Court fixes 60 cents per finger in Cincinnati factory dispute
A jury in Cincinnati set the compensation at 60 cents per finger after Lila Hambrick lost two fingers on a Glass Co machine. The case seeks $15,000 in damages, but the verdict grants only one dollar, citing contributory negligence and unclear legal costs. The tale ends with a wry note on gloves and a theatrical aside about Margaret Anglin and a line about bow-legged swimmers.
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Cincinnati
Giris
Lila Hambrick
Lila
William Glenny Glass Co
Glass Company
Idla
Glenny Company
The Boy and His Father Horace Greeley’s Hard Start
An analysis of Horace Greeley’s upbringing argues that a father’s improvidence and poverty shaped his later success. It notes Greeley’s life of hard work, adversity, and self-reliance and contemplates what might have been if his father had provided more. Taft and McKinley figures are mentioned in passing.
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Horace Greeley
Greeley
The Little Things Hint at Big Waste Savings
The article argues small waste matters for railways and households alike. It cites railroads turning pins bottles ashes and other scraps into money and notes rich firms linger over pennies while poverty grows from neglecting minor savings. It ends with eggs still dropping and newspapers watching the hen.
Notable Figures and Oddities Highlight Rural and Urban Talk
A collage of items includes Ellen Richards commenting on race death linked to sweets, remarks on Farrell as new U S Steel Trust head, Kansas City mayor vetoing an anti long harp ordinance, advice on treating swallowed sharp objects with cotton, poetic quip about Jacob Fischer, and news that sacred Bramah cattle farming grows in southeastern Texas.
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Off Farrell
U. S. Steel Trust
Jim
Carnegie
Kansas City
United States Army
Supreme Bench
Complaint About Dirty Life Preservers On Ferry
A woman aboard a ferry complains to the captain about the dirty life preservers in the deck ceiling. She says they should be washed and argues a woman in a nice dress could not wear one, calling them unfit. The captain acknowledges and questions the issue.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
New York Misfit Persisting Without a Fork
A fragment notes a young man travels to New York refuses food with a fork yet struggles to fit in. The rhyme hints at social friction and personal oddity in the big city.
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New York
What’s in a Name Mamie’s Him Book Impresses Father
A Baltimore American quip describes Mamie narrowly concealing a book of her admirers’ pictures from her stern father. When pressed for the title, she reveals it is her “him” book, prompting amused curiosity about the playful deception.
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Mamie
Baltimore
War and peace tales echo in a bustling era
The page blends reflections on war costs in peacetime with Ohio coal output surpassing 40 million tons last year. It notes divorce trends among the rich, cautionary allergy tips from oysters to sweets, and references to the progressive movement. J P Morgan and Hill Taft are mentioned with contemporary banter about robber castles and tourists.
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Ohio
Amusing hotel encounter narrated by Crazylog
A humorous monologue recounts a hotel stay with wrong name spellings, cryptic questions, and odd conversations. The narrator quips about signature illegibility, hair on ice, Carrie Nation, and a crook bartender while dealing with a broken trunk and a comically literal trip to the free lunch counter.
Let the People Settle It With a Referendum Button
A political note argues that voters should veto bad laws via referendum. It mentions a THI party button and contrasts it with the People’s button, promoting direct voter control over legislation. The piece frames referendums as a tool to overturn legislature actions.
Baby eats stakes in poker lozenge prank
In a Youngstown Telegram item a family joke describes Robert explaining to his mother that he spanked the baby after he and Jimmie played poker with lozenges and the baby nearly finished all the stakes.
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Robert
Jimmie
Youngstown
Osgar and Adolf by Fred Schaeff
Cartoon dialogue features Osgar and Adolf with a light joke about a wife calling her husband buttercup dumpling and apple of her eye leading to a pun apple dumpling with butter sauce.
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Osgar Und Adolf BY
Fred Schaef
Osgar
Adolf
Spavin Doomed by Dope Plot Ends in Stretch Run
A sinister man tailed Spavin, the famed racehorse, carrying a vial of colorless liquid. An emissary for book makers dosed the horse to force a fatal finish, but an overdose could flip the outcome as the stretch approaches, leaving the tale in a tense end.
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Spavin
The Careful Shopper at the Post Office
A fashionably dressed young woman in a Western city enters a post office stamp window and asks to see stamps. The clerk presents a sheet of 2 cent stamps and she selects one in the center. An oddly methodical purchase scene from Everybody's Magazine.
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Everybody's Magazine
Elbert Hubbard Appears in East Aurora Vaudeville
East Aurora resident Elbert Hubbard, famed author of A Message to Garcia, performs a monologue on the Orpheum stage with a maple chair and his distinctive hat. The piece notes his chastened mood and his praise for Seattle, while poking gentle fun at his vaudeville act and timing.
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N.Y
Elbert
East Aurora
Avon
Elbert Hubbard
Erie County
Pra
Elbertus
Rowan
Garcia
Congress
Orpheum
Mr. Hubbard
Seattle
William Shakespeare
Smallpox Precautions Hit Alabama Mining Camps
A mining camp in Alabama shows heightened disease measures during a smallpox outbreak. An incident features a camp president and an older worker named Jake who quips about lime and the doctor, amid fears of infection and potential harm to his family.
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Alabama
Jake
Fat and Thin Chorus Girl and Actress Noted
Jane Bliss at 250 pounds is named the fattest chorus girl while Lillian Lee at 90 pounds is described as the thin nest actress in the stage cast profile.
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Jane Bliss
Lillian Lee
Comfort at the Center and Reflections on Power
A jumble of aphorisms cites Nashville Indiana as a population center where prisoners are allowed home for meals. The writer muses on high finance, Rome, and royal claims, contrasting moral talk with practical comforts and curious governance.
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Rome
Nashville
Ind
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THE
Seattle Star
United Press
Star Publishing Co
Margaret Anglin
Taft
Danc McKinlay
California
San Francisco
Cleveland Press
Wideawake
Ellen Richards
Tadene
Cook
Sonny
Paris
Jacob Fischer
Texas
Neing Sted
J. P. Morgan
Hill Taft
Rhine
Kansas City Journal
Fred Schaefer
Smith
Carrie Nation
Thi
Our Daily
Copley
AU Natures
Aurora
Reycroft
Martin Beck
George M. Cohns
Eee
Goodyear Welts
Goodyear
2C LLC
Mother Hubbard
Josh
Becker
the Butcher
Dr. Maker
Northern Bank Building
Bakxing
J. Brown
Edwin J. Brown
L. Wewdlry
C.J. Wa
Light P' Furth Fights Co
Arme Buildind Nu
Mittee
de Wappe
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