Uncle Booth Goes to Town and Makes a Haunting Visit
A narrator recalls the comic misadventures of his Uncle Booth who visits town in shabby attire. Mischief and pride clash as local boys mock him, prompting the narrator to protect him and feign illness to keep wealth from Uncle Booth’s grasp. In the end Uncle Booth’s will reveals he leaves a fortune to the narrator’s wife Sue and the narrator laments his wasted year seeking status.
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Booth
Alf
Sue
Wiere
Uncle Booth
Uncle Face
Lawyer Jones
George
Vonnegut’a
Anonymous complaints ignored by city health board policy
The city health board dismisses unsigned letters as false accusations while Clerk Carter preserves them. A sample includes a “Third Notice” about a filthy yard and a plea to avoid hard feelings. Officials say names should not be used in investigations, and unsigned tips are routinely discarded.
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City Health Board
Carter
Health Board
Massachusetts
Independence
Indiana
Diamond Flint Company
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Promise Quick Cure
For biliousness use Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cleanse the stomach regulate the liver and bowels and effect a quick and permanent cure. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Dynamite Firecracker Explodes In Waterloo Church
A giant dynamite firecracker exploded at the Waterloo Methodist church as service began. Mrs. Anna Lamb was struck deaf and unconscious. doctors fear permanent hearing loss. An investigation followed with two boys suspected but denying involvement.
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Waterloo
Anna Lamb
Cambridge Professor’s Engagement With John Long’s Sister-in-law
In Cambridge a noted Harvard art professor Edmund Von Mach becomes engaged to Miss Mary Ware Pierce sister-in-law of former secretary of the navy John D. Long. Pierce stays with her sister Mrs. Long in Hingham while the marriage is planned. Von Mach is a prominent figure in Cambridge society and teaches at Harvard and Wesleyan.
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Cambridge
Mass
John D. Long
Navy
Wellesley College
Edmund Vonmach
Mary Ware Pierce
Miss Pierce
Mrs. Long
Hingham
Prof. Vonmach
Harvard
Wellesley
Prince Henry
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LE Booth
Booth Tarkington
Barbarba A. Shackle
Health Office
Dr. Thomas
Baldwin's
Lafayette, MD
Members Merchants’ Association
Sakes Q
Saks
The
Washington
Pennsylvania Streets
Washington and
BSO
Apollo
D. H. Baldwin and Company
Pennsylvania St
Ice Man
Vonnegut
N. G
Vonnegut’s
E. Washington Street
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