Little girl learns to punctuate in playful lesson
Returning from school a girl tells her mother she learned punctuation. The mother prompts with examples using a hatpin for a period and a buttonhook for a question mark, in lighthearted fashion.
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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1911
Page
15
Davenport Doctors Fall To Smooth Stranger Scam
A con man calling himself Dr Orris swindled Davenport physicians in a book sale scheme. He collected half payment upfront for replacement medical volumes, vanished with $800, and later moved to Dubuque and Des Moines before disappearing. Authorities report similar losses across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Orris
East
Dr Orris
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Dubuque
Des Moines
Increase in Chicago Lake commerce shows port gains
Chicago Lake commerce reports growth in the last year with 6155 vessels and 8 482 475 total tons entering the port while 6118 vessels cleared for a total tonnage of 8 386 635. In 1909 tonnage was about 500 000 tons lower. Key shipments include corn 40 626 100 bus wheat 9 171 503 oats 7 329 628 and flour 2 813 977 barrels. Also a note seeks a good piano for rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Customg
John C Ames
Thread Around the Finger Triggers Registration Reminder
A humorous tale recalls Bunker who wears a thread on his finger to jog his memory. He frets about errands in town and only recalls his wife’s request after returning home, discovering the thread was to remind him to register to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John—Smith
Buffalo Express
Bunker
Ada
Stephen
Suburbanites Favor Shabby Hundred-Dollar Bills
A New York bank teller recalls a trend where women hoard old soft hundred-dollar bills. She notes many depositories own autos and country homes, using battered notes as discreet, rustle-free safekeeping under cushions or in pockets, cards, or bags. The practice is seen as quiet and practical for quick access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jury Service in Dickens Time Dinner Time Debate
The passage depicts a Dickens era jury deliberation near dinner time. The foreman checks his watch and suggests an agreement, with most jurors agreeing to adjourn for five o clock dinner. Two holdouts prefer an earlier dine, creating a brief, light dispute before a tentative consensus emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
High Hats Bring Fat Fees in Brooklyn Parish
A Brooklyn clergyman serving near a large cemetery is repeatedly asked to read burial services for decedents with no church ties. He faces surprisingly large fees and has begun buying a house on installments. At a clergy gathering, he was jokingly accused of "living on dead men" though he admitted wearing a silk hat for strangers to secure higher fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
A Tough Boy Willie Smith Survives Train Run
Fourteen year old Willie Smith of near Coosa Georgia drove a mule team across railroad tracks as a fast train struck the wagon and killed the mules. He was hurled 70 feet into a corn field then found sitting up with minor bruises and no broken bones. The article ends with a grim note about his future potential with dynamite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie—Smith
Coosa
Willie
A Hard World Written by A Reluctant Author
A narrative exchanges reveal a writer’s frustration at lack of appreciation and a colleague’s bleak joke about a rubber world making business easier. The dialogue underscores professional strain and the absurdity of world changing options.
Hope and Food: Doctor Emphasizes Hope as Core to Happiness
A Harper's Weekly dialogue recalls a doctor noting that hope sustains life more than ready meals. He argues happiness hinges on hope, nine tenths of it, and warns against dispensing with hopeful attitudes even while offering practical nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippocrates
Galen
Harper's Weekly
Tale of Reign of Terror by M Lenotre on Baron de Batz
A review notes the English edition of M Lenotre's Tale of Reign of Terror, about the Gascon royalist Baron de Batz. It recalls his wealth used to sow distrust and cripple finances, contributing to the revolution's end, and recounts a brutal scaffold incident with a strong man who collapses when Nicole asks the executioner if she will be all right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Lenotre
Baron de Batz
Paris
de Batz
Robespierre
Menotre
Nicole
Monsieur
Light Attracts Customers for Haberdasher Shop Sign
A haberdasher on a side street between two main avenues rented cheaply and used a bright electric sign to lure theatergoers, who traveled those routes mainly because of the light. The sign drew traffic past his store nightly and raised his sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Birthday celebrant at Windsor Workhouse turns 103
William lead yesterday marked his 103rd birthday at Windsor Workhouse in Old Windsor. He declined a village walk, saying he preferred to stay home on his birthday. He rose at 7, received tobacco gifts, had boiled beef and vegetables for dinner, enjoyed tea with friends, and went to bed at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lead
Windsor
Old Windsor
Londor
London boarder proclaims husband to buy an automobile
A Chicago tourist in a London boarding house declares to a surprised audience that her husband plans to buy a car. She jokes about the type, saying there’ll be “our own garbage” once he makes the purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
London
State Institutions Greatly Expense in Illinois Report
Auditor L McGulloch's biennial report to Governor Deneen in Springfield details the cost to run state government at 7 653 023 for the period. It notes 1908 tax books show 76 618 957 88 and 1919 88 269 868 65 in taxes. Banking department data show 422 banks since Oct 1 1908 with 91 000 000 capital and 275 000 000 deposits. total bank investment about 90 000 000 on Oct 1 1910. Bond totals include 1 929 617 15 under 1866, 32 601 Gh under 1865, 4 699 775 under original 1865 act, drainage district bonds 2 204 408 07, overall bond total 8 866 402 60. Awards of 284 40 have been made from Nov 1 1910 for claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
ISIS
L-8
MfcGullouehs
Deneen
Springfield
Banking—Department
Theoult
Bad Habit Broken Up At Louisville Butcher Shop
A Louisville butcher known as Bill previously beat weights on the scales to cheat customers. After a customer demanded fair weight the practice stopped, and the man now measures with full weight. The incident occurred in a busy shop and drew public attention from patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Bill
Bhi
Louisville Times
Do You Help Others Or Lean On Supporters
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt urges readers to choose a positive attitude and work earnestly for success. It questions whether one stands alone or leans on others for inspiration and courage, and emphasizes developing constructive traits to gain life’s modest rewards.
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Philadelphia
A Rare Luxury and City Life Projections
A Minnesotan essay notes a rare luxury two pairs of suspenders as a symbol of status, not wealth, highlighting matters like inertia and absent mindedness. It also cites a French prediction that in a century most people will abandon urban living, using cities mainly for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minne- Aparis
Astonishment Turns World Upside Down
A brief exchange shows one man consulting an elder about hardship while another vows to astonish the world, but fate reverses the outcome as the world surprises him instead.
Fall styles in Pingree shoes for women
The note mentions Success Magazine and a dialogue about money troubles and a son at college. It references Pingree shoes for women and notes demand for cloth top button styles in patent leather gun metal calf and glazed kid. John Ded ick Go- appears as a tail end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
John Dedick-Go
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