Digby Bell's Odd Echo In Breakfast Scene
A Cincinnati Times-Star anecdote recounts Digby Bell joking with a drunk friend at a Lampe street breakfast, where an odd mooing sound from bell buttons unsettles the moment. The vignette ends with a lyric reflection on life and paths not taken by Edith M. Thomas.
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Digby Bell
Gould
Digby
Dixby
Lampe
Tom
Bla Ftbird
Mr. Bell
Cincinnati Times-Star
Silly Tales From A Bygone Page
A mixed set of humorous vignettes shows domestic mischief and election banter. A demure wife outsmarts her husband with a clock tale, an insurance scam ends with a quip about the cat, and a sheriff hopeful face with a blunt voter who’d rather take poison than vote for a “gun like” candidate.
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Jones
Polaon
Eepdidsie
Yeakon
The Presidential Wager In Gorman Town
In a small town a forthright elder bets 15 cents on his preferred presidential candidate, sparking a heated exchange with Henry Jackson and others. The wager, seen as a bold test of principle, leads to surprise when the elder’s candidate wins and later faces church trial for ethics.
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Henry Jackson
Milder Scott
Mr. Jackson
Tow Jones
Jackson
Gorman
Tria Fle
Patented kitchen table folds to combine ironing and bench functions
A Kansas inventor patents a combination iron log table and wash bench with foldable legs that tuck under the top and a hinged shirt board end. The device yields an ironing table plus wash bench in one, with auxiliary legs for support when the shirt board is used. Also includes home economics tips on baking, stain removal, sewing, apple ketchup, soup, ham cakes, smoked shoulder, and fried tomatoes.
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Kansas
Cole
Indiana Hardware Co
Indiana, PA
Political plea warns voters of Taft vs Wilson risk
A reader argues that voting for Roosevelt or Wilson will elect Wilson and harm business, predicting disaster and hard times like 1893 to 1897, while supporting Taft as the path to prosperity and stable governance. The letter claims tariff policy in 1912 mirrors 1892 and would hurt industry.
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Wall
Taft
Wilson
Rosevelt
Coxey
State Senate Candidate Clark Urges Honest District Representation
A voter appeals to residents of Indiana and Jefferson counties in the 47th District to elect J Wood Clark for State Senate. He rebuts pledges by incumbent Kurtz to both Taft Republicans and Progressive lines, condemns Boss Penrose and Boss Flinn, and pledges to oppose both and to represent the people without party bosses. Clark asks all good citizens to support a clean, upright Commonwealth citizen in the U S Senate and to reject partisan dictates.
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Vomnties
Indiana and
Jefferson
M. Kurtz
Punxsutawney
Kurtz
Penrose
Kurts
Republican County Committee
Republican Party
Bull Moose
Harrisburg
Taft
Roosevelt
Boles Penrose
United States Senate
Flinn
Indiana
Hous Penrose
Bill Flinn
United States
Pennsylvania
Republican’ Party
Senate
Commonwealth
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State Senate
J. Wood Clark
Indiana County
Geo. D. Leydic
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L. Pattison Co
Phila
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West Penn Railways Company
Pennaphideta
Co. M. Kennedy
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W. S. Kuen, Inc
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Kay
New York
Pittsburgh Bank For Savings
St. Clair, Rinn & Co
Blatchford
Water St
Syracuse Farm Implements
GEM Studio
Steving
Bell Phos Aiir Be
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