Moonlit Headlines and Wry Wishes From Oddities to Oddballs
A late 19th or early 20th century style collage lampoons public figures, poets, lawmakers, and cities with satirical blinks at moon lore, politics, and social quirks. It lampoons Philadelphia hypnotists, a New York judge, tempers in New Jersey, and the cabbage wake reptile tale amid a stream of puns and cultural jabs.
Maid miners strike on St Peter's Dome in Colorado tale
Miss Madge Pickler and Miss Grace Kepford from Faulkton pursue gold on St Peter's Dome near Cripple Creek Colorado amid camp life and a founded town site scheme. They defend their bold move, endure rumor, and anticipate riches while forming a company to ship ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Pickler
J. A. Pickler
Faulkton
Grace Kepford
St. Louis
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
St. Peter's Dome
Misa Pickler
St. Peter's
Miss Kepford
John Cameron
Sde
Mias Pickler
Hers “Kinnickinnick
Mise Kopford
Wis
Ynclo
John
Mr. Pickler
Grace
Winchester
Camsron
Miss Pickler
Fanny Kirk
St. Peter’s Dome
Misa Kepford
Mixa Pickler
Peter's Dome
Young bride in Harlem shop seeks kitten from butcher
In a Harlem market tale a four month bride pursues a promised kitten from a kindly butcher. She waits while he services customers, but the promised pet remains unfulfilled amid her hopeful tales of a quiet married life. The piece blends romance with a note on perseverance and risk in new ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Anys
Kittes
New York
Ten Dollar Debt Leads to Cold Confrontation
Tompkins confronts Bell over a ten dollar debt while Bell endures recurring chills, saying “Bad, old man, bad,” as Tompkins presses for repayment in this Chicago Record-Herald item conveyed in a puckish, old newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tompkins
Bell
Chicago
Union Labor News Roundup From 1905 to 1817 Era
Readable items recount labor actions and meetings across North America and Europe. Delegates consider wage strikes and eight hour day plans while unions report growth in Porto Rico and Canada. Notable notes include printing and garment industry disputes, a hotel for painters, and cooperative organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Baston
Neenah
Wis
Scottish Weavers
Florence Elliott
Farmers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
J. & P. Coats ‘Thread Company
Pawtucket
R. Ly
Wilkesbarre
Hoston
Cooper Union
New York
Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators
Brotherhood of Painters
London Society of Compositors
General Treasury
American
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Dominion of Canada
Long Island Sound
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Santiago Iglesas
Structural Trades’ Alliance
St. Joseph
Frank Buchanan
Bridge and Structural Ironworkura’ Union
Toronto
Pittsburg
Associaton
Glass Blowers’ Association
International Typographical Union
Committee On
All Parte
Globe
Amsterdam
Holland
International Congress of Tobacco Workers
Belgium
Tobicca
Una
Nofon
Canada
United States
International Union Convention
John W. Hamilton
St. Louis
James P. Pritchard
A. J. Lawrence
Aleron
San Francisco
French
Typographical Union
Citizens’ Alliance
International ‘Typographical Union
M. C. Slowm
Superior Court
Alliance
Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas Agitator
Garnett
Kansas
Prof. Pickering
Moon
Jobs Strange Winter
Mary Whith
Amen
Berlin
Rudyard Kipling
Alfred Austin
Birmingham
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Fow
Congress
John J. Sullivan
Philippines
Mary Anderson
Georgia
George Washington
Morristown
N. J
Hetty Green
Asbury Park
New Jersey
Jersey
Tennessee
Japan
Harold Boles
Booklovers
von Wire Rers
Limbo Bian Dust Rica
M Sintie
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