Checks for the Communion Table in New England Churches
A 19th century custom in several New England churches required deacons to go among congregants after services and issue metal checks to those deemed fit to commune, collecting them before the bread and wine. The piece also notes various anecdotes from period magazines and references robberies of gold and platinum in Washington, including eleven Gentists offices robbed of precious metals worth about 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Fan
New England
Washington
Gentista
Witty classroom exchange on ability and nobility
A London board school scene features a sharp faced student asking for the opposite of ability, answering nobility after the teacher’s prompt. The fragment also includes Mr Dorkine contemplating patching a dining table with new boards, highlighting a practical repair mindset.
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Winkstone
Eloping Up-to-Date and Other Scattered Snapshots
A collage of fragmentary items includes a note on using Cascarets for constipation, a distant scene with a hatless girl and a horse-drawn wagon, a poetic riff on smokeless powder, and a comic quip about a purse and meals. Also referenced are a Kansas City church civils series led by Rev. Henry A. Stimson and a Broadway manager’s remark about play success, all drawn from clipped headlines and snippets.
Ticket Clash at Hoboken Station Sparks Brief Strife
In Hoboken at 5 20 yesterday in the Lackawanna station waiting room a short woman in a white hat with three apples grabbed a chunky young man by the neck. The man held a ticket in his mind head and claimed it was his. The station officer intervened asking for details. The woman produced her ticket and the officer commented that men should not carry tickets in their hands.
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Lackawanna
Hoboken
Atranger
Consolation After Honeymoon Quarrel Sparks Lively Exchange
A distressed young wife sobs over a wilted hat as the husband jokes about fixing things. The couple quarrels after a honeymoon and the wife pleads for care while he offers a practical, humorous remedy and plans to buy a waterproof collar.
The Rest Robber and the Submarine Man in Old Tales
A fragmented page piece blends overheard banter about a rest robbering tale with stray dialogue on taxicabs onions and a waitress, mixing characters named Guynet Nora and Larry. It skirts memory of naval cooks, a tramp named Gas, and a joke about a watch, closing with a note on timber yields in Ashanti and proposed mechanical haulage boosting log output.
Making Himself Solid in a Comically Bad Proposal
Tom and Dick banter about a failed courtship attempt. Tom realizes too late he was sitting on a freshly cemented wall, which caused the tuft to harden as he proposed to the girl. The exchange highlights a humorous misstep and consequence.
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Tom
Brubb Questions Brum Wood Salt for Every Day
The speaker questions Brum Wood’s claim of a daily salt supply for Bane PennWell, noting Brubbs only has one salt and asking if he wears it every day. The exchange suggests skepticism about the promised allotment and daily use.
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Brubb
Brumwood
PennWell
The Lone Exception Gunner Knocker Dialogue Fragment
A fragment from a dialogue shows The Lone Exception and Gayer debating opportunity and obedience. The exchange centers on a knocker, power, and inevitability, with playful wordplay and shifting claims about usefulness and return.
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Gunner
Gayer
Cleaning the Hennones to Fight Mites and Insects
Instructions urge cleaning henhouses thoroughly to control mites and pests. Whitewash roofs and nests, remove droppings, sprinkle litter, and fumigate with sulfur or tobacco smoke. Commit to a two month program to reduce insect trouble.
Castoria Nostalgia and Odd Bits From a Century Past
An OCR fragmented collage recounts early 20th century artifacts and quips, including Castoria product hints, aviator Henri Devtach of Paris, Wright-type aeroplane notes, and a stream of chitchat jokes, poems, and ad-libbed dialogue reflecting period humor and domestic musings. It threads aviation, chemistry, and social banter through snapshots, edtions, and satire, preserving quirky names and dated cultural echoes.
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Atropiane
Henri Devtach
Paria
Tuch
Gaya
Premonition of a fall from an acrobat's view
An acrobat recalls a near fatal fall three years earlier and explains how premonitions and near misses accompany high risk performances. He describes the moment of slipping rope, the instinct to relax muscles, and thoughts of family and successors as he plunged toward the ring curb.
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Wan
Leslie's Weekly
Tragic Chlorate Plant Accident Claims Life
Shannon, a North American Chemical Company worker in Detroit, died at Mercy Hospital after a clothes fire caused by explosive chlorate dust. His clothing was soaked with Potassium chloride powder, ignited by a spark from a machine he was operating, and he ran into the open air where the flames were extinguished but he suffered fatal burns.
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Mercy Hospital
Enys
Detroit News
Shannon
North American Chemical Company
Josh
Rich Beggar Gauthier Shakes Dust of Detroit Courts
Detroit’s famed beggar Monaleur Gauthier, reputed to be near seventeen thousand in public funds, plans to leave the city after a $26 verdict for striking Mrs. Josephine Renalde with a broom. He has a history of arrests but eludes harsher punishment due to illness and court sympathy.
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Monaleur
Gauthier
Mos
Tusuar
Beggars Brigade
Detroit
Mtelne Court
Josephing Renalde
Aise
Detroit News of
SideStepping Care and Weather’s Bright Discomfort
The fragment discusses avoiding care and irritation from outdoor sun exposure. It suggests that clear weather and sun brightness can ease discomfort when outside, with a tendency to overemphasize the relief gained from sunny conditions. The text reflects an uncertain, colloquial note on outdoor experience.
Fashiona of the Late Kin
Many people believed King Bo ward set fashion for men but that view is wrong. The late king avoided publicity and wore a coat tower where fashion clashed with custom. He had no special tailor and dressed simply, earning praise for his virtue rather than vanity.
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King Boward
Pashion
James Street
Wedeauman
Strawberries Grown In City Show Urban Horticulture
A city plots strawberries on a single lot without irrigation, yielding berries averaging twenty per box. Wille A Hendricks and Albert streets residents showcased Magoon and Oregon improved varieties to the Oregonian office, noting 1,000 plants produced sizable fruit including several over one inch in circumference. The page also touches on mixed feed for horses and farm rotation practices, plus light notes from Puck.
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Wille A. Hendricks
Thost
Albert
The
Oregonian
Oregon
Hendricks
Torti
Unclear historical note on letter learning and Browne
Fragmentary dialogue describes Inning aid and alphabet learning with Deegan and Rodrick. Browne is portrayed as resourceful, likened to making an awl from a corkscrew rather than buying one, illustrating frugal improvisation.
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Rotrich
Ter
Deegan
Albert
Matet Rodrick
Wern
Browne
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