Unknown Irishman’s Death and Two Funerals
A Chicago money-maker known for spending sprees abused his family and furniture. After his death his children held a grand funeral. The blind widow cried through the service and whispered to her son wondering if a second funeral was held. The tale ends with a rustic Irish twist from the Saturday Evening Post.
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Danny
Saturday Evening Post
Cold Club Humor Sparks Icy Dinner Custom
A Boston club member known for a frigid demeanor prompts jokes about chilling the claret at dinners to match the dining room. A newcomer suggests the custom to ice the wine when that member attends, prompting amused discussion among the group.
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Boston
Marper’s Magazine
No End to His Gad Luck at Anti Cigarette Banquet
The report recounts John D. Shoop addressing an anti cigarette league banquet. He uses the story of a slave named Lazarus to illustrate faith under hardship and a hopeful afterlife. The narrator reflects on personal misfortune and a master servant dynamic in the tale.
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Memories. A newsboy recalls his early days
A nostalgic reminiscence features a speaker recalling his time as a newsboy and the lessons learned while selling papers. The piece hints at resilience and city life, with a casual, folksy tone characteristic of local column writing.
Swift Transformation Briefly Described
A Georgia woman reports rapid relief from indigestion and heart palpitations after using Grape-Nuts and Postum. She says her stomach and heart troubles disappeared, her mind cleared, and she gained flesh and strength, praising the products in a testimonial.
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Postum Co
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Peffer recalls career of Kansas populist in Topeka memoir
In a quiet room at 716 West Tenth Street Topeka longtime ex senator William A Peffer reflects on his rise from a Kansas farmer to a national figure. He recounts his 1891 Senate election, the beard that became a national joke, and his later work preparing memoirs including bills he championed such as direct election of senators and woman's suffrage.
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Life in the Canal Zone by Nicholas
Life in the canal zone resembles life in home with year round warmth, pleasant nights, and temperatures under 86 degrees. Homes have wide screened porches. the Agriculture Department supplies garden plants. The Panama Canal hosts band concerts firemen tournaments women’s clubs church groups and a canal baseball league. American children ride ponies and attend public schools in the region.
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Orchard Neighbors Bee Hives In Your Orchard
E P Powell in Outing urges placing a country bee yard in an apple orchard to improve pollination and fruit yield. Bees in sunlit orchard corners work between showers, boosting honey and cross pollination for apples, plums, and cherries, benefiting both honeys and fruit.
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E. P. Powell
Cold Weather a Canada Asset Says Rhodes Trust Head
Dr. G. R. Parkin told the Geographical Association that severe winters sharpen industry and prudence. He argued that cold snaps, blizzards, and snow drifts, though hardships, build backbone and civic virtue for those facing long winters in Canada.
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Rhodes Scholarship Trust
The
Geographical Association
University College, London
Canada
Nature
Advertising sincerity and risk in local ad buys
A Chicago advertising manager urges prudence in local ads noting 3 to 6 percent of gross sales as guidance and warns against pushy schemes. He argues the best results come from honest solicitors who help a retailer, while fake offers waste money and hurt business.
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Ite
J. Walter Bright
Mandel Brothers
Chicago
Iowa Lown
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Bright
Solleikar
Womdere
Busla
The Allglass Company Mystery and a Hidden Note
Temple, a glass craftsman, discovers a secret process for tough amber glasses after reading a cryptic family record in a Bible. The note from his father hints at a hidden ink recipe and a guarded method, leaving the exact technique and its heirs unresolved.
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Temple
D. C
Jenno
Matthew
Jan Claga
Steve
Clapp
John Temple
Ancene Company
The Great State of the Future and Public Service
The author argues against lifelong civil service and praises life experience over formal training. He envisions a future state where public service is not monolithic and citizens retain economic independence, with many occupations remaining private and voluntary.
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Tata
Chal
Clams That Drown Men and Other Oddities
A New York Herald item blends bizarre creature lore and fragmented verse as it notes large clams trapping divers and drowning them, reports on luminous lures causing closures, and scatters excerpts from poems and political musings with no clear single event.
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The
New York Herald
Pacific
Indian
Ghostly prank at cemetery banquet tale
A banquet recounts a joke where friends bury an Irishman in a grave. He falls into a dug hole and, as white sheet figures appear, he quips back with a sharp retort, displaying quick wit despite the frightful setup.
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Pat
Happiness Postponed in Exeter Wedding Ordeal
A sailor groom awaiting ship commander permission caused a delay at St Mary Major's Church Exeter Devonshire England. The bride swooned and left. the groom went to Plymouth to obtain the necessary document before the ceremony could proceed.
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Exeter
Devonshire
England
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Exposing Children to Disease Warns Doctor on Contagions
Dr. Roger H. Dennett famed New York specialist cautions parents never expose children to contagious diseases to “get it over with.” He notes even mild illnesses like measles and whooping cough carry high death rates.
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Woman's Home Companion
Roger H. Dennett
New York
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