Grip Laughter and Germs Parody in Uncle Hank Style
A humorous monologue riffs on a mythic grip germ as a comic “disease” invading the narrator. Friends and doctors, including Doctor Lesser and Pop Barclay, wheel in exaggerated remedies, sneezing fits, medical chatter, and a chaotic scene of imagined medications. The piece ends with reflections on charity mail and stamped return envelopes.
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Hank
Auction Bridge
Rivesian
Thaen
John
Brass Band Revival Breaks Naples Catalepsy
An Italian hospital tale reports Francesco Messina waking from seven months in a coma after a brass band played outside his ward. Countess Cell arranged the concert despite doctors’ skepticism. Messina awoke within an hour and was discharged. The episode marks a third cataleptic attack linked to his sweetheart.
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Italy
Naples
Francesco Messina
New York
Countess Cell
Messina
Collar Button Invention Eases Collar Fastening
Charles Formage of New Rochelle New York unveils a metal stud collar button with a central screw hole. A tapered peg screws into the hole and passes through the collar buttonhole allowing easy fastening without damage.
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Charles Formage
New Rochelle
N.Y
Answer to a Correspondent on Bellona and Bologna
A correspondence reply argues you must not confuse bellona with bologna. It contrasts mythic warlike bellona made of hot dogs of war with bologna, urging acceptance of their differing origins and that both are built from small pieces.
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Bosbyahell
Approaching a Reform in Whiskey Town
Broncho Bob notes reformers move toward prohibition with a gradual approach. A judge rules that any man who draws a gun must quit drinking, a measure intended to bring order. The Washington Star reports the change is making the town nicer and more orderly.
Streetcar Exchange Highlights Civic Courtesy
In a crowded streetcar, a ruddy-faced man jokes he would yield his seat but declines, claiming he is old enough to be the passenger's father. The young woman safely grips a strap and responds with a witty remark about age and duty, capturing urban manners in a brief moment.
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Boston Transcript
Co-Operation Amid Job Pursuit Conversation
A clipped dialogue shows Gibbe questioning a attempt at a job and a responder confirming belief in the office and a tougher assignment. The exchange hints at aspiration, fatigue, and a potential note of timing in transit or city context.
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Tibe
Boston
King Victor Emmanuel II Leads Italian Frontline War Effort
Article depicts Victor Emmanuel II as democratic yet republican leaning, sharing soldiers' hardships and controlling from the front. It compares him to Theodore Roosevelt, notes his universal knowledge, cavalry prowess, and frugal, informal royal life. It recounts his rickets as a child, stern military tutorship, and decisive actions during crises including the Calabria earthquake.
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Rome
Viector Emmanuel II
Italy
Austria
Duke of Genoa
House of Savoy
New World
Hie
Electora
Polla
Wilson
Theodora Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Kalaer
Victor Emmanuel
CARRIED WILL IN HIS SHOE
A stranger named Walkirk clung to a baggage car during a northbound Orient railway train ride near Oakford and Fullview. He fell, losing part of his left leg. a physician freed a constricting shred, and the man asked that his remaining shoe be removed. Inside the shoe was a will disposing of Washington farm property. Walkirk had not signed it. the will appeared to urge the death of his three children. The operation proceeded after the leg was treated.
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Medusa Oblongata
Lima
Alimentary Canal
Interior Department
Doctor Lesser
Mexico
Doc
Wichita
Kan
Orient Railway
Oakford
Oklo
Fullview
Walkirk
Washington
Deals Out Poetic Justice in Indiana Drunk Driving Case
Bloomington reports Monroe County jury punishes Tuck Pendegraft on a bindery charge with a barrel of days at Putnamville and a $50 fine. The verdict defines a barrel of days as the same as a barrel of beer. Pendegraft ran a blind tiger operation at a halfway house between Bedford and Mitchell. Charles Gews of Sanders pleads guilty to running a blind tiger at Sanders and receives ninety days and a $50 fine. James Strange, noted as a habitual drunk, appears in the same context.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Pendegraft
Lawrence County
Putnamville
Pendegram
Bedford
Mitchell
Charles Gews
Sanders
James Strange
New Gloves for Brave Cop in Milwaukee
Traffic Patrolman Rohde risked his life stopping a runaway wagon driven by William Horowits, grabbing the lines as the horse bolted toward Chestnut street. The horse dragged him. his gloves were torn and soiled, and he was bruised but credited for halting the animal.
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Milwaukee
Rohde
Sam
William Horowits
Seventh
Vilet Streets
Chestnut Street
Horowicz
Bones are nailed together in Fond du Lac county
George Mulhollan of South Byron who was treated six weeks ago for a fractured hip underwent a rare operation. Two tenpenny spikes were silver plated and nailed through the hip bone to unite the fragments. The bones have knitted and he can walk as well as before.
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Fond du Lac
Vic
George Mulholan
Byron
Mulhollan
Bully True Yarn From East Palestine About Hatching Hen
Joseph Knight of the Burt farm reports in good faith he gave fifteen eggs to a hen to hatch. The eggs hatched on Tuesday, producing eleven chicks, along with four kittens, confirming Knight as a truthful man.
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East Palestine
Joseph Knight
Burt Farm
Here
Knight
Prison Sentenced to Sixty Days at Penal Farm
A man charged with a crime was sentenced to sixty days at the penal farm. The brief report notes the punishment and confinement location but provides few additional details about the case or offender.
Finds Wildcat Currency in Old Bible Relic
Elkhart Indiana resident Thomas Walburn found $74 in wildcat currency dated 1833 to 1841 inside an old Bible from a dump pile. The notes, in $5, $2 and $1 denominations, have long been out of circulation though he suspects potential historical value as relics.
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Elkhart
Thomas Walburn
Keep Me From the Maze of the Enemies Faithfully
Lesson for June 20 on Psalm 141, a Davidic plea for deliverance from sin and foes. It outlines prayer as the path to relief, urges purity to avert wicked works, seeks discipline through correction, and ends with trusting reliance on God amid extreme peril.
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David
Sina
Jehovah
Tabernacle
Jonathan
Biok
Church of Christ
God
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