Latter-Day Discord and Cowbell Music Debate
A fragment from Birmingham Age-T Herald blends old fashioned views with humor. It contrasts yesterday's belief in music from cow bells with a modern Jazz orchestra critique. A returned Yank recalls a misstep in marching order and a brief quip about alibis and discipline.
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Birmingham Age-T Herald
Old Age Starts With Your Kidneys and Digestive Organs
Ancient home remedy advertisement claims aging begins with weakened kidneys and digestion. Promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a tonic to restore kidney function, reduce disease effects, and sustain vigor with daily use. Includes product endorsements and generic drugstore guidance.
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Flaarlem
Not at All Bad Reasoning by Harold Bell Wright Speech
Harold Bell Wright argued after-dinner in San Francisco that financial success proves a book’s merit. He noted famed works earned large sums and told a fable of a tramp who seeks beer and dismisses advice from a penny-pinching gentleman, implying value isn’t tied to wealth.
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Harold Bell Wright
San Francisco
Nothing in the House but Hidden Booze Resting in Cellar
In a terse dialogue a man denies valuables and jewelry, and refuses to search the cellar where the speaker notes alcohol lies asleep. The exchange hints at concealed liquor and a quiet stash within a house. The Detroit Free Press-like snippet captures a tense, evasive mood with implied wrongdoing.
Housewife Thanks Red Cross Ball Blue
A housewife smiles at a basket of clean white clothes and thanks Red Cross Ball Blue sold at grocers for five cents, reflecting a domestic scene tied to wartime homefront efforts.
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Red Cross
Honk Honk Moment For Money Order To Hongkong
A portly Dutch woman applied for a money order to send to her son in China. After a mix up with the clerk, another passerby suggests the phrase Honk honk, leading the clerk to issue the order payable to Hongkong. The woman leaves amused and satisfied.
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China
Dot
Hongkong
Principal Advises Teacher To Curb Slang In Class
An on campus exchange at Tucinnaelty High School has the superintendent instructing a promoted English teacher, Alice, to stop using slang in her lectures. The dialogue centers on adjusting language to suit formal English instruction.
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Tucinnaelty
Alice
Best time and place to propose on a plane gag
A playful dialogue where a bachelor asks for the best time and place to propose to a girl. Benedict jokes about proposing 2000 feet in the air to beat the roar of propellers, noting she wouldn’t hear him, making it the “beat” time and place. The exchange relies on wordplay about sound and aviation.
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Benedict
Kansas
Atchison, Kans
Trent
Fark Commons
The Twice American Faces a Great War Divide
In a secretive council, Noel declares the United States must choose sides as Germany presses neutrality. Granados Ferraz Meyer and Bruce weigh loyalties, while Nilo Valdez eyes a looming global clash and Bruce writes to a mysterious Rose about his unfolding resolve.
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War's Wastage: Moseley Death at Gallipoli Honored
From the New York Times a tribute to Lieut Henry Moseley Royal Engineers who died at 27 in Gallipoli. The Royal Society meeting in London voiced regret that Britain underutilized his scientific genius and condemned unprepared wartime policy. Moseley hurried home, volunteered, and served in the signal corps proving the value of his atom studies while orders arrived for him to return to England.
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Swinn Jeffreys Moseley
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Moseley
Ito
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Letting Him Down in a Boston Transcript Cartoon
A brief exchange depicts a sensitive golfer ridiculed by a caddie as another man laughs. The snappy dialogue hinges on a golfer’s poor play and the caddie’s quick retort, capturing a streetwise comic moment from the era.
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The
Boston Transcript
A Thrifty Suitor Or Bargain In Courtship
From the Tattler a Scottish scene shows Jock courting Maggie for two years. After a long quiet Maggie offers a penny for boughts and Jock suggests a kisale. She complies and they resume a hushed exchange as he muses it may be time to settle the penny for his thoughts.
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Maggie
Magele
Lassie
Fisherman explains water meets boat on shore visit
Cornelius visits a seaside beach and spots a large fishing smack stranded on mud. He asks how the boat is moved to water and is told the water rises to the boat. He chuckles at the exchange and remarks he’s not going to “ewaller Chat.”
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Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Cornelius
Flaherman
A Guest Who Rebelled in English Hostess Tale
An English paper rails at hosts who treat guests as disposables. It contrasts Lady Georgina, who resists, with a host who commands breakfast time, noting she retorts she breakfasts at 11. The piece satirizes social control in domestic hospitality.
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Georgina Area
Making Allowances From Judge
The judge remarks on Brother Sellem's heaven description noting skepticism. He quips that Sellem is a real estate agent, implying salesmanship rather than certainty about the afterlife. The exchange highlights character and humor through a courtroom moment.
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Judge
Brother Sellem
Republicans Backer of World League Endures in Memory
The excerpt recalls past Republican support for international cooperation and the League of Nations, noting a Republican president who helped bring the treaty from Paris and the acclaim of Lodge for the effort. It highlights shifting views and the party's historical role in shaping foreign policy.
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Lodge
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League
Tomorrow’s the Lazy Man’s One Day Start
A quirky note suggests only one day a year prompts a lazy man to begin any task, framing tomorrow as the sole opportunity for action. The item reads like a humorous newspaper snippet and captures a playful, self-deprecating motivation.
Cascarets Offer Gentle Liver and Bowels Cleanse
Advertising copy urges Cascarets as a nightly cleanse for headaches upset stomachs and foul breath. It claims the product cleanses the stomach removes sour undigested food and bile and carries out constipated waste without griping. The note also mentions its low cost and uses and references Calomel and harsh remedies as contrast.
Easy Ottawa Engine Log Saw boosts wood cutting profits
One person or a boy can cut 25 to 40 cords daily with the improved Ottawa Engine Log Saw costing under 2c per cord. A heavy cross cut saw powered by a 4 cycle gasoline engine, it outdoes other tools and can replace ten workers by sawing logs or buzzing branches. When idle, the engine serves other power needs.
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Ottawa Mfg
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