Foot Race Bets Stir Cowboys at Flying Heart Ranch
Cowboys of the Flying Heart mourn a prized phonograph after their champion loses a foot race to a Centipede ranch cook. Yale athlete Wallingford Speed and Culver Covington are drawn into a tense wager as Helen Blake schemes to recover the phonograph, while trainer Lawrence Glass fears for his life as thugs pressure him to ensure Speed wins. A Mexican rival, Carara, warns Glass amid threats and jealousy at the house party.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Centipede
Flying Heart
Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Fresno
Glee Club
Stanford University
Helen
Glass
Mr. Speed
Willie
Mr. Colt
Severa
Lawrence Glass
Larry
Mr. Fresno
New York
Jake
Joe
Culver
Wally
Mary
Mariedetta
Senor Aurelio Maria Carara
Time Tells Only on a Cold Night
A man hurries across a square in winter seeking the time. He plans to ask a well-dressed stranger, who also buttons up, to reveal the hour. The stranger finally unbuttons, reveals his watch, glances, and mutters a terse yes before moving on.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Unconventional Missouri Minister Delays Service for Arriving Parishioner
A Missouri minister in a small town draws attention for odd conduct during services. From a window view he announced due to Sister Anna Morgan’s lateness that the service would start late. He also extended a sermon saying bad weather would be hoped to clear later. The anecdotes highlight his eccentric approach to worship.
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Missouri
Anna Morgan
Senior Says Living Keeps You Reaching Ninety Seven
A centenarian answers a curious question about aging with a simple rule of life. He says there are no special rules just keep living and you’ll reach old age. His remark blends humor with a straightforward life philosophy.
Hasty Escape From Thawing Talkative Man
In a Midlands country town a famed talkative man arrives at a hotel and declares he is too cold to talk. A nervous traveler urges the landlord to bring his bill quickly to depart before the man supposedly thaws.
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English Midlands
Boston Mayor Promises Wholesale Motor Oil Amid Gasoline Hike
The Boston mayor cites 100 percent price rises as greed and vows to aid motorists by selling motor oil at wholesale rates. An aside references Sanders MacHoot of Peebles and a bar tale about paying for drinks, illustrating the era’s quips on vice and inflation.
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Sanders MacHood
Fitzgerald
Boston
Mayoritzgerald
Sanders MacHoot
Peebles
Sanders
MacHoot
Mutton Highlighted as a Healthy Food Choice
Government and agricultural studies credit mutton as a healthy diet staple. Langworthy notes mutton and lamb digest well and are rarely rejected by meat inspections due to disease, supporting its valued place in the diet.
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C. F. Langworthy
He Didn’t Show Up and Marry for a Prince
A fragment hints at questions about delayed marriage and expectations of a prince. The text contrasts a waiting sentiment with an ordinary, reliable suitor who does not fail to appear.
Allen's Foot-Ease Antiseptic Powder Ad
Advertising copy for Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder sold for 25 cents. Claims relief for corns bunions ingrown nails swollen sweating feet blisters and callous spots. Promotes free sample and provides address A. J. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Wedding Near Dictation Sparks Bonbon Purchases
A brief note hints at an upcoming wedding with a playful exchange about the bride taking dictation from the groom, suggesting the groom’s sweet gesture of buying bonbons as part of the engagement.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Fills advertised cure
An 19th century advertisement promotes Wrights Indian Vegetable Fills for quick relief of acid stomach heartburn and nausea. The copy directs readers to request the box by mail to 372 Pearl Street in New York.
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Wright
Pearl St
New York
Ady
Not Getting Anywhere Platform Quip
The dialogue suggests a candidate running on a platform framed as a joke about a treadmill. The text also includes an old ad for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a proverb about talkers spreading little wisdom.
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Illinois
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