Maryland Folklore Tales From Johns Hopkins Meeting
Maryland folklore stories from a Johns Hopkins University Folk lore Society meeting include widow tales of hunting charms and witch lore. Crum of Frederick County described superstitions such as blood patches, silver bullets, and devil bargains, with a Baltimore Sun summary noting the oral lore shared about witchcraft and marriage omens.
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Maryland
Folklore Society
Donovan
Johns Hopkins University
Crum
Frederick County
Newcomb
Baltimore Sun
Three Tasks Break Off Proposed marriage in Brooklyn Life
A Brooklyn Life joke tells of a man who must complete three tasks to win a bride. He navigates umpiring a ball game, judging a baby show, and addressing a bicycle club meeting, then returns. The bride withdraws, citing his pugnacity and appearance, but forgives him after consideration, and they do not marry.
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Asbury Park
Jersey
Brooklyn
Peace Offerings Preview His Return Home
A wife notes a sequence of gifts from her husband including roses candy an expensive overcoat and palms arriving by messenger before dark. She reflects on his purchases and the augury of Olive branches preceding him, concluding he will be home by nightfall. The narration hints at a cautious modern married woman foreseeing her spouse’s homecoming with a mix of wit and irony.
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James
Martigny
Witty maxims on money and marriage truths
If money really talks, all it says is Let me go. A heart worn thin grows tough. Writer's cramp favors the stomach over the wrist. A good resolution is strongest at birth. A married man's idea of home comfort is a shirt not made at home.
Will you have this here woman to be yet lawful wife
Dialogue styled wedding scene with a humorous miscommunication at the ceremony. The groom stalls, the bride prompts the parson, and the exchange resolves with the groom affirming the vows. The piece captures rural wit and character through spoken lines.
A Doubtful Future for a Young Musician
A mother listens to a professor praising her son’s musical ear. The professor wonders if he will become a piano genius or merely whistle and annoy others. Washington Star humorously captures parental hopes and worries about talent and future success.
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Washington Star
A Tall Tale Of Birds Fish And Rabbit From A Log Cabin
A rambling tale recounts a long-ago misadventure with a single old rifle. The narrator describes shooting pigeons by splitting a tree limb, dropping prey into a brook, soaking clothes, and extracting a rabbit and a button from the vest. Humorous boasts end with the audience laughing at the improbable exploits.
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Wall
R. Wall
Eny Way
Guckooing Stag Night Tale of a Timely Bluff
A townsman recounts a stag party mishap told with humor about sneaking home before midnight. He pretended the cuckoo clock set the time, then humorously "cuckooed" the other nine strikes to cover his late return, narrowly avoiding his wife’s ire.
Deer Wag Tail As Battery Trick On Broadway
A deer suspended by its heels in front of a game store on upper Broadway wagged its tail, drawing a large crowd and police attention before the owner confessed to using a small electric battery wired to the tail as a trick.
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Upper Broadway
Broadway
Cincinnati Enquirer
Auto misadventure with Buzzington leads to wreck
A narrator recalls a ride in Buzzingtons new auto mobile, which he misjudged as safe. Traveling at high speed, they nearly collide with a tin-peddler cart. The car crashes, Buzzington is ensnared by a milk pail, and the narrator escapes with injuries while Buzzington admits his folly in assuming the vehicle ran with horses.
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Buzzington
It Was a Sparkler Little Susie and a Glass Eye
A humorous exchange recounts a child comparing a gem to a glass eye in church. The speaker reveals the object as his mother’s new glass eye, prompting playful chatter about its glitter.
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Susie
Gal
Thrifty Sylvanus Turtleton and the care of clothes
Col Calliper recalls Sylvanus Turtleton of Storkville Center Vermont who treated brushing clothes as an art. He brushed rarely, claimed new suits appeared due to infrequent brushing, and argued brushing wore out brooms and wasted time and money. The tale blends thrift with humorous self restraint.
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Col Calliper
Sylvanus Turtleton
Storkville Center
Sylvanus
Mr. Turtleton
Mr. Tarleton
Names Read In Ceramic Selection The Salesman Recalls
A chinware salesman recalls a customer who looked at cups and saucers and finally asked for items with specific names. She pleased him by saying she liked the varied names and wished for pieces bearing the names she desired, noting the current stock read I am and Jerry.
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I'am
Jerry
August Flower the largest sale in the civilized world
Question Answered notes August Flower as the largest selling medicine in the civilised world for indigestion biliousness and general malaise. It claims to cleanse the system regulate liver function and ease headaches with a few doses in liquid form. Also mentions Kodol Dyspepsia Care and One Minute Cough Cure with endorsements from various individuals and a note on New York elevated railway noise and park permits for autos.
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Joseph Emmert’s
Emmert & Burrell
Tribune
Pat
Tri-Weekly Tribune
United States
Avery Peader
New York Tribune
Daily
Weekly
Family names push to Van Woggelum heritage in Brooklyn
A Woggelum family reunion in Brooklyn urged members descended from Jan Van Woggelum to revert their surname. The event highlighted Dutch ancestry linked to Woggelum, Holland, as part of a cultural heritage effort.
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Jan van Woggelum
Woggelum
Holland
Brooklyn
van Woggelum
Poles recruited into British regiments for potential India battle
Eugene J Hall, post and publisher, credits Foley’s Honey and Tar with restoring his voice for a Chicago Central Music Hall lecture. Jablonski, head of the Polish National Alliance, says many Poles are being recruited into British regiments and sent to India to fight Russia if war occurs.
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Eugene J. Hall
Post
Foley
Central Music Hall
Chicago
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co
Jablonski
Polish National Alliance
South Africa
India
Russia
Kidney Cure Endorsement On A Little Known Fact
An advertisement proclaims serious diseases originate in kidney disorder and promotes Foley's Kidney Cure with a guarantee. The ad credits J Moogh and Wm F Jungkunz & Co. for distribution. It notes a royal commission under Lord Justice Walker examining a sharp decline of salmon in Irish rivers and the causes behind it.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Foley
J. Moogh
Lord Justice Walker
Pain Balm Relieves Longstanding Rheumatism in Germantown
Josh Epvaar of Germantown Calif describes fourteen years of constant pain with rheumatism and says Chamberlains Pain Balm provided immediate relief and a cure. He notes the product has not returned and that it is sold by Joseph Emmert, successor to Emmert & Burrell.
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Chamberlain
Josh Epvaar
Germantown
Cal
Joseph Emmert
Emmert & Burrell
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Will Have New Quarters With Modern Conveniences
The Fry block council rooms are being remodled by carpenters for Drs Caldwell Stealy and Firestone. They will move about April 1 to larger quarters with improved facilities.
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Fry
Carpenters
New Spring Hats Arrive. Grand Opening in New York Area
Ennxenca and Warner announce direct import of FE and W hats from manufacturers to customers avoiding middleman profits. Opening day Saturday offers a free hat brush with every guaranteed FE and W hat purchase.
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New York
Ennxenca & Warner
Thistles and global notes in a dated miscellany
Persia and France military ratios are given with emphasis on officers and men. Hibiscus Sabdariffa described as a jelly maker rival, and a two-part Volga dredge designed for canal transit. Spain labeled sunniest Europe, Gail Borden milk condensation’s rise with plants and capital. Scotland’s thistle origin tale ties to a Danish rash battle rash.
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Persia
France
Hibiscus Sabdariffa
Mechan's Monthly
Volga
Russia
Baltic
Europe
Italy
Spain
Gail Borden
Norwich
Conn
Wolcottville
Burrville
Borden Condensed Milk Company
Scotland
Limits of friendships in human bounds and divine pursuit
An essay discusses how friendship, though ideal at first, encounters definite limits rooted in human nature and the infinite in the soul. It argues limits arise from not fully understanding ourselves and others, guiding growth toward deeper development and aligning human life with divine meaning.
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Hugh Black
Why the restless drive behind ambition and fatigue
A reflective piece questions why youths tire themselves studying lessons instead of novels and why workers push to hazardous levels for excess gain. It asks why parents marshal themselves to grant polished but useless lives, and why some sabotage the brightest youth while others complain and still visit.
Batchelor's Reflections on Wives and Jealousy
A pithy 19th century quip from the New York Press on marriage stereotypes. It argues jealousy stems from distrust, contrasts male and female spending habits, and jokes that women rely on shopping for happiness.
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Burgington
George
Thrifty
Manhattan Elevated Railway Company
E. Hartgerink
Overisel
Mich
H.J. Moogk
North Carolina Pine Association
Virginia
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Forestry Department of
Wm. Orr
Newark
Dodd
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Loan & Building Association
Galena Avenue
Soldiers’ Monument
E. Mayer
Sec
H. J. Mooge
Aeton Railroad
Kansas City
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Peoria
Hot Springs
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Denver
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Chicago & Alton
Geo. J. Charlton
Illinois
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Mississippi
South Carolina
Pero
Batchelor
New York Press
THE
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the Tribune
Republica
Cleveland
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