Eighty-Third Baptist Mission Union Begins at Pittsburg
The American Baptist Missionary Union held its 83rd anniversary in Fourth Avenue Baptist Church Pittsburg with devotions led by Rev Emory W Hunt Ohio and a report on finances showing expenditures of 759823 21 against receipts of 467101 89 leaving a deficit of 297213 32 The session included remarks by missionary W H Cossum of China who opposed retrenchment and urged donors to consecrate gifts to God.
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Baptist Mission Union
Pittsburg
Baptist Missionary Union
Emory W. Hunt
Ohio
American Baptist Missionary Union
Fourth Avenue
Henry F. Colby
Qrihmaren
W. H. Cossum
China
John D. Rockefeller
Pictseurag
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church
Honest Lawyer Trails for Stove Theft Case
A young lawyer in a jail consults with a client charged with stealing a stove. The client offers ten dollars, or ten thousand, to secure defense. The lawyer feigns concern then proposes a bargain to recover the stove for his office, promising aid if paid.
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New York
Sanday Journal
Fishermen tell tall tales in Cardiff tavern
An American fisherman in a Cardiff hostelry recounts a vivid off Labra dor voyage and baiting with whales as a joke. The scene blends yarns with a dry quip about war time as a Spanish commander orders a bottle opened while an ink bottle is brought instead.
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Cardiff
Labrador
Alfonso
Philadelphia
Vigilance leader confronts a masked humorist in rope incident
In Detroit a vigilance committee leader seizes the rope end and demands, Have you anything to say. The humorist Weakly Tenplanks answers, Nothing, except you can't keep a good man down, while hinting at concealment of his identity.
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Vigilance Committee
Tenplanks
Legs
Detroit News
Theater Fire Sparks Panic Yet Patrons Stay Calm
Two newspaper quips recount a theater blaze during the third act. An usher wakes a sleeping audience member and calmly signals dismissal as the crowd exits without panic. The moment contrasts with social notes about public behavior.
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Yale Record
Dobson Debate Sparks Dialect Writer Theory
In the New York Advertiser exchange, Hobson derides Rob son as a poor speller, prompting Dobson to defend him and suggest he may be a dialect writer, noting the odd spellings and linguistic choices. The exchange highlights questions about talent, origin, and creative style.
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Hobson
Robson
Dobson
New York Advertiser
Unfamiliar Conductor Sparks Memory Clash in Chicago
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a traveler recalls a past acquaintance with a train conductor who did not ask for a ticket. The exchange hints at a prior familiarity from years earlier when the man was a brakeman.
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Billy
Chicago Tribune
Home Rule Board of Lady Managers Angers Family
A Chicago Record quip notes Joe aggravates wife and mother in law by calling them his board of lady managers. The lighthearted remark frames domestic friction as a public affairs pun.
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Joe
Chicago Record
The Blow Mentioned in New York Sunday Journal
A fragment from the New York Sunday Journal quotes dialogue about a blow that required a son to seek his father to raise the wind and notes the blow nearly killed the father.
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Father
New York Sunday Journal
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West Point
Miss
Phineas M. Barber
Mary Holmes Seminary
Béard
John Wanamaker
Queen Victoria
EaGue
Lake
Samuel T. Studdiford
Trenton
N. J
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Cuba
Wasnixetos
Globe Company
Cincinnati
Mercantile Report
Globe
Tribune Pub. CO
Axje
The
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AMER
Ely
Esnela! Tae
Tyme Ue
Indianapolis Journal
Animal Kingdom
Scribner’s Magazine
Durham
Blackwell's Ing Tobacco
Blackwell's
Dillon, Montana
Poindexter & Orr
Dillon
Montana
Davol Medicine Co
P.O. Hox
San Francisco
Cal
KR. I. Suearce
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Engelhorn Helena Business College
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H. T. Engelhorn, M. A
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