Curious Masonry Tale and a Dishonest Husband
A middle aged woman confronts a prominent mason in a city office over supposed degrees and secret signals. The exchange exposes comic myths about masonry, the husband’s alleged serial degrees, and the wife’s plan to curb spending while seeking undergarments for winter. The piece ends with a moral note and an ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
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Grand Lodge
New York
Masons
Kava
Maccury
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Pat
Knights of Pythias
Thes
Odd Tidbits From Lively Pages Of The News
A quirky miscellany notes Hogland the mayor of New port Monmouthshire enjoys baths while New York hosts thousands of open saloons. Eye catching items include a nine pound pike found dead in an English lake, alligators bathed in mud, birds waking early, and a Chicago compliment about Indiana ladies. Also mentioned are a Madison Ind. girl’s jaw incident, early morning bird songs, a forecast about Illinois fruit and a water carrier tradition in old railroads, plus Thuringia’s city laundry battles and an Oyster cocktail drink unique to California Nevada Arizona with Puget Sound oysters and whisky.
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Washington
Connecticut
German War Office
Saizongen
Thuringia
Thera
Jake
California
Nevada
Arizona
Puget Sound
The Fashionable Tailor Jacket and Summer Accessories
The article notes a chic tailor jacket with minimal ornamentation, white canvas shoes with white kid details, and detachable diaphanous parasol covers in various colors. It highlights magenta as flattering for brunettes, trims using plaid bands, and a bridal motif with floral canopies and a floral shield bearing the couple’s initials.
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Paris
Poets of the Present and Other Quips in Period Voice
A collage of humorous verse and dialogue from era newspapers and magazines. It quotes Philadelphia Times verses on riches and love, college graduates humor, Lippincott’s Magazine barber exchanges, Epoch prayers, and a baseball club job interview spoof, highlighting social mores and witty misfits.
Yew Dring Blood Orange Phosphate Ad at Haag's
An advertisement promotes Yew Dring Blood Orange Phosphate at Julius A Haag's located at 87 North Penn St. The note urges readers seeking cheap furniture to check liner notices in The Sun's popular liner columns for surprising bargains.
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Julius A. Haag’s
North Penn
Sen
SUN
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