Rats and the human-rat war a grim warning
An impassioned essay compares humans and rats, urging vigilance in a global fight against the rodent menace. It cites costs of rat damage, plague transmission, and the Mayflower origin of rats, linking them to national defense and daily life.
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Just Kids by T S Allen Buoyed by slang and dialogue
A fragment from a column or humor piece features rural dialect banter. Jimmie complains about not speaking, and a playful exchange centers on a bag of candy. The scene captures colloquial voices and character dynamics.
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Jimmie
Red Rose Proposal From Loneleyville Neighbor
A personal letter from John B. Rusty in Loneleyville Mo asks Miss Amelia Spinster to marry him, offering to wait for her answer and asking her to wear a red rose at Thursday prayer meeting. The page also includes satirical snippets about a novelist claiming sales of two hundred thousand and jokes about a cousin Jack, plus a note on the Canada US boundary markers.
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Amelia Spinster
Loneleyville
Local Sayings and Odd Facts From Historical Snippets
A collage notes Star Dust Aden making 10,000,000 cigarettes yearly with wages at 16 cents a day. A dialogue shows a boy James sneaking a look at ball fame through a knot hole in a fence. Mentions state mottoes and a note England has not executed publicly since 1868.
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Dad
James
Echo from Cannibal Land First Captive
Two captives speak in a stark exchange about confinement and being fed, noting fatness and feebleness while commenting that the natives offer no banquet to anyone.
Public EYE gossip on Billy Burke and Senate squabbles
Rumors swirl about Billy Burke and a would be suitor Aloysius Jones who never asks her. John Kean faces political pressure from Congressman Fowler while Senator Bacon of Georgia quietly votes late in roll calls. James R. Keene lauds horses at Cedarhurst and contrasts parental affection with a two year old thoroughbred in a Detroit Free Press vignette.
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Then It Happened at the Breezy Encounter
Coolduffer known for breezy stunts meets Pilker in a brief exchange. Pilker produces a black cigar in his vest pocket and offers a match. Coolduffer lights the loaded cigar as they share a half smile and a local newspaper note records the moment.
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Nervine
Pilker
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