Prohibition Jokes And A Burglary Tale From Two Papers
A comedic vignette from the Indianapolis News notes wives reduce their husbands pay for prohibition era spending, while the Pittsburgh Sun recounts a man returning home to burglars and learning his wife fired at the intruder. the other robber fled with a wounded associate.
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John
Indianapolis News
Pittsburg
Wealthy Blank near end of money and plans to economize
An acquaintance notes Mr. Blank, rich and near financially strained, told his son his finances require trimming. The friend recalls Blank’s quip that he would economize starting with his table, prompting a joke about removing the tablecloth.
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Blank
Houston Post
Yeast and Crimsonbeak Exchange on Bender’s Confidence
A Yonkers Statesman fragment notes Yeast stating he called on Bender and Crimsonbeak confirms. Bender reportedly granted Yeast entry to his confidences and into his cellar.
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Crimsonbeak
Yonkers
Lost Red Sweater At Dillmont Park Found
Public notice reports a lost red sweater found at Dillmont Park on June 27. Return to Tribune office for reward. An experienced stenographer seeks public work and can be reached via The Tribune Publishing Co. 29tf.
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Tribune
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Tribune Publishing Co
His Choice Cut With Half-Price Request
A butcher and customer debate a discount as the customer asks for about a 50 percent price cut in a terse exchange quoted from the Boston Transcript. The fragment highlights bargaining over meat prices in a casual ledger-style moment.
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Boston Transcript
Stranger at the smoker shares weary remark on states
In a smoky room a talkative man asks a stranger his origin. The stranger replies that no state feels different now, both are dry, and the moment loses significance as the conversation unfolds in a quiet, desolate tone.
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Mater
Perplexing Egg Complaint From Mrs Skiddo
Detroit Free Press notes Mrs Skiddo received six bad eggs in a recent batch and asks for remedy to make them good, reflecting a consumer dispute on defective goods.
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Detroit Free Press
Ambiguous Waiter Lobster Dish Sparks Exchange
A diner complains the lobster Newburg lacks sherry while the chef retorts that he never forgot himself. The exchange appears in the Buffalo Express.
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Newburg
Buffalo Express
Where the Family Man Carries His Trouble
A short excerpt from the Granite State News notes Dana Eldridge has moved his family back on the Neck while Mrs Eldridge’s health wanes and her mother Mrs Abbie Wiggins is also ill. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a Papalardo death scene with a revolver found upright.
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Dana Eldridge
Papalardo
Cincinnati Enquirer
Bolsheviks Fetter Liberty in New Constitution
Frank Comerford argues Bolshevik rule in Russia curtails free speech and presses mind liberty. He warns that the constitution bans rights deemed detrimental to the socialist revolution and mocks a top-down governance model while praising free press in the United States.
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Frank Comerford
Russia
United States
Congress of the
America
Lenine
Bolshevik Party
Free Russia
Western Newspaper Union
Misunderstanding the law of labor drives misery and crime
Quote attributed to Ruskin notes that most suffering and crime in Europe arise from ignoring the principle that wealth and food come only through hard work. The text argues people seek advantage without labor, leading to ongoing hardship.
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Clysized
Europe
Heaven
Ruskin
France to Raise Bread Price Across Nation
French minister of provisions Joseph J. B. E. Moulens told the credit committee that the government will lift wheat price to millers from 48 to 75 francs per hundredweight and flour to 91 francs, ending government subsidies. The two pound loaf in Paris will rise from 55 to 90 centimes and in the provinces from 60 to 66 centimes.
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Credit Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Training Little Citizens A Kindergarten Series Tale
A boy with ten cents learns why marbles cost more as trains run and coal is scarce. He discovers work to earn money, aiding farmers grocers and miners, and finally buys marbles while gaining a lesson that effort achieves desires. Public appreciation of kindergartens rises. requests for petitions and leaflets from the National Kindergarten Association are offered.
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New York City
West 40Th St
Sacred whiskers and sacred beliefs across cultures
The text notes whiskers as sacred in Jewish and Turkish history with rulers and followers treating facial hair as holy. Turks practiced post prayer grooming and ritual disposal of hairs, linking the practice to a belief that the hair aided a soft path to paradise.
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Paradise
Roundup at Bozeman promises high class Wild West show
Report from Bozeman says the second annual Roundup on August 6 and 7 will be the west’s top Wild West exhibition this year. More than $10,000 in prizes draws top riders, bull dogging, roping and horse talent. A special bronco busting contest features past champions, with entries limited to last year’s prize winners. The winner is billed as a world’s champion.
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Bozeman
West
Bubble in a Sapphire at the British Museum
A sapphire in the British Museum shows a bubble that appears and disappears with temperature changes. The cavity inside is thought to enclose carbonic acid gas under high pressure, becoming visible when the gas reaches its critical point.
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British Museum
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