Bankers Knew Their Man in Mig Customary Condition
A country bank received a message to Fay 25 to John Smith who would call today. A man claiming to be John Smith, highly intoxicated, was brought into the bank by a cebman and shouted for money. Clerks sought identification. the country bank replied to pay the money if identification was not required, citing a success story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Cebman
Bank & Stankon
Smith
Success Magazine
Childlike Ignorance by Laura Jean Libbey on stage
The piece discusses a Reactive appearance by Laura Jean Libbey focusing on love marriage and heart’s other interests. It uses a schoolroom quip about a girl misquoting Bolonion to illustrate ignorance among young women and references biblical animals and numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Jean Libbey
Bolonion
Untitled reminiscence on sweethearts and gifts
Fragmentary reminiscence notes a young man meeting his sweetheart and receiving a gift. A salon tale tone highlights sweetness and mistaken impressions. The odd dialogue about cream flavor echoes vintage newspaper chatter.
Folding bed in boarding house jars Minn Pansay
In a clipped comic exchange at the Catholic Stand ara and Times, Minn Pansay complains of a boarding house room with a folding bed and a dislike for folding beds while Miss Pert ponders the odds and ends of lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galt Minn Pansay
Miss Pert
Catholic Standara
Times
Admissioc Fred Proposes to Misa Bingley
Fred proposes to Misa Bingley but she refuses. Joe questions the engagement and she seems wary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Misa Bingley
Joe
Dan
Still a Woman Defies Odds in Prolonged Baseball Game
Fragmentary notes describe a woman refusing to concede in a long baseball contest despite male spectators and social pressure. The piece comments on gender expectations and the stubborn resilience of the player amid a crowd that questions her place in the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawitt
Jewett
Hobble Skirt Origin Sparks Debate In New York
A controversial piece argues hobble skirts may have originated in America via Horace Gresley and a green umbrella. It mocks suffrage parades and predicts a slowed march, suggesting fashion and politics collide in a satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Gresley
New York
France
Qreeley
America
International beauty crown goes to Miss Kitty Darling
At Folkestone England the international beauty competition crowned Miss Kitty Darling of Devonshire as the Europa queen. She defeated Miss Mamly Wohittaxer of London for the prize while Miss Whittaker of Hogland and Miss Simone de Beryl of Paris earned second and third honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty Danning
Plymouth
England
Folkestone
Eng
Europa
Folkston
Mamly Wohittaxer
London
Hogland
Misa Darling
Thira Bovera
Simone de Beryl
Paris
Idaho News Roundup From Ada County and State Events
Ada county postmaster appointed at South Bolsa and forty acres of fruit land near Meridian sold for $10 000. Meanwhile Socialist nominees filed for Ada county offices. Sam Young, pioneer of Lemal county, is noted, and a worker named Lester Thorte dies after a windstorm near Midvale. Reports from Puystte claim wind damage rumors were false. The Idaho battleship Idaho allegedly earned gunnery pennant next year. Twin Falls News owner F Filo commits suicide amid business worries. Boise grants first marriage license to Japanese man and Caucasian woman, with state law not prohibiting. Preston division meeting urges petitions for Oneida county split. Boise jail escape noted. Various other items include a trotting mare dying from engine fright, timber-permit rulings, insanity findings, pardons, and preparations for a Idaho real estate fair and state board of agriculture. Poultry shows and Presbyterian synod in Boise are mentioned along with civic resolutions against railroad costs and growing agriculture.
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Edwardes F. Thorntown
South Bolsa
Ada County
Meridian
Ada Country
Gooding
Sam Young
Lemal County
Acad
Lomb County
Lester Thorte
Midvale
Puystte
Daho
Atlantic
F. &. Fileo
Palla
Boise
Idaho
Preston
Bheen
Oneida County
Jeg
Seaes
Bank of Sandpoint
W KR. Dawson
Bolaé
Secretary of the Interior
Frank
Dietrich
Dennis McInerney
Peeter Foster
Gilmore
Melnesney
State Board of Agriculture
Stra Sid
Guntisia
Jotermountain
Thief Threats Dynamite Plot Ends With Escape
A businessman faced a would be robber who demanded 25 dollars and threatened to detonate dynamite. The attacker fled after the would be victim calmly questioned the threat and noted his own married status. The incident follows a self described humorous line in the Irustrated Bits column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husileas
Dyanller
Popularity of Thais Sparks Dinner Debate
Henry E. Dixey at Mauguin's dinner comments on girls named Thais McGinnis Endicott and Schmidt. He mocks the trend as universal and ridiculous, citing Anatole France’s Thala as a cautionary example. A clergyman’s baptism anecdote about naming a child Yaunus is referenced in dialogue about names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thais
Henry E. Dixey
Mauguin's
Thais McGinnis
Thais Endicott
Hats Schmidt
Thing 9
Universal
Anatole France
Thala
Aaid
Dianel
Hand Remedies Cited In Personal Note From 1909
A fragmentary 1909 testimonial quotes John W. Hasty praising Cuticura remedies for severe hand sores. The brief text includes a patient description of cracking bleeding and pain, inability to dress hands, and a moral aside about monetary loss in Wall Street quoted by an unnamed judge.
Fragmentary Ad Copy Mentions Drugs and Scams
OCR reads like a chaotic ad page with references to Specesated, rewards, a Toledo firm, Cheney, and a drug company. It hints at internal dealings, tainted surface treatments, and dubious claims about health products and long life, with stray quotes and misread names.
Convincing Proof Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonies
Readers are urged to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments after testimonials claim relief from fibroid tumors and other conditions. The letters praise the remedy, advise skeptical patients to seek the treatment, and emphasize long-term health improvements.
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F. Hayes Saya
Bits.Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra. I. F
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Iia
Pinkham
Lynn
Maas
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