Philadelphia Ledger Sees War News Cable Costs and Local Tidbits
Society notes mock the bridal grooms name omission while recalling a vacation memory. Cable rates to Japan soar with wartime mentions. Odd weather barometer crab shell folklore and social vignettes from Detroit to Philadelphia highlight daily life and gossip amid current events.
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December Matrimonial Register seeks reputable Northwest matches
Society notes in our December Matrimonial Register aims to pair reputable Northwest residents seeking marriage. It invites both sexes, highlights many wealthy members, and offers subscription by mail from Box 8 Portland Oregon.
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Spider Bites and the Fable of Deadly Venom
The Brookly n Eagle reports spiders are not the nation’s killers. only a few deaths are linked to bites. Entomologists say a red and black spider is the only truly poisonous one. Most cases end due to poor health rather than venom. Observe spiders calmly as they kill pests more than people.
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Dream Analysis and the Connection Between Waking and Dream States
A. B. Gibson argues that dream and waking thought differ only in manifestation, not essence. He asserts dreams reflect the same world as waking life, shaped by the ego's responses to consciousness and emotions, with ordinary dreams being undigested daytime life driven by desires and hopes.
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Mouse in the bread pan prompts odd domestic remedy tale
A NYT chronicled incident shows a politician’s wife known for domestic care. While dough rose in the kitchen a 6 year old cried a mouse in the bread pan. She asked if the animal was removed, and the child replied he wasn’t but the cat was thrown in to hunt it.
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Honest Satisfaction And The If Word In A Touring Philosopher
A traveling thinker rails against three English words he deems to be crossed from the dictionary honestly. He contends honesty is imperfect as no one is truly without disturbance when at home. He adds that true satisfaction and the single syllable if are similarly elusive. He imagines a rich man still craving more.
Tainted Tin and the Gatekeepers of Hell
A humorous exchange casts St. Peter as gatekeeper to hell where a new rival seeks entry. An accountant named Bure seeks admission prompt enough to prepare an itemized ledger of how Rockefeller obtained his wealth for entry consideration.
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Cook Book Novel Sparks Humor at Store Display
A bookstore clerk pitches a so called new novel to married ladies. The customer is skeptical until the clerk reveals a cook book themed cover and a joke about husbands paying for a new fall hat.
Jawback Wins
In a Cleveland Leader snippet a husband and wife clash over life insurance and remarriage. Mrs Jawback argues life insurance is graft while Mr Jawback plans to buy a policy. She counters that she could remarry only if his wife had a large policy.
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Dick and Jack Plan a Street Walk in Letter to Dad
Fragment from Cleveland Leader shows Dick urging Jack to stroll the street while Dick writes to his father. Jack hesitates, claiming he is broke, and the two discuss delaying their plans until the letter is finished.
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Submarine Cables Worldwide and Government Ownership
The world has 376 submarine cables totaling 178 919 miles with about 25 000 miles under government ownership. Cables handle daily orders from many lands for Pillboury Vitoe an all day food source.
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Begging in London Faces Crackdown and Profit
London officials report 4,000 beggars earning over 1.5 million annually with many arrested or jailed from one week to three months. Charitable acts hide money and bank books among the poor, while counterfeiting cures and quack medicine ads clutter the same page.
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Ism fet trame stranded near water tank in wild tale
A roving tramp encounters Minter the barnstormer twenty miles from the nearest farm. He asks if he is really Hamlet and Minter confesses he wishes to be the ghost because ghosts don’t get hungry. Cornered by hunger the scene unfolds in a roadside vignette from the Columbus Dispatch.
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Hay crop and medical notes tie to old Lincoln tale
A fragmented clipping recalls Kansas corn crop stories and Lincoln’s hay crop tale, mentions Dr Kline nerve treatment and Milne in Philadelphia, with brief quips about Mothers Winslow syrup and a mom and child holiday joke from Chicago Journal.
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