Funny Men to Honor Nye at Laramie Monument
Laramie Wyoming will host the Funny Men of note at their annual meeting to honor Bill Nye. Robert J. Burdette James Whitcomb Riley and other humorists are expected to attend. The event supports a monument site chosen for Nye who began his career at the Laramie Sentinel and the Boomerang.
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Robert J. Burdette
James Whitcomb Riley
Bill” Nye
Mark Twain
Thomas Augustin Daly
Catholic Standard and Times
Philadelphia
Frank Thompson Searight
First St
Los Angeles
Laramie
Nye
East
Monument planned for Bill Nye by American humorists
Laramie Wyoming June 14 In praise of Bill Nye the press humorist a movement among American humorists aims to raise a monument at Laramie where Nye was first discovered. The culminating events are to occur in Los Angeles California next September with the American Press Humorists leading the effort.
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Wyo
Senate
Laramie
Bill Nye
Frank Hatton
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Wye
Bill” Nye
United States
Los Angeles
Cal
American Press
The Handy Doctor in Your Vest Pocket
An ad describing Cascarets as a compact health aid carried in a vest pocket or purse. It touts Cascarets as a gentle bowel exercise to prevent constipation, noting the product’s “West Pocket” box, ten cents, and the Sterling Remedy Company branding.
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Sterling Remedy Company
What They Say Most People Have Only Two
The bride boasts her husband stands six feet in his stockings while friends joke about a centipede like figure. The quip captures wedding day humor and bridal pride amid playful banter.
Hunt in America Targets Dowry Attached Game
The passage notes Count Anbisbo begins a hunting expedition in America citing a dowry tied to the game. The source frames the move as driven by the dowry practice unique to the country.
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Anbisbo
America
Married Worker Seeks Wage Raise Citing Accidents
A worker tells his employer he has married and asks for higher wages. The employer responds that he is only responsible for accidents that occur in the works, implying no wage increase due to marriage.
Sunday School Banter on Lying and Consequences
A light exchange between a Sunday school teacher and a bright pupil questions punishment for lying in ancient times. The pupil quips that if people were struck dead for fibbing there would be nobody left to bury them.
Lord Wolseley Allows Tobacco to Troops in Campaigns
In all Lord Wolseley's campaigns he allowed each soldier one pound of tobacco a month as a fair al lowance. In Italy military authorities recognize the need and cigars are served with daily rations to the troops.
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Lord Wolseley
Italy
The Doveydoves and Their First Born
A dialogue between Mr and Mrs Doveydove portrays a baby’s colic and a comical search for paregoric. Misplaced medicine, attempted remedies, and marital banter unfold as the couple debates best care for Baby who ultimately does not require paregoric.
Dam Project to Save Zuider Lake Costs 72 Million
Consul General Richard Guenther of Frankfort says the Dutch government will build a dam three percent miles long to stop German ocean inflow. The project is estimated at 72 million and should take 32 years to complete.
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Richard Guenther
Frankfort
Zuider Lake
Read Horuff's Shoe Advertisement on Virginia Avenue
Read Horuff's Shoe advertisement on Virginia Avenue page of this edition. 25e Waistings 10c per yard Surprise Sale. Weber and Zimmer 322 324 Virginia Avenue. Read-Series Furniture ad on Virginia Avenue page of this issue.
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Horuff
Virginia- Ave
Weber & Zimmer
Virginia-ave
Virginia Ave
Death Warrant Carved on Tree in Palace Park
Madrid reports that after the assassination attempt on King Alfonso on his wedding day the king’s death warrant was carved into a tree in the Palace park overnight. The bark was removed and the inscription read Executed Will Be Alfonso XIII The Day of His Wedding. The carving is to be a key exhibit at the trial of those accused in the plot.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Palace Park
Alfonso XIII
Fire in Detroit rooming house sends occupants to nets
On Jefferson avenue a four-story rooming house fire injures four, with Miss Annie Roundtree dying at Harper's hospital and Robert Abernathy severely burned. Thirty-three residents jumped to life nets from upper floors after the blaze started from a lamp set alight by a man.
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Roundtree
Harper's Hospital
Robert Abernathy
Jefferson Ave
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