Kosmos Club Drama Ends In Candid Meeting
Ada and Edwin Marston navigate Glenville society as Judith McKenney, a gifted author known as Olive Colbert, confronts class bias at a Windmere reception. Edwin and Judith face love and ambition amid social hauteur and the lure of fame.
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Judith Manfly
Edwin
al Glenville
Ada
Kosmos Club
Ste Wouisines
Windmere
Fee
Far West
Louisine Club
Judith
Lousaine
Olive Dorset
Loulaine Club
Glenville
Mrs. Dorset
Famliar Street
Domestic problem solved by a Southern cook in New York
The account notes Mrs. Broun, a member of a Southern New York City circle, hiring a cook after a nurse suggested one. The story portrays the cook's confident claim of giving Mrs. Broun a “long job” and the mistress agreeing to let the arrangement unfold, with the cook taking charge of household duties.
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Leroy Broun
Ben
Poker night spill stains vest in quiet parlor exchange
Mrs Blinkenstein chides Isaac for tobacco stained vest after a casual poker game with Mose Rothbaum and Ada Winkler. Mr Buckenstein protests spitting cannot turn away from the players.
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Mrs. Blinkenstein
Isaac
Mr. Blinkenstein
Mose Rothbaum
Ada Winkler
Fisherman's Luck in Fancy Fishing Talk
A Louisville Courier Journal humorous item depicts a fisherman lamenting his luck with a quip about a pickerel too large for the hole cut in the sea. The brief vignette captures gridiron riverside wit and riverfolk humor.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Paris Fashions Aim to Avoid Freakish Effects
In a lively exchange Maymie questions Paris fashion trends noting optimism that styles will skip extreme, absurd looks while the idea gains interest and curiosity about upcoming attire.
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Paris
Maymie
Head in the Kitchen and Tend to Mine
A brief note from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald records a terse exchange about duties in the home, highlighting a kitchen task and a dismissive directive. The snippet preserves a fragment of domestic dialogue without broader context or consequences.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Folklore tale from East Africa noted at London meeting
At a Folk-Lore Society gathering in London Misa A. Werner described East African aborigines as possessing distinct folklore. She cited a legend of a pillar with a white bowl that allegedly trembled in moonlight. A native’s anger led him to shoot the bowl, then he returned home and died, a consequence believed to be tied to destroying the bowl.
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East Africa
Folk-Lore Society
London
England
Misa A. Werner
Expensive Spouse Cracks Down On Fashion Costs
Social exchange notes a wife and husband quip about seeking the dearest attire. The husband jokes that a woman who condemns the risqué skirt would likely wear one herself, reflecting lighthearted marital banter on fashion and spending.
When June Is Just Ahead by Henry Howland
A reflective poem praising June’s arrival and its hopeful, restorative power. It contrasts communal joy with personal loss and memory, linking June’s charms to weddings, roses, and the easing of daily cares. Voices drift from celebration to somber reflection on those left behind.
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Thoas
Too Ready to Quit Story of a Marriage Reversal
A dialogue unfolds with one person initially refusing a proposal then, after reassurances, changing stance. The other party emphasizes calm and mutual understanding before the proposer withdraws the earlier refusal and accepts the marriage proposal.
No Marriage in Heaven Quip Sparks Domestic Irony
Mrs Henpeck declares no marriage in heaven prompting her husband Henry to sigh and quip that conditions in the hereafter are uncertain. The exchange satirizes marital expectations with light, playful tone.
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Mrs. Henpeck
Mr. Henpeck
Henry
Brute and Mary Clash Over Silence and Thought
A tense exchange unfolds as Mary asks Brute to stop talking so he can think. He insists he can both talk and think, while claiming his thoughts during her chatter yield nothing.
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Kosmos Club
Este
Jedith McKerney
Win
Sie
India
Glenville
Seither
Wealth and Morality Clash in a Comic Exchange
A speaker declares honesty about past poverty, while another notes the odd wish to renounce wealth. The reply questions why one would abandon riches if happiness would return. The dialogue hinges on wealth, memory, and concern for others.
A Look Into the Future and Fifty Year Predictions
A futuristic glimpse forecasts drastic changes in six decades. It envisions a time when people may acknowledge that grandmothers were professional divers, reflecting hopes and curiosity about social and technological progress.
Never before were there as many writers of popular songs
A fragmented dialogue touches on rising human intelligence, wedding boredom, and a child not yet christened or operated on, with Mrs Spossley dismissing social events and people discussing life events in brisk, candid exchanges.
Old Ruins of Roman Africa in Barbary Echo Civilizational Reach
The article reflects on Roman Africa as seen by travelers, noting enduring Latin influence in North Africa from the first two centuries of the Christian era. It recalls Roman urban life, municipal governance, and major settlements like Lambessa and Thaumgad, and how towns declined after Rome withdrew.
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Lendot
Barbary
Justinian
Roman
Carthage
Hine
Africa
Empire
Lambessa
Legio I
Augusta
Thaumgad
Timgad
Rome
Need of Cupid in N Y Met
New York leaders of the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian associations discussed using dances and other social events to pair lonely singles. William Fellowes Morgan called this a social fix for loneliness, praised by Mrs. James Stewart Cushman, who noted a successful West Side experiment pairing West Side YMs with girls at socials.
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New York
Young Men's
Young Women's Christian Associations
William Fellowes Morgan
Morgan
Young Men's Christian Association
James Stewart Cu
Tango A Cure For Nerves At New York Colony Club
Dr Frederick Peterson cites a drop in nervous cases among dancers saying tango and maxixe entice both young and old. Miss Rachel Crothers discusses standardizing dances to retain fun. Parenta league mothers and fathers, initially aiming to ban the new dances, lift the ban after seeing the standardized methods.
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New York
Frederick Peterson
Colony Club
Rachel Crothers
Parenta League
Doctor Boiled Egg On Ice In Cambridge Experiment
Dr W L Bovie used ultraviolet rays at the Harvard cancer commission to boil a regular egg placed on ice without melting the ice. He exposed the egg to waves near 2750 angstrom units, hard boiling the egg while the ice remained intact.
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Cambridge
Masa
W. L. Bovie
Harvard Cancer Commission
Not Long
A brief exchange notes a wife away for a short period and the modest travel items she takes, including three trunks and a pair of suitcases. The dialogue implies a temporary absence of about one to two weeks.
It Must Indeed On Mare The Year Is 730 Days Long
A fragment notes a proposal or joke about a Martian or lunar year lasting 730 days and mentions the long wait between birthdays for a man born on February 29, hinting at leap year ideas and timekeeping quirks.
Wine Sult Against Wife in Illinois Suit
Providence judge Vroderick Ruecker ruled in a civil suit between spouses. He awarded a husband $120 plus costs after his wife sought damages in a competing action that failed to proceed.
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Providence
Vroderick Ruecker
Garden Plan Offers Beautiful, Lasting Borders
A detailed garden plan shows borders filled with shrubbery in corners, hardy perennials in front, and grouped foxgloves, peonies, and Oriental poppies. Iris varieties, Sweet Williams, narcissus, and daffodils create early spring color around a central Illy pool, sun dial, and semicircular benches. A second, more formal scheme features Lombardy poplars, a rear pergola, and white garden furniture, with boxwood edges and massed hellebo thus, coreopsis, and poppies for standout color.
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Bengath
Public Welfare Model Inspires Chicago Plan
Kansas City board of public welfare praised as national example by visiting Chicago delegation. Alderman C E Merriam introduced a Chicago ordinance to create a department of public welfare with two bureaus the bureau of employment and the bureau of social surveys. The judiciary committee favors passage as cities expand duties for living conditions.
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Board of Public Welfare
Kansas City
Chicago
Jacob Billikept
Kansas City Board
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago Council
C. E. Merriam
Department of Public Welfare
Bureau of Employment
Bureau of Social Surveys
Judiciary Committee
Council
What a Garden Will Do
An Alabama Coal Operators' association booklet claims a garden reduces living costs and improves health, happiness, and family life. It promises exercise, entertainment, mischievous prevention for children, thrift and industry lessons, home contentment for wives, and money savings.
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Alabama Coal Operators’ Association
Tender Hearted Man Inspires Soft Coal Comfort
The Buffalo Express recalls a moat tender-hearted caretaker who, when a family cat sought warmth, insisted on sleeping in the coal bin and ordered a ton of soft coal to help. The anecdote highlights kindness to animate and a thoughtful, practical deed.
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Buffalo Express
Uncle Eben Remarks on Divorce and Alimony Interest
Uncle Eben quips that divorce and alimony tensions would ease if a wife showed as much interest in her husband’s business during marriage as when pursuing alimony. The line uses a dialect voice to critique marital finance and gender roles.
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Uncle Eben
Mole Story of Ground Dweller Told by Elders
A long oral tale explains how a mighty man loses shape and a mole changes form to live underground. The story centers on a brave couple, the magical heart swap, and the mole's transformation into a creature with sharp nose and poor eyes who now feeds on corn kernels. The narrative ends with children reflecting on the tale's moral.
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McClure Newspeaper Syndicate
Something Novel for Boys in Modern Playrooms
A description of a new child’s hoop device that reduces effort by using a T shaped stick. The small boy can keep the hoop rolling with less labor by a lower perpendicular contact stick near the ground. The invention allows ongoing motion as the child walks, replacing the older method of beating the hoop with a stick.
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Stick
Parrot Bank Mystery in Chester Auction Story
In Chester England an old woman killed by poisoning kept a stuffed parrot as a bank. After her death the house sold, a boy bought the parrot for sixpence and found about four thousand dollars inside. A suit seeks recovery from the boy’s father, but he may keep the money.
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Chester
England
Transformation. Why is a woman deformed when she is mending her stockings?
A quip notes odd vision of a woman mending stockings as a joke about misplacement of body parts. The line plays on a visual pun implying her hands occupy a place where feet belong.
Left-Handed Boys and Right-Handed Schools
A short opinion piece argues that about one in fifteen boys becomes left handed by age ten, blaming mothers for not forcing right-handed use. It notes German schools teach right handedness, most tools suit right hands, and ambidexterity offers some advantage though nature seems to favor the right arm for most tasks.
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Germany
Oature
The Song of the Tree Toad Described in Verse
An industrious Chap notes a tree toad’s song heard nationwide on warm summer nights. The creature reportedly calls out Sleep Sleep Sleep up to 60 times per minute and 4000 times without rest, preferring the sound of its own voice. The piece pokes at vanity, likening the toad to certain people who seek attention while achieving little else.
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Conaista Ip
Guapense
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Doctor
New Indian Animal Stories
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Parrot Bank
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