Jeanie the loyal Scotch servant and widow of Willum Lammas
The narrative describes Jeanie, a devoted cook and steadfast helper, whose quiet strength and love sustain her household. She accepts nursing Willum, vows to wait, endures years of separation, and finally mourns his death with dignity. She refuses marriage, keeping William’s memory and inheritance, content with a single, deep love.
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Jéanie
Ourousehold
Willum Lammas
Willum
Jeanie
William
Lassie
Reat
Jockley
Owever
Khnpwite
Jonnie
Saya
Wanle
Ballins
Sho
Willliam
Jeanietn
DUMMY LOVE SONG
Fragmentary song lyrics describe a man admiring a shop mannequin as a love interest. The verse suggests a longing to become closer to the lifelike figure while noting the mannequin’s fashion details and a recurring chorus promising love.
Indiana Has Best Electrics Says The Trolley Tourist
New Yorker Billatt Flower, of Chicago, traveled by trolley from Chicago to New York, praising Indiana’s trolley system as the best in the United States. He found maps incomplete and routes unreliable, with many lines unfinished or operational only in segments, forcing him to use trains and teams at several points.
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New York
Billatt Flower
Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago
Rt. Regin
Mips
Mapa
Jake & Bruen Lie
Indiana
CH Y
Fayettie
Indianapolis
Flower
United States
Blower
Dayton
Ohio
Lima
Toledo
Pepand
Cleveland
Buffalo
van Eatfield
Muffalo
Pleum
Mr. Flower
N. Y
Forchester
Rochester
Clyde
Lyons
Byrhouwe
Byracuse
Utica
Little Malls
Ealley
Little Falla
Fonda
Albany
Johnstown
Panama
Mark
Edson
Santa Maria
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
New York Merchants’ Association
Mrs. Fly
Old Volcano in Guatemala Scares Natives Near
News from Guatemala reports a long erupting volcano sending steam and sulfurous smoke toward surrounding towns. Inhabitants of San Fillipo Quezaltenango and nearby plantations fear lava flows and evacuations after months of rumbling activity.
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Guatemala
San Francisco
San Fillipo
Banta Maria
Quezaltenango
He Was Still Counting. A Humorous Interne Tale
A doctor in early training at a Philadelphia hospital examines a patient as the man, an Irish laborer called Pat, slowly recites number after number while the physician, half asleep, records the counts from one to a hundred sixty nine and beyond in a light recounting of medical humor from Success Magazine.
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Success Magazine
Philadelphia
Pat
Woman and Her Work at the Denver Post Notes
Susan Young Gates, daughter of Brigham Young, is named a trustee of Sault Lake University and a noted lecturer. She leads the woman movement with emphasis on work and duties, citing a Salt Lake City address and a humorous anecdote about gender roles. The piece also notes a Dover Strait bridge cost estimate of 34 million dollars.
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Denver Post
Susan Young Gates
Brigham Young
Sault Lake University
Longest baseball game in history staged in 1907
Rival ball teams from East All Stars and Brook lyn battled for five hours with 9 innings of play at Cleveland’s Brookdale Park. The East scored in the first, Brooklyn in the ninth, no further runs until the 20th inning when two runners reached base and a third batter hit a decisive home run.
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Cleveland
Brookdale
Park. A
Brooks
Prab
East All Stars
East
Brooklyn
Balla
Smith
Pealoyen Amand
Pierce
Bennet
Boston
le Ocessee
A Philanthropist and a Cinch in a Classroom Joke
A teacher defines a philanthropist as one who helps others and asks a student what he would be if rich enough to aid all in need. The boy replies a cinch, prompting lighthearted classroom humor as a cook and students exchange quips about giving coffee an encore.
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Tommy Saunders
Monster Boys Live In The Giant State
Houston, Tex. Two brothers, Wil Dewey and Ernest Z. Ashcroft, show extraordinary growth from birth. Wil Dewey, born 1900, now 0% years old with 255 pounds at feet two inches tall and a 63 inch waist, growing rapidly toward 600 pounds. Ernest Z., born December 4 1908, weighed 9 pounds at birth and 105 pounds at age four, standing three seven inches tall with a 36 inch waist. Parents are average height and weight. sisters are light and small.
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Houston
Tex
Ve ¢ Farm
Lannius
John H. Ashcroft
Wil Dewey Ashcroft
Ernest Z. Ashcroft
Leisure as Capital in a Modern Economy
Analysis argues leisure should be treated as an asset to strengthen both work and life. Shorter workdays and longer holidays shift value to free time, yet the challenge is using leisure to improve productivity and well being without increasing waste or debt.
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Wall Street Journal
Norea
Indus
Secretary Wilson’s Rural Economy Anecdote From Washington
A Washington Star letter recounts Secretary James Wilson of Agriculture sharing a parable on economical farming. The tale portrays a clergyman who suggests spouses and tools in exchange for plows, weaving a moral about prudent expenditure and rural thrift within a minister’s daily routine.
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Washington Star
Wilson
Depor of Agriculture
Tnington
Beatles
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Gentlemen's Department
Michigan
Ilima O
Pittsburg
Saar” FeLiee
Straits of Dover
Harper's Weekly
France
Europe
England
America
Eam
Herbert F. Roberts
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas Experiment Station
Central
Southjeres
Kansas
Yorick
Monster Boys
Texas
James
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