Putnam County 1921 budget estimates filed for council
The notice lists aggregate estimates for the 1921 calendar year for Putnam County finances. Items include clerk of the circuit court salary and expenses, county auditor, treasurer, recorder, health, highways, jail, poor relief, school support, and various county offices with specific dollar amounts.
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Callendar
Putnam County Council
Circuit Court
Court House
Tate Ie Bee
County Board of Charities
Ole
Farmer's Institute
Ovendseroverercsevanens Coorg Dorare
Eus Func Abit Coiernnes
Justice of the Peace Bie
Cancesserveenigisais Oes
R. E. Knol
Putnam County Surveyor
Board of Review
Indiana
Nickel In Canada Reported Production in Ontario
The commissioner of crown lands reports Ontario nickel production at about 6 998 tons valued at 2 499 698 dollars. Japanese workmen are required to raise their caps and display an inscription bearing their employer and business name.
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Canada
Commissioner of Crown Lands
Ontario
Lincoln pardon tale from Mosby’s wife interview
A Civil War anecdote recalls President Lincoln meeting Mosby guerilla wife who seeks pardon for her husband. The exchange reveals the man’s good character, political naivety, and Lincoln’s somber mercy as the woman pleads and Lincoln warns of shared tears.
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Anthony Gross
Lincoln
Mosby
North
South
Mr. Lincoln
Look at Best Sellers and Marital Conflicts
In a father son exchange Wyran explains how best sellers affect marriage. He says women read for endless talking while men see kitchen neglect and hunger signs. A husband retreating with a crust of bread witnesses the myth of a best seller wife and the need for a cook book.
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Wyran
Papa Wynn
Wyzun
Jennie Ling Salutes the Flag at Castle Garden
A sixty year old tale recalls Jennie Lind in New York when the Swedish nightingale honored the U S flag aboard the frigate St. Lawrence. She sang The Star Spangled Banner to an assembled ship’s company and distant vessels as whistles and cheers rose in loyalty.
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Jennie Lind
New York
St. Lawrence
Castle Garden Theater
Everybody's Friend Jack Todger and the midnight call
Jack Todger, known for gratis repairs and odd talents, is roused at night by a neighbor seeking his help. A baby is upset and wants Todger to pacify it with his famous funny nose, after a day of odd tasks and testimonials.
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Jack Todger
Jack
Pastor threatens dire fate as sermon ends in mock arrest
An Arkansas Missouri pastor glare and shout during a service as he names John Stackpole. The crowd responds with an odd pledge while the sermon ends with a dramatic cadence and a hymn. The narrative shifts to a maritime simile about waves arriving and departing in grand fashion.
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Missouri
John Stackpole
A Humorous Paris Dining Misunderstanding
A tale recalls four British tourists who order dinner in a Paris restaurant and angrily reject French dishes. The waiter replies with cat soup, prompting a hasty departure as they learn quatres soupes sounds like eat soup. Another quip jokes that a married man’s Heaven is a place without his wife’s kin.
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Joffre
Paris
The Stenographer's Holiday Preparations Gone Awry
A busy stenographer vents frustration at a day spent juggling club accounts filing and programs while coworkers impose tasks. She bundles chores for the Fourth as Mr Gray Mr Nicholas Mr Vandewater and Mr Brown all intrude on her work before she heads home in fatigue.
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Mr. Gray
Xound
Mr. Cray
Mr. Brown
Maggie Moran Learns Labor From a Failed Six-Cent Bet
In a village exchange, Maggie Moran shows reluctant effort while her mother and Mrs Regan discuss her laziness. A penny-a-day incentive yields nine cents after two weeks before Maggie tires of chores. The old saying that older men know better hints at work versus ease.
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Mrs. Regen
Mrs. Moran
Magete
Mage
Why didn’t she A boy falls from a second story window
A five year old boy leaning from a second floor window falls into the yard but escapes serious injury. His astonished sister enters as relatives count pennies nickels and dimes given for the scare. He then jokes why she did not try it too prompting wary laughter and moral reflection.
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Gladys
David’s Fashionable Walk Home From the Hedge
David secretly polishes shoes and changes clothes to appear dapper courting trouble, parading past a hedge to visit a house, dodging his family with a longwalk tale and a request for his socks. He ends with denial and a retreat to bed.
Sweet Girl and Verend Discuss Silent Proposals
A dialogue reveals a woman noting lip movements reveal a fiancé's proposal when a loud wagon drowns his words. The friend praises her quick eyes while she admits she cannot see lips. The scene hints at women seeking rights by unconventional means.
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George
The Patient Mule in a Washington Star Mark
A kind-hearted woman questions Erastus Pinkley about his mule. The mule, visibly dejected, prompts Mr Frastus to defend himself saying the animal has kept him on the defensive for six years. The remark is cited from the Washington Star and Youth's Companion.
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Erastus Pinkley
Washington Star
Mr. Frastus
Cow Bunk in Straw Patch Sparks Farmyard Feud
A dispute erupts as Hogan claims a cow damaged his straw berries this morning. Patrick urges denial and insists the alleged cow belongs to someone else. The judge weighs whether there is enough evidence to proceed.
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Patrick
A Learned Lesson on Grammar from Teacher James
A short lesson defines grammar as the science that teaches us how to speak correctly. Jamies or Jimmie are noted as aliases in this conversational piece about language learning.
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James
Jamies
Jimmie
Uncertain dialogue on airship and sky pilot mishearing
Fragmented dialogue portrays a humorous miscommunication about men sky pilots and an aireship. The quip references walking morning bor and a missus, with a street corner tone.
The Difference. A Stage Antic Clippit Tale of Optimist
Sydney Rosenfeld wrote The Optimist a comedy that found success only after long delays. Managers read and rejected the manuscript until Rosenfeld declared its name’s meaning and a quip about eye doctors versus foot doctors emerged in Karper’s Weekly.
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Sydney Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld
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