Pranks and Jobs and Jests from Edison and a North England Estate
A North England estate owner scolds a laborer named Mat for worn clothes and lingers over giving him a salvaged suit to mend at home. Edison is praised as a prankster for a long switchboard joke that kept a lazy operator copying AP dispatches for hours before the expose and a nose-tap with the same paper.
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Edison
Jim
Mr. Lasy
Associated Press
New York
Pearson’s
A Boy’s Essay on Clergymen Sparks Humorous Insight
A class of elementary pupils wrote about clergymen with a joke filled answer. One boy lists three kinds bishops rectors and curates and mocks the curates as thin married men who must do work. He notes a rector preaches longer sermons and becomes a good man.
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London
A Dreadful Analogy in a Courtroom Farce
A prisoner breaks into a fazor moment as the judge in a confused courtroom asks what is the matter. The man groans that he wonders how long his sentence would be if it matched the length of the trial. Harper's Weekly. No Price Limit For Brains. The Saturday Evening Post notes a young man with business talent will find work at high rates, making a fortune unnecessary.
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Harper’s Weekly
Saturday Evening Post
The Cause. Irving and Louise Share a Sweet Moment
Irving Washington proclaims the kiss the sweetest he has ever had while Louise Barkis jokes about face powder failing and confectioners sugar saving the moment in a playful courtroom exchange.
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Irving Washington
Louise Barkis
Irving
Perfume Sense as a Plot Device in Classic Tales
The article notes Dr. Andrew Wynter’s idea that every woman should prepare her own perfume though practical issues arise. It cites stories where scent reveals a culprit or heroine, such as a dispatch box theft in Diplomacy and the scent on robes that unmasked Yesdijird’s assassins.
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Andrew Wynter
Yesdijird
London Globe
Bids Sought for Four Wells in Winona School District
Sealed bids due by 2 p m Monday November 29 1909 for drilling four wells for Schools Nos 2 3 5 and 6 in Winona School District No 3 H R District Clerk Emmonsburg Nebo board reserves right to reject any bids By order of the Board H B Tuttle District Clerk Dated Oct 16 1909
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Winona
H. R. Detrict
Emmonsburg
Nobo
H. B. Tuttle
Board of County Commissioners
Emmons County
North Dakota
Devil's Gulch
Sand Creek
J. G. Pitts
Linton
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General Merchandise
England
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London Tatler
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Northern Pacific Railway
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Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
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Lorenz Schneider
Strasburg
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District Court
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Larvik
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Eto
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Register
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Dakem
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Wendelin Horner
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Martin Docter
John Docter
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Wendelin Schneider
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Stephen Lipp
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Ohio
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Omio
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Congress
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Lnton
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