Sheriff W Weimer appoints wife deputy in Greene County
A Greene County Pennsylvania sheriff has named his wife as deputy. A Boston store window offered a one dollar bill marked 90 cents for a day before sale. Isaac Davis of Camden New Jersey died by hanging using an apple tree tied to a past suicide. A Bath Maine resident exhibits a freak fish with salmon body and trout mouth. Joseph Moyce and Charles Powers left Northumberland Massachusetts to walk to San Francisco, aiming to finish by late August.
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Boston
Joseph Moyce
Charles Powers
Northumberland
Mass
San Francisco
Bowser’s fly screen fiasco ends in accident and chaos
A Bowser tries to install twelve fly screens himself to save costs. Mistakes compound as screens don’t fit, doors are misassembled, and tempers flare. The nurse and bystander narrator aids Bowser after a fall, while Mrs. Bowser arrives to take charge as police and ambulance respond.
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Bowser
Health of Army In Little Danger Says Gorgas
Surgeon General William C. Gorgas states the U S Army is in far better health than during the Spanish American War and will rely on camp sanitation and education to prevent disease. He cites typhoid inoculation, anti yellow fever progress, and improved medical training to keep troops fit in future campaigns.
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William C. Gorgas
United States Army
Mexico
Medical Department of the Army
Texas
Reed
New World
London Weekly fragment on marriage independence dilemma
In a Dilemma a London Weekly fragment quotes a young suffragette who says she wants marriage to prove she can, yet dislikes marrying to prove nothing. She fears people will deem her less independent either way depending on her choice.
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London
T. P
London Weekly
All in the Game and the woodshed retort
The Buffalo Express quotes a tense exchange where S and P discuss a practice mishap. A future star tearfully explains injuring his trousers during a fallaway slide. P responds with a sharp threat to demonstrate a hit and run in the woodshed.
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Stern
William
S, P
Buffalo Express
Fractured Banter Between Jeweler and Student
A playful exchange contrasts an amused jeweler and a student. The jeweler asks about an alarm clock and declares it first rate after a humorous crash. The student reflects on deep study, noting he never stops until fully embracing a subject, prompting a shy response about being interesting.
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London
No Help For It We Can't Keep A Watering Place Pure
A comic quip about watering places compares them to mountain resorts and suggests that relaxation areas cannot be exclusive to any single group. The speaker argues that at a watering place any leisure lover can be present, highlighting inclusivity.
Arizona Kicker Satirizes Hat, Husbands, and Town Social Season
The Arizona Kicker lampoons town leaders and society pages. It mocks a postmaster, deputy marshal, mayor, editor, and senator as pompous, while declaring plans to match 200 marriageable women with local men and announcing Washington presence by Major Tinkham. It details marriages, social events, and quirky town lore with satirical bite.
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Ourself
U.S
Givenham Gulch
Arizona Kicker
Beenuty
Rough Cast Bungalow Cost Estimates and Plans
Study notes describe a rough cast bungalow with 26 by 42 feet footprint, first story nine feet high and second story eight feet, room to finish three chambers upstairs. Estimated build cost exclusive of finishing and utilities is 2200 dollars, finishing entire beer and story adds 400 to 500 dollars, full basement, birch floors and finishes possible, publisher offers Raktris book of pling and interiors for 1 to 6 thousand dollar costing.
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Washington
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