Fooling Mark Twain Autograph Joke Then Reading Tour Plan
Albert Bigelow Paine recalls George W. Cable arranging an April Fool joke after visiting Twain in Hartford. Cable sent a confidential circular to 150 Twain friends asking for autograph requests to arrive April 1. Twain was amused as a flood of requests ranged from autographs by the yard to copies of hymn texts and poems.
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George W. Cable
Mark Twain
Hartford
Cable
Boston
New York
Clemens
Yard
Pound
Albert Bigelow Paine
St. Nicholas
Fear of lightning kills New Jersey woman
Mrs Mamie Louise McCracken of Woodside Avenue Newton New Jersey died after being struck by fright during a severe thunderstorm. A longtime resident and daughter of the late John Dalrymple of Washington New Jersey she was fifty years old and had feared thunder all her life.
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Newton
N.J
Mamie Louise McCracken
Woodside Avenue
Mia
McCracken
Lfe
John Dalrymple
Washington, N. J
Eleventh Street
South Seventh Street
Melvin Behner
the Herald
D. R. Seneff
Westfield
Emma Doll
Ghd
Will Hippard
Lenore
Springfield
Mary Hamill
Chalmers
Terre Haute
E. M. Duncan
Eddyville
Rausch
Maxine
John Higgins
W. H. Ziegler
Cleve Logue
James H. Finn
Tulsa
Oklo
W. B. Scholfield
Elmer, Bolton
Henry Musselman
Mary Roach
Typhoid Reported as Springfield Sees Three Cases
The Springfield city health bulletin notes three confirmed typhoid fever cases. Local residents including Rob Baird and Miss Pearl Lee are mentioned in social notes with many visits and travel among towns such as Oakland Vincennes and Boston. Separate items cover banking statements, family visits, and community events around town.
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T. W. F. Clark
Ralph
Harriet Clark
Chicago
Bowling Green
Foster Martin
Judge Connelly
Casey
21St Illinois Regiment
Edward Pearce
Arthur Tarman
Springfield
Margaret LeGore
Boy's Strange Escape From Bazentine Grand Wood
An English boy, left in a dugout during a British counterattack near Mamets wood, endures four German bombs and multiple wounds while hiding in darkness. He prays for rescue as shelling continues until English forces retake the area and pull him out.
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London
Bazentine- Grand
Mamets Wood
Enap
Detroit Police Use Rubber Hose Flogging On Pickpockets
Detroit officials describe a novel method to curb pickpockets by flogging offenders with rubber hose along the River Rouge after arrest. Three detectives swung hoses as defendants exited a patrol wagon, forcing most to swim or wade ashore and swear not to return.
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Detroit
Mich
Thomas Mahon
Gillespie
River Rouge
Golf Club For Men Only At Greensburg Pa
Greensburg plans a new male only golf club as women players at Greensburg Country Club face criticism. A male expert cites women chatter as hindering play while a woman golfer retorts that old men may form a new club if they wish. The piece ends with aphorisms on experience and judgment.
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Greensburg
Carbon Paper for Embroidery Patterns at Herald Office
Large sheets of carbon paper available at the Herald Office for transferring embroidery patterns and other designs.
Mrs Naser and McKeen Attend Regional Fair Movements
Mrs Naser received a note last week and Mrs Frank McKeen travelled to Terre Haute today then onward to Springfield to attend the fair.
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Dts IE
Si Be
Migs
Minnie Keifer
Springfield
Ceates
BM ‘Naser
Frank McKeen
Terre Haute
Local ads highlight farms loans and market offerings
The page lists Edgar Summers Martinsville Illinois farm loan services and farm land for sale 80 acres near Marshall with a 6 room house. It also notes Wabash and Farmers phone numbers and marketing for wheat corn oats and apples.
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Edgar Summers
Martinsville, Ill
Martinsville
Til
Marshall
W. T. Brown
Hats and trimming line boosts winter millinery store
Our Millinery department showcases new shapes and colors with a stylish line of trims. Benefits include plaid and striped silk fabrics 36 inches wide at $2.00 per yard and heavy ribbed hosiery for boys. Winter underwear stock arrives featuring two piece and Union Suits for men, misses, and children with appealing collar and cuff sets.
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Fooling
Mark
Twain
New Literacy
Elberta
Michigan
Wisconsin
DE Laval
Rob Baird
Miss Pearl Lee
Oakland
Judge Snavely
Texas
Dulaney Bank
Ernest Nay
Charles Blakie
Mt. Carmel
Lawrence Kiplinger
Vincennes
Caleb.Ragan
Auburn
County Clerk's Office
Warren Haglat
Chester English
Lloyd Davidson
Chrisman Courier
Emma Marvin
W. A. Vaughan
Harry _Downey
Orange Township
Marshall Post Office
Laura Lynn
Grant Park
George Wallis
Lizzie Wallis
Joe Davison
Urbana
Stae University
Esther M. Riley
St. Louis
Mary Briscoe
Gombe
Mare Loan On
B. F. Johnson
Bubeck & Gallagher
Fred Walls
Kohl Building
Wabash
Farmers
Keifer Drug Co
Homer Guinnip
Margin’s Mill
A. Wallace
Zensal
Keifer Drug’Co
L. A
Albert Smith
Fred Shaw
T. B. Griffin
Pythian ‘Theatre
Paramount Pictures
Daniel Frohman
Mary Pickford
Glenn Martin
Aviator
World Film Corp
House Peters
Perl
Triangle Pictures
H. Ince
Wm. S. Hart
Housé—Peters
Keystone
Chester Conklin
Vitagraph
Charles Kent
Belle Bruce
Marie Doro
Edith Barnard Delano
Selig-Tribune
Winnie Stewart Co
Laura Hope Crews
Blackbirds
Jack
Wallace Baird
South Side Square
Black & Hutchinson
Grocers
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