Ulysses Sorenson’s aeroplane ends in a crash
The village blacksmith Ulysses Sorenson of Herwyn Ned builds a home made aeroplane and ties it to a balloon. He flies about half a mile, crashes, is stunned but survives. He vows to quit aviation and reflects on Daedalus Darius Green and modern ambitions.
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Weight Brothers
Ulysses Sorenson
Herwyn
Ned
Ulysses
Dallas Green
Sorenson
Darius Green
Daedalus
Nebraska
Minstrel Midgets Courted With Dialect Flapdock
A dialogue featuring Eph and a chorus on race and humor. The exchange contrasts blackface performance with a comical foot bath joke. The piece ends with a suggestion of singing a home and fireside song.
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Hastus
Eph
Chile
Intimate correspondence on government service and Nelson Aldrich
A July 1909 letter from Rath Washington, D. C., discusses William L. Post resigning after 17 years in public documents and a planned vacation. The writer analyzes Nelson W. Aldrich's legislative technique, comparing his ascent from grocery clerk to wealth and influence, and reflects on political perception and personal admiration.
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Washington, D. C
Dad
Wm. L. Post
Snail Dialogue Echoes Odd Wartime Exchange
Fragmentary text shows two figures discussing snails in a cryptic exchange. One line questions if snails inhabit strange figures while the other responds that a snail has only a hard shell and no heart. The passage reads like a fragmentary wartime or coded dialogue.
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Tauten
Adolf
France
Reflections of a Bachelor Verses on Women and Society
A compact column of pointed paragraphs discussing relationships and gender roles. It critiques how education shapes men and the expectations of women, suggesting happiness comes from appreciation. The piece notes home as a place for reliable clothes and buttons and playfully questions male bravado and social norms.
Insurance Love Plot In The Ladies Jolly Times
A comic scene features Denby negotiating a fake love policy with a glamorous woman proposing insurance against love. He offers $10,000 for the view and ends up paying for a speculative bet on love, only to have the policy torn and his hopes restored with a clever twist.
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Denby
Taft
Den
Wide Bay
California professor tests superstition beliefs in 875 students
Professor F B Dresslar, leaving UC for Alabama, conducted surveys with 875 California normal school students. About 40 percent admitted belief in various superstitions, with both genders showing similar levels. Findings include luck tied to four leaf clovers, moon position, opening umbrellas indoors, and other common folk beliefs.
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Gerkeley
Cal
F. B. Dressiar
University of California
University of Alabama
California Normal Schools
Drewalar
Dresslar
Mle
Paime the Monk Surrenders Amid Listless Odds
A fragmented note describes Paime the Monk surrendering after taking few chances, signaling a cautious turn in a stalled pursuit. The text hints at a surrender rather than a decisive victory, with little detail on broader consequences.
If Men Were Only Handcomer Parody Verse Excerpt
A fragment from the New York Times humorously riffs on marriage by imagining women desiring various male traits. Each speaker muses that attributes like cleverness wealth or ease would lure them to wed, ending with a wistful or ironic line.
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New York
Timon
Open Primaries Debate Cited by Yonkers Statesman
Fragmentary exchange on open primaries and women’s suffrage cited from Yonkers Statesman with derailed lunch plans and odd interjections. The text shows garbled dialogue about voting rights and lunch choices among unnamed speakers.
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Exbert
Yonkers
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