against buying water for bluing and touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the blue that is all blue. It contrasts trust and friendship with a Garfield Team cure for indigestion and hints at romantic absence as a missed companionship.
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