Picked Wrong Girl Beats a Tale of Broken Promises
The fragment shows a speaker lamenting a failed date with a rough exchange and a hurt pride moment. It hints at a man named Pell and a promise unmet, suggesting a courtroom or streetwise caution in a regional newspaper fragment.
Jennie Conquers Spinach At Table Grace Test
A short Washington Post anecdote shows Jennie refusing spinach yet eating it and being told to say grace before leaving. She finally thanks the Lord that she wasn’t sick and asks to depart.
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Jennie
Washington Post
Farmer Bug My Finds Gigantic Bulb
A farmer remarks on a surprisingly large bulb finding it too big to plant with ease. The discovery sparks humor about gardening chores and future planting plans.
Original Uncle Sam cartoon born from a Troy meat packer
Troy historians trace the Uncle Sam image to Sam Wilson a tall thin slaughterhouse owner who moved from Mason New Hampshire to Troy in 1789. Wilson fed troops in 1812 with Elbert Anderson and locally was nicknamed Uncle Sam and Aunt Betsy.
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Troy
N. Y
Sam
Sam Wilson
Mason, N. H
Wilson
Elbert Anderson
Clinton Heights
Newburgh
Betsy Mann
Betsy
U. S
Rutherford B. Hayner
Hayner
Anderson
S. W
E. A
United States
Uncle Sam
Mr. Anderson
Joseph Boake
Frank J. Hogan
Oakwood
Andrew Jackson
Children Worry Less In Poorer Families
London report by Dr. W Lindesay Neustatter, from Lancet, finds poorer children show less worry and instability than well to do peers. Study of three family groups notes nine percent of poorer children were restless in the first year versus zero in the rich group.
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London
W. Lindesay Neustatter
Guy’s Hospital
Village names new community Charter Oak in Scott Township
Pittsburgh reports that a historic oak whose blaze once defined Pennsylvanias and Virginias colonial boundary lives on as the name of a new settlement in Scott township. The Charter Oak area near Heidelberg Glendale Carnegie Greentree grows into a modern village.
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Pittsburgh
Charter Oak
Scott Township
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ohio
William Penn
Charles
Penn
Heidelberg - Glendale - Carnegie- Greentree
Tri-State
Indian federation first meeting convened in Tulsa
Joseph Brunner of Sapulpa Oklahoma called the first meeting of the American Indian federation at Tulsa using a public address system as shown.
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Joseph Brunner
Sapulpa, Okla
Tulsa
Okla
Bluebird Cross Stitch Pattern for Home Crafts
Charming bluebird motifs in soft colors offered as transfer pattern 6032. Includes 12 designs from large to small, stitch illustrations, materials, and color schemes. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
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