Brownstone misdirections spark a witty dinner mixup
P Chauncey Dickerson plans a seven o clock visit to the Townsends but ends at the wrong brownstone. He discovers twenty fifth street confusion when guests are strangers and only later learns he is seated among different hosts. A late coat swap seals the comic error.
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Throwen
Kitty
P. Chauncey Dickerson
Townsends
P. Chauncey
Eighty-seventh Street
George
Townsend
Dickerson
Chauncey
Mr. Townsend
Mr. P. Chauncey Dickerson
West Eighty-seventh Street
R. B. Townsend
Pink
Chauncey Dickerson
Mr. Dickerson
Stephen Harriman
Stephen Jarriman
Mr. Starriman
Mr. Chauncey Dickerson
N. Y
Society in Manila A Gay Army Post Social Scene
The writer describes Manila as a large army post filled with social life and a sense of hierarchy. Officers feel superior by wearing shoulder straps while civilians are deemed an inferior class, labeled as “cits,” existing socially only on sufferance and under scrutiny.
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Manila
Sam Jones
Laura
Mrs. Arp
Augusta
Mandy
A Good Talker Cinquefoil Impresses With Silence
The Herald notes Cinquefoil as a capable talker. He reportedly spoke at length, claiming he had nothing to say for 45 minutes, drawing reactions from the audience about his verbal form and presence.
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N. ¥. Herald
Wedding Tie Ends Bet on Yale Victory
A playful NY Sun quote notes Miss de Style bet Yale would win and Miss Gunbusta reveals the outcome. The wedding setting turns the wager into a humorous anecdote as the result is declared a tie. The short exchange captures social New York wit.
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Yale
Call to Service The Double Nature of Peter's Call
A 1903 sermon by A N Kellogg on Peter's calling and election, stressing that true service follows a sincere start, repentance after failure, and diligent pursuit along a tested path. It links Peter's denial and restoration to a universal call to follow Christ, urging believers to rely on promises and walk the pathway that leads to abundant entrance into Christ's kingdom.
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A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Chicago
Jesus Christ
David
Christ
Paul
Peter
Jesus
Galilee
Jerusalem
God
Hertry Ward Beecher
Lake of
Temple
Lake of Galilee
John
Christ Jesus
Simon
Jonas
Love and Marriage and the Old Calendar
Bill Arp writes on love, marriage, and the risks for women, praising compatibility and shared habits. He recalls a local wedding, reflects on fidelity, then traces January’s ancient origins, calendar changes, and myths, urging kindness, forgiveness, and social harmony.
A Knowing Clerk Purchaser Conversation
A brief dialogue from the Baltimore American describes a clerk guiding a purchaser to find the axes in the basement as a gift idea for the mother in law. The exchange highlights practical humor and a domestic household setting.
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Baltimore
Exquisite dress draws admiring remarks in Tit-Bits
Miss Thin praises her new dress while Fannie compliments the garment and jokes about the dressmaker. The exchange appears in Tit-Bits as a light society quip about fashion and style.
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Miss Thin
Fannie
Morgan Heads $1,000 Drive for Mme Duse Theater
Miss Anna Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan leads a 220 member American subscription plan to fund a national Italian theater for Mme Duse. The group aims to raise $1,000 from each donor, starting at Washington embassy reception, with ground to be broken at La Albene near Rome.
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Anna Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Italy
Mme. Duse
Acress
Miss Morgan
Washington
Count Frankenstein
Indians as Cotton Pickers in Mississippi
The article states Choctaw and other Indians are imported to Mississippi cotton fields. It notes they are quick and nimble with their fingers and, after weeks of practice, can pick as much cotton per day as the best Black pickers.
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Mississippi
Classified exchange between Vera Rich and Judge
The dialogue notes Miss Vera Rich recounting Freddy being fired a dozen times and the maid asking for mercy. The judge comments that Freddy is a fireproof flat as the cotidian exchange unfolds in a sharp classified style.
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Vera Rich
Freddy
Meavens
Cannibal Joke Sparks Hay Fever Exchange
A brief newspaper quip records a two line exchange where First Cannibal jokes that their chief has hay fever and Second Cannibal asks what caused it. The punchline states he ate a grass widow, attributed to the New York Sun.
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N. Y
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