Necessities of Life and Other Bits of Wit
A quirky glimpse shows a West Thirties merchant hawking novelty toys that wiggle and waggle, urging impulse buys as families chase cheap wonders. It then trails into a brief, humorous note about Balkan war censorship and a curious look at cats in civil service roles, including trained shipboard rats and post office feline guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken
Descripou
New York
Civil Services
General Post Office
Star of the
Deptford
London Standard
For Sale items listed in brief classified line
For sale S3cent hand survey good as new inquire Tl Church a treat 213 e 0 d tf for sale coalia dog one year old inquire cor Oak and Eighth streets 217 6tp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak and
Eighth Streets
Bargain Motor Cycles and Boats Advertised
An old ad offers motor cycles and motor boats at bargain prices with new machines and easy monthly payments. It urges readers to write for prospective buyers, claims better prices than competitors, and provides a Michigan address in Trenon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enmore
WANTED Work in restaurant or small family
Help wanted notice seeking employment in a restaurant or small family setting. Address to Mrs. Susie Johns in Salteburg Pelto for applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Johns
Salteburg, Pelto
Wanted worker for New Kensington Repair Works
Classified notice seeks a first class donor and sheet icon worker at New Kensington Repair Works in New Kensington Pennsylvania. Includes terse contact line and an asking note for ground man duties.
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New Kensington
Understanding Knots and Hours in Sailor Speech
A London Tit-Bits note explains that a knot is a unit of speed, not distance. It says a ship’s speed of twenty-five knots means twenty-five nautical miles per hour, so adding per hour or per bout is redundant.
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London
Haste and Delay in Notable Quotes and Sayings
A compact collage of proverbs and quotes on haste from Churchill Wesley Seneca Tennyson and others. It contrasts warnings against rushing with insights about deliberate action and steady effort across literary and historical voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Plunket
Churchill
Seywood
John Wesley
Richard III
Tennyson
Cowley
Bulwer-Lytton
Women Soldiers in Prussian Campaigns
The London Standard notes Prussian women as capable soldiers who could command and endure campaign hardships. It cites Anatances Matia Warder from Silesia serving as a Hussar beside her husband, who was killed beside her. Eleonora Prochaska, who fought as Carl Renz at eighteen, is celebrated for courage and died near Leipzig, with a monument in Potsdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Renz
Leipzig
Potsdam
London Standard
Seals Cut Steps In Ice To Breathe Says Scott Party
Observers from Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition report seals sculpt vertical steps on ice cakes with their canine teeth to rise from water for breath. They gnaw a path along the ice, then twist and push forward until their bodies clear the surface before finishing with a kick.
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Captain Scott
New York Press
First Brides to Cross the Rockies
Marcus Whitman born September 2, 1802 in Rushville New York married Narcissa Prentis of Angelica New York in February 1886. Their wedding trip crossed the continent with Rev H H Spaulding and his wife making eight thousand five hundred miles in seven months as the first women to cross the Rocky mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Marcus Whitman
Oregon
United States
Rushville
Narcissa Prentis
Angelica
Continent
H. H. Spaulding
Rocky Mountains
Time He Quit
A comic exchange between a frustrated father and his daughter's suitor unfolds as the youth persistently calls on the daughter. The father, angry, asks how often he told him not to call, and the suitor coolly estimates about twenty visits. The father retorts about quitting, and the suitor confirms the intent to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuo
Remedies That Don't Remedy
A humorous fragment from the Kansas City Journal features a dialogue about remedies for lumbago. It pokes fun at slow progress and waiting lists, noting the speaker’s witty retort about taking years to get to a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumbapo
Kansas City Journal
An Expert. Tommy Pop on What an Expert Is
The Philadelphia Record quotes a lighthearted definition from Tommy Pop, describing an expert as a person who can impress others by showing how little they know, reflecting a playful view of expertise and humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Pop
Philadelphia Record
Against His Principle Judge Declares Imp, Grocer Won't Sue
A court hearing centers on a debtor claiming his grocer won’t sue because the merchant never takes legal action. The judge questions the reliability of the claim and the implications for debt collection. The exchange highlights tensions between informal settlements and formal legal remedies.
Help for Working Girls in Lydia Pinkham Ads
A collection of testimonial letters from young women in New Orleans and St Clair praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health issues including menstrual irregularities and back or nervous symptoms. The notices invite others to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amelia Jaquillard
Seventh Street
St. Clair
Lydia E.pinkham
EsTenna MaGurr
Saint Clair
Lydia
Pinkham Medicine Co
Dinawite Plant Case Goes To Jury
Boston June 6 jurors weigh a case accusing W M Wood president of American Woolen Co Frederick J Atteaux head of Atteaux Mill Supply and Dennis J Collins Cambridge dog faunder of conspiring to plant dynamite at Lawrence during the 1912 textile strike to discredit the workers. Final pleas stressed credibility and corroboration amid mixed testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
W. M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Frederick. J. Atteaux
Atteaux Mill Supply Company
Dennis J. Collins
Lawrence
Hiwgers
B. Wuclint
Wood
Iie
Boon
Danial J. Coakiey
Attemax
Breen
Anautas Akun
Palietier
Hero Falls From Pedestal Donnelly Alleged Diamond Theft
Stamford Connecticut Jama reports Hanford Donnelly once hailed as a hero after a Westport wreck is arrested for alleged theft of diamonds worth 3200 carried by Mrs Philip James of Lake Forest Illinois. Police say Donnelly confessed and notes he was first to reach the burning car helping passengers out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnelly
Stamford
Conn
Jama
Hanford Donnelly
Heston Express
Westport
Cenn
Philip James
Lake Porest
James
Burns Receives Private Audience With Pope
Rome June 6 Pope Pius grants a private audience to William J Burns the noted American detective in an official Vatican meeting detailing his visit and purpose with the papal secretary and aides present.
The Beautifiers Set To Restore Ailing Home
A Manchester Guardian correspondent reports that the so called beautifiers will arrive in the morning to repair the distressed house. The owner, after heated bargaining with the landlord, hopes for swift progress as the foreman painter is scheduled to start Monday.
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Saya
Manchester Guardian
Jes
Pelican pouch and hunting described in nature notes
The article details the pelican’s expandable pouch used as a net and carrier, its behavior while hunting, and the sequence of plunging to catch fish. It contrasts gold with other metals noting iridium and osmium as costlier and heavier, palladium’s properties, and uses in precision instruments.
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London
When the British Retreated
A speaker at a Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution banquet recounted an experiment. By tracing exact retreat times from records and ground traversing, he linked a fast walk and sprint to a later trolley ride, arguing the British reached Charlestown after 7 thirty rather than 7.
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Massachusetts
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Lexington
Charlestown
Boston Traveler
Drops and Minims in Drug Measurements
Drops vary in size with production conditions. A minim equals 1/480 of a fluid ounce and 1/76,800 of a gallon. An experiment suggests 400 drops per fluid ounce. The average drop is 20 percent larger than the minim.
Pompey Intervenes in Grain Dispatch Amid Tempest
A fragment cites Pompey the grain commissioner facing a violent sea in Rome's dearth, where advisers urged against sailing but Pompey insisted it must go. The excerpt contrasts two men debating money and credit in a humorous street scene.
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Pompey
Rome
Lord Bacon
Lincoln and Stevenson Quotes Featured in Philadelphia Record
A collage of literary lines appears in the Philadelphia Record reflecting themes of desire travel and personal achievement. The excerpt includes Abralan Lincoln on tending thistles and flowers and Robert Louis Stevenson on traveling hopefully.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Pretty Lazy Man Refuses Service At Shoe Store
A lurid, fragmentary anecdote recounts a man lazily seated in a shoe store in Utile town. A woman enters seeking footwear, he yawns and declares he will not assist her today, instructing her to return when he is standing.
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Walt
Aargonant
A Tale For Philatelists Told By London Times
A story about the Iete Mr Stanley and his sons, famed stamp dealer, recounted in the London Times. A West Indian postmaster tried to return a money order, claiming the ordered stamp did not exist, yet sent back a letter that included a copy of the stamp in question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philly Gibbs
Balkans
Gibbs
Iete
Stanley Oth Sons
London Times
Otee
Had to Think Quickly in a Bronx Drama? Real-life Mixup
A brief overheard exchange from a Boston Transcript item shows Ribel joking about postage stamps and a punchline involving a drug store trip for face powder where Jack appears. The quirky anecdote reflects social humor of the period.
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Ribel
Jack
Boston Transcript
Angstic. Coward- Why do you term your wife an angel
The fragment presents a quip about a wife described as an angel for her constant flying and chatter, delivered in a playful, nonsensical exchange. The text is a brief, marginally coherent joke snippet with unclear context.
Ways of Mankind: Body Posture Affects Suit Fit
A Louisville Courier-Journal remark notes that a round shouldered man stands straighter for five minutes while being measured, then slumps and the suit no longer fits. The quip underscores how posture influences garment fit and perception.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Indiana Citizen
An Indiana resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved weak kidneys and provided permanent improvement. The letter, from Mrv. Jennie Roof of 549 Railroad Ave Indiana Pa, endorses the product and notes years of use with back pain relief. Sold by dealers nationwide for 50 cents. Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents.
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Indiana
Doaa
Jennie Roof
Railroad Ave
Dean
Doan
Kretar Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Taka
Audit report on Plumville Borough finances 1912 1923
Auditors review from June 14 1912 to March 3 1923 covers balances in treasurer accounts. Details mention cash in hands receipts from various sources street lamps land purchases and street maintenance charges with miscs and auditors fees, noting overpayments and treasurer percentages.
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Plumville Borough
Teeth of the sperm whale and its feeding teeth
The square nosed sperm whale carries twenty to twenty five heavy teeth on each lower jaw side. These teeth fit sockets in the mouth roof and help in belching the giant squid and cuttlefish the animal feeds on. The squid stay near warm currents, so the whale remains in the tropics.
iMon to Bock Young in Recipe for Youth
A terse note describes iMon advising Bock Young and a woman to send money to a younger woman for a youth recipe. The exchange includes a response about a cord and a warning to associate with women twenty years older, revealing a humorous or cryptic tone.
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iMon
Lighter Side of Irish Life Rep cites Boyle Roche
A fragment from The Lighter Side of Irish Life cites Sir Boyle Roche denouncing the Irish revolution in the House of Commons. The gem mocks members failing to present plain speech as he imagines dangerous visions on the table.
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Boyle Roche
Boyle Titele
House of Commons
Phere
Speaker
Flere
Marseillois
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Fiana Evening Gazette
Wigiama Publishing Company
Ter ‘A. Jackson
Rete & Ayrier
Tered
Indiana Post Office
Rucsh
Bath
Philadelpha Street
Agaphar
Wool
Wood's, Connection
Entr . Auto Co., Inc
Chicago Recond-Herald
Lincoln
Abralan Lincoln
Sileens
Cyntcna
Auditors’ Report
LD. Andrews
Coleater
Balanse
Sererer
Total
Unse
Youal
Subvol Board
Uae
Toul
LAA Lutles Movat Due School Board
Quistadulpg Veruas
Vaene
Cincinnati Enquirer
J.C. Forsythe
Marshall
Carvanter Avenue
Putnam's
Daugherty Bos
Troe
Kearnes
American Machine Emroidery
Boggs: ‘ Ae ‘Bittoruagh
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