Vanity as seen in Jersey grocery stories
Former Governor Stokes recounts a Jersey tale where vanity exists beyond women. A small town corner store sells ladders, pearl necklaces, plaster, sauerkraut, and odd items with services like haircuts and horse shod in the yard. A farmer bought horse liniment and, days later, mocked the aroma as the sow admires her reflection in a duck pond.
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Stokes
New Jersey
Jersey
Abner
Philadelphia Telegraph
Women run new London bank branch for women only
The Kansas City Journal reports a women run bank in London a Farrow's bank branch with only a male messenger on site depositors barred to men. Five hundred women enrolled mainly for new accounts with hours longer than other banks and minimums of 25 cents for deposits and $25 for current accounts. Old George Kettle disrupted a telegraph office to send his wife back teeth to Dayton prompting laughter from staff.
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London
Farrow’s Bank
George Kettle
Trotwood
Dayton
Harvey
George
Kansas City Journal
Limited suffrage remark sparks debate in open window escape
A discussion on women’s suffrage turns pointed as one woman asks another if she supports suffrage in a limited sense. She agrees, defining limited as voting only for women as capable as their husbands in national decisions. The scene shifts abruptly when an escape occurs near an open window.
Own your money not it owns you says James Patten
James a Patten urges readers to take financial control. He notes society is already shaped by the people who supply essentials like coal ice eggs and meats, implying consumers influence through spending choices.
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James
Decline in Taxi Service Dignity Seen in City Burnout
The piece notes a drop in cabbie prestige as demand for taxis surges, customers clash with shortages, and drivers face snubs when unable to meet arrivals. It portrays a public mood of frustration and calls for renewed respect for drivers.
Church fair confession sparks modesty debate
An enthusiastic pastor rebukes lip service and praises genuine repentance while a young woman notes she earned fifty dollars at a church fair from kissing booths. The exchange highlights tensions between religious virtue and fundraising antics at a local fair.
Customer Compares Service to Silk Socks and Lace Curtains
A shopper complains at a store that lace curtains, silk socks, and credit requests were unavailable over successive days. The exchange questions whether the shop is a regular, reliable establishment. No further details or names are provided.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Aid Mentioned
Fragments describe Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming to soften gums reduce inflammation and relieve wind colic with references to bottles. The text also adds a proverb about a wolf in sheep's clothing being fleeced.
Man With Mental Illness Fires At Missionaries In Pittsburg
Jan Radokitch, a ragged man with mental health issues, fired twice at Frank Seala and John Gay as they left a Congregational church in Woots Run. Seala died from gunshot wounds to the jaw and temple, while Gay was shot in the thumb and head but survived.</analysis>
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Pittsburg
Frank Seala
John Gay
Woots Run
Skalas
Skala
Gay
Jan Radokitch
Mammoth Idaho irrigation project aims to reclaim 800000 acres
A Boise initiative launches a vast irrigation scheme to reclaim sagebrush land tributary to Boise in Ada county. The Boise City project plans a $18 to $20 million dam and 7 miles of tunnel in Sawtooth, 160 miles of canals, with water rights at $100 per acre and backing from Buhls and Kuhns. Construction starts this year.
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Ada
Salt Lake City
Tribune
Boise
Idaho
Ada County
Sawtooth Range
Boise City
Buhls
Kuhns
Pullman Berth Rates Slashed. Upper and Lower Beds Unequal
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled Pullman charges for upper and lower berths unjust and unreasonable and ordered differential pricing in several cases. Pullman rates from Chicago to the Pacific coast are reduced. In Philadelphia two Chinamen were murdered and a third fatally wounded in the Chinese quarter. The dead include Chu Nong, 62, a storekeeper, member of Hip Sing Yong. The identified injured man is G Jong Sing.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
Hip Sing Yong
Chu Nong
G. Jong Sing
Minister Fletcher’s Cure for Indigestion Reported
A Rutherford Tennessee minister, Rev. A J Fletcher, attests that Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin relieved his longstanding indigestion after trying many remedies. The ad claims 20 years on the market, 50 cent to $1 per bottle, and a free trial offer mailed to homes prepaid. It encourages writing to Dr W B Sewell at Caldwell Building Monticello.
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A. J. Fletcher
Rutherford
Calswell
A. J. Fletche
The Large Way and Morgan’s Subways
A broker recalls J Pierpont Morgan’s vast wealth. Morgan offered 100 million to build New York subways. He jokes on wealth, noting a mutual friend's death and underestimations of fortune.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Mr. Morgan
Metroplitan
Fifth Avenue
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Sick Kidneys
Delay harms kidneys and the whole body says Mrs. M. A. Jenkins of Quanah Texas. She was near death with swelling and dropsy but Doan's Kidney Pills saved her life and gave back strength. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York. A light moral about generous men ends the ad.
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Bright
Dean
M. A. Jenkins
Quanah
Texas
Doan
Dean's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Dynamite blast in Portland cottage injures two women
In Lents suburb, a dynamite explosion under a cottage bed hurled Mrs. Agnes Ellsworth and Mrs. Margaret Smoke from their sleep. Both escaped with slight bruises. The motive is unknown. Mrs Smoke suspects a deadly attempt, and her husband is in custody.
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Portland
Ore
Lents
Agnes Ellsworth
Margaret Smoke
Railroad Bill Becomes Privileged in Both Houses
Washington reports Congress places priority on the administration railroad bill. Differences between regular and insurgent Republicans spark conflict while Democrats await any advantageous outcome. Until the measure passes, speculation on adjournment is moot.
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Washington
Congress
Algy Explains Salty Ocean Riddle and Catarrh Cure
A witty exchange asks why the ocean is salty, joking about salt fish. An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy from Toledo, Ohio, claiming a nation of testimonials and urging doctors to endorse it. A gag about a hearing loss woman ends the snippet.
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Algy
Algernon
Ahereford
Cheney &Co
Toledo
Ohio
Addie
F. J. Cneney & O
Drugevita
The
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