Stranger Seeks to Learn Lying From Squaw Creek Liar
A solitary man in Squaw Creek seeks lessons to become a top liar. He befriends Abijah Smallman who turns the scheme into a comic test of gullibility. The plan backfires as townsfolk are duped by a counterfeit bill and a staged mouth organ spree.
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Squaw Creek
Abijah Smallman
Brigantine Beach
Abijah
Parker
Lars
Jah Goodheart
Enos Fairweather
Mr. Goodheart
Bquan Creek
Dan Tucker
Abijah Smailman
Boers Mistake Wheel for Thief in Transvaal Tale
A humorous Transvaal anecdote recalls wary Boers chasing a bicycle at night. The magisterial party, led by armed locals, discovers the wheel has no human footprint, misreading it as a theft as they trail the strange contraption.
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England
Transvaal
The Man with a Pointer and a Traveling Jest
A sequence of vignettes shows a west man in New York praising cucumbers while noting a con game, an eastern man in Boston boasting a petroleum plan, a prairie cowboy mocking a Philadelphia tourist, and a rheumatic springs anecdote, all from a comedic column.
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New York City
Gotham
Canary Tale Teaches Kindness and Temperance
In a classroom Miss Clark uses a temperance story to steer David away from whisky after he admits loving it. He confesses his father buys drinks, yet vows to quit to help his crippled sister Flossy and bring happiness to their mother.
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David Donald
Miss Clark
Plessy
David
Flossy
Ptuess
Miss Chirk
Miss ‘Clark
Dome
Jan
Clark
Laura J.ittenhouse
National Advocuate
Physician Warns Against Alcohol Affecting Judgment
A physician at a club dinner reveals that even small wine consumption impaired his ability to work accurately. He chose rest over duty to avoid mistakes, noting a broader shift toward abstinence among professionals and the risk to critical tasks.
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Pho Physielin
Aftternoan
Holiday Goods For Christmas and New Years
The store promotes a broad holiday stock including family white fish, mackerel, herring and cod, assorted canned goods, dried fruits and teas, oils and varnishes, wines and liquors for medical use, fine tobacco and cigars, candies, and a large Toys for Christmas display. Emphasizes early purchases to secure low prices amid a sugar price dip.
Alcohol’s impact on brain and nerves noted by researchers
The Journal of Intoxication cites brain workers and thinkers confirming alcohol’s depressant effects. An elderly clergyman once urged abstinence before services to avoid spirits interference, while a public figure declined dinners claiming wine would harm him.
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Incbriety
Notes of Reform Pushes Anti Saloons in Erie
An anti saloon crusade forms in Erie Pennsylvania under the American Citizens alliance with Philadelphia ministers uniting across denominations. German and Swedish temperance groups join the reform effort as civic bodies press for liquor suppression. The effort attracts attention from reform organizations in Worcester and Chicago as petitions call for action against taverns and associated social harms.
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Erie
Sainte To
France
Department of the Seine
American Citizens’ Alliance 4
Philadelphia
Abstigenes Abden
Montresi
Lia
Folin
Eib
Sis
Rach Greantrattan
Object
de Strong
United Effort Tiust
Ers
St. Monica
Tres Soviety
Ranee
Mayer of
Chicaeo
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Kelley Island
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Zoud
Mic
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Geogia Bank
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New Orleans
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Dana Claus
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