Pink Kimono Creates Night of High Society Gaffe
Warwick hosts a Manhattan party where a mislabeled pink kimono sparks a comic mix up. The item, meant for a Brunette guest, ends up in Yates’s hands and provokes a chaotic reveal as Stanton introduces his Nebraska sister Marjorie and mother, settling Warwick into the “illness of things.”
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Warwick
Stanton
Manhuattan
Owell
Mother
Yates
Eve
Warry
Trainor
Sac
George
Nebraska
Manhattan
Marjorie
Mr. Warwick
Mar—Miss Stanton
Glaciers in Montana Hold Grasshopper Packed Ice
A Montana glacier contains two foot thick grasshopper strata with tons of insects preserved in ice. Some theories suggest ancient migratory swarms were buried during a snowstorm, preserving the insects. Early explorers noted locust swarms on Rocky Mountain peaks, and western farming now reduces breeding grounds.
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Montana
Rockies
St. Louis Republic
Memorial Poem for Dean Stanley at Westminster
A historic poem honors Sir Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, dean of Westminster, noting his birth in 1815, Oxford and Cambridge ties, a 1868 appointment at Westminster, and his friendship with Americans. The verse expresses enduring spiritual unity beyond death and devotion through life and after.
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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Westminster
Issi
Rueby
Oxford
Dean Stanley
United States
Iss
Pocahontas Memorial Move Sparks Debate and Plans
A Pocahontas statue is proposed near her Virginia life sites with a four tablet base at Capitol rotunda reliefs and Gravesend parish records. The Pocahontas Memorial Association, led by William Ordsoay Partridge, aims to raise funds, select a site, and proceed regardless of congressional support.
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Virgini
Pocahontas
Avievien
Jhatestown Exposi Oita
Baslind
Gravesend
Washington
Pocahontas Memorial Association
House of Representatives
Kine Poovbatan
Poeohontas
Hter
Thomas Rose
Bachand
John Randolph
Rogie
Wis
Ciivs
Mtorid Ses
P.M Vis
William Ordsoay
Brueckner
Wil
Poenhontas
der Kimstolk Im Amerie
Rebbecca
Wrolfe
Thos
Virzain Indy Borne
Ve Elmmeene
Asa
Tie
Nathan Shale
Yale
Alexander Phamilton
Tranate
Columbia University
Partridge
Hamilton
Brooklyn
Grant
Union League Club
Mr. Partridge
Paris
America
Caring for Town Loafers in Sedan Kansas
Sedan Kansas built a loafers paradise funded by the public treasury to offer a pleasant place for idle townspeople to spin yarns and discuss state questions. The center street corner now concentrates loafing away from stores and sidewalks, reflecting small town life with retired farmers veterans and former officials.
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Kaineas
Sedan
Kansas City Star
Goss
Kansas
Simplicity and the idea of exclusive air in human contact
Fragmentary reflection on simplicity guiding judgment of people and mutual sympathy. The text suggests a link between a mean sought and the ease of connection, noting rare encounters with truly pure influences. The writer muses on shared empathy and the limits of meeting kindred spirits.
Odd Tales of Ole Bull and Turkish Tax Tales
A curious tale follows Ole Bull in Paris during cholera and Malibran. He wagers 5 francs at Prasenti's, wins to 400 with red, aided by Vidocq, then shifts to a piece on Turkey’s tax system where four fifths of produce and valuables may be seized for government revenue.
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Pie Consolidation Coal Company
Eckhart
National Pike
Frostburg
Orrick of Tile Company
Ole Bull
Paris
Malibran
Flo
Bull
Prasenti
Taille Becins
Red
Strainer
Vidocq
Turkey
Phe Md
Vearson
Katy Scandal and Isabel Echoes Across Time
The verse explores a scandalous Katy figure and royal echoes, noting repeated refrains about fidelity and reputation. It juxtaposes a Mary Virginian Caruthers quote from the New York Times about Isabel and aging, with hints of public curiosity and gossip.
Expose and Dissolve Corn with Thought Force
A New Thought mind cure vignette instructs calling forth a vibrational rate of 413 per second for soft corn and using a series of magic phrases to sear away the corn. The passage advises repeating a chant three times then a rising incantation to fade the corn from sight.
Athenitan Husband Returns Home To Sharp Tongue
A well known Athenitan arrives home around 2 a.m. after drinking. His wife waits at the top of the stairs and scolds him mercilessly. He goes to bed but hears her still railing in his sleep. She remarks that all women may not have to endure such conduct.
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Warwick
Billy
Brunette, Perhaps With Blue Eyes, Or Sray
Sray
Stanton
Yates
Rogers
Duanforths
Big de Veau
Rex
Kirk
Jones
Annie
Kansas City Star
Parasitic Clam Eggs Carried On Mothers Gills
The article describes clams carrying eggs on their mothers gills and releasing them when fish are present, or keeping them until decay if fish are absent. The larvae attach to fish for food, feed on mucus, then detach to form burrows on the sea floor, suggesting a reversion to an ancient parasitic habit.
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Bey
Quote on songs shaping nations and laws from Chicago News
A dialogue contrasts who makes a nation’s songs with who makes its laws. One speaker notes a famed line about song’s power, while the other jokes about evading laws but not music, reflecting a Chicago News voice on culture and governance.
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Green
Brown
Chicago News
The Price of Vanity
A wry quip from the Minneapolis Journal questions the fate of a lifeguard famed for forty one medals. It recalls the man sinking after falling from a launch under the weight of his honors, illustrating vanity's peril.
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Minneapolis Journal
Do Not Let Idleness Deceive You in Proposals
A curiously worded pair of quotes from magazines or cartoons comment on men and proposals. The lines satirize clever opponents and warn that giving today may cost tomorrow.
Village Doctor Refused Call Over Fees Facing Patient Pressure
A village physician faced a stern rebuke from an elderly patient who paid on the fly and complained he did not come when summoned. The patient asked why his money should count less, while the doctor admitted he had not collected any fees and claimed ignorance of the payment. Lipincott's Magazine refers to the exchange.
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Lippincott's
Hat dispute over view at stag seating noted
In a Philadelphia Press item, a man complains his view is blocked by a woman’s hat at a stag event. The woman retorts that he is getting more than his money’s worth, noting the ticket price and the hat’s visible value.
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Mada
Philadelphia Press
Is It a Felony to Hit a Man Who Wears Glasses
A child asks if striking a glasses wearer is a felony and if beating him when unprepared would be safer. The inquiry explores legality and risks of such violence in simple terms.
Steamboat Accident Retold by Innocent Youth
A humorous exchange from Judge's Magazine recounts a city youth describing how he lost his finger after being run over by a steamboat. The farmer's wife asks how it happened and the youth answers with a comically muddled tale.
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Judge's Magazine of Bun
Busybody phrase sparks debate in Catholic Standard and Times
A fragment from the Catholic Standard and Times quotes a public exchange about whose business qualifies as busybody work. The dialogue questions the scope of intrusion and interpretation of the phrase in everyday affairs.
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Catholic Standard and Times
The Camel Tale on the Straw That Broke the Back
A humorous note from Harper's Weekly uses a camel anecdote to illustrate a tipping point. The line about sufficient straw appears as a compact quip reflecting on excess and limit.
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Harper’s Weekly
Indigestion Joke Recalled in Boston Transcript Snippet
A brief dialogue between a shark and a whale comments on health with a pun about indigestion. The exchange attributes the problem to a hereditary trait traced back to Jomal’s era, noted in a Boston Transcript fragment.
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Jomal
Boston Trianscript
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