Major MacDonald Wins a Fort J Wedding at Fort J
Witty conflict at Fort J over a soldier’s ban on wives ends in a repeal when Major MacDonald marries Miss Brayling. Faced with encumbrances of wives and children the post’s women stage a mock uprising to push the transfer and reveal his secret plan to marry.
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Fort W
Fort J
Ferguson
Mixa Brassinge
Fort G
Fort 3
MacDonald
Wethberley
Gunther
Harbison
Major MacDonald
Miss Brayling
Gold Paved Streets in Axim Africa Spark Gold Dust Find
Travelers recount from the Gold Coast town of Axim that gold dust can be found in road scrapings. A Briton saw a servant sift gravel through several platters, washing and sorting until a crescent of black sand yielded a thin gold rim worth about a shilling after half an hour.
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Axim
Africa
Gold
Harper's
Russian grand duke sets record for supper price in St. Petersburg
Boris Vladimirovitch paid £2000 for a supper for two at Ernest's, aiming for the most expensive meal. The manager refused further fees for ear-boxing, charging 1200 rubles for the ears and other costs, with the grand duke settling the bill as a trophy.
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Boris Vladimirovitch
St. Petersburg
Pompeii finds reveal life on Street of Abundance
Excavations in Pompeii expose a perfectly preserved thermopolium in the Street of Abundance. A row of wine jars suggests a vintner pouring wine when the disaster struck. An hermetically closed cauldron still contains water, offering a vivid view of a Roman public house.
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Pompeii
Australian Literary Fund Draws Critics and Clergy
The Australian fund receives £700 yearly from parliament but few applicants use it. Authors are scarce or too prosperous, and humor arises as beneficiaries include a clergyman who has published nothing and a businessman who has retired from business.
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Australia
Australian Literary Fund
Disraeli
London Carmiche
Canal Zone Footwear Popular with Isthmian Laborers
The Spanish espargatas slippers imported from Spain are sold in large quantities in the canal zone at 20 cents a pair. European laborers wear them year round along the isthmus, with over 1,000,000 pairs sold by the commissary. Al pargentas are durable and favored by Isthmian bathers as beach shoes.
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Canal Zone
Spain
Bulietia
Juror Seeks Newspaper Aid After Long Deliberation
A stout juror pleads with a Newark News reporter to note in tomorrow’s paper that the jury was out until 11 o’clock. He worries his wife, who doubts his courtroom presence, and fears trouble at home without the confirmation.
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Evening News
Jes
Les
Worse Than a Fish Story from a Vacation Tale
A Chicago worker returns from a Adirondack trip with a tanned face but evasive to questions on big catch. He admits he worked on his brother's farm instead of fishing, prompting colleagues to mock his honesty as a known liar.
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Adirondacks
Mark
Chicago Tribune
Paying Their Way In Suburban Summer Visit
A young Boston area couple hosts visitors on a suburban piazza. A guest notes the front gate is hard to open, but the host shrugs and explains the gate is part of a water-pumping system that fills a hilltop tank with two buckets of water for every guest.
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Boston
Fred
True Enough Talman Could you loan me five dollars
The Washington Star quotes a light dialogue where Talman asks for a loan and Smallman declines, noting he is also short on cash. The exchange frames a streetwise, humorous vignette about money and folly.
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Talman
Bill
Smallman
Old Man
Washington Star
The Gun Might Help
A Boston Transcript report notes a footpad with a revolver robs a victim who is then forced to accompany the thief to retrieve money from his wife. The encounter unfolds with the suspect demanding cash and the victim complying under duress.
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Boston Transcript
What She Did
A wry remark about marriage and social dancing appears in Detroit satire. The speaker notes his wife’s calm reaction as she hosted a party after he danced with a younger woman. The exchange mocks casual infidelity norms in light conversation.
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Detroit Freetress
Juvenile Adept Bids for Fifty-One Noises Machine
A juvenile adept purchased a machine making fifty-one different noises for $200 after a picture show. The judge remarks dry humor about borrowing a baby.
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Shively
Deserved. Pride in a unique city player named Alfonso
A brief, colorful remark praising Alfonso as unrivaled in the city. Figures reference family voices, including Uncle Gustavo, questioning if anyone else could match him. The dialogue hints at local admiration and a sports context without specifics.
Marmaduke Epigrams Enduring London Truth Tradition
Satiric scraps from Marmaduke by Charles Edward Jerningham end a twenty two year run in London Truth. The collection includes quips on drink in cars, libraries versus lectors, and English class distinctions, ending with reflections on fame and falsehoods.
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London
Marmaduke
Charles Edward Jerningham
France
England
Persian girls endure harsh fate in birth and marriage
An extract from Henry RR. d Allemagne’s report on no man's sphere in Persian life describes the girl’s early marriage, high infant mortality, and social inequality from birth. It notes a proposed punishment of cutting a mother’s finger for every lost child, illustrating deep gender cruelty.
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China
India
Persia
Henry RR
d‘Allemagne
D Allemagne
Prehistoric City Discovered by Yale Expedition
Professor Hiram Bingham reports Inca or pre Inca sites including Maechu Pichu on a ridge 2000 feet above the Urubamba river. The ruins show palaces baths temples and about 150 houses with carefully cut white granite blocks up to twelve feet long.
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Hiram Bingham
Yale
L’ern
Maechu Pichu
Urubamba River
Indianapolis News
Chance For a Big Fortune In Pigskin Curing Method
Albert Halstead, American consul at Birmingham, notes rising pigskin use as leather and a possible cure for removing skin from hams and bacon. The Leather Trades Review puts annual losses from wasted skins at about 3 million pounds in Britain and Ireland, signaling vast profit potential.
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Albert Halstead
Birmingham
Leather Trades Review
Great Britain
Ireland
Cure For Snake Bites Adder Bite Aided By Mineral Crystals
A cyclist in an English forest was bitten by an adder and collapsed before being found. A doctor saved him with permanganate of potash applied to puncture wounds. Travellers now often carry the chemical and a lancet to treat snake bites.
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England
Rough on the Chinamen in Shanghai Patrol
The Sikh police in Shanghai speak no common language with locals and harshly handle Chinese residents. From the settler view they are ideal enforcers, but the Chinese fear them as bias dominates riot control. Riots are not infrequent and Sikhs are seen as the first line of force.
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Shanghai
India
Miss Mavis Yorke Captures London Attention
A photograph from Regents Park Botanical Gardens presents Miss Mavis Yorke, a young English child actress and dancer, lauded for her grace and charm. The piece notes dancing as beneficial for youths when kept in balance and credits her natural talent and expert training for her promising future.
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Mavis Yorke
Miss Yorke
London
Botanical Gardens
Regents Park
Hurdy Gurdy Man Game At Afternoon Party Fun
Players form a circle with one chosen hurdy gurdy man who sings I m a hurdy gurdy man and imitates instruments. Others switch as the leader changes from piano to drum to fife, faster each round, then return to their original roles and start again.
Call Ball Game Fun Outdoors With Eight Or Ten Players
The article describes a lively outdoor game for eight or ten players. One person tosses the ball and assigns numbers to players. The tosser calls a number and the named player must run to catch the ball, preventing it from bouncing more than once. A skilled tosser keeps players alert, heightening excitement by varying calls and distances.
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Onze
Kitty Dont and the Mischievous Cat
A playful verse recalls a misbehaving cat that tests patience with mischief. The speaker notes the cat’s antics as she wanders, answers a child’s question with a witty reply about her name, and ends with a jab at the cat’s stubborn streak.
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Kitty
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