Force of Habit and Humorous Snippets in Society Talk
A quirky collection of dialog and vignettes notes in a Boston Transcript style. It features Maggie’s flirtatious encounter with a drug clerk, reflections on public manners, a humorous mispronunciation of camouflage, a child presenting a pressed leaf as a relic, a remark about a Bible and a spouse, and a jab at self-styled public benefactors who neglect their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
Bessie
Kye
Boston Transcript
Soldier of fortune hawks life story for half a dollar
A stranger pitches his life story as material for the Sunday paper, insisting he will tell it to a friend at the next desk if offered half a dollar and no charge. The office worker dismisses the tale as a hard luck story.
The Wrong Impression Prompts a Witty Misunderstanding
A humorous exchange unfolds as one person asks to borrow $50 for a few days and is met with playful misinterpretation. The other clarifies that the request was not meant to be entertained seriously, turning the moment into a light hearted misunderstanding.
Taking No Chances With Human Kangaroo at Hotels
A quirky note says none of the hotels would accommodate the so called human kangaroo. The writer wonders if fear he would jump his board caused the refusal.
Patchwork of Lines and Lines of Duty in Small Town
A jumble of dialogue shows everyday life and comic misfires in a slice of local manners. The passage sketches law, order, and ambition through brief scenes including a burglar scare and small personal errands.
Credulity in Boudoir Secrets and Press Agent Tales
Dialog hints at priva donna’s confiding nature. A maid notes hair turning white from rapid rumors, while a press agent shapes truth around the celebrity. The tone mocks gossip and manufactured image in a backstage world.
Marys Lamb and a Rooftop Escape Tale
Diggs reports the cook left abruptly due to gasoline trouble with Marys Lamb. The Proper Caper recalls two army men escaping a station house by roof drop as training for going over the top.
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Diggs
Wiggs
Infant Terrible and the Dentist With Fingers
A bizarre exchange notes a child and a hostess describing a dentist who can remove teeth with his fingers. The dialogue contrasts a comic marvel with a child’s boast about her own finger skills in tooth removal.
Increase in Western Canada land values rise with demand
The past year shows strong demand for farm lands in Western Canada with prices up ten to fifteen dollars per acre and wheat lands often doubling in value. Higher crop prices and government support spur investment as farmers expect large returns from wheat hogs beef and wool while rainfall and tillage improve. The note cites Calgary Herald on 40 percent land value growth in two years and cites example sales up to 100 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Caleary Herald
Alberta
Population estimates of Earth across historical sources
The article surveys 18th and 19th century figures for world population. It cites Busehing claiming about 1 000 million in 1787, Badbii and Stein 500 million, Stein and Tlorestelco 972 million, Dietrie 7 266 million, Ke in 1865 1 120 million, and the largest estimates placing Earth’s inhabited people at about 1 400 million.
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Busehing
Change in Woman's Life at Forty Six in Fremont
A Fremont woman describes relief from heat flashes nervousness backache headaches irritability and the blues during the change of life at age forty six after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports feeling better and stronger and notes symptoms disappeared. She invites inquiries to Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance based on forty years experience with confidential letter handling.
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Fremont
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mra
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Swift & Company
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
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U.S.A
Supplio
U.s.marine Corps
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U.S. Marines
Lewis Baer & Co., Inc
Baltimore, MD
George
Eliza
Mary
Western
Adv
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Bella
Mrs. Godden
Wyarold Somers
WE Kald Ave
Drooklyn
Parker
Tieipa
Dandraff
A’s
Tuun States
Orst_ appicants
Denver
Misl
Adams Company
Westmort
Fletcher
Sand Rochelle
Chas. H. Fletcher
J. Briggs & Co
Providence
R.I
Fletcher’s Castoria
Mansur Drug Co
St. Paul
Hegeman & Co
New York
Cty
N. Y
W. S. Chapman
Montreal
Que
Castoria
Petlmal the Centaur Company
New
York City
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