Bewildering Letters Reveal Hidden Engagements
A Kansas City resident writes a cheerful letter to a friend detailing her happiness and a proposed marriage, clarifying that Mr Waddington has not proposed. She confesses she cannot marry Cadwalader Waddington yet reveals a stronger, unnamed affection and mixes recollections of old admirers with playful hints about a “power of corset.”
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Cadwalader Waddington
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Tom Ammon
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Chicago Record-Herald
Expensive Killing and Witty Vignettes Across Newspapers
A collage of quirky lines and skits from early 20th century papers. Snippets feature a frightened girl gazing outward, a tourist praising a policeman, Kipling references, humorous advice columns, and city life quips about manners and fashion. Read as a mosaic of clipped humor and social snapshots.
An Old Story and Scarce Meals in a Witty Exchange
A Yonkers Statesman piece spoofs restaurant chatter and a joking old tale about hats and money. Snappy banter includes a line about a man claiming the hat money is in his inside pocket and a comic menu oversell of exotic dishes gone, finishing with a quip on Panama Canal controversy.
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Hashaway
Panama Canal
Almanac promises and porcelain claims in a mixed page
A torn catalog-style clipping touts Professor Munyon's Almanac with moon phases phrenology and dream interpretation, plus beauty culture and poison antidotes. It hints at porcelain origins in China and includes quirky ads and jokes, ending with scattered captions about beverages and manners.
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Munyon Remedy Company
Philadelphia
Distinction Without Difference in a Seven Year City Trial
A court at Augusta sentences a man to seven years for a grave crime. Counsel seeks mitigation citing a poor prisoner's heart. The judge replies he will alter the term to life given the applicant's frail condition. The exchange turns on mercy and a life term replacing years.
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