Thur Friday Saturday Sale List Prices Read Like a Catalog
A fragmented grocery ledger lists bulk pricing and item by item costs for sugar oats macaroni peaches dried fruits canned vegetables coffee syrups cleaners soaps and household goods. The entry reads as a period price sheet with quantities and brands such as Libby Aunt Jemima Wyandot Crystal and Payne Farmers Pride.
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Virginia
Aunt Jemima
Payne Farmers’ Pride
Wyandot
Sail Soan
Romance and Reality in a Swiss Chalet Dream
Greta and Kate discuss a honeymoon in Champery a chalet on a sunlit hillside. Greta envisions romance far from New York while Kate cautions practicality and a life in London Paris and Switzerland reappear with Greta later choosing Paris.
Thought Reader and Pat Exchange Witty Medical Banter
A son of Erin injured in an accident is rushed to a hospital where a house surgeon explains the minor wound and contemplates its healing. Pat the nurse replies with a joke, praising the doctor as a thought reader who repeated his own words. The note ends by highlighting grafters in the spotlight and mentions Burbank.
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Erin
Pat
Shure
Lawrence
Kan
Nancy” Smith
Kansas City
Nancy
Josse
Baby name clash at christening causes family uproar
A proud father halts a christening to change his newborn’s name. The minister asks for the reason, and the father protests that Ebenezer is old, while a relative—Uncle Ebenezer—has reportedly married a much younger woman, prompting the dispute over naming.
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Benezer
Harold
Ebenezer the
Discharged butcher challenges market owner over meat cut
A dispute at a local meat market features a discharged butcher taunting the proprietor about cutting meat. The owner retorts that the man’s hand lacks the weight to weigh and retail meat profitably.
Beginning Young Prom Judge Sparks Social Banter
Mrs Gramercy questions if she guides her daughter well as Mrs Park praises her. A stuffed bull dog toy is noted. Jones mocks nature books claiming man is insignificant. The wife retorts a woman need not read pages. A farmer offers to buy her for a dollar, and the crowd jokes about value.
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London
Piccadilly
Ramsay
Greta
Switzerland
Mrs. Gramercy
Jones
Not a Substitute Frank Karelsen Anecdote
A Western city tale recalls Frank E Karelsen recounting meeting a acquaintance's daughter who explains a teacher is sick and there is no substitute, only a sick headache. The humor ends with a shy exchange about kissing and timing.
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Frank E. Karelsen
A Transaction in Shirtwaists
In a sharp market ruse Bloom and partner Levinson undercut rival Katzen by counterfeiting a sale. Katzen retaliates with a towering twelve cent offer drawing buyers, including Katzen staff. The plan backfires as Katzen’s workers buy back waists, exposing the scheme and threatening Bloom’s profits.
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Levinson
Mr. Bloom
Katzen’s
Katzen
Bloom
Wit Saves Home in Indian Raid Trade for Pony
A Kansas woman averts a raid by Native Americans by trading a family dog for a pony, then loses her pet but keeps her home. The tale comes from L V Roberts of Cottonwood Falls in his reminiscences.
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Topeka
Kas
L. V. Roberts
Cottonwood Falls
Mr. Roberts
Cedar Point
Chase County
Farmsworth Roberts
Kansas
Council Grove
Cottonwood
Roberts
Frogs as Food and Farming Facts From a Themed Piece
A historical exploration details frog farming in the Mid-Atlantic region. It covers breeding ponds, life cycles from eggs to market frogs, and the difficulties of the trade. It notes seasonal risks, cannibalism in scarce times, and predators like large fish, with side observations on other frog species and bird behaviors.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Louisiana
Great Lakes
Ives
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Our First Appearance and Time Divides in Ancient History
The text assigns 254000 years to human existence with segments: 78000 preglacial 100000 glacial 44000 pre-Neolithic gap 10000 Neolithic and 6000 since the bi verse period in Egypt. It also notes prohibition on funding goods bearing a crescent trademark.
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Egypt
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R. E. Knoll CO
Greencastle Commercial Club
Nwereee
Ewes
South Greencastle
S. C. Early Cash Grocery
H. B. Troyer
Putnam Electric Company
Frank A. Munsey Company
Mary R. M'Burney
Valais
Champery
Dent du Midi
Greta Duncan
Kate Sands
New York
Kate
Europe
Lucerne
St. Moriiz
Montreux
Jim Stone
Paris
Judge
Burbank
Madge
Marjorie
Frank A. Munsey
Howard P. Rockey
Moe Bloom
Manhattan
Iz Katzen
Mark Schefferlin
Ike Levinson
Saleman
Goldmark
Kattselau
Mr. Katzen
Mark Schefferin
Levineson
Wit
Hunter
Philadelphia
Winghocking Creek
Francis H. Herrick
Chic& Go Tribune
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