Flying carryng into the clouds and the dream of speed
The passage mixes whimsical verse about a self confident aerial vehicle and jokes about travel speed and liberty. It references a rapid ride at eighty miles an hour and a boastful, airborne lifestyle. It ends with light humor from city papers about social misadventures and misunderstandings.
Jinks Is Scribbler's New Book Out
Topeka Journal notes a question about a new book by Scribbler and the reply that it is available but uncertain how much it costs.
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Scribbler
Topeka Journal
Wasted Endeavor Echoes in Shoreline Solace
A fragmentary reflection on relentless waves and broken fortunes cites lines from Washington Star and Yonkers Statesman. The piece contrasts circuses and purchases with the idea that money cannot buy happiness, capturing a nostalgic newspaper tone.
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Yonkers Statesman
Extremes Meet First Prisoner and Slow Riding Exchange
Dialogue snippets from Cassell's Journal feature a quick exchange where one prisoner jokes about fast riding and another about slow riding. A line references TJ running off with a bicycle. The Chicago Tribune quotes a question about impressions from a trip abroad and a humorous reply about touches experienced everywhere.
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Cassell
Upgardson
Chicago Tribune
Ancestral Quip Spurs Cash for Heir Purchases
In a wit filled exchange cited by the Chicago Daily News a remark about an early ancestor prompts a joke that money funded the acquisition of other relatives. The humorous line underscores themes of inheritance and family finance in a press fragment.
Look Ahead and a Cloud of Sorrow in a Humorous Exchange
A playful exchange about aging and new teeth contrasts grim musings on tomorrow. A Milwaukee Sentinel line about looking forward sits beside a joke: Oldun paid $50 for teeth, Youngun asks why not use dentist Jones, who isn’t a dentist but owns a savage dog.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Oldun
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Place for Everything in a Humorous Exchange
A brief, humorous exchange discusses frogs legs and national identity with lines about swimming and neighborly conduct. Patrice and Patience comment on taste, while Jones and Paddy reference Cork and local quirks, reflecting a light magazine tone from the Yonkera States.
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Patrice
Yonkera
Labor And Time Savers For The Housewife
Practical household tips to save time effort and expense. Instructions cover cleaning a porcelain kettle with hot water borax and boiling, substituting a cork for a glass stopper oil on hinges to stop squeaks whitening tables with soap and wood ash cleaning floors with cold water soap and wood ash, stretching covers, purifying cellar air with brimstone, and repairing broken china with arabic paste and plaster of paris.
House Furnishing Don’ts for the Ambitious Housewife
Practical cautions on arranging art and lighting. Avoid placing Mercury statues to avoid dramatic window drama and lamps near lace curtains. Do not use pedestals that overwhelm the displayed items or block library access.
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Fruit Soups Rise In Summer Luncheons And Dinners
When cold weather sets in hot soups rule while cream soups dominate summer. Fruit soups grow in use for midsummer meals at country houses. Simmer mashed cherries blackberries and raspberries in water, strain, sweeten, thicken, and simmer to a smooth base. Add lemon juice for zest, chill, and serve in bouillon cups with fruit pieces floated on top.
How to Make Cherry Salad
A simple country house dish describes preparing a cherry salad. Cherries are pitted and mixed with English walnuts, then drained and nestled on lettuce leaves. The salad is dressed lightly with oil and vinegar before serving.
Kabakon Colony of Sun Worshipers Opens to All Naked Life
The Order of the Sun establishes a floating utopia on Kabakon in German New Guinea where colonists live unclothed and subsist on cocoanuts. The palm island hosts a tropical farm, peaceful natives, and a sun centered communal life with admission costs and conditions.
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New Mecklenburg
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Miele
Engelhardt
Minate
Berlin
Ceylon
Sun Order of Kabakon Promotes Fruit Eater Colony
The article describes the Sun Order founded by a German in 1901 who settled on Kabakon Island in 1903. It promotes fruit eating, sun and air baths, naked living, and family life for healthy minds and bodies. The colony aims to attract like minded fruit eaters to establish a model community.
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Engelhard
Kabakon
The
Sun Order
Order of the Sun
Germany
Ceylon
Nell and Percy Vere Proposal Angers Belle
Nell recalls Mr. Percy Vere proposing and Belle loudly rejects him. Nell notes his reply meant five hundred affirmatives, creating a tense social moment.
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Nell
Percy Vere
Belle
Dickinson clan tales and the first candlestick myth
A Dickinson family reunion in Amherst frames a quip about identity when five year old Ethel declares she is "neither Republican nor Democrat" but "a Dickinson." The piece then shifts to folklore about the first candlestick, a boy in a Scotch kitchen trimming fir candles, and rural terms for a candle stick and a poor man in Aberdeenshire.
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Mr. Engelhardt
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Munich
Dickinson
Amherst
Mass
Francke W. Dickinson
Springfield
Dickinson Association
Ethel
Dickinsons
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
Nervous Debility Woman Credits Pink Pills for Recovery
A Scranton woman describes neurasthenia and how Dr Williams' Pink Pills restored strength and sleep. She cites relief from headaches and side pain, improved mood, and energy. Pills sold by druggists or mailed from Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y.
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Scranton
Dr Williams
S Williams
Jane J. Devies
Wars Ten Street
Dr. Williams
Altar Society of Eight Brookyn Policemen
Eight Brooklyn policemen form an altar society contributing monthly to cover lights and flowers for an altar of perpetual adoration. The Alliance Israelite university funds five Bialystok orphans at Ahlem agricultural school with 16 000 marks as first installment for their maintenance and education.
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Brooklyn
Alliance Israelite University
Bialystok
Ahlem
Hunt's Cure Promises Complete Relief from Itching
The advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as saving more people from the Old Scratch than any other agent. It claims a single application relieves any itching skin disease and offers a box guaranteed to cure any one case.
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Hunt
Churchill Praises New Hampshire Farmers At Concord Address
Winston Churchill lauded New Hampshire farmers saying the state, with its climate mountains lakes and forests, will become a premier summer resort and vast park dotted with villas. He noted farmers are building cottages and boarding visitors while keeping produce local, not sending everything to the city.
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Winston Churchill
Concord
New Hampshire
America
New York
Grape-Nuts Said to Help Loose Teeth in Ontario Woman
Ontario woman reports two years of Grape-Nuts use improving health and nerve strength. She says before use teeth were loose and pastry craving faded while overall wellbeing improved. The testimonial credits predigested Grape-Nuts with calming stomach nerves and aiding sleep.
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Battle Creek
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