Beliefs of Gamblers at Deauville and Monte Carlo
Unusually rich superstitions surround gambling resorts Deauville and Monte Carlo. A Russian at Deauville eats all mounds for luck while a couple at Monte Carlo uses a black cat. amethyst tiepins are said to bring luck and a woman crosses the left hand fingers for fortune. Turtle experiments in Manchester NH show music seems to calm and engage specimens during lessons.
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Deauville
Monte Carlo
Manchester
N._H
Marriage and social quips from a London play and Punch humor
Snippets on marriage, vows, and self denial from a London play The Trump Cards and jokes about golf and marriage appear alongside reflections on soap making and satire from Punch England. The notes reference Tamil vows and Switz erland golf trends with playful turns of phrase and adages.
Funny Observations On Farm Life And Legislation
A fragment from the Groeswell Jeffersonian discusses farm work on a 10 acre field with beans corn and potatoes. It notes wives raising turkeys for pin money, compares costs to state fuel administrators and assistants, and critiques the enforcement of prohibition laws as not well enforced in Michigan.
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Groswell Jefersonian
Legisla
Michigan
Detroit
Fowlerville Review
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Richard Talmadge
Paul Parrott
Harold Brow
Buffalo Bill
Florence Vidor
Carl Sandburg
Sterling
Milton Sills
Cleo Ridgely
Jack Mulhall
Caroline Abbott Stanley
Stan Laurel
Wilbur
Daniel’ Steele
Lon Chaney
Harrison Ford
Marguerite Delamotte
Walter Long
John Sampolis
Buddy Messenger
Montana
America
Tenor Walter Scanlan
Erin
Chance
Switzerland
Punch
London
Burton
Virginia Burley
Armour & Company
Ypsilanti, Mich
Are
Pd Tchevroiet F
Superior
Chevrolet
Flint
Mich
GEO
V. Cook
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