Calf Challenge, Easy Pills, and Tiger Tale
A veteran captain bets a drummer can eat a whole calf while a calf feast unfolds. The drummer finishes most, quips to bring on the calf, and wine follows. Also notes the famed Little Early Risers laxative praised by users. A China tiger story ends with a missionary wife witnessing the tiger devour their dog after a fatal shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. . Jowell
Houston Tex
Bob Moore
Lafayette
Ind
DeWitt
Grover's
City Drug Store
Insatiable Public and a Grudging Politician Debate
A dialogue contrasts a candidate's promises with public demands and a legislator's defense of being ready to serve. It highlights voter expectations and the tension between public desire and political compromise. A lingering joke about a cuckoo clock hints at unfulfilled work ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Local Tragedy Report
The column mentions Kodol Dyspepsia Cure promising digestion aid and nerve nourishment. It also reports the death of Mrs. Mary Shenski, age 82, who was killed near her Plains home after geese escaped and she crawled under coal cars. the train began moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shenski
Plains
Dr Dannedys Favorite Remedy and Doctors Cited
A fragmented notice cites Dr. Dannedys favored remedy and doctors including Dr David Romex and Dr David Kennedys claiming cures for stomach troubles. The readable lines suggest a medical cure claim and practitioner names without detailed context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dannedys
David Romex
David Kennedys
END OF THE HACKNEY How He Is Worn Out In the Service of Society
The story follows a pair of hackneys named Bonfire and his mate worn by constant work to please the rich. Bonfire loses form from years of labor on the street pulling carriages, muscles stiffen, and he can no longer perform. They are finally retired from service, worn out and discarded like old gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewell Ford
House of Jerry
Benfire
Bardolph
Bonfire
Mrs. Jerry
Boutfire
Postal oddities and misaddressed mail in historical notes
The piece notes chronic postal revenue deficits since 1835 and the frequent misaddressing of letters. It recalls Benjamin Franklin boasting universal weekly mail and describes foreign mail sent without prepaid postage that leads to recipient charges. It also mentions Chicago post office records of 280 spellings for the city name, including Zizazo and Chachicho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Chicago
Work Done While Asleep
Cabanis cites Franklin speaking of dream aided tasks in affairs. Condillac notes finishing chapters after sleeping and waking with them complete. Sir Thomas Browne says he would study in his drowsiness as mind works better asleep.
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Cabanis
Franklin
Condillac
Sir Thomas Browne
Hysteria in Dogs Baffles London Graphic Report
A London Graphic piece complains that hysteria affects dogs as a modern ailment. It describes a pet that panicked, wandered endlessly, refused food, yet knew its owner, and another dog fretting after a railway fright. The piece links canine nerves to civilization’s overdelicacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Graphic
Work Planned Out and Compliment Turned Joke
A Kansas City Journal excerpt shows a wry exchange about influence and age, with a remark that a pleasant gentleman could become a father in law. Nurithh and Kandor discuss fashion and taste as a cameo of social banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fie
Kansas City Journal
No Cause For Complaint In Government Postage Claims
A Washington Star quote shows Farmer Corn tessel defending government dealings. He says he has been buying postage stamps from the government for years and never felt cheated. The exchange centers on distrust and public service in a light anecdotal tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Tessel
Washington Star
Humorous household chat about packing paper from poetry
A Mrs. Benham quips that her son used Longfellow poems as packing material, prompting her husband to joke the boy knew his business with a line about Excelsior. A separate gag notes Edyth’s endless engagements, with Mayme teasing about marriage plans gone awry.
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Longfellow
Benham
Change of Tune and Other Humorous Snippets
A collage of humorous dialogue and quips from vaudeville era life. Samples include a diva and manager dispute over terms, a playwright rebuffed after nine rejections, social satire about wealth, barber banter, and a Southern revival of a summer sun chant with race coded imagery.
Borough Council Debates Trolley Extension And Street Needs
Monday meeting with most members present discussed trolley extension delays and finances. Reports showed expenses for street work, police, prison costs, and pole inventories while a new Board of Health nominees were approved and plans for a fire engine were debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Doggett
P. G. Gallagher
Moore
Brennan
Moses Trantor
Hazleton Machinery and Supply Co
J. D. Myers
Frank McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Good Wills
A. O
Herron
Burgess Martin
Burgess
O'Donnell
Ward
Pond Creek
Brandmler
Carpenter
Fern Street
McNelis
Water Company
Walnut Street
McLaughlin
Markle
Councilman Ward
Sanitary Committee
Board of Health
Messrs
H. M. Breslin
W. JH. Deardorff
J. B. Hanlon
John M. Gallagher
Andrew Poisha
Fourth Ward
New School Boards Install Officers in Bazle Township
Bazle Township elects officers with John Baskin as president and W H Leffler as secretary. John Sharkey becomes treasurer while John R Sharpless is named solicitor at 100 dollars yearly. James Collins re elected truancy officer at 50 dollars monthly. Directors Sweaney and Baskin lead a politically split board with Democrats in control.
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Bazle Township
John Baskin
W. H. Leffler
John Sharkey
John R. Sharpless
James Collins
James Sweaney
Steiner
Fair at Laurytown Almshouse Aims to Raise Artificial Limbs
A fair will be held at the Laurytown almshouse on four Thursdays in June to benefit inmates Andrew O'Donnell and Patrick McCole who have each lost a leg. Proceeds from selling fancy articles are hoped to purchase artificial limbs for them.
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Laurytown Almshouse
Jane
Andrew O'Donnell
Patrick McCole
Dance at Krell's Ball hosted by St Anthony's chapel
June 1a social event under St Anthony's Italian and Tyrolese Catholic chapel banners. Krell's ball offers admission for 25 cents.
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St. Anthony's
Digestive Aid Kodol Promises Fast Relief and Tasteful Eating
An advertisement touts Kodol as a universal digestive aid that restores digestion and stomach health, enabling any food without rumbling and offering complete assimilation. It claims the product digests all foods and provides tonic reconstruction, with pricing for trial and regular bottles advertised by Grover's City Drug Store in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover’s City Drug Store
Grover
City City Drug Store
E. O. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Ill
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Freeland Tribune
DD. S. Buckley
Managina
Orrick
Freeland
Tribune
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Kuloang
Central
China
Gritty George
George
Philadelphia Record
Guena
Timsley
Jimsley
Nurithh
Kandor
Phey
Sol
Humor OF the Hour
Mayme
Edyth
Chicago News
Blobbs
Yonkers
Summer Sun
Atlanta Constitution
Jim
Louise FE
Hogan
Ane
Philip Brier
Drifton
Adam Sachs, Jr
Eckley
Frank McHugh
Jacob Zelstroft
Johnson
Dudley
O'Neil
Weber
Zalstroft
Lentz
Johnson and O'Neill
Plain Speaker
Sentinel
Tribune and Progress
Hazle Township
Ees Valley Railroad
Jeddo
Lumber Yard
Weatherly
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Philadelphia
New York
Bufffalo
West
Hazleton
Delano
Mahanoy Cuy Rhenandosh
Mt. Carmel
Buffalo
Sandy Run
Ticket Agents
Susquehanna and Sonvyskilt Railroap
Hazle Brook
Stockton
Beaver Meadow
Roan
Hazleton Junction
Harwood
Act
Oneida Junction
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Cranberry
Tombicken
Deringer
Unday
She
Ailem
Beaver Meadow Road
Bynday
P. R. RK
Wilkerbarre
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Pointe West
Jeanesville
Audenried
Traction Company
Luther, Smith
Broad and
Wyoming Streets
Wilkesbarre
Ashley Junction
Danser Rere
Wyoming Valley Traction Company
Wilkestarre
Court House Square
Ashley
Dally
Ashley Jund
Wilkesbarre Rt House Square
Huarteton
Re. Alvan Markle
G. W. Thompson
A. B. Harger
Ehigh Traction Company
Wispi
Cors
Hazie Brook
Bunsay
A. Markle
Copter Railroad
New Jersey
Liberty Treet
North River
South Ferry
Upper Lehigh
White Haven
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Scranton
Catasauqua
L. M. Bart
Gen. Pass
J. Resler
Maras
C. Nyone
Ulteat Neoney
Munu
Scientific American
Eiapeetee
Nowatehene
Washington, D
Wm. Wehrman
Centre Street
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