I Sold a Winter Ice Contract at Ten Years Old
A storied contractor recalls securing his first contract at age ten to build an ice pond from a farm creek. He organized neighborhood boys, oversaw the project, and learned there was money in contracting, as his father watched in disbelief at the homegrown workforce. A rural tale follows about legislators traveling by horseback before railroads, joking that a law would force women with big mouths to have two husbands and those with small mouths to hire three, provoking amused audience reactions.
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Detroit Free Press
Raleigh
Humble Beggar and Dogs Quip in Court
A magistrate questions Uncle Rastus about taking the hum to feed a starving family while four dogs are present in the house. Uncle Rastus replies he would not ask his family to eat dogs, vo bonah.
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Rastus
Sal
New York Sun
Vegetable Sponges This Year Long Sponges for Sale
Vegetable sponges are especially fine this year and measure 15 to 18 inches long. They can be sent postpaid at 10 cents each, either prepared and ready to use or in their original shell with seeds inside, to any address as long as they exist.
Quotable snippets and anecdotes amuse the reader
A collection of brief humorous lines and anecdotes from various sources. Jokes about love and nursing, editor refusals, a cabbage quip, cemetery pleas, a health food hostess, Washington in disguise testing sentinels, and other light vignettes highlight everyday wit and social quirks.
Berkshire cottages inn Pinehurst offer modern comforts and travel access
Terms list daily and weekly rates for The Berkshire with cottages located in a new town. The property boasts running spring water, bathrooms, steam heat, open fires and electric lights. Nearby are sixty acres, tennis courts and croquet grounds. Rail passengers from New York can reach Pinehurst via electric cars from Southern Pines, six miles away. W B Peck, manager of Mt Everett House in South Egremont, Miss.
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Thehuret
New York
Penn
R. A
Seaboard Air Line
Willig
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
Siles
W. B. Peck. Manngoer
Mt. Everett House
Berkshire Hills
South Egremont
Miss
Department Store Catalog Promises Full Local Stock
A historical department store description outlines departments from drugs to groceries and shoes. It notes fresh meats in cold storage and Western meats, with full dry goods and shoe departments, Northern market stock, and a promise of quality in selection.
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