Grateful watch mystery leads to romance in Stetson tale
In a Philadelphia style personal column a man named Robert Hardy Stetson replies to an advertisement from Grateful about a missing watch. Miss Alice Everton Woodrow writes to clarify she trusts him and invites him to Auburn Avenue. The note leads to a meet and a budding romance as pages of letters unfold and the pair finally connect, following a twist of gratitude and mistaken disappearance.
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Stetson
Financial News
Dodds
Central Square
Robert Hardy Stetson
Alice Everton Woodrow
Auburn Avenue
Miss Woodrow
James
Sage counsels on politics and a painted horse
A Sage advises a political candidate turning a prison visit into a victory. The caller seeks tips on campaigns, while the Sage counsels honesty, smears, and a painted horse to frame a self-defeating foe. The tale ends with a predicted landslide and the country saved.
Grand Trunk Exhibit Dominates Sportsman's Show at Madison Square Garden
H R Chariton returns to Montreal after supervising the Grand Trunk display at the Sportsman's Show in New York. The exhibit features motor propelled craft, gasoline launches, and skiffs, with a large Canada themed section including mounted fish and northern game. A camp scene with tents and canoes enhances the space, and the booth aims to attract 10 000 to 20 000 visitors daily for nearly three weeks.
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H. R. Chariton
Grand Trunk Railway System
Montreal
New York
Grand Trunk
Madison Square Garden
Wilds
Canada
Grand Trunk Railway
Sister Hannah Probes Dorothys Nine Year Suitor Visit
Miss Dorothy Spencer of Grafton reveals to her widowed Iowa sister Hannah that Henry Goodheart has been visiting twice weekly for nine years without proposing. Hannah confronts the bashful suitor and unsettles Dorothy about marriage expectations.
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Dorothy
Goodheart
Goodliver
Hannah
Mr. Goodheart
Iowa
Aliso
C. B. Lewis
Dorothy Spencer
Grafton
Perkins
Henry Goodheart
Sister Hannah
The Doctor and Patient Exchange Words in Chicago News
A brief dialogue in Chicago News shows a physician questioning adherence to a prescribed medicine and the patient claiming he took it after each meal. The exchange highlights miscommunication about dosage timing between a doctor and a poet patient.
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Chicago News
Question on Daughter's Salary Sparks Domestic Quip
A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption questions if a daughter could live on her suitor's salary. The remark riffs on practicality and matchmaking in a humorous exchange.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Maryland Senate Towels Spark Economy Example
The Baltimore Sun notes 24 towels for 27 Maryland Senate members show comity among six senators who will use three towels in common. The piece asks who constitutes the three pairs and implies the state will honor those setting an economy example.
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Maryland
Senate
Baltimore Sun
In order to prevent accidents in the kitchen
Guidance warns to fill the kerosene can with water to reduce risk in the kitchen.
Fatal Row Not Lethal Yet In Deadwood Saloon
In Deadwood the word of a fatal row proved false until a gunslinger reported two dead and four wounded after Bill Plummer and Abe Wisner shot at each other. Locals dismiss the event as a gentle zephyr, not a fatal row, delaying hangings for the truly unlucky.
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Perace
M. Quad
Deadwood
Koss
Bill Plummer
Abe Wisner
Abe
Bill
Memory Aid Misfires With Absent Minded Haircut
An anecdote recalls a man who tied cotton to his finger to remember a haircut. En route home he saw the cotton and remembered, then told the barber to cut his hair, only to realize he had already had it done that morning. The barber complied despite the confusion.
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Salk
Hannah
Dorothy
Beatrix Reade
M. Quad
State Prison
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