Memoirs of Dan Rice book on sale at Book Publishing House
A new humor volume titled Memoirs of Dan Rice the Clown of Our Daddies by Marin Ward Brown promises broad appeal to readers seeking laughter. The 500 page illustrated book recounts half a century of Dan Rice life with anecdotes sketches songs and incidents. bound for postpaid $1.50 from Book Publishing House 124 Leonard Street New York City.
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Dan Rice
Marin Ward Brown
Show Ufe
Artemus Ward
Address Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
New York City
Fragmented Verse Mixes with Ads and Quotes
A jumble of literary quotes and advertising lines appears, mixing Emerson reflections with a medical tonic claim from Hamlins Wizard Oil. The text includes political self descriptions, a teething remedy pitch, a hostess scene, and a Central American presidents warning, all in a collage style.
Finance and Trade Review Overview of Us and Canada
The report notes improved general trade and industry with lingering conservatism causing smaller, frequent sales. Demand rises for fall and spring deliveries, strong security markets, and a firmer time money market. Dry goods and retail trade expand, rail traffic improves, and steel industry activity rises as rails and locomotives are purchased. Building remains active while labor scarcity grows in coke regions. US failures reach 219 for the week ending August 12, with Canada at 24.
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New York
United States
Canada
Drying bag saves time for small laundry items
A New York Times note describes a long shallow bag sewn from white mosquito netting with a draw string and corner tapes. Small articles such as handkerchiefs and collars are placed inside, drawn closed, and hung on the line. tapes secure the bag to the line so sun and air filter through the open mesh.
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New York Times
Chicago Judge Sentences Masterson for Theft of Trousers
A Chicago judge sentences Joseph Masterson for stealing a pair of trousers. The judge orders him to return to Cleveland to read Dickens David Copperfield, a remark noted by the New York Evening Post as an example of cruel and unusual punishment.
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Chicago
Joseph Masterson
Cleveland
Dicken
David Copperfield
New York Lvening Post
Joseph
Force of Habit Poem to a Wealthy Heiress
A poet wooes a rich heiress with fiery verse and mails a fervent plea. A stamp for return is enclosed, a playful push toward romance. The piece notes Caroline’s plan to go to Europe for health, sparking light social banter in Boston and Puck.
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Sam
Stinson
Puck
And This Is Gawt A Humorous Society Sketch Teasers
A clipped collection of comic lines from various newspapers shows mock commentary on domestic life and theater humors. Exchanges feature a secretary, a discontented wife, and a reluctant husband in witty exchanges. The Boston and Pittsburgh papers publish similar quips about performances and household situations.
There, Now Man and Wife Clash Over Gifts and Habits
A London Opinion quip contrasts a husband and wife in a humorous exchange about spending and self restraint. The man claims he will quit smoking when his wife asks, while the wife replies she should love him enough to enforce it if needed.
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Puck
Clgars
London
Fragmented 1920s Humour Snippets From Papers
A collage of quips and exchanges from Boston Transcript London Opinion and others. The snippets cover loneliness fatigue factory life and a joking take on health and crying. Read as a window into period mood and slang with brief character interactions.
Government fishing waters stock question posed by judge
Ted asks if the Government Fish Commission struggles to locate waters to stock. Ned replies that they should have no difficulty finding suitable spots, noting only that they can select summer resorts that advertise good fishing.
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Ted
Government Fisheries Commission
Ned
Different Versions and Seashore Sights Quips
A collage of brief exchanges from several newspapers. Verses on Lincoln versions, seashore observations, and beach banter mix with a resort price jab. Lighter tidbits capture mid century cadence, humor, and regional tones from Cleveland Leader Kansas City Times and other papers.
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Margie
Jack O. Hartz
Jack
Kansas City Times
Munyon's Eminent Doctors Offer Free Medical Diagnosis
In a promotional appeal, Munyon's offers free medical examination blanks for at home diagnosis. Readers are told doctors will assess, advise on curability, and no obligation is involved. Mail requests to Munyon's at 68th and Jefferson Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Munyon's
Jefferson Sta
Philadelphia
Death Penalty Restored in France After Matricide Executed
A public execution in Paris marked France's return to capital punishment. The matricide was carried out on the boulevard before the Santo prison, drawing a large crowd. Dispatches note that abolition failed to curb murders, and the revival of the gallows follows fifteen years without use.
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France
Paris
Santo Prison
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Aches, Ailments Wane
A Dalton Georgia woman testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured kidney aches backaches dizziness and nervous weariness after months of pain. The advert cites 50 cent boxes from FosterMilburn Co and urges readers to remember the name. Also satirical notes on American millionaires and a Shanghai ink advertisement are included, with Nagasaki harbor details.
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EH. G. Corbin
N. Depot St
Dalton
Doan
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Forest Planting Spreads in Southern Indiana Farms
A revival of tree planting grows in southern Indiana with government forester and Indiana board urging farmers to plant fast growing varieties. In Warrick and other counties, fields are being converted to black locust, catalpa, and Osage orange stands to provide durable fence posts and timber, seen as a sound financial investment amid post famine pressures.
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Indiana
Indiana Board of Forestry
Indinapolis Star
Warrick County
Spoons and dining habits across centuries noted
A diary fragment from Felix Platter, a 16th century Swiss student in Montpellier, recalls eating stew without spoons and using only a knife on the table. Montaigne later reports Swiss tables in 1580 with as many spoons as diners, contrasting breakfast habits.
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Felix Platter
Montpellier
Catelin
Platter
Longevity Ranges Among Common Animals
A record of animal lifespans lists the horse up to 35 years and donkey similarly. Dogs 25, rabbits eight to ten, geese ducks hens and turkeys about twelve. Crow reaches a century, parrot and elephant around 150. tortoise longest with a 250 kilogram record born in 1750 and shown in 1904 in London.
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Chantilly
Mountaineblew
London Zoological Gardens
Walter de Rothschild
la Vulgarisation Scientifique
Hall's Amaryllis Blooms In Summer Despite No Foliage
An extraordinary plant, Hall's amaryllis, blooms in midsummer without foliage. Ordinary bulbs flower in spring and rest in summer, but this plant appears from bare ground during the dry season with fragrant rosy lilac flowers banded with yellow. Leaves grow in spring, then die back, followed by a long rest before flower stalks emerge.
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Quarden Magazine
Magdeburg Purchases Sand Spreading Wagon For Icy Streets
Magdeburg buys a sand spreading wagon from an inventor to coat frozen streets. The device proves unusually effective on asphalt surfaces, aiding horse footing in difficult weather.
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Madgeburg
Germany
Rat Remedies and Rats Dominate a Long History of Vermin Control
The piece surveys rat biology and control from Danish rewards for extermination to historical methods. It cites rats’ prolific litters, the brown rat’s rise in Britain, and anecdotes from Robert Smith and Jamrach about rats catching and pest control. It notes old techniques like aniseed lures, wooden traps, Paris sewer electrification, and cannibalism among rats, with mentions of plaster of Paris as poison.
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ATS
Denmark
England
Britain
Wie Ham
Robert Smith
AnneHe
Norway
Jamrach
Sup
Paris
Plaster of Paris
Harper's Weekly
Ninth Wife Sues for Divorce in Wirick County
Polly Weed Shippert of Newburg Indiana, age 70, recently married her ninth husband. She filed in Wirick county circuit court alleging cruelty and desertion, claiming he forced her to do all housework while he smoked and loafed, making life miserable.
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Polly Weed Shippert
Newburg
Ind
Wirick County
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Mass
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Europe
Boston Transcript
Pittsburgh Observer
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Hub
Johnny
Abraham Lincoln
Cleveland Leader
Denyver
Munyon
Berliner Tageblatt
Tao Shing
Shankhai
Courier
Nagasaki
Japan
Forests For
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Libby
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Peerless
Chow Chow
Mihby’s
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Book Publishing House
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