Before Dinner Speech Sparks Prosperity Tale
Private John Allen recalls a Tupelo tale to explain why he would speak before dining. A Texan visitor is told by Bob that his brother Bill prospers in Texas and that Bob will support any of Bill’s friends needing money, prompting a humorous moral about unexpected generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen
Mississippi
Congress
Tupelo
Bill Jones
Bill
Bob
Texas
Pelo
Residents and visitors flock through Elnora and nearby towns
A long list of residents and visitors travels to and from Elnora and surrounding places including Linton Plainville Washington Vincennes Vincennes Worthington West Baden Loogootee Montgomery Dublin and Indianapolis. Folks attend family visits business trips and social calls with several returning to their homes in Indiana towns after short stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth “Pensinger
Mary.Weinbright
Indianapolis
Wwage Danner
Old Friends Return as Wild Man Tales Persist
A wild man reappears in Connecticut and Maine settings, then lurks near Tarrytown, suspected as an impostor who admits hunger. The real wild man is nameless, roaming and resourceful in feeding himself. Also noted is a National Anti Tipping association forming amid a Londoner’s yearlong hunt for barbers with an “unbending tip” stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Maine
Tarrytown
N. Y
London
Philip Hale
Boston Herald
Man of His Word in a Telegraph Mix Up
In Philadelphia a mix up at Central exchanges causes a prankish voice call. Lawrence Seebdlingbass insists on marriage with Dolly Dartingham amid a chorus of mistaken connections and comic misdirection. He plans a diamond gift after the telegraph error unsettles his pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Weehawken
Deny
Lawrence Sgeedlingbass
Africa
Dolly Dartingham
Gain
The
Taweler’s
Dally Dartingham
Beestone
Lawrence Seel Neboss
Philadelphia Evening Times
Winklepleck Family Enjoys Sunday at Trinity Springs
P A Winklepleck and son Roy and daughter Anna spent Sunday at Trinity Springs with Mr and Mrs Dean Richardson and their daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Dobson
Liza Stotts
Jno. Stotts and Son
Carvel
Wm. Bowman
Epsom
P. A. Winklepleck
Roy
Anna
Dean Richardson
Trinity Springs
Easy to Please but the Toys Remain Broken
The line shows a childlike call to send broken toys to the heathen with a terse reply about being unable to spare gifts, suggesting a playful yet cheeky exchange over charity or practicality. Willie offers to break up a few toys instead.
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Willie
Butter substitutes offered at various prices
In a humorous Puck cartoon caption a grocer offers butterine at 1.70, oleomargarine at 1.65, cheeserine at 1.50, chumnine at 1.55, and dairyine at 1.50 as substitutes for butter. The buyer resists the butter price with rising concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chumnine
Handing One to Engineer Section Foreman’s Odd Plan
Santa Fe veteran engineer Bill Rain recalls foreman Smith who asked him to hire his 19 year old son in the roundhouse so the boy could become an engineer. Rain notes the boy was not very bright and questions the plan.
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Roundhouse
Bill Rain
The
Santa Fe
Topeka
Smith
Bill
Paradoxical Proof in a Practical Engine
A domestic philosopher notes a remarkable practical paradox in the new engine replacing the old bucket. He quips it is the only device he knows that raises truth from the bottom of its well by hot air.
Stillness and echoes in a mourning household
An excerpt sketches Mrs. Tomwit living quietly after her husband’s death while noting her exceptional household noises. It contrasts genteel silence with the late Mr Tomwit’s loud habit of blowing his nose, described humorously as audible a block away.
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Stanton
Chas. Mount
Elnora
D. W. Hayes
W. H. Harding
Elnora Mon
Win Wuinklepieck
Jimra
Anderson Overton
Huls
Dale
Jared
Moliie Sargent
Jason
Ville
Joe Wadee
Bennett
Linton
David McCord
Wis
Consin
Das. W.atson
Plainville
Tues
Joe Palmer
Albert Boyd
Isom Beasley and Son
Mrs. Nimrod Slaven
Orville Morrison
Marley, Illinois
Mrs. M
E O. Crecelins
Oakland City
Cisco Kinnaman
J. C. Wier
Newberry
Harry O'Dell
Alf Keck
Worthington
W. J. Seal
Loogootee
J. L. Seal
Thos. Boyd
Rockport
Edith Trueblood
Bloomfield
Mrs. R. C. Skomp
Vernon
Florence Skomp
D. F. Hubbird
Montgomery
Washington
Etta Berry
Trula Pownall
Mary Waldron
Chester Hackler
Mr. Hackler
M. E Dicks
Roscoe Kinnaman
Vincennes
Ona Summerville
Zola Seals
Wm. Varrico
Effie Shively
Mrs
Fred Brooks
H. H. Crooke
O. O. Laughlin
Henry Harman
Little Son
Hootie Poindexter
Lester Cummings
John Chandler
Jas. H. Callahan
Gideon Houser
Alva Sims
John Hastings
S. E. Bowman
Ron Boyd
Hasting
Fred Todd
Roskpool
Pickett
Wash
Ington
John Breden
Illinois
Morton Keller
Burns City
Lena Morgan of
Lyons
Lovel Cooper
Walter Davis
Sheriff Harman
Bertha Alexander
Paris
Dot Skrouip
Ottawa
Martha Boyd
Howard
W. H. Todd
Eaglesville
Vera Chiles
Ray McCord
Noblesville
Ind
Marie Russell
West Baden
A Diefendorf
A. M. Keck
Steve Stalcup
John Ritter
Tardown, Shively & Co
Ed Marris
Aden Conard
Paris, IL
Shropshire
Luiter Boyd
A. O. Kimmel
Topeks, Kansas
J. Ai. Winkelpleck
Chase Frazer
Indianaj
Frazer
W.r
Z. M. Garten
Sauncay
Nelle Laughlin
Bess Garten
Hazel
Lela Crooke
R. Elmer Killion
Jord Fields
Everett Fisher
Carpenter-Morton Company
Boston
Mass
Dope
Odon Drug
Odon
Danner
Indiana
Man of
His Word
Gris
Wes
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