The Rich Boy Steal a Trolley Ride
Stephen, son of a very wealthy man, slips from his guards and borrows a five cent trolley fare. He rides with strangers, enjoys the thrill, and returns home to a strict consequence. The tale contrasts opulent upbringing with a brief taste of ordinary life.
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Stephen
Tucker
Simpson
Curious Tidbits and Quips From a Local Page
A collage of quips and observations on everyday life and habits. Topics range from a running joke about self praise to witty lines on butter prices, shopping, and tobacco substitutes. The pieces echo a late 19th or early 20th century local newspaper style with humorous asides.
Mattiers Cook Book Across the Fields of Yesterday
A prose verse passage recalling a boyhood self and the poet asks whether the man he might have become can be seen within the present. The reflection blends memory with wistful inquiry into identity and time.
Banana and Cherry Fritters With Sauces
Collection of fritter recipes including Banana Fritters with lemon sauce and Cherry Fritters with maraschino cherries. Also provides a savory fritter using flour milk and mayonnaise dressing with capers pickles olives and parsley. Serves as dessert entrée ideas from McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
Young Lady Across the Way Critiques Tariff Law
Margaret Morison notes a local remark that legislation alone cannot solve rising sugar prices despite the new tariff, reflecting public doubt about policy impact on everyday costs.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Something to Think About by F. L Walker
In this reflection on professional mindset a man stuck in circular thinking fails to progress. The piece contrasts those who think straight and work hard with those who evade duties and seek pleasure, urging cultivation of disciplined habits and effective use of tools. It includes a vignette about a newspaper vendor named Ball demonstrating precise technique and pride in skilled labor. It ends noting a French woman opening a school to teach the art of pleasing men.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Ball
John Ball
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Shelved at Thirty Five A Man Faces Lost Life Balance
OHN BALL leaves a doctor's office with a verdict of rest and dry climate for life, a career ended at thirty five. He reflects on friends ruined by misfortune and a harsh world, then stops at a station newsstand to buy a newspaper, encountering a stocky man as he contemplates the future.
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Ohn Ball
John Ball
Ball
Daily Growth and Unity Poem by Douglas Mallotch
A poem urging daily improvement and kindness. It envisions brighter days as hearts grow younger and judgments loosen. It calls for neighborly labor and stronger faith, urging ever purer souls and closer bonds among people.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Men’s Elastic Bands Shipment From Hongkong Colony
Instem reported a shipment of men’s elastic bands valued at $50,000 delivered to the colony, detailing the transport from Hongkong.
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Hongkong
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