Fair Means or Foul in a Bayville Rainstorm
In a Bayville suburb Helen Merritt loses a purse in a downtown rainstorm. Clayton Marshall helps, tracks her down, and returns the purse at the depot with a tale of pursuing honesty. The pair exchange honest confessions and plan to tell Uncle John, ending with a playful promise of later truth.
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Broadway
Rome
Bayville
Helen Merrill
Mr. Marshall
John
Clayton Marshall
Miss Merrill
Helen
Marshall
New York
Helen Merrit
N. Y
Ble
Cis Peroa
Mr. Mershall
Heilea
Uncle Jolie
Marshal
Uncle John
The Loves of a Violinist and His Fiddle Harem
Violinist Ysaye compares love to a sultan with a fiddle harem. He recalls an early attraction to a Guadagnini in Hamburg pawnshop, and how a diamond dealer helped secure the instrument with a bag of stones as security, effectively marrying his first love among the fiddles.
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M. Ysaye
Hamburg
Kites and Kites in an Irish Legal Quip
Mr Plunkett famed Irish barrister explains how kites refer to fraudulent notes in Ireland while in England kites are wind driven. Lord Chancellor Redesdale questions the meaning and receives the witty distinction that in England wind raises the kites whereas in Ireland the kites raise the wind.
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England
Ireland
Woman Climbs Chimney A Steeplejack Story
Mrs. Larkins wife of the London steeplejack climbed a 170 foot chimney at Allan's stack in Mile End London. She recalled the ascent as thrilling yet inwardly doubting any woman could endure the work or remain composed at height.
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Larkins
London
Styfe
Nelson
Allan
Canal Road
Mile End
Willie
Will
Britain Faces Timber Shortage Warns London Times
A London Times analysis warns Britain faces timber shortages as imports rise in value and volume from 1886 to 1906. It notes Germany and the United States curtailing exports, while Britain expands forest management in Scotland and Ireland. Forestry education expands at Oxford Cambridge Cirencester and Wye.
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Great Britain
London Times
Britain
Germany
United States
House of Commons
Olan
High Meadow Woods
Scotland
Inverliver
Areylishire
Ireland
Avondale
Wicklow
Charles Parnell
Ballyfad
Oxford
Cambridge
Royal Agricultural College
Cirencester
Agricultural College
Wye
Kent
Henry V cradle to be sold at Christie’s in London
An English late fourteenth century oak cradle claimed as Henry V’s infant cradle could be sold at Christie’s in London. It comes from the Braikenridge collection and bears Monthermer arms, with other notable items including a copper gilt ciborium, an antique mazer-bowl, and an Elizabethan tazza.
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Henry V
Christie’s
London
W. Jordane Braikenridge
Clevedon
Redland Hall
Bristol
Prince
Courtfield
Montacute
Edward I
Monthermer
Braikenridge
Pine Forest in His Bedroom
During the Emperor of Austria illness his physician used small pine trees in the bedroom to create a miniature pine forest. Virgin Oil of Pine, a pure preparation, is advertised to relieve cold and cough, sold in 0.5 oz vials by Leach Chemical Co. Windsor Ontario with mail order offer.
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Austria
Keral
Evans Earns Right to Call Himself Vice Admiral
A debate on bravery and valor surrounds Evans after his sea service in a fleet praised by critics. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the armor-piercing critic is a familiar force in naval history.
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Evans
Philadelphia Ledger
No Whiskey Available in Your State Questioned
A Southerner replies to a Philadelphia Ledger inquiry with a courteous denial that no whiskey can be obtained, stating that all moonshine is the issue.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Bickle’s Anti-Con Sumptive Syrup hailed as quick cough relief
Attested by many users the syrup is described as giving rapid relief for sore throat and disordered lungs. A bottle can save doctors’ bills and much suffering, priced 25 cents at all dealers. Curate remarks on absent husband across a comic exchange in London Opinion.
CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY PROMISES AND BETTING JOKE
Advertisement claims L X Native Bromo Quinine Tablets cure colds in one day with a money back guarantee from Druggists. K W Groves signature appears on the box. A Washington Star exchange quotes a blunt reply about attempts to prohibit betting, noting bookmakers bet on enforcement success.
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K. W. Grove
Washington Star
Mountaineer and Northerner Trade Pigs Joke
A Northerner riding through West Virginia asks a mountaineer where a herd of pigs is headed. The mountaineer explains they will be fattened, then the rider questions whether grazing is slow. The mountaineer retorts that in his world time to a hang matters little.
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West Virginia
Yaas
Mountaineer
Everybody’s Magazine
PILES CURED IN DAYS BY PAZO OINTMENT PROMISES
A Brooklyn newlywed couple narrates a humorous kitchen crisis as marketing delays leave them with an almost empty larder. The wife cries while the husband suggests visiting her mother, highlighting modest means and inexperience.
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Brooklyn
Harper’s Magazine
Persimmon the Derby-winning horse dies after career
Persimmon, the King's Derby winner foaled in 1893, died after a non cureable injury. He achieved public acclaim with a neck victory over St Frusquin, won the Doncaster St Leger after Frusquin’s retirement, and claimed the Ascot Gold Cup and Eclipse Stakes before retiring. At stud he sired Sceptre and several other stallions, with substantial earnings in service fees and progeny stakes.
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Persimmon
Ascot
Goodwood
St. Frusquin
Newmarket
Sandown Park
Sceptre
Duke of Westminster
R. S. Sievier
Keystone ST
Britons Form Global Clubs From Fiji To Bangkok
The article notes Britons form clubs worldwide, led by golf clubs. London lists 222 clubs with more than a hundred exclusive ladies clubs, while St James social life spreads to Chefoo Foochow and Beira. Major overseas clubs include Fiji’s Ovalau and Fiji Club, India’s Gymkhana Poona, Quetta and Madras clubs, and Bangkok United Club with 270 members.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London
Fiji
Ovalau
Levuka
Suva
St. James’s
Chefoo
Foochow
China
Kuching
Borneo
Taiping
Straits Settlements
Beira
Mozambique
Nagasaki
Japan
India
Madras
Quetta
Poona
Benin
Niger Coast
Bangkok
United Club
Golf Club
Peace on Earth and the meaning of peace on earth
A compact meditation on the attributions of peace. The speaker contrasts heaven’s peace with earthbound effort and urges personal responsibility to build peaceful nests amid troubles.引用 John Ruskin's reflection on peacemaking and human desires.
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Halcyons
John Ruskin
Curious Coincidences at London Hospital Inquests
Two unrelated men named George Lee, both window cleaners, died after window falls at three o'clock. Both were brought to London Hospital, died next morning at the same hour from fractured skulls. Inquests held the same afternoon by the same coroner and jury. Ages thirty five and forty.
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London
Eng
George Lee
London Hospital
Imprisoned in the Sea Aims of Capsized Ship Survivor
A Kate Tetham crewman was trapped two hours in the hull after the Newcastle Nova Scotia vessel capsized in a gale. Rescued through a hole cut in the hull, he survived on trapped air and a timber brace. The incident echoes other long entombment cases, including Captain Engallandt of the Empire who endured eleven days.
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Infas Sabors Wea
Newcastle N.S. W
Kate Tetham
England
Kugallandt
Empire
Dantzic
Engallandt
Pearson's Weekly
Tiny Twine, Big Promotion Twist in United States Mail Service
A Boston Transcript clipping notes a New England railway mail service clerk, hired in 1901 and with only one ball of twine used since, never requisitioning more twine. His frugal habit and storied thrift gain him fame and a potential salary boost, highlighting value in small items.
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United States
New England
United E States Railway
United States Post Office
Boston Transcript
United States Railway Mail Service
The Wife's Reason
A brief Philadelphia Press notice quotes a wife challenging her husband with disbelief and a single cause for doubt as she speaks to him about grieving.
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Philadelphia Press
Giggleton and Parker Share a Quip on Close Call
Giggleton recalls nearly dying last night while Parker asks which joke was being told. The exchange turns on humor amid a tense moment.
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Giggleton
Parker
Spring Pills vs Purgatives Promoted by Dr Williams
An Ottawa era ad condemns harsh purgatives for spring cleansing and touts Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as a tonic that builds red blood. It claims the pills cure headaches skin eruptions and general weakness and are available from The Dr Willigans' Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. A testimonial from Mrs Joseph Lepage states her daughter recovered health after use.
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Williama
Williams
Dr. Williams
Joseph Lepage
St Jerome
Que
Dr. Willigans’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
A Wide Sphere of Usefulness and a Nostalgic Quip
The piece notes Dr Thomas Ecletric Oil lasting over thirty one years with growing demand and broad appeal abroad. It includes a rural conversational aside about luck and health reflecting humorous old style regional speech.
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Thomas
Minneapollis firm touts hides and furs business
N. W. Hide & Fur Co. promotes selling guns traps furs and hides for robes and rugs and mentions an automatic stamp licking machine.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minard’s Liniment Cures Dandruff and Moves
A Chicago Tribune fragment notes a back porch conversation about moving houses every spring. A girl insists her papa owns their home and questions perpetual poverty while contrasting with neighbors who claim no moves.
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Chicago Tribune
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