Good manners in marriage and a stray legal note
A piece argues that marriage does not excuse neglect of courtesy at home and urges fair dealing and civility to sustain harmony. It cites a Nevada case defining all in as near death and recounts a mixed up birth joke from Southport with twin and triplet confusion and a Liverpool identification dilemma.
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New York Weekly
Ve. Hennessey
Nevada Supreme Court
Southport
England
Liverpool
California Leads with bold engineering claims and relics
The itemized text praises California for leading in engineering feats in electrical generation and transcontinental projects, mentioning a large horseshoe pin ornament and a debate over authentic trinkets. It references Delaware and Pike County as points of comparison and notes a tomato harvest figure of three million.
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California
Californian
Japan
Demond Reef
Pike County
Ary
Delaware
New York
Rin
Beauty and The Beast Detective Camera Memoir
A narrator recounts buying a detective camera a year earlier and photographing a depot crowd. He fixates on a beautiful girl named Beauty and a plain boy dubbed The Beast, then follows the pair up to a mountain trip with friends. A summer romance unfolds with Miss Barnes and the ensuing marriage reveal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Haines
Fred Barnes
Fred
Mire
Miss Barnes
Red
Mercury and tonics cited in dubious patent claims
An old column repeats questionable medical ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure and similar remedies from F d Cheney Co claiming mercury avoidance and internal use. The text also includes mock dialogue about divorce, a joke on a stiff bathing suit, and a teething remedy claims.
Gift Not All a Gift in Crawford Anecdote
A missionary bishop recounts a Crawford story from Concord childhood noting how a silver dollar slipped through a clergyman box top, crashing amid copper. the boy, F Marion Crawford, was stunned and fainted as the family rejoiced at his generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Marion Crawford
Trust magnate flees banquet in 100mileperhour car
A trust magnate dives from a banquet table and orders his chauffeur to speed away chasing a escape from a suspicious observer. The toastmaster pleads for dessert as the fugitive heads toward the next state and a looming legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust
Foot care remedy advertised for swollen feet
An advertisement offers a cure for swollen hot aching feet. It cites Allen's Foot-Ease as the remedy from Druggists 25, with the claim trial package is free. Address listed as A. B. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wing Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Not Escape Thoughts Men A Thinking Being
A compact reflection on human thought as inevitable for men, noting that one may try to steer thoughts but cannot escape their inner process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Temple
Church density contrasts in England and Russia
England has 144 churches for every 100000 people while Russia counts only 65 churches per similar population. The note highlights a strong disparity in religious infrastructure between the two nations.
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Russia
England
Baby's Photo Sparks Humorous Quote About Holes
A grandmother's note accompanies a photo of little Margaret in a borrowed openwork dress. The girl exclaims to her father that the holes in the dress are not worn but born, prompting a humorous family moment captured in the clipping.
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Margaret
Harper's
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