A Flattering Lily Prank At a Fashionable Boarding House
A stranger delivers a basket of lilies to the prettiest lady at a chic boarding house. The man claims the donor forgot to provide an address, sparking a playful guessing game among residents. The lilies are sold as six for five cents, leading to all ladies bearing lilies at dinner while men wonder about the ruse.
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Lily Vender
Detroit Free Press
China
Qua
Low Qua
Mme
Mary Garrett
Mis
Mark Hopkins
Frank G. Carpenter
Belligerent Owls Roost In Plainfield Barns Stir Local Fear
A plague of day owls disrupts John Mayer's Plainfield New Jersey home. After a nest is found, adults attack, crops are damaged, and the family rifles through umbrellas as defense. The scene grows more tense as owls occupy outbuildings and nests, prompting fear and calls to move.
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John Mayer
Plainfield
N. J
Mr. Mayer
Mayer
Owls’ Castle
St. Louis Globe-Disputch
A Strange Community in Amana Iowa Described
The Philadelphia Times surveys Amana Iowa a German Amana colony with about 500 inhabitants known for strict morals and communal living. It notes no saloons no social ears and no divorce among others while detailing dress, courtship rules, marriage rituals and the role of leaders like Christian Metz Barbara Heyneman and the system of shared kitchens across seven villages.
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Iowa
Daven
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Amana
United States
Germany
Christian Metz
Buffalo
N. Y
Ebenezer
Barbara Heyneman
Barbara
George Landmann
Philadelphia Times
Sage Visits Calais For Grand Southern Railroad Purchase
Uncle Russell Sage arrives in Calais to bid for the Grand Southern railroad and receives a town welcome. A hotelier’s son drives him about town, and Sage gives a generous ten cent piece that the youth will wear on his watch chain.
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Calais
Russell Sage
Grand Southern Railroad
Asl
Millionaire Sage
Russ
Lewiston Journal
Amateur Tourist Musings Spark Curious Phrase
A fragmentary note expresses a playful interest in hiring someone named Peron or to seek a tonal service. The text conveys casual curiosity and a light tone about showcasing a unique tone or persona.
The Times and The Tribune Joke Shared by Ministration
A humorous anecdote recounts Amos J. Cummings and a printer named Austin at a New York office. Austin notes honesty at The Times because an apple on his case remained untouched while at The Tribune he ate an orange left by a bay. The tale ends with a joke about flies at a dinner table and a line from The Jury.
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Amos J. Cummings
Austin
Cummings
New York Tribune
Times
Chicago News
The Last Good Night Stays with Father in Quiver
A father recalls nightly kiss rituals as five children drift toward adulthood. He pictures a future empty of echoes and kisses, finding comfort now in peaceful moments with his loved ones. The Quiver.
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Marjory
My Little Dog Pickle and the Desert Island Pact
A young man mesmerizes his dog Pickle to speak, revealing a murder plot and a desert island exile. The dog confesses a false tale to coax a bone, and ten years later they are saved when a boat arrives, revealing no crime was committed.
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Pickle
von Glaben
von Glabenstein
Ayanty
Leon
Neval
Tommy Bowles
Jove
Myrmidons of the Law
Ujiji
von Glabenize
Old Doe
the Times
Jemima
Bowles
Thomas
Desert Island
George R. Simms
Fifteen Thousand Lottery Windfall for Philadelphia Engineer
A Kensington engineer, 49, and father of five, won the Louisiana State Lottery first capital prize of 15,000 dollars with ticket No. 92,561 bought with a friend. He plans to invest in real estate and continues work near his employer James Medi craft & Sons. The story narrates his surprised reaction and the lottery’s draw timing, plus unrelated scattered anecdotes.
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W. H. Fisher
Emerald Street
Herald
Louisiana
Eighth National Bank
James Medicraft & Sons
Philadelphia
Iterald
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Blood Purity And Health
A testimonial style notice urges using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to prevent disease and malaria by cleansing liver and kidneys. It claims the product purifies blood, guards against bilious fever typhoid eruptions and disfigurements, and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists in large bottles for $1.00.
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Conemaugh
Johnstown
Damocles
Dr. Pierce
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Pirkle
Jong
Von
Littl Tommy Bowles
Mother and Wife
Central Park
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Aida
Kensington
Eastport
Randolph
Harbor Delute
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Spruce Island Point
Malloch
James Smith
Sydney Smith
Douglas
Wyndham
Smiths
Smith
James the Second
Duke of Newcastle
Ishmael
Oakes
Cor
Minneapolis
Hampton
Norristown Herald
Chicago Tribune
California Fig Syrup CO
Rancho
Scott
Caspar Nursery
Wow Bragg
FEY Beer Ton
Doe
Pension
Tati Prn
Galveston
WM. Buchan, Prop
Kirkwoo Hard Rubber Company
Cor. Market
Jones Sts
San Francisco
America
South
Dallas
San Antonio
R. A. Hill
Pres
Waco
Seoker Medicine Co
Chil
Prairies
Frank Leren
San Angelo
Bright
Hunt
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SOLS
Patacimtes
Meyer Bros. Drug CO
A. Blocum
Lexus Newspaper Union
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Real Economy
Istweevox
MM Andover
Mta
Spechwen
Palmer & Rey
Tyne
Strand
Gabeee
Texas Newspaper Union
Ils Strand
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