Fog and sea tales echo in old harbor tavern
A rough coastal tale unfolds in a gathering by the stove as Captain Golher and locals recall a fall 1869 voyage of the brig Sarah Ann through a dense sea fog. The crew experiences a near disaster, while farmers and townsfolk swap recollections of fogs aiding or hindering travel and farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golher
Charleston
Portland
Sarah Ann
Capt
Gother
Walsh
Dazice
W. G. Chamman
Maudlinity of Flustrated Songs by James Montgomery Flagg
A критique of popular songs and their sentimental themes. The author attacks maudlin songs about mothers and fires, mocks stage visuals, and notes how varying incomes influence taste. The piece satirizes art, consumer culture, and the audience’s predictable reactions to melodramatic narratives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Montgomery Flagg
Harlem
W. G. Chapman
Medium-Sized Journeys By Strickland and Gillilan
A comic pseudo biography of Ulysses mixes myth with satire. The text recounts the hero’s long journey home, misadventures with Helen, Calypso, Polyphemus, and other figures, and a final ironic note on heroic payoffs. It portrays Ulysses as reluctant, comic, and ever entangled with domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strickland
W. Gillilan
Theodore R. Ulysses
Hero
Penelope
Telemachus
Menelaus
Athens
Helen
Helen Game
Pat Crowe
Troy
Ulysses
Agamemnon
Achilles
Nestor
Jack Binna
Crowninshield
Thrace
Cyclopes
Polyphemus
Calypan
Early Experiences with a Ringing Telephone
An office boy answered a telephone for the first time and, unsure how to operate the device, shouted hello. The caller replied with a cryptic, humorous line, then followed with a grim joke about the boy being dead.
Ear Tube Cure and Opera Nap Exchange Tales
Fragmented OCR notes describe ear inflammation and a claimed constitutional remedy for Eustachian tube issues. The piece shifts to a Wall Street day ending with an opera nap and a quip about a rich chord. It then discusses Defiance Starch safety and efficiency, followed by a rustic joke about notches on a gun and a parasol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FJ Cheney
Wall-street
Patent medicine ads and quack cures fill a page
A jumble of health tonic claims appears with Lane's Family Medicine laxative tea, Castoria warnings, Hamlin’s Wizard Oil, Garfield Tea, and other herbal remedies. Anecdotes about streetcar problems and editorial quips mix with advice to mothers and boasts of self-control after anger.
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Lane
Aman's Religion Hinges on Golden Rule in Action
Aman's guiding belief centers on the golden rule guiding daily conduct, avoiding dicey judgments by measuring actions against this standard.
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Chariae
L -Dayie
Adams Valley
Carpenters
Darling
Mary Garden Barette
Heroing
G. Chapmas
Takoma
Cactus Sim
Detroit
Presa
Fxramine
Cresent
Mentile
Spoke Medical Co
Goshen
Romulus
Rems
Remus
Evanston
New City
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
D.jayne
Dodds
Guar
Western
Canada
Ce National Editorial
Ottawa
V. Serwett, i. Ing
Carters
Ene Iver
Douglss
Tinta
Ae ‘Aeolly
Et Peediak
Seine Cteaez
Basta Pen
Ratcma
Cascarets
Chas
H. Halpern
E. 7Th St
New York
Ravine
F. Wlu
Omaha
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