Dear Bunch Poker Night Ends In Tears And Laughter
A serialized letter from 1908 recounts a friends and family poker game. Maude opens with a boom of misread hands, Peaches dominates with skill, and Mrs Lorrenz loses seven dollars amid fashion bets. The tale ends with humorous cautions about keeping rubbers on and poker stakes.
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Bunch
George Riggaby
Maude
Peaches
George
Pat
Hoyle
Fifth Avenue
Order of the Companions of the
Mills of the Gods
Bill Seeks Ride Before Wife Returns
In a Rehoboth Sunday Herald item, Bill the ostler hatches a plan to hitch a ride with a driver heading to Burnham. He negotiates a deal to bring his wife along for a quick two and a half shillings, offering three dollars if the coachman speeds up the trip.
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Bill
Burnham
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Royalty joins ranks of composers amid public critique
The article notes a wave of royal and noble figures contributing music. Princess Friedrich Luitpold has a sacred Dresden concert work, while the Duchess of Orleans and Archduchess Marie Valerie gain praise for songs. Other royals including Archduchess Feodora of Reuss and Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia are cited for talent. The German emperor and Landgraf of Hesse-Cassel are also named among prolific royal composers.
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Friedrich Luitpold
Kaiserin
Dresden
Duchess of Orleans
Archduke Joseph of
Austria
Marie Valerie
Feodora of
Reuss
Saxe-Meiningen
Cyril
Russia
Michael Michaelovitch
Landgraf
Hesse-Cassel
Paris
Money Well Spent Health Costs In New York City
Health is vital to New York City residents and the public treasury spends 6300 dollars daily on its care and maintenance.
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New York City
Treasury
Jeremiah the Prophet of Judah and His Downward Path
Jeremiah son of Hilkiah a priest of Anathoth prophesied from Josiah’s thirteenth year amid the Babylonian crisis. He urged submission to Babylon, was denounced as a traitor, and suffered harsher than earlier prophets. His fate uncertain, Jerome says he died in Egypt at Jewish hands. Scripture Authority Jeremiah chapter 40.
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Jeremiah
Jehovah
Hilkiah
Anatolh
Benjamin
Jerusalem
Josiah
Isaiah
Samuel
Elisha
Jerome
Egypt
Thither
Jeremiah Finds Strength in Faith Amid Persian Captivity
The sermon recalls Nebuzaradan freeing Jeremiah from Ramah and the prophet’s chained journey toward Babylon. It stresses that those who walk with God need fear neither rulers nor peril, citing Jesus and Jeremiah’s steadfast devotion as proof that God blesses fidelity and advances his kingdom.
Jeremiah Among Captives as Babylon Returns Spoils
The fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar's army is described with captives, treasure, and the prophet Jeremiah among those led toward Babylon. The escort emphasizes the instrument of punishment and the prophet's reflections on submission to the king of Babylon and divine judgment.
Jeremiah in Chains Freed by Babylon Captain
Jeremiah is released from fetters by Nebuzar-adan, captain of the Babylonian forces, after being identified among Jerusalem captives. The conqueror invites Jeremiah to accompany him to Babylon or return to Gedaliah, leading to the prophet’s choice to go back with the governor and continue his ministry among his people.
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Jerusalem
Babylon
Nebuzar-adan
Jeremiah
Ramah
Judah
Nebuchadnezzar
Israel
Abraham
Nebuzaradan
Gedaliah
Ahikam
Cheap durable pavement laid in Manketo Michigan
The city of Manketo Michigan reports a new pavement using crushed fine stone gravel tar top dressed with cement and sand. The cost is 80 cents per linear foot for a 30 foot wide section.
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Manketo
Mich
Sick man wants change and breaks rest in bed
A Syracuse businessman with humor and energy falls sick with pneumonia. His doctor urges bed rest, but the patient resists, begging to return to work. After a sleepless night, the physician arrives and the patient offers to swap roles, asking the doctor to lie in and let him go out with the medicine bag.
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Syracuse
Cure at City Mission Shows Soap Treats Woman
Laura Jane Bates of New York writes of a young woman brought to a city mission in poor condition with scabies incipient paresis rheumatism and sores. After seven weeks of care a bath with Cuticura products including Resolvent and Ointment helped her recover enough to seek work in five weeks.
Progressive dot girl plays ahead in music lessons
A playful line notes that a girl has improved in music, going from two or three notes behind to now sounding two or three notes ahead. The speaker humorously praises her rapid progress in practice.
Wealthy Sunday School Benefactor Delivers Card Message
A stout suburban philanthropist funded the annual picnic and, urged by the superintendent, spoke to 150 children. He admits not being a strong speaker but warns that a cheater who deals from the bottom of the pack is usually buried at public expense.
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An advertisement asserts that deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and promises a $100 reward for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It promotes constitutional remedies and lists Toledo publishers F. J. Cheney & Co. and a drugstore selling Hall's pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CQ
Toledo
Mall
Contagion Notice and Advertisements From 19th Century Paper
Parents of Wayne must report contagious diseases promptly under local health board rules. Health Officer Leary received a postcard about Ephraim’s measles. Also ad notes demand for artificial flowers in New York and various consumer products including cigars and baby soothing syrup.
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Wayne
Philadelphia
Board of Health
Leary
Ephraim
Harper’s Weekly
Youngster asks for spanking to end bed punishment
Wallace Knight recalls a small daughter who, after being sent to bed for rule breaking, asks him to spank her now to end the crying spell. She insists lying in bed won’t improve her and says sleep deprivation drives her mad.
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Wallace Knight
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ite Ra Ite Ra Legend of Magpie and Robin
French peasants pierce magpies heads with thorns following a legend of two birds at the crucifixion. A magpie with a gleaming crown taunts Jesus while a gray robin, nearby, shows grief and is touched by blood, becoming the redbreast.
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France
Jesus
A Wife Advises on Tenderness and Husband Duties
A reflection from Harper's Bazar argues that tenderness cannot be demanded or extorted. It notes men are flawed and may respond to consistent kindness, with a wife urged to remain patient, charitable, and to do her share without tears or pleas.
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Harper's Bazar
Liability of a Lawyer Seeker in Colloquy
A witness testifies during a council colloquy that a prisoner admitted theft and continued to work for the witness after confession. The exchange implies employing dishonest people for legal help, with the witness justifying the practice as necessary to obtain assistance from a lawyer.
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Senlingwax
Mix for Rheumatism Promoted as Cure All
An ad claims a home remedy for rheumatism using whiskey Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound to be taken daily before meals and at night. A separate note reports Brazil receiving its first group of 781 Japanese immigrants who quickly join coffee plantations, with more ships to follow.
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Brazil
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