Family Tales From Crazylog and a Founding Plumber Father
A narrator recalls a respectable, diverse family with a plumber father who joined the Salvation Army and wore a tambourine uniform. The mother worked at a wall mill after marriage, and children include Chauncey the lean side show skeleton, Wil fred the 380 pound baby elephant, Esther or Hester the lazy sister, and a cousin Rufus with shingles.
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Salvation Army
Chauncey Chauncey
Wilfred
Esther
Hester
Rufus
Good Night Ladies Tune Eases Bore’s Monotony
At 11:30 the Bore shows no urge to leave as Nellie Bess and mother fatigue. Nellie asks for a song and the polite Stayer offers a choice. Mother empowers the moment with a request for the old favorite Good Night Ladies, demanding the first and last stanzas.
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Nellie
Bess
Mother
Mr. Stayer
Pointed Paragraphs On Money And Morals In Chicago News
A compendium of sharp quips on money, manners, and social habits warns that giving money invites return requests while polite women and busy people highlight the strain of popular telephone use. The piece blames conscience for making cowards and notes the era’s bite in Chicago style commentary.
Public discourse on patriotism and public office
A quotes rich reflection from the New York Press on how public life and corporate behavior shape opinion. The piece discusses patriotism vs public jobs and notes social expectations for women, including beauty standards like long wavy hair.
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New York Press
Sugared almonds delight at a family tea
In a short scene from Suc cess Magazine, Constance offers candy to her aunt. The aunt expresses a preference for sugared almonds and selects the white ones. The two continue in a quiet, intimate exchange as the last piece vanishes.
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Constance
Success Magazine
Absolute Necessity Quote Sparks Club Cab Ride
A dialogue mocks budgeting by insisting on minimal living while justifying a cab ride home from the club as an absolute necessity. The exchange highlights banter over frugality and social outings.
Oddities Of Halley And Wireless Parade In Brooklyn
In New York on June 11 observers curse frequent clouds as Halley remains visible only rarely. Optical dealers report sales slump and refunds for telescopes and binoculars while some offer exchanges for other devices. A Brooklyn Memorial Day parade features Nathan Jerome and Samuel Schaeffer with bicycle mounted wireless gear extending ten feet, signaling from front and rear. Nearby, Samuel Crawford’s long dispute over Long Island City plots ends in a $40,000 sale with a Philadelphia firm planning a $280,000 building on the plaza site, after receiving $2,400 in damages from the Queensboro bridge construction.
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New York
Avshopman
Brooklyn
Nathan Jerome
Samuel Schaeffer
Boys’ Amateur Wireless Club of
Samuel Crawford
Dutch Kills
Long Island City
Queensboro
Long Island Plaza
Crawford
Philadelphia
Mixed Jottings and News Bits From Early 20th Century
A collection of brief items includes a romance query about a possible objection from a father figure, notes on Lorimer’s Senate troubles, a summary of casualties and exiles from the Russian revolution, a college yell from Illinois, a contrast about Havana cigars, 1908 Michigan divorce and marriage statistics, U.S. Indian population, a joke about a boy aspiring to be a prize fighter, and a claim that Broek in Holland is the world’s cleanest city.
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Broek
Holland
Public Figure James Angell Remains Busy Speaker
James B. Angell former University of Michigan president emeritus, age 81, travels to deliver alumni banquet speeches. He jokes about his benevolent look resembling Don Kruger and recalls a Missouri woman who misread his portrait in a Kansas City paper and offered to raise her farm mortgage.
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James B. Angell
Emeritua
University of Michigan
Michigan
Don Paul Kruger
Transvaal
Ann Arbor
Missouri
Kansas City
Baby Next Door and a Rubber Cat Goof Turns Sour
Odd street scene unfolds as a neighbor child lures a baby with a rubber cat whistle, triggering Bob’s balking plea and a teary face as the infant delights in the prank. A Beattie school eighth grade assignment on Longfellow prompts laughs from teachers. A pawn-shop scene shows a woman negotiating a loan on a ring as a jeweler weighs the piece. Proof. Btella Are they wealthy Hello They gave baby an into tire to cut me teeth Harper's Ha war.
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Bob
Beattie Souce
Longfellow
Lowell, Maes
Europe
Harper
Bob He Runs Fast When Ladies Try To Kiss Him
A brief town tale describes Bob avoiding affectionate advances from women. The sturdy, rosy-cheeked figure shuns sentiment while moving quickly, a recurring scene in local stories.
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Bob
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