Humorous Snatches From Early Rail History and Law
A pair of short anecdotes: Russia's 1838 St Petersburg to Tsarskoe Selo rail line and a courtroom exchange about names and spelling. The railroad tale centers on a cautious general manager labeling himself there and back. The legal tale features a judge and an Irish attorney disputing pronunciation of Greene versus Greeney.
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Manneer
New York Tribune
Russia
St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe Selo
St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo
Educational notes and school board changes in local counties
Miss Perle Richards returns from Buffalo county to teach a term while a Union township school board vacancy in district 28 will be filled this week. A Davison county reading circle reports 76 members with 36 earning certificates. Mamie Saul teaches in Perry township as her pupils prepare botanical booklets. The Union-Davison county school picnic is set for White's grove near Mitchell on Mar 25 with a program, addresses by Dr. Graham of Dakota University, and a baseball hornor contest. The county superintendent outlines that first grade certificates cannot be renewed under the new July 1 law. only certificates issued after effect become effective.
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Perle Richards
Buffalo County
M. Sayles
Union Township
Reading Circle
Davison County
Mitchell
Mount Vernon
Ethan
Mamie Saul
Gilfillan
Perry Township
Dakota
Davison
Hanson
Schofield Grove
White’s Grove
White’s Mill
James River
East First Street
Omaha
Firestes Hill
James River Valley
Schofield
Graham
Dakota University
Hanton
Mull's Lightning Pain Killer Ad
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Pain Killer not curing all pains instantly and lists 25 cents as the price sold by J H Ferris.
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Mull
J. H. Ferris
Milwaukee excursion rates for German Baptists and others
The Milwaukee Road announces excursion fares for the German Baptists meeting in Lincoln Nebraska May 24 to 31 and for the G A R encampment in Sioux Falls. One fare round trip with limited return dates and extensions, plus special Pan American Exposition tickets in May and June. Local agent R J Taylor offers details.
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Lincoln
Neb
Milwaukee Road
Sioux Falls
Buffalo
R. J. Taylor
Dewitts Little Hay Risers Promise Health by Promoting Digestion
Health claim notes increased disease risk when liver and bowels fail to act and asserts Dewitts Little Hay Risers remove the cause of disease. Product mention by S H Scal, lin.
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S H Scal, Lin
Willie's Scar Opens Door to Draft at Bank
In an uptown bank Willie Lee, a Chinaman from a laundry, asks to move deposits from Washington to New York. After signing with two words and showing a livid scar, he receives a draft for $937, shocking onlookers who note the sum as a fortune in China.
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Washington
New York
Financial Institution
Willie Lee
China
Washington Post
Evarts Poses Q at Washington Dinner
At a Washington dinner William M. Evarts asks a scientist why liquor at the bottom of a bottle is more intoxicating than the liquor at the top. The scientist questions the claim, Evarts confirms gravely and the group erupts in laughter.
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Evarts
Prizes in Pigeon Shoot Sparks Banter Between Marksmen
From Aiken comes a tale of Center Hitchcock and George Pollock, famed pigeon shot. A spent pellet from Pollock’s gun lodged in Hitchcock’s leg after a recent event. Hitchcock limped to Pollock and scolded him, noting the hit, while Pollock replied that it did not matter to him as long as a prize was won.
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Aiken
Center Hitchcock
George Pollock
New York World
Mr. Pollock
Mr. Hitchcock
George
Mysterious Disap and Scornful Retort Echo in A P D Style
An exchange quotes a Cleveland Plain Dealer remark on trouble and harmless entertainment and a Washington Star line praising symbolic letters A S as resembling a dollar mark. The snippets show satirical banter about danger and patriotism with monogram imagery.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
A. S
Europe
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Appendicitis and a Witty Exchange in News Clippings
A Detroit Journal fragment notes a woman weeping after learning her husband has appendicitis and a doctor’s wife getting a new spring hat as comfort. A separate Ohio State Journal item jokes about tobacco and a wife emptying a dust pan into a tobacco jar.
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Detroit Journal
Gayboy
Ohio State Journal
Rooster Night Prompted Clerk to Return Home
A quip in Detroit Press notes a new clerk quit after being unsettled by roosters crowing at a commission house across the street, saying it made him homesick for the country.
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Commission
Detroit Press
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Greene
Emerald Isle
Browney
Brownes
Standard Oil Co
John Colvin
Janesville
Morrison & Avery
Lansing
Capital
Cooper
Our Bugsgiss
Reliable Robinson Cooper and Rhoades- Carmean Buggy CO
Marshalltown
J.B. Turner & Son, Srettey Supplies
JH. Tobin & Sons
the Republican
Sapolio
Parker
Derree Ponstipan
Tonto
Veist
ARV
EL Co
Imes Bee
Wilkinson
Robt
West of Raymond Hotel
Milwaukee
Broadway
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