Thanksgiving Complications Over a Guest Visit Joke
Elizabeth and her husband quarrel over inviting their friend Gertrude Allison for Thanksgiving. A prank by Don triggers later suspense as Gertrude cancels, then Don reveals the trick by using the telephone to test his sister Betsy. Betsy learns the ruse and forgives him, while Don claims his cleaned room as a prize.
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Elizabeth
Gertrude Allison
Tom
Don
Mr. Leonard
Gertrude
Betsy
Nora
Donald Warner
Thanksgiving party games from old days
Two traditional games for Thanksgiving from the People's Home Journal. In hot cockles, a kneeling participant guesses who slaps his back as others switch positions. The passport forms a hollow square seating arrangement with one person left out while others sit in the center.
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People’s Home Journal
Gallant Exchange Confirmed in Curious Parlor Dialogue
A terse exchange unfolds between a brutal man and a composed lady as they discuss possible attachments. The scene centers on flirtation and ambiguity within a private parlor setting, highlighting social dynamics and wit.
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Mr. Blunt
Lost Its Charms and Blinkville Reform Leader
A dialogue reveals a reformer who left Blinkville after stamping down on charm in the town. He explains his departure was due to the town becoming too dull to appeal to him, not because of unpopularity. The exchange hints at a quiet social shift and the reformer’s lasting impact on the locality.
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Blinkville
Price and market line from moralists sparks debate
A quoted exchange ponders whether a man can set a price for his actions. The moralizer asserts universal greed, while the de moralizer counters that not all men hold a market for their ethics. The pair hints at a broader critique of money guiding behavior.
Fragmentary Court Recording Reveals Sister's Love Claim
A written statement quotes a sister declaring love, with her brother confirming her words filled twenty seven pages. The excerpt presents a dramatic exchange and indicates a lengthy testament to affection.
Feather Passports In A Snowy Square Game
Children form a square with a sheet held under chins a white feather rests in the middle to symbolize a passport. Winds push the feather while one player outside the square tries to catch it, gaining the right to a seat as a replacement passes. If the feather falls off the sheet it must be placed back in the center.
His Favorite Pug Wins Crowd at Prize Fight Dialog
A witty exchange questions the champion prize fighter's favorite animal. The line ends with the punch that his favorite is a pug, implying affection for the breed.
Fence Posts Show Practical Science In New England Farm
A traveler notes fence posts near New Haven with angled tops that shed water, halting rot and lasting longer. He cites possible modern buyers or farmers applying science, and imagines large profits from old New England farming relics.
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New England
Postel
New Haven
Coloring Woods and Its Furniture Uses
A method from Austria colors wood while green by forcing sap out in a closed vessel and replacing it with dye solution. Birch, beach, alder, plane, elm, and lime stain well. oak, fir, and pine do not. Used for furniture doors windows and outdoor work, with modern ships and railway care promising fit.
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Harper’s Weekly
Doctor Wiley's Absentminded Lunch Dilemma
Dr Harvey W Wiley the pure food expert is described as absent minded as he eats twice to confirm he had lunch. The anecdote shows his appetite despite fears about foodstuffs and ends with him eating a second meal to be sure.
Family Doctor’s Son Cures Indigestion Joke
A medical graduate fills in for his vacationing father and boasts of curing Miss Ferguson, a wealthy spinster, but the old physician quips that the indigestion helped him pay for medical school, in a light Argonaut anecdote.
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Miss Ferguson
Colege
Argonaut
Not What He Thought Brackler Seeks Clue in Pittsburg Mix
In a clipped exchange Brackler tries to identify Doolittle after a mistaken description saying big hair was as white as snow. The speaker notes the mix up and clarifies Pittsburg rather than Pittsburg confusion.
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Brackler
Pittsburg
Doolittle
Finnish Singers Move Audiences with Four Part Hymns
New Rochelle story notes the Whiffen children keep 30 snakes at 39 Birch Street, including Rex the king snake and Black Joe the racer. Edwin Whiffen teaches public school No. 46 about snakes. neighbors and pupils handle the pets during visits. The piece contrasts Finland's large singing culture with a New Rochelle family hobby.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Ulenborg
Arctic Circle
New Rochelle
N. Y
Whiffen
Edwin
Cva
Helen
Robert
Edwin Whiffen
Birch Street
Rex
Black Joe
Racer
Matilda
Genevieve
Regina
Colla
Baby Robert
Manhattan
Edwin, Jr
White Chamois Shot in Swiss Alps for Museum Display
A rare white chamois in the Canton of St. Gall was killed after years of elusive behavior. Despite orders to protect it, the animal was brought down by a hunter. The perfect specimen will be stuffed and placed in the St. Gall museum.
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Weistanen
Canton
St. Gall
Xats
Switzerland
Geneva
Pall Mall Gazette
Remark on the Constitution as a tennis net
Harvard President Lowell is quoted at a dinner in England replying to labor leader John Burns about obsolete government ideas. The tale recalls a tennis tournament quip where two old ladies discuss the net in play, and the remark that the constitution is our net.
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Lowell
Harvard
England
John Burns
Burns
United States
Peach basket dress worn by child sparks family craft tale
A passerby comments on a little girl’s unusual dress. The owner explains it is a wife’s repurposed peach basket, cut with holes for head and arms, highlighting inventive reuse and a playful domestic craft moment.
A Mere Supposition Festival Dilemma Galled By Hobble Skirt
The exchange imagines a man unable to attend a real festival and the comparable chagrin of a woman who buys a hobble skirt that fails to hobble. The light dialogue contrasts social discomforts with fashion failings.
Fine Football Elevens Could Cleave Gladiator Gridiron
In a witty take on ancient games, a speaker muses that if gladiators had formed teams they could have provided brisk football like action. The exchange compares arena combat to modern athletics with playful, era-tinged banter.
Chicago child twins imitate film and shoot sister
In Chicago a misfired recreation of a moving picture game left Nettie Johnstone, 18, with a bullet wound in the head. Her brother William, also a child, used an old loaded rifle and fired during a pretend Indian scene. Nettie was hospitalized but possibly not fatally injured.
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Chicago
Nettle Johnstone
Willam Johnstone
William
Nettie
Nétile
Rabbit on Engine Pilot Near Bangor Incident
A Bangor clergyman hunting game spotted a rabbit perched on the pilot of a freight locomotive near North Bangor. Lester Marsh the engine’s fireman threw coal, killing the rabbit. Railroad workers recalled nearby hounds at Portland and believed the rabbit rode five miles to North Bangor on the locomotive.
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Bangor
North
Lester Marsh
Portland
North Bangor
Woman Lived 18 Years as Monk in Solovetski Monastery
A Russian woman was arrested after spending 18 years posing as a monk at the renowned Solovetski monastery. She followed the austere rules and was regarded as an exemplary member of the brotherhood.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Solovetski Monastery
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