Ingenious Caller Delays Bedtime in Evening Chats
A humorous dialogue unfolds as an ingenious caller debates staying late with a hostess. They joke about sleep needs, recalling Uncle Packerton who slept ten hours, while observers note the late hour and plans to rise early for a trip to the north side. The mood blends light banter and sleep-longing.
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Denar
Napoleon
Tie
Uncle Packerton
Packerton
Css
Chicago
Thaily News
Prosecutions and penalties noted in varied 1910s items
The column lists multiple brief items including a prosecuting attorney fined for sidewalk violations, German students opposing foreigners, US cotton and copper trades, sparsely populated counties, an inquest on a little girl, carrier pigeons fetching high prices in Antwerp, and various European and technological notes.
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Germany
United States
Westmoreland
Enghind
Leicester
Antwerp
Bhutan
Thibet
Claude White
Sikkim
Russia
la Sotiete Des Aciernes de Donetz
Kansas
Joseph Smith
Utah
Bay of Biscay
Pulon Castle
Norman
Cape
Forest Reserve
Big Horn Forest Reserve
Wyoming
Francesca Lana
Silent death in stock wards reflects grim duty
A physician recalls visiting the home of a stock ward family in Chicago. He found a man near death and a wife calmly working at washing while the husband lay unresponsive. She later announced, John is dead, as the doctor asked about the patient.
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Chicago
Promisal
John
Laughable World News of Pleasant Incidents Shared
A collage of light hearted quips and jokes from various papers, including misheard conversations, social remarks, and comic exchanges. Items feature Miss Ascun and Miss Cintdles, a bohemian lover, a pawnbroker loan, and playful exchanges about pets, gossip, and domestic life with a dash of satire.
Insurance office row reveals age based denial
An elderly man aged ninety three argues for lower insurance costs as the agent cites age limits. The conversation touches on mortality and policy eligibility, with the man insisting on proving fewer deaths at his age than at forty. The exchange ends with a humorous aside about ducks and wet feet.
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Adnan
Ike
Divo reen Laplaained. Winks Most aiivarces and More Truth
Fragmented lines describe misheard phrases and playful riffs on language. The text references a show biz outlook and a character contemplating going back to Hoboken with a note of humor.
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Hoboken
Toledo
Comic banter and electrical puns in a chatty column
A humorous exchange parodies gossip about Miss Tabastos-Eyn and comic supplements. Quips compare news value to currents and voltages, ending in playful barbs about appearance and a wall crack joke. The piece mirrors early 20th century newspaper style.
Cure for locomotor ataxia praised in drug ad
A Cleveland Avenue resident credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing her ten year battle with locomotor ataxia and related nervous symptoms. She reports relief after starting the pills and remains symptom free for over a year. The ad promotes 50 cent boxes and offers free Nervous Disorders booklet.
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Williams
S. C. Weltock
Cleveland Avenue
Everett
Mass
Chelsea
Grape Nuts Promises Health Restored for Lice to Health
A Cola, a young lady, credits Grape Nuts with curing years of indigestion rheumatic symptoms and weight loss after trying various diets and remedies. She gained 10 pounds in weeks and says the food made her well, with Postum Co promoting the product and a health book titled The Road to Wellville supporting its claims.
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Phillin
Pye
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pkga
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Mr. Stubble
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