Pardon and Bankruptcy and Willpower Jests
A fragment shows a stranger seeking aid from a bankrupt man, Chicago credit lines, and a comic exchange. It also includes a motherly quip about husband’s drinking and a reflection on willpower and manners. The piece features brief vignettes of humorous anecdotes and social behavior.
Tommy tattooed calf to christen him a sailor
A July tale from Chicago Daily News recounts a father’s furious reaction as Tommy inks a baby’s skin to honor a sailor’s life. The father’s rage erupts over the briny vow as a barrel stave becomes part of the whaler’s rite.
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Tommy
Baby
Chicago Daily News
They Say Mazie’s Wealth Goes to Her Head
A snappy quip from the Chicago Daily News suggests Mazie’s new money has inflated her status. The Chicago Journal jokes she wears only imported military attire, prompting a playful jab about vanity and display.
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Mazie
Chicago Journal
Contemporary quips about reform and etiquette satire
A fragmentary collection of jokes and quotes critiques reform rhetoric and public service etiquette. Included are lines from Washington blur and Chicago Daily News style humor, with a Senator Sorgum quip on subordinate staff and graft concerns.
Minks Poised For Pro Level Golf Skills
The Brooklyn Eagle notes Minks plays golf with professional caliber skill and refuses pressure to work in hot weather, highlighting his exceptional form and strong resolve.
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Minks
Brooklyn Eagle
Taking Girl Forces Power Over Wealth and Books
The fragment describes a person taking control of another’s power and possessions including money and books, with a rival figure named Royal Maugualne appearing in the conclusion.
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Royal Maugualne
Fashionable Girl Plans Elope Then Learns Secret
In a dramatic social note the fashionable girl sobs that she planned to elope with their chauffeur to surprise society. Her mother consoles and reveals a newer tale that Ethel Gilder is warning she will elope with an airship pilot, a tip that reaches the gossip mill of Chicago society.
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Mamma
Ethel Gilder
Chicago Daily News
Grand jury deadlocked over corporate indictment apology
The foreman says the grand jury indicted the corporation men an hour and a half earlier but remains deadlocked on the wording of the apology that must accompany the indictment. The exchange occurs as the prosecutor questions the foreman about the delay.
Hidden Romance Dialog Sparks Across Family Parlor
In a tense exchange a young couple declares profound affection while planning to reveal their feelings to the father figure. The dialogue hints at risk and anticipation as they plot for a forthcoming meeting.
Inside Information and Mortal Confession
A Washington Star verse passage contemplates moral burden and universal confession, noting how people react with scorn and envy toward others. The lines reflect on human frailty and perception in a reflective, literary tone.
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Washington Star
Not Justified Frank exchange over nurse Fido case
Mrs Uppson asks why the former nurse girl left your employ. Mrs DeStyle says she whipped darling Fido unmercifully for almost nothing. The baby had not been bitten before the incident. Chicago.
Time value shown in Congressional quip by Sorghum
The Washington Star records Senator Sorghum reflecting on whether members of Congress fully value time. He cites the adjournment hour as a convenient topic for Hilbuster ing.
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Congress
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
As to the Prima Donna
The dialogue hints at a singer's voice and its pitch, with humorous banter about needing axle grease to quiet her screeching. The brief cartoonish exchange sits as a light caption in a Chicago Daily News page.
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Stubb
Penn
Tom
Chicago Daily News
Sunflower and quinine as fever remedies
A Spanish professor reports sunflowers yield a strong febrifuge usable as a quinine substitute. Historical notes cite Moncorvo in Paris and Russian use of sunflower leaves for fever relief. A Russian physician reports successful curing of fevers in many children using coloring matter from sunflower parts and alcohol extracts.
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Moncorvo
Therapeutical Society of Paris
Ita
Peru
Mexico
Noise Refugee: KC Man Lived 18 Years on Corner
A Kansas City man who resided eighteen years on a street corner where two streetcar lines cross became the subject of a feature on urban sound and riverbank life. Residents recall his routine, the crossings, and the denser afternoon traffic.
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Kansas City
Kerosene Odor Drives Animals From Homes
The superintendent of a dog and cat hospital notes animals detest kerosene smell. He recalls steam heating failing and oil stoves causing mutinous reactions, especially with cats. A neighboring stationer with an oil stove saw a cat abandon the shop for a steam heated flat, returning only briefly due to the odor.
Old French terms for billiard cue a Masse and Queue
The piece explains the original French term for the billiard instrument as Masse or billiard Mass and notes Littre’s note that Queue referred to the tapering striking end. It mentions Cowper’s spelling variant bil liard mast and the evolution of terminology.
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Cowper
Littre
Man Moves Near Trolley Noise Finds Sleep Return
A man sold his property, moved to escape street noise, and soon faced insomnia. After a friend urged him to return to the trolley area, he moved back and reported sleeping better than ever, claiming the noise was needed for rest.
Perfect Double of Senator William Alden Smith
Fred Ireland of Detroit, a house stenographer in Washington, is nearly the exact double of Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan. In Detroit both are familiar, with mix ups common. Speaker Cannon once rode with Ireland from Perry to Chicago and called him William Alden throughout.
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Fred Ireland
Detroit
House of Representatives
Washington
William Alden Smith
Smoith
Ireland
Cannon
Parry
Chicago
William Alden
Fragmentary dialogue hints at absence and scent in home
A fragment shows Mrs Rawler lamenting a long trip and Mrs Crossway noting the house smells of him. The exchange implies separation and lingering presence despite travel.
Evolution of cue and queue in English and theater lore
The passage traces how cue and queue evolved from earlier spellings and meanings. It notes queue as tail of a wig once written cue in English, reserves French spelling for tail at theaters, and assigns English cue to the billiard stick and actor’s signal. It also mentions the old form g or qu and a connection to the Latin quando meaning when.
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Quando
Coal reserves and consumption lifespan estimates
The National Geographic Magazine notes that if 1905 consumption rates persist coal would last about 4000 years, but with the past 10 years' rising use it would be exhausted in about 100 years. It is unlikely that consumption will slow soon, so 100 years is likely closer. real life of coal fields may average around 200 years.
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National Geographie Magazine
The Curious Case of Foozlehead and Milestone Menace
John Jones defends a bizarre dispute with Foozlehead over ancient milestones embedded in a wall built on his property. A county by law and court orders threaten fines and jail, with judge Tolty delivering harsh rulings, followed by a dramatic postcase street-level cover up.
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Jones
Theophrastus Fourlehead
Pelezole Villa
Footlohe
British Museum
Foozlehead
Foozle
Foosle
County Council
London
Dublin
Cork
York
Glasgow
Dundee
Foogle
Fooglehead
Foose
Jones Rell
M Tolty-Tolty
Snookem
Tolty
Lord Holty
Bent
Tam
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