Insurance man jokes on biblical towns in Irvington
An Indianapolis insurer and Biblical student visited a Irvington home and asked a woman about her mother’s birthplace. The daughter recounted the elder’s claim that her birth town Antioch matched a Bible town, and she confirmed she was born in Antioch Ohio near a village named Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Antioch
Ohio
Indianapolis News
Monks Exhibit Life of Christ Carving in New York
A 28 inch by 21 inch wood carving depicting The Last Judgment, created over 15 years by five monks from the Brotherhood of Nicodemus at Mount Athos, Macedonia, is shown in New York valued at 125000 dollars and brought to the United States by Father Germanos Agestes.
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Macedonia
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Fresh Exchange Over Toasted Drinks
Dialogue hints at a playful exchange about beverages, with a quip about timing and words. The lines suggest a social moment where one person comments on another's choice of cokes and the other responds with wit, implying a witty back-and-forth in casual banter.
Missing man returns as war reveals past crimes
A Manchester man vanished after buying a paper and left his wife to mourn. In wartime he reappeared as a soldier, later revealed to have run a bucket shop fraud under a different name. He had been arrested, sentenced, and released during the war while in France.
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Manchester
France
London
Sleep In Public Delivers Quiet Jabs At Home Turmoil
A vaudeville tale unfolds as a man sleeping in the audience is awoken by a rowdy neighbor. The exchange turns on who values rest versus noise with a jab about a quarrelsome wife at home and a stubborn temperament.
Candy making tips from The Kitchen's Cabinet section
A vintage recipes note invites readers to try home candy making with Molasses Taffy Coffee Fudge and Pecan Fudge. It includes step by step instructions for soft ball stage boiling times, mixing, cooling, and cutting. The piece closes with a Shakespeare quotation.
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New Orleans
Cakes and cookies kept for months by early bake tips
The article provides cake and cookie preparation guidance with long listed ingredients. Chocolate Potato Cake and Orange Cake are described with steps and measurements. White House Pound Cake details lemon zest butter sugar eggs and fruit additions with baking times and storage notes.
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White House
Bayer Aspirin Introduced in 1900 Ad Claim
The ad promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the true world famous aspirin prescribed by physicians for over twenty-one years. It stresses the Bayer name stamped on each tablet and on each package to guard against imitation.
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Bayer
Miliens
Stampede on the omnibus ends in theft of watch
In a London Tit-Bits excerpt a stampede on an omnibus pushes a man from a step. He and his son fail to secure prices. A boy asks if God saw the pusher and will punish him. The father says punishment has come, claiming he has the man's watch.
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Sonny
London
Near and Yet Far Trub All Except My Wife
A fragment from a New York Sun column contrasts intimate relationships with public life. The text riffs on gender and perception, suggesting irony about understanding women and the dynamics of marriage. It frames fires and carelessness as familiar, in a provocative newsy voice.
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Trub
New York Sun
Have You a Cough How s Your Blood Here s How to Get Rid of the Cough
Local ad endorses Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood tonic and remedy for deep seated coughs and colds. The advert urges readers to obtain the tonic from a druggist or write to Dr Pierce for free medical advice.
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Iowa
Dr. Pierce
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Afayette St
Ion
Alo, N. Y
Quick Wits and Quips From The Press
A collection of witty snippets from editorials and cartoons. Jokes span sermons to banking chiefs and workers notes, ending with a homely proverb on learning and art. The tone mirrors early 20th century humor and daily newspaper briefings.
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