Fremont Eagle Funny Slices From A Small Town Life
The Fremont Eagle notes local humor and social observations from 1914. A humor column recalls umbrellas, suffragette troubles, and a quip about longevity of water supply after a decomposed body is found in Fort Wayne reservoirs.
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England
Fremont
Fort Wayne
Quo Vadis Austria stirs Vienna as officer author sought
A feared Austrian officer published a biting novel titled Quo Vadis Austria in felin by a German house. The work paints a bleak future for Austria and targets army court and diplomatic circles. Authorities hunt the author, while his wife receives dried lemons and faded gifts in a separate divorce case cited in Armenian law claims.
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Austria
Vienna
Felin
Boston
Mass
Afra
Ashken Shooshan
Husband's Ruse Arouses Police In New York
In New York a man telephoned authorities claiming his wife was hanged. Police and two doctors rushed to Thomas O'Connor's home where he revealed the ruse, saying he needed a doctor for a supposed pregnancy complication.
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New York
Thomas O'Connor
O'Connor
Unconventionalities Quotable Exchange Sparks Barroom Talk
In a sharp exchange, Squinchley and Mr. Lingerling exchange jabs about wealth and reputation. A third party chimes in noting recent newspaper portrayals labeling Lingerling as a sport and confidence game, underscoring a night of pointed banter.
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Squinchley
Lingerling
Shelved Youths Dominate Evangeline’s Party Scene
The Bickleses host Evangeline for a Five Hundred club gathering that shifts from dolls to dancers as tall, confident youths fill the room. Rickles, ushered into a tuxedo, feels out of place among the towering guests as his family’s social experiment unfolds.
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Egypt
Mrs. Bickles
Evangeline
Rickles
Big Wife
Bickles
Gelf
Tam
Mrs. Hieckles
Parton
Chicago
Building a Business with Limited Capital and Advertising
The passage argues that starting a business with poor capital, location, goods, sales force, reputation, and advertising dooms success. It contends that poor salespeople and bad advertising hurt sales, and merchants blame advertising for failures, saying it does not pay them.
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