Doctor Barlow and the Gordon College dissection scandal wedding
A medical student at Gordon College courts nurse Miss Myra Etheridge amid scandal over body snatching. After a near-fatal interruption at their wedding, a discharged electrician explains his motive and debts to a church fund. The couple wed and Barrow becomes a respected physician.
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Barrow
Myra Etheridge
Misa Etherige
Sen
Miss Etheridge
Barlow
Etheridge
Episcopal Church
Generous Boy and the Apple Cores
A humorous tale about Barry and his appetite for apples. After moving next to an orphans' home, the apples vanish quickly and Barry explains he eats many apples because the orphans want the cores, a playful nod to sharing and mischief.
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Barry
Harry
The Home Influence of Benrietta and Leonidas
Mr Meekton asks Leonidas to stay home to help with speeches and magazine articles. Leonidas wonders if public prominence will reveal that they owe everything to their benefactors. The dialogue hints at gratitude, ambition, and economic restraint in pursuit of public career.
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Benrietta
Power of the Eyes in Emerson's Conduct of Life
A quoted passage from Emerson notes the eye as weapon or balm. It likens the eye to a loaded gun that can threaten or insult yet, in a gentler mood, emit beams of kindness that make hearts dance with joy.
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Emerson
Curious Bedroom Sleep Rule Stirs Laughter
A playful observation notes that when two people share a bedroom and one suffers a toothache while the other is in love, the toothache patient tends to fall asleep first, a curious consequences amid idle chatter.
Postcard Craze Deepens in Switzerland
Switzerland sent 109,500,000 postcards last year with illustrated cards dominant, up 7,500,000 from 1910. The postcard craze may rise further as cards grow cheaper and tourism increases.
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Switzerland
London Standard
Irving Moves a Weeping Fan to Speak The Truth
Hamlet star Sir Henry Irving recalls an early stage story of a tearful old lady in the pit who was moved by his acting. The anecdote ends with a witty reply about her own young son acting, revealing Irving’s charm and humor. J C Fletcher wins the Japanese King’s Plate twice, paying little for the two winning horses.
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Henry Irving
J. C. Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
Montress
Greek Stadium length and measure in ancient terms
The Greek Stadium derives from the Greek word for standard of length. It named the race course where athletic events occurred. The course length was fixed at 600 Greek feet, with about nine lengths equaling one mile, despite foot lengths varying by locality.
Bull Moose Rescued From River Near Sault Ste Marie
An eighteen month old bull moose swam down the river at Sault Ste. Marie and was hauled ashore at the Commercial Dock. The exhausted animal is in custody and the Parks Commissioner seeks permission to keep it and relocate it to Soo Park.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Soo Park
The Fun of Forgiving
The poem describes a parent’s conflicted joy in forgiving a child after misbehavior. It contrasts stern exterior with inward happiness at mercy shown, noting how penitent acts evoke affection and the idea that forgiveness makes family bonds feel comforting and playful. The piece ends reflecting on how absolute faultlessness would lessen love and joy.
The Limit Stage Manager Urges Miss Browne to Shine
Stage Manager exhorts Miss Browne to go as far as she can in a scene and imagine herself a chorus girl. He describes a square meal line as if a fellow asks for it, per the New York Telegraph.
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Miss Brown
Miss Browne
New York Telegraph
Barneys Rooster Prank Sparks Hasty Exit
Barney Weller, famed for humor in the Cal of Chanticleer, stayed at a Chicago hotel where a practical joke escalated when a live rooster was placed under his bed. The bird crowed at 3 am prompting Weller to demand his bill and depart, blaming a neighbor who imitates a rooster. He insists the hotel is a henhouse due to the neighboring diner’s prankster.
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Cal
Chanticleer
Barney Weller
Chicago
Barney
Weller
A Warning to Father At Lunch
A young business man recently freed his father from active duties in a large firm attends a luncheon. When asked for a drink the son blushes and says he will take what his father takes. The father hesitates and finally orders water. The son warns that the father may rust his stomach.
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Kansas City
Gilbert Mot Comes From London Comic Exchange
After days away from London Gilbert returns to the Savoy Club and recounts visiting Birmingham to see Wilson Barrett as Hamlet. The reply notes the trip was funny and not as vulgar, highlighting the wit in the exchange.
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W. &. Gilbert
London
Gilbert
Savage Club
Birmingham
Wilson Barrett
Winds Of The Prairie Stampede Across Western Canada
The piece describes Canada’s prairie winds from Regina to Calgary and Saskatchewan, noting the famous Chinook arches, dust storms, and westward gusts. It recalls summers with blazing heat, grains of tin, and the 1906 era tales of storms of record severity. It cites meteorology and a Vancouver Island hurricane as notable events, ending with a legend of HMS Condé d’or.
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Regina
Canada
Prairie
Toronto Telegram
Rockies
Alberts
Calgary
Saskatchewan
West
Acc
Nebraska
Kansas
Alberta
Betchens
Vancouver Island
Pacific
H.M.S. Condédir
Nanaimo
Canada’s Mountain Climbers Camp Regulations
The Alpine Club of Canada will hold its seventh annual camp in August at Palliser’s Vermilion Pass in the Rocky Mountains. Graduating members should consult a physician about physical ability before qualifying climbs. Regulati ons require heavy leather boots with nails, knickerbockers, puttees, sweater, hat, woollen stockings, gloves, and underwear. Women in skirts or bloomers are barred from rope climbs for safety. Knickerbockers with puttees and sweater are deemed safe.
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Alpine Club of Canada
Palliser’s
Vermillion Pass
Main Range
Rocky Mountains
Not an Epicure Spinidorf Parvenu Exchange
A puzzled exchange unfolds where Chapley questions parvenues at the Spinidorf, and a woman replies she has never eaten anything, prompting a judge to remark on the odd dialogue.
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Chapley
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Gordon Medical College
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Kariow
Karlow
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Hos
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Detroit
Gilbert Mot
Great Plains
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