Memoirs of a Yellow Dog in a New York Flat
A yellow pup narrates life with a mistress in a crowded New York flat. The dog recalls a fat woman, comic chases, and a master who forgives mischief while dodging city temptations. The tale mixes observation and humor from an animal’s view of people and daily life.
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Kipling
Bryan
Mont Pelee
Bearoo
Bear
Snakoo the
Snake
Tammanoo
Tiger
New York
Lady Longshoremen
Broadway
Emma Eames
Harlem
Sirius
Ary
Laura
Morgan
St. Bernard
Mysterious Dispatch at Sea Outsmarts Worldly Spy
A club recounts a dramatic tale from the Spanish American War. A boasting traveler describes a supposed secret dispatch handed to a Spanish agent, who cannot read French and plans to translate it. A gust of wind carries the document overboard, leaving listeners to realize they were pranked.
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United States
Globe Trotter
Samuel
Philadelphia Times
Firefighting Foam Ends River Blaze In Seconds
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes two German methods to combat water fires. A potash alum and sodium sulphate mix creates a thick foam that blankets the surface. A second formula uses bicarbonate, sulfate and licorice extract, releasing inert gas to suffocate the blaze and prevent oxygen reach.
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Germany
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Natural History Mystery Prizes Go To Pupils
A clever headmaster at Peterson Preparatory issues prizes to boost appearances of progress. Willie, six, wins for natural history and shows how a child’s answer can mislead adults. His mother questions the result, and Willie confesses the joke about counting horse legs as five.
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Peterson Preparatory School
Willie
Mamma
Liverpool Mercury
Clock and burglar wisdom shared by old Baltimore humor
A wise man declares Evangeline loves the suitor, while a police captain advocates a burglar alarm of loud screams. The expert shooter’s code favors fleeing amateurs over professionals, and the suit appears to end with practical counsel on danger and timing.
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Esmeralda
Eulalie
Evangeline
The Manager Question in Domestic Tension
A Houston Post item centers on a manager asking about spousal control while the wife asserts her mother lives with them, framing a domestic dynamics moment in a brief social note. The piece highlights family arrangement as a key factor in household management.
Public Auctions Sell Cattle Horses and Farm Goods
Henry Dirks A. V. Scott and Angeline Lyons auctions list 51 head cattle 19 milch cows 2 work horses 2000 bushels corn 300 oats 12 tons hay and farm implements at three Iowa farms with details of dates locations and terms.
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Henry Dirks
Ben Harrs
A. V. Scott
Monticello
Angeline Lyons
Amber
Anamosa
E. Tarbox
Fred Cunningham
Sam Switzer
Victor Hugo's Hauteville House In Guernsey Preserved
The Hauteville House in St. Peter Port Guernsey remains exactly as Hugo left it during exile. Descendants hold the home filled with his inscriptions and priceless furnishings. Rooms feature memorabilia from Charles II to Louis Philippe with mottoes like Life Is non Exile and Nox Mars Lux.
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Victor Hugo
Guernsey
Hauteville House
St. Peter Port
Michelangelo
Lark
Herm
Jethoo
Castle Cornet
Garibaldi
Nox
Mars
Lux
Pater
Mater
Julius
Vilius
Amatus Amat
Charles II
Francis I
Mme. Pompadour
Louis Philippe
Sunday School Chronicle
Norwegian watching boy alerts fishermen from high sentry box
A Norwegian watch boy sits in a wooden sentry box perched on stilts above a fjord to spot schools of fish. Upon signal farmers move from fields to nets, gathering harvest from the sea. The practice recalls sentry boxes used by Mediterranean fishermen and Viking-era influences.
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Norway
Mediterranean
Two Kinds of Spectators in County Court
A county court scene features rowdy spectators ignored by a stern judge who orders calm. The bailiff, striking a forensic pose, declares only lawyers may stay while others must leave, a quip noted from Lippincott's.
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Lippincott’s
The Modern Husband Humorous Scrap
A brief Harper's Weekly quip contrasts Mrs Knicker with Mrs Becker about a thousand foot skyscraper. The exchange hints at domestic fixes and industrial ambitions with light satire.
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Knicker
Becker
Henry
Harper’s Weekly
Monticello Electric Co Amends Articles in 1909 Meeting
Public notice records a December 2 1909 stockholders meeting where Monticello Electric Co amended its articles of incorporation to extend power into Jones County Iowa and adjacent areas with water power development and eminent domain. Article IV raises capital to 84000 shares of 50 each and sets debt limits and bond issuance up to 32000. Dated December 4 1909 Monticello Iowa.
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Monticello Electric Company
Jones County
Board of Directors
Board of Directrs
Monticello
Iowa
R. C. Stirton
Monticello Electric Co
R. P. Smith
Million Dollar Land Sale Offers 160 Acres in Eastern Washington
A Spokane based company advertises 50 000 acres for sale in Big Bend Country eastern Washington. It promises two crops will cover the $30 land price with moderate down payment and long time balance. Banks named for reliability invite inquiries via mail for folders maps and samples.
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Monticello
Big Bend
Washington
Old National Bank
Exchange National Bank
Spokane
Day and Hansen Security Company
Columbia Bldg
Wash
Farm for Sale Near Monticello with Cultivated Land
A thirty four acre farm five miles west of Monticello is for sale. The property is nearly all under cultivation with nine acres fenced as pasture and located on a well travelled road near a school. E. E. Reed is the agent handling the sale.
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Monticello
E. E. Reed
For Sale or Rent Creamery Near Temple Hill Church
Two farm properties offered in Iowa. A creamery beside Temple Hill church with full machinery including engine boiler churn separator tanks and a good well. Will sell or rent at once through Mrs J A Garrity Cascade Iowa. Also McLees farm 295 acres in Castle Grove township priced at 90 dollars per acre with 15 acres timber at 50 dollars per acre. Inquiries to R O Stirton on premises.
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Temple Hill Church
J. A. Garrity
Cascade
Iowa
McLees
Castle Grove Township
R. O. Stirton
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Best for Sores and Burns
Claiming unmatched healing power Bucklen’s Arnica salve is praised for cuts corns burns boils ulcers eczema and other ailments. The ad notes supreme relief for sore eyes cold sores chapped hands and piles and markets the 25 cent product at O H Soetje’s store.
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O. H. Soetje’s
Thrilling Rescue Recalls Bert Laan’s Narrow Escape
Bert R Laan of Cheny Washington tells how a desperate lung trouble baffled his doctor and costly visits in Spokane and California before Dr King s New Discovery cured him now he praises the remedy as supreme for lung trouble bronchitis coughs and colds asthma croup and whooping cough with a free bottle and guaranteed by O H Soetje Also notes Davis Hardware stock of shotguns rifles and ammunition.
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Sohn
Marth 1
Jim
Tall
Pedro
Lovey
Alice
Mamma
Bert R. Laan
Cheny
Wash
Spokane
California
O. H. Soetje
Shallenberger
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C. Henry
McClure, Phillips & Co
Papa
Scotland
Moon
Rabbit
Missis
Nogegie
Twentythird Street
Jersey
Rocky Mountains
Pete
Baltimore American
Houston Post
Chicago Tribune
Modern Husband
Schoenherr
Hall-Benedict Mfg. CO
Hall’s Hardware
Rockstad
Western Lands
C. W. Brown
H. F. Witt
Davis’ Hardware
Fred Puleston
Iilers & Bolton
W. E Daly
Meade
Burriehter's Drygoods
Frank Carroll
Dalbey & Carroll
Ely Block
South 3Rd Street
Cedar Rapids
DRS
Inglis & Stuhler
H. M. Remary
Jameb
W. A. Mirick
South Cedar St
Hiram Neal
Reed Farm
Dale Ford Bridge
Richland Township
Puleston
Chicago
Lovell House
Dr. Shallenberger
Lena
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Illinois
Drexel State Bank
Chamberlain
Chamberlain’s
C. H. Soetje
Evila
W. W. Stickford
A. M. Maurice
DR. D. S
Lovell
J. W. Doxsee
Lovell Block
Lawa
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