Do You Care Two Cents About La Follette Re Election
An appeal urges Wisconsin readers to back U S Senator Robert M La Follette against a bloc of Aldrich aligned forces in Congress. It condemns party leaders and trusts and calls for letters to friends and relatives urging support with a two cent stamp. Theodore Roosevelt is urged to act but does not.
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Wise Mother's Sacrifice Shapes a Son's Success
A widow supports four children with limited income. Her son, earning 25 dollars monthly in a law office, declines a 50 dollar offer to stay on a path that leads to a clerkship future. Three years later he becomes a partner, honors his mother, and ensures better schooling for siblings, illustrating long term value of sacrifice over present gain.
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Eaan
Zoo Exhibit Frustration Over Repetitive Labels
Visitors complain that the city zoo offers little variety with most enclosures labeled Habitat. One person calls the zoo a bum zoo, citing repetitive naming and dull displays.
A Definition: Lambe-What Epigram Exchange
A humorous exchange features Cynteson defining an epigram as an insane remark by a rich relative while dining together, in a witty, conversational style.
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Lambe
Men and Their Modest Taste in Clothes
Marion Love reports from a haberdasher on menswear, noting men’s modest, traditional fashion tastes. The piece contrasts expectations of flamboyant male styles with dealers’ claims that men avoid cosmetic trends and shoulder pads, while women are described as more fashionable.
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Marion
Then It Happened A Tale Of Men And Their Vanity
A fragment from a reminiscence describes Terence Widdiewink who favors a mandolin and a glee club. Haberdashers discuss fashion taste among men and women, noting pink underclothes, striped stockings, and the rise of colorful canary and burgundy ensembles. The piece observes gendered vanity and social taste in wardrobes and accessories.
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Terence Widdiewink
Terence
Farmer’s tale on a city man’s farming lesson
A city man named Jones spends vacation on a nearby farm and boasts farming prowess. His partner quizzes him with a riddle about charging for pasturing horses with full or partial manes and tails, illustrating farm knowledge with a practical twist about flies and feed.
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Beattle Businews
Jones
Werratcheer
John
Sameness of Opinion on a Park Bench
A young man with a soiled collar asks a stranger if he would mistake him for a millionaire’s kin. The stranger bluntly says no, and the young man reveals he asked the millionaire himself last night, noting the shared misperception and irony.
Bill Perkins Exits Politics and Campaign Realignment
Bill Perkins withdraws from public life and narrows focus away from a coroner bid amid a home setback. Tom Packard resumes barn repairs after a prior windstorm. The storm damaged the bens and coop at Jud and Bed Blossom’s Masselshell Springs homestead Monday.
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Bill Perkins
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Tom Packard
Masselshell Springs
Far North scene with odd banter and domestic quips
A disjointed dialogue set in a prohibition belt town with quirky characters. Weathered exchanges hint at a rough, humorous slice of frontier life as callers discuss corn on the cob, drug stores, and a tense but comic domestic moment.
Polar bear and seal discuss North Pole hunt in fragmented dialogue
A brief, puzzled exchange features a polar bear seeking the North Pole and a brown seal’s robotic reply. The scene shifts to a young man who narrowly survives an incident, with hints of struggle and unresolved action lingering.
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Two Crooks Discuss Gambling and a Burglary Suspect
The dialogue names Nelse Aldrich and Dick Ballinger as suspects. The exchange contrasts two brothers with gambling ties. One is described as a gambler, the other as a burglar avoiding police.
Apple pie aids hobo amid harsh winter talk
A kind woman offers a generous slice of pie to a husky hobo who laments winter hardships. He explains farmers give little work and life on the road remains hard as people offer help only in seasons. He notes winter cold and summer offers of work fluctuate.
Port Elizabeth Children Swim Free at Public Bath
Most Port Elizabeth youngsters can swim thanks to a large public bath that serves the community. The facility enables easy access to swimming lessons and water safety for families across the district.
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Port Elizabeth
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