Louise Doyle and the pursuit of a son in law
Louise Doyle, working as a confidential secretary at Delancey & Griffin, stirs her father John Doyle’s jealousy as George Shaw buys in at the store and proposes a future with Louise. Amid Bohemian weekends and dinner preparations, Louise saves money while John frets over class, marriage, and family ties.
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Louise Doyle
Delancey & Griffin
Copyise
John Doyle
Grovery
Doyle
al Waya
Lifa
Simpson
Louise
Tom Saunders
John
Mr. Doyle
Minerva Doyle
Sam
Savings Bank
George Shaw
Shaw
Mr. Delancey
Mr. Shaw
Taehier’s
Pinsehle
Bernhardt
Alglon
Br. Doyle
George
Delanney
Newport Palace
Mrs. Doyle
Rolla
India
Minerva
Humorous exchanges and puns from a bygone parlor chat
A string of lighthearted quips and repartee features characters like Cynicus and Hoax delivering bon mots on optimism, weather, engagements, and marriage. Witty snippets include a pessimist’s joke, nutty conversations, and a sailor’s or motorist’s banter set in a quaint social scene.
Grippy Giraffe and Camel Debate Quinine Cure
A humorous exchange from Harper's Magazine features the camel M. D. advising the grippy giraffe to take quinine for the grippe. The giraffe rejects the cure, calling the camel a witless deceiver and signaling skepticism about treatment.
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Harper’s Magazine
Cure for Conceit Outlined in Quotation From Detroit Free Press
A Detroit Free Press remark mocks conceit as a national ailment and humorously proposes cures. The speaker notes widespread pride amid prosperity, recounts trying another man’s occupation to reveal vanity, and concludes that conceit can be cured without cost by swapping roles and humility.
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Iit
Detroit Free Press
Park Attractions and the Superintendent
A brief feature notes why families visit parks, highlighting fresher air and beauty away from city life. It mentions cheerful prompts by Truthful Tommy and a popcorn note as part of the parkgoing experience.
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Tommy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Natural Movement Exercise Claims Health Through Subconscious Control
A Chicago Inter Ocean summary reports a former Washington public schools supervisor promoting a natural movement system. Relaxation, yawning, and involuntary motions allegedly align body and mind, improving insomnia, nervous disorders, and general health, with successes claimed in St Vitus dance, sciatica, and a U.S. senator's relief from nervousness.
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Washington
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Dolbear
Preyer
Darwin
Boston Dispensary
Boston
United States
Woman Farmer Miss Abbie Pfeffer Runs 40 Acre Indiana Patch Alone
Correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean notes Miss Abbie Pfeffer, lone woman in Indiana to manage a farm without outside help. She oversees 40 acres near Misawaka, handles plowing, harvesting, marketing, and even strawberry cultivation famed as Pfeffer berries shipped largely to Chicago. The former teacher, niece of ex Senator Pfeffer, keeps a tidy home and a fortified garden, choosing farm life over teaching if asked.
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Abbie Pfeffer
Indiana
Miss Pfeffer
Misawaka
Senator Pfeffer
Kansas
University of Indiana
Mias Pfeffer
Pfeffer
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Popularity of the peanut in the Carolinas and beyond
The Columbia State notes peanut names vary by region from pindar to goober and ground nut. It cites Virginia farmers prospering on peanuts, a Newberry dealer with 11 acres and a 240 nut roaster predicting 500 bushels, and claims about vines yielding up to 75 bushels per acre with good prices from 0 to 125 cents per bushel.
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Virginia
Newberry Observer
Lown
Helena
Columbia
Riches From Rubbish and the Industrial Value of Waste
A series of Dr. Lyon Playfair lectures notes how chemistry has transformed factory waste into valuable products. From garbage and refuse to greases, fertilizers, paving blocks, porphyry, bricks, cement, and sawdust turned into wood products. By products from the slaughterhouse yield medicines, soaps, gelatin, and oils. Cottonseed rising to one fifth the yearly cotton value ranks among industrial feats.
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Lyon Playfair
Census Bureau
Gastar
Milady
Sea Fisheries Unexanhenated Report Says Fisheries Improve
A Baltimore Sun reprint notes the 1901 Scottish fisheries report showing rising quantities and values. Larger boats work farther offshore, and herring fishermen, especially in the east coast, enjoy unusual prosperity amid enigmatic shoal migrations.
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Scotland
Fishery Board
Shetland
Carey
Baltimore Sun
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Joax
Pop
Blobbs
Jack
Grandma
Hardupp
Hicks
Hariuppe
Muggins
Buggins
Smething
Cholly
Miss Pert
Nobby
Martinc
South Carolina
South Caroline
Senate
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