Amateur actor Tarraway leads choir fundraiser farce
James Ashton Tarraway organizes a dramatic entertainment to aid the choir fund. Allies George and the Parkinsons veto unsuitable plays, assign parts, and pressure Tarraway into a supporting role and door-totals collector. The show ends in debt and a cautious vicar’s reproach. Lorillard and Kelly are noted in a separate anecdote.
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James Ashton Tarraway
Parkinsons
Maxwell Smiths
George
Mr. Tarraway
Romeo
Montagu
Shakespeare
Mr. Yarraway
Miss Parkinson
Tarraway
George, “I Don’t Dream of Asking Mr. Tarraway
Agnes Parkinson
Minslow
Wall Street Shearers Prompt Laughing Stock Comment
A Hartford Courant quip compares Wall Street to a sheep being sheared, urging readers to question why traders flee losses and seek incentives for risk. The comment frames market behavior as a cautious, self‑preserving scramble during downturns.
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Wall Street
Hartford Courant
Why water cannot leak through holes in everything
The text argues that liquid drops are larger than holes, so water does not leak. Air is said to pass through glass holes, allowing sound and light to travel over time as a sealed bottle gradually admits air. An exhausted bulb loses brightness as air seeps in.
Nuts as Food and Dietetic Value Highlighted
A Woman's Home Companion excerpt discusses nuts as nutritious easy to digest foods. It notes peanuts and imported varieties cost little, with salted nuts cheaper than almonds. It mentions insomnia claims, hickory nuts for economy, and uses for English walnuts, filberts, almonds, and Brazil nuts in salads and desserts.
Eggshell Flowerpots for Seedlings Use in Transplanting
A French gardener introduces using eggshells as mini pots for delicate plants. Half shells are filled with dampened earth, a drainage hole is made, and a single seed is planted in each shell. When transplanting, shells are broken without disturbing the roots, offering a superior alternative to traditional small pots.
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Fiorists
Funnish Exchange Sparks Quip and Quick Retort
In a playful exchange Rivers notes a hand me down suit, likening it to an unripe watermelon. Brooks asks why and Rivers quips that one isn t cut to fit while the other isn t fit to cut, prompting Brooks to blaze away in a swift comeback.
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Rivers
Brooks
Hamlin Soliloquy at the Dime Museum
Hamlin stands before the tattooed man in a dime museum and mutters about the fellow’s imagined suffering if he ever experiences the Jimjams. The line reflects a satirical Smart Set tone.
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Hamlin
Jean
Dime Museum
Tour to the Pacific Coast by Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces another personally conducted tour to the Pacific coast departing New York and other eastern stations on September 23 and returning October 22. The trip features first class Pullman cars, meals in dining cars, an observation car, and a route via Colorado Rockies, Great Salt Lake, Sierra Nevada, and Grand Canyon of Arizona. Cost is 185 dollars round trip for one in a berth or 165 for two sharing, Pittsburgh rate five dollars less. Limited spaces urged. contact George W. Boyd in Philadelphia for details.
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California
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pacific Coast
Canadian Northwest
Grand Cnion
Arizona
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Pittsboro
San Francisco
Chicago
Colorado Rockies
Great Salt Lake
Sierra Nevada
Arizona Desert
Grand Canon
St. Louis
Iinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Protetent Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
George W. Boyd
Broad Street
Learns Fast and the Debut of John Chinaman
A year ago Hawaii burned plague buildings including Chinatown, yielding claims now exceeding five million dollars. The piece notes a rising trend in such settlements and mocks the debut of John Chinaman in this role. A humorous transit anecdote about a woman asking for Hazel Street on an East Tenth Street car ends with a pug remark.
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Tohn
John Chinaman
Hazel Street
East Tenth Street
Indianapolis News
Noblesse Oblige in a Sharp Exchange over Lady Plantagenet Gingham
In a Life magazine excerpt a maid Nellie is teased about her appearance as diamonds and a pink silk shirt waist spark social rumor. The unnamed woman dismisses any close relation to Lady Plantagenet Gingham, but offers the pink shirt waist to Nellie.
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Nellie
Burt
Pennsylvania Railroad Reduced Rates to San Francisco in October Tour
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces reduced round trip fares from all points to San Francisco for the Protestant Episcopal Church triennial convention, with travel dates September 18 to 25 and return by November 15. A special personally conducted Pacific coast tour runs September 23 to October 22, round trip $185, with agent contact Geo. W. Boyd in Philadelphia.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pacific Coast
Geo. W. Boyd
Philadelphia
Old Horse Of Armstrong Township Dies After Long Service
A horse aged over 42 years and owned by Andrew Wiggins of Armstrong township, one of the area's oldest residents, died recently after a lifetime of service dating back to the Civil War. A mate survives at age 40, and the owner chose to let the faithful animals die natural deaths.
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Andrew Wiggins
Armstrong Township
Wiggins
Reduced Rates to Indianapolis For lodge meeting travel
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Indianapolis hosts a round trip fare for members from all points at 9. Tickets are sold September 12 to 15 and valid to depart Indianapolis between September 15 and 23. An extension to October 7 is available by depositing at joint agent September 15 to 23 with a 50 cent fee. Also noted are assignments of Indiana county teachers in Croyle township Cambria county for the coming term and a note on porch semernale supplies and yellow pine ceiling pricing.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
3To
Indianapolis
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James E. Kelly
Jerome Park
Kelly
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Newbold Morris
John Hunter
Mr. Lorillard
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Saharan
Sahara Desert
Tunis
Atlantic Ocean
Elizabeth
Virginia
Carolina
Massachusetts
London Express
Atchison Globe
Sharretts
Boyd
Rochester
N. Y
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W. L Moore
Homer City
Cambria
Indiana County
Croyle Township
Cambria County
Allendale
Edward Dodd
Buffington
Kearns
Dorothy Gibson
Cherryhill
New Germany
Sadie Killer
Huff
W.S. DaterErry
Cu-Bre
R.W. Wehrle
B. I. Wehrle
Philadelphia Street
Fale Seeding
Harbison & Rankin
Clymer Mfg Co
Armoni
Frank Douglass
Penn’a
Work & Son
Indiana, PA
Penn Run
Frantz
Round House
Bath
D. H. Tomb
Zachariah Booeks
Cherrytree
Register and Recorder
WM. B.shepherd
Price Davis
Anna Boocks
Duff & Sons
Pittsburg, Pa
C. W. Tuck
W. A. Guthrie
M. BK. Guthrie
Lafayette Tuck
C. G. Guthrie
Act of Assembly
Novelty Manufacturing Company
Cc Gham & Solicitors
Care
E. W. Grove
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