Emerson buggy with rigid guarantee on display
A car load of Emerson buggies arrives on our floor for inspection. See the most rigid guarantee we have heard of and decide whether you wish to buy or not.
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Emerson
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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
8
Notice on 1912 collection accounts for T. M. Jackson
Bank of Kingman states that T. M. Jackson's 1912 credit service fee accounts are with collection agents. A prompt response is requested to settle the matter.
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T. M. Jackson
Bank of Kingman
Local notices and social updates from Attica area
Luncheon prices and shop ads at The Variety plus notes on I E Sowers machinery project. Needleworkers Club guest Ethel Rozell. Mr and Mrs J B Rowlett hosted six o clock dinner. Residents and visitors Miss Leslie Kerr and Mrs Hudler appear. Anecdotes on marriages, illnesses, moves, and local business promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needleworkers Club
Fay E. Cook
Ethel Rozell
J. B. Rowlett
H. E. Redding
Prize for Fermat power problem attracts readers
The London Sphere highlights a century long prize of twenty five thousand dollars for proving Fermat's proposition that no two powers other than squares sum to another power of the same degree. Professor G A Miller notes the risk of chasing a likely fruitless solution while noting past attempts and proofs for specific powers.
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London Sphere
Fermat
G. A. Miller
Mandolin Confusion in Japanese Story Dispatch
Onote Watanna, a Japanese story writer, employed a typist who caught a typographic error where the word maudlin appeared as mandolin. The author insisted on mandlin as the correct spelling, explaining she intended to reference the mandolin instrument and not the Japanese word.
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Onote Watanna
Mandlin
Favorite Fiction Snippets From A Moral Society Era
A collection of caption style quips and lines including dialog about dukes ears meetings and politeness. Phrases reference social manners and public figures with dated formal tone suggesting satirical or theatrical readings from a early 20th century period.
Not Worth His Chloride of Sodium Explains Office Poor
A dialogue uses a playful phrase to mock an office holder. The speaker contrasts refined chemistry terms with a blunt insult suggesting extreme inadequacy. The example riffs on Latin and chemical terms to convey disdain.
Women in Prussia's Army in the War of Liberation
Berlin dispatch notes a hundred-year-old surge against Napoleon and the role of seventeen Prussian women in the War of Liberation. Maria Werder and Elenora Prochaska served as soldiers, with Werder wounded and her husband killed at Leipzig. Prochaska died before that battle, inspiring poets and a Potsdam monument.
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Prussia
Moscow
Leipsic
Berlin
London Standard
Noe
Maria Werder
Silesia
Elenora Prochaska
Carl Renz
Battle of
Potsdam
Courtroom Dialogue Delights Readers in Local Ledger
Bits of colloquy between counsel and witnesses show up in local court notes. A judge probes a witness with a sharp retort about age, illustrating the lively moments tucked between formal testimony.
Groom Rarely Looks Like One
A witty exchange about brides and bachelors appears in a Boston Evening Transcript piece. The cynical youth notes women gaze at heroes while the bachelor laments wedding attention as a reason for crowds at weddings.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Subbubs Says New Buildings Are The Only Kind
In Medford area a train conversation has Subbubs remarking that only new buildings are put up. A stranger notes the steady output of fresh structures and Subbubs confirms the policy as characteristic of their work.
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Medford Way
Subbubs
Boston Evening Transcript
A Quick Cure Why Has Gayboy Quit His Club
A quip notes Gayboy left his clubs after hearing his wife posed as an interesting widow at several recent social affairs. The remark suggests marital rumors affecting his social standing.
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Gayboy
Weather Talk Between Mrs Gramercy and Mrs Park
Snippet shows two ladies chatting about travel and fashion aboard a London Opinion page. The exchange mentions enjoying warm Mediter ranean weather and furs for a possible warm climate.
Ring Around the Moon and a Woman's Finger Commentary
A playful exchange notes superstitions about a ring around the moon predicting rain and jokes that a ring around a woman's finger signals reign, reflecting light humor in a Boston Transcript item.
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Boston Transcript
Walking the Floor With Water Sleep Device
An English scientist in Africa observed a native mother lulling an infant to sleep with water trickling through a hollow reed on the forehead. Experiments show a hollow rubber pad connected to a water reservoir can induce sleep in infants and adults, soothing the brow with a rhythmic throb. Ice water may lower fever when used in the device.
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Africa
Changed name for her to win a bride
Abraham J. Koroski adopts the name Abe Jonas Korr to please his fiancée Miss Beatrice Carol Herman who agrees to be known as Mrs. Korr. He says he eliminated his Hungarian surname to improve his chances with her.
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Abraham J. Koroski
Abe Jonas Korr
Beatrice Carol Herman
Korski
Korr
Koroski
Americans Despoil Doors In Hunt For Old Knockers
Americans visiting London have been buying and stealing old door knockers in Bloomsbury and other historic areas. Some prized knockers are removed from Mayfair homes, while the Duke of Devonshire guards his Devonshire House by adding extra screws to its famous knocker.
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Bloomsbury
Mayfair
Duke of Devonshire
Devonshire House
The English Cook by Escoffier a London chef quips
M Escoffier tells a Carlton tourist that the typical London cook is simple and the same egg used in plain or fancy pudding. He quips that plain cooking hides no tricks and fancy cooks the yolk inside and white outside, noting the joke that it amounts to the same thing.
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M. Escoffier
London
The
Carlton
Blind Man Describes Touch Based Color Sense
In a quip from a 19th century reader note, Sallie questions if the blind can discern color by touch. James replies with a tale of a blind man who could detect a red hot stove by pressing it with his finger.
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Sallie
James
Ladies’ Home Journal
Teaching the Young Idea Comedy Card
A father jokes with his son about the phrase the sunshine of his life. The boy asks what it means and the father replies that it is moonshine, delivering a playful parental exchange.
Flowers That Look Real But Are Not
A man compliments flowers recalling them remind him of someone. The woman points out the blossoms are artificial. He concedes the detail and notes close inspection is needed to tell the difference.
Real Sufferer and a Balkan War Proofreader
A reader asks for help in the Balkans war and explains he suffered as a daily paper proofreader. The exchange frames wartime hardship through a newspaper worker’s lens.
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Balkans
Gossip Roundup Keeps Town Circulating
In a light New England riff on talk, locals debate whether gossip truly keeps life moving. The brisk exchange frames chatter as social currency and a mirror of community dynamics.
Pop and Son Discuss Airplane Flywheels
A father and son exchange remarks about wheels on an airplane being shown. The quip centers on whether the visible components are flywheels, highlighting a lighthearted aviation moment.
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Pop
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