Chorus Girls Eggs and Tim Sullivans Land Tax Scheme
A Cincinnati Times-Star note recalls a theater troupe meal frenzy with forty chorus girls demanding eggs aboard a rail run. Big Tim Sullivan promotes a land tax plan to curb tenement congestion by taxing vacant property and encouraging development or farming of idle city land.
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Tim Sullivan
Lindsey
New York
Cincinati Times-Star
Bowery Kingdom
Tammany
Cincinnati Times-Star
New York City
Sullivan
The
Bowery
Fifth Avenue
Endless Cycle Quote Sparks Community Reflection
A short quoted line from the St. Joseph News Press notes that those with no work may gain weight and then worry about it, highlighting a social observation about lifestyle and concern. The remark frames a recurring worry among people in times of idle routine.
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St. Joseph
Twenty Years After A Hidden Love Letter Trunk Discovery
A man finds a marked trunk of family papers with two bundles of faded letters one in a woman’s hand the other in a man’s. Reading a nineteen year old note he recognizes his wife’s handwriting and recalls his own youth and a prank that exposes their past romance and marriage. A comic ending imagines a future child mirroring their letters.
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Ethel
Etel
Peat
Papa
Ethel Junior
Divorce suit filed as man admits losses in debates
A Detroit Free Press note quotes “Your wife has filed suit for divorce. Are you going to contest it?” The man replies weakly, admitting he has lost every argument with her. The clipping then shifts to household tips and odd anecdotes from the era.
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Detroit Free Press
Pole
Crakow
Steinfeld
Austrian
Poland
Monte Carlo
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Krell
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Weber
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Peans
Robert Wils Kroeger
Crown
Pete
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Weser
Kelso
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Victor
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Woz
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Father
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