Angles and a Double Wedding Told by a Photo Fan
In1908 a young photographer sister Ethel teases brother Jack with a candid camera as he nears a promotion and a hoped engagement to Agnes Weston. Agnes breaks his heart, but a photo prank and a clever telegram lead to a planned double wedding with Dick Odell and Ben Drummond, all sparked by a playful camera angle.
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Jack
Ethel Deane
Agnes
Ethel
Tom
Deane
Goodby
Ile
Agnes Weston
Sle
Ben Drumfond
Bedford
Dick Odell
Darling
Ben Drummond
Drummond
Man who found purpose by sharpening knives and scissors
A man who believed he was of no use attempted suicide with a series of dull tools. After failing to harm himself, he realized he could help his family by sharpening knives and scissors. This act earned him love from neighbors and a happier wife.
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Atchison Globe
Asbestos Mining and the Fiber Craft of Mineral Wool
The article describes asbestos or mineral wool as a unique natural product not a silica or lime compound. It explains its fire resistant properties, uses in arts, and mining methods including hillside extraction and open quarrying with cobbing to separate fibrous from nonfibrous material.
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Asbestus
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Metaphysics Defined by Scottish Blacksmith
A Dundee Advertiser quip recalls a Scottish blacksmith defining metaphysics as the moment when the listener does not know what the speaker means and the speaker does not know what he means himself.
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Dundee Advertiser
Notched Plot Ends Real Estate Showdown in Town
In a New England village Lemuel Prouty, a long-time real estate broker, schemes to block a young rival Andrew Gray. He pretends to broker a sale, offers to share his commission, and then quits, leaving Gray to face no payment while the town laughs. The ruse ends with an advertisement: Not sold. Andrew Gray is gone.
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New England
Lemuel Prouty
Lem Prouty
Ding
Lem
Tom Connor
Tom
Bill Gardner
Eld Lem
Andrew Gray
Ahal
Ald Lem
Mr. Cray
Old Lem
Old Len
Justice of the Peace
Youngers
Mr. Gray
Mr Gray
Fragmentary dialogue on a young man and concern over his actions
A garbled dialogue references a Maybell's young man being restrained, with comments about him wasting gas and not working, suggesting worry over his behavior. The text is unclear and incomplete but centers on skepticism about the young man's conduct.
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Maybell
Pineules for the Kidneys Promoted as Quick-Acting Remedy
An advertising note claims Pineules are golden globules that act directly on the kidneys to relieve backache rheumatism lumbago and fatigue. A 30 day trial costs $1.00. The product is said to purify the blood and is sold by H J Moogh and C P Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Christmas Goods Reserved by Barrett & Co
Shop early for first choice at Barrett and Co new goods before the regular rush. Many choices are being made and laid aside for Christmas, ensuring buyers secure items ahead of others.
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Emerick, Barrett & CO
Boy's Eczema Healed By Cuticura Remedies Lesson
Six week old baby developed a severe facial eruption, later spreading to arms and legs. After failed treatments from skin specialists, Cuticura Ointment and remedies provided relief, curing the eczema in two months and leading to lasting improvement. Mrs. John G. Krumpp of Newark reports the results and advertises Cuticura products with pricing.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Mass
Telegraph misread prompts urgent maintenance at freight house
A message to the cub telegrapher stated foundation under freight house needs attention at once. On delivery to the general foreman the dispatch read foundation under freight house needs attention at once with a misprint. He replied feed the Hon and notify the tive stock agent, revealing a garbled response and confusion over the order.
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Freight House
Tive
The Pompous Man
Poem from Emporia Gazette lampoons a pompous man. The speaker mocks his self-importance and condescension, noting his grand bearing and vanity. A playful image of him slipping on a banana rind ends the verse.
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Emporia
Ivan
Spring Named By Child At Saratoga Log House
A tale recalls how John Taylor Gilman visited Saratoga and a Woodsman’s son exclaimed about a new spring. The boy’s banner phrase Why, the congress! stuck as the spring’s celebrated name, tying early Saratoga to its resort history. Also notes on Herzegovina’s origin and a quip about the word’s pronunciation.
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Congress
John Taylor Gilman
Saratoga
Runic writings of the North traces of origins
In Scandinavia thousands of inscriptions known as Runes exist across Sweden Denmark and Norway with scattered examples elsewhere in Europe. Scholars debate their origin once thought Phoenician but now often linked to an early form of Greek used by Black Sea traders around the sixth century B C.
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Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Europe
Scandinavia
Black Sea
New York
Come Home to Dinner Hoes Theft Folly
A Chinese tale has a farmer and his wife at dinner after he shouts in the field. She jokes that neighbors heard him and someone stole the hoe. He returns to the field and finds the hoe missing. He whispers that the hoe is stolen, a wry end to the story.
The Modern Shoot Ends in Frustration at London Club
The speaker quits, blaming rotten management rather than hunting conditions. He complains of champagne served in claret glasses and mocks the lavish oddities at the club. A punch line about a Nmith London Punch hints at scorn for pretentious mismanagement.
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London
Like Father and Son Echo in Curious Exchange
A Baltimore American quotation frames a dialogue about parental will and rebellion as a father and son mirror each other. The fragment features a visitor at a grand mansion asking a servant who resides there, with the reply indicating unfamiliarity. The garbled OCR preserves a scene of social inquiry and mistaken recognition in a formal setting.
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Baltimore
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