Eclectic Clippings on Architecture, Islands and Humor
A collage of excerpts covers Moslem architecture in India and its contrasts with earlier eras, a misnamed Madagascar and the legacy of Marco Polo maps, a Swedish tale of heather and nature, village postal intrigue with wedding cake, trains and fares, and light essays on critics, Dickens, and laundry tokens in a multi-voiced miscellany. It threads historical notes, literary anecdotes, and stray curiosities with brief, vivid portraits of people and places.
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Madagascar
St. Lorensaland
Marco Polo
Africa
Martin Bathelm
Nuremberg
Fernando Suarez
St. Lorenz
Not while I'm running these apart ments, the janitor sighs
A fragmented Louisville Cooper Journal snippet shows a pompous citizen declaring pay as you go and a janitor retorting you’ll pay day as you move in, reflecting a clipped domestic scene with strained humor.
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Louisvile
Wisdom of the Seer and Fortune Teller Exchange
A brief exchange cites a fortune teller advising a young woman that her fate as a good wife depends on her actions, while stating bad husbands are self made. The quote contrasts with a remark attributed to Victor Hugo about symmetry, boredom, and melancholy.
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New York World
Victor Hugo
Why He Was Amicus and Other Amusing Anecdotes
A collection of recollections from the Revue des Deux Mondes editor Balog at Savoy with Victor Cherbulles, plus Heinrich Conried in Chicago recalling his bath interview, and a comic tale of a carpet layer who humorously claims to have swallowed tack and represents the light, quirky tone of the New York Press miscellany.
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Francisque Sarcey
Bis
Flarcey
Imberle
Sarcey
Balog
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Savoy
Victor Cherballes
Cherballes
Revue
Cherbulles
Rucretoon
Mary
Heinrich Conried
Chicago
Tam
Tristan and
Isolde
Tye
New York Press
Wandering Artist Versus Olive Oil Scandal at Farm
A rambling dialogue from a Chicago writer depicts a wandering portrait painter and an aggrieved old farmer. The painter’s olive oil claim backfires when the farmer finds the oil was fake, causing a comic confrontation before the artist vanishes in a dust cloud.
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Oll
Vex
Ling
Chicago
Haiti 1849 Echoes In Senate Debate Amid Odd Anecdotes
A garbled 19th century dispatch mixes political debate with a string of pasted comic lines and fable-like quips. The text references Haiti, a measure in the Senate, and a congressman’s critique, interspersed with humorous exchanges about blacksmiths, dust, and childhood anecdotes. It reads as a collage of quoted humor and political slang.
Boone Items Briefly Reports Local Events
Correspondent notes a ten day Methodist church meeting led by J H Cormann of Lenoir with Prof J R Holt of Greensboro directing songs. A revival blessed attendees and the preacher and singer then went to Elk Park. Bishop Horner visited Valley Crucis mission school and planned a girls dormitory. A derrick eighty four feet high will be built on the round machinery site. Trials included Alex Harmon for Ben Guy’s killing near State line last Christmas Eve and L M Banner’s case for H H Cline’s death at Banner Elk two months earlier. Dr A J Brickell entertained crowds with original verse. We sense early spring. A M
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Alex. Harmon
Ben Guy
L. M. Banner
Banner
H. H. Cline
Banner Elk
A. J. Brickell
Card of Thanks for Kind Sympathy and Services
To all the friends whose sympathy and services were kindly tendered in the time of bereavement I desire to extend my sincere thanks Mas C Triplet.
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Mas. C. Triplet
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Advert Explains Blood Purge
An old medical ad promotes Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for sour stomach foul taste bad breath and various skin eruptions. It claims the remedy cleanses blood, restores stomach health and prevents disease spread. Buffalo NY physician R V Pierce endorses the product urging readers to seek his advertised tonics.
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Dei Pierce
Br. R. V. Pieror
X.Y
Epieteen
Peaieec
Hickory City Election Notice For 1908 Mayor Aldermen Trustees
Notice of annual election for Mayor four Aldermen and three school Trustees to be held in the Mayor's Office Hickory on Monday May 4 1908 Registration Books open April 1 1908 at Clinard Lyerly office near S L Whitener store registrar available daily except Saturday when at the Mayor's Office by order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen dated March 21 1908 W L Clinard Secretary Registrar
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Hickory
Clinard & Lyerly
S. L Whitener
Board of Aldermen
W. L. Clinard
Catawba County
N. C
Killian Harness Company
R. M. Prirs
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India
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Italy
Europe
Contemporary Review
Halland
Kia
Nils
Selma Lagerlof
Velma Swan
Ston Howard
Philadelphia
Fetger
Dayton
Uited
Munger
Vendome
Mme
Coralie Cahen
Christian Sisters of Mercy
Mme. Cahen
Madame
Red Cross
Dickens
Charles Dickens
Washington
Capitol
Tennessee
Little Nell
Nell
Old Curiosity Shop
Wong Lee
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Senate
New York American
Philadelphia Press
Haiti
Legion of Hanoi
Peas
Pean Acasera
Casera Seren
Setae
Ted Tate
Washigton
Ethel
Mr. Rich
Newton
Morrison Bros. Co
Hickory, N. c
T. P. O'Connor
House of ‘Commons
Patrick O'Brien
Mr. O'Connor
Patrick
Scott
oRuc
S. S
San Gresateie St
Kodaks and Supplies
B. A. Southerland
Union Square
C. G. Trakas
DeWitt
Aberholt
Catawbe County
North Carolina
Hickory Townsip
Evans
Wisnant
Sthence
Henry's
Torra
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