Reform Noses and Trade Stir Global Reform Efforts
The piece argues reform works like tariff moves, noting global shifts from double noses to single. It cites Chinese queue removals costing $20,000,000 yearly and predicts fashion impacts and industry reactions. It notes Arthur Atherton, 24, dubbed the thinnest man, marrying Blanche Burkley in Chicago. he is over five feet tall and weighs 38 pounds.
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Arthur Atherton
Blanche Burkley
Chiago
Atherton
Riverview Park
Laundry reform and a bet marriage headline
The column mocks New York dress reform as women push for cleaner shirts for men and jokes about overworked critics. It notes a divorce plea from a wife who married on a bet, calling matrimony a gamble and the husband lacking brains.
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New York
Puritan Theatre Opens in Boston Itself a Jest
A Boston note mentions a new theatre called the Puritan with a tongue in cheek claim It is to laugh. The piece also mocks headlines such as Man Kills Self in Cemetery and comments on mail order houses and Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roebuck.
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Women Workers of
Washington
Seattle
The
Star
Boston
Puritan
Margaret Gregson
Atlantic City
N. J
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, K & Co
Ats Her
Misa Anne Newell
Reading matter quips and random notes from periodicals
A collage of quips and jokes references newspapers and periodicals. Items include satire about advertising and reading matter, jokes about Germans pirates Berlin youths and a Boston teaching career, plus remarks on London immigrants and a talking cow, with brief misquotations and light humor through a collage format.
Truthful Sandy in Vatty Small Doses in Script
A playful dialogue features Sandy answering a Scotch pastor. The pastor asks how Sandy views his faults and Sandy replies that faults are seen in vatty small doses, in a humorous exchange from the Boston Tran script.
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Sandy
Boston Transcript
Sentry Why is this a popular sport in hot weather
In hot weather the sport thrives because playability remains high and skill translates. Fans observe how heat challenges athletes and boosts adrenaline, creating a lively atmosphere and competitive hype around each match.
Not Incongruous Mistress: A Housemaid’s Reproach
A dialogue fragment shows a mistress returning unexpectedly and accusing her maid of wearing her blue skirt and green silk blouse. The maid defends the pairing, asking what is wrong with the combination.
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Pilegende Hlatter
Fresh air fiends spark caution at roadside stop
In a tense exchange a nervous woman asks why the car stops on a trip, while her husband jokes about a chauffeur and the dangers of choosing a “fresh air fiend” driver, highlighting mock concern over a road mishap on a Boston Tran page.
Dance at Dreamsend tonight in city notes
A brief item mentions a Dreamsend dance tonight and a playful exchange about barns and barnacles from a Sunday School visitor. It includes a quip about Samson’s haircut from a small boy and a comment on a large red barn with surrounding structures. The fragmentary text references Buffalo Express and Brooklyn Life as sources.
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Buffalo Express
Samson
Brooklyn
Trouble Ahead
A playful dialogue on nerves before marriage and foresight. The exchange mentions consulting a fortune teller and Bradstreet as a tongue in cheek suggestion cited from the Houston Post.
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Bradstreet
Houston Post
The Comebacks Wedding Gift Reveals Small Party Twist
The Toledo Blade notes a humorous scene where a couple boasts of receiving forty eight wedding presents while lamenting that most guests are couples who are already engaged. The piece highlights social circles and wedding etiquette through casual dialogue.
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Toledo Blade
The Limit And The Theatre Gag Roundup
A collage of comic exchanges and quips from newspapers and cartoons. Snippets reference a political boss retirement remark a chicken neck joke a gate behind a man and a family watch gag. Light social humor echoes through short dialogues and captions.
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Gate
Loutaville Courter- Journal
Native Hawaiian Labor Leader David Ewaliko Active in Seattle
David Ewaliko, a native Hawaiian and labor advocate, sits in Seattle as a delegate to the Longshoremen's convention. He serves as secretary of the American Citizens' Labor Union of Hilo and pursues journalism while noting Hawaii's growing Oriental population and the need for drastic measures to preserve native influence. He previously edited The Searchlight in Hawaiian.
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Coast
Seattle
David Ewaliko
Ewaliko
American Citizens’ Labor Union of
Hilo
Board of Supervisors
Bwaliko
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Bugaboo
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Nicaragua
Albany
Aa Bank
Albany Painles
People’s Bank
Second and
Pike
Bon Marche
MacDougall & Southwick’s
Canadian Pacific Railway
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National
H. W. Edwardse
T.A
Advertiser
Germany
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Berlin
London
Hugh Brady
Yonkers
New York Telegraph
Ohio Northern University
Henry Clews
John D. Rockefeller
Mra. Highupp
Richquicks
Mra
Biase
Richquick
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Bill
Gibba
Gibbs
Gibbo
Puck
Stevens
Hashalla
Ntlemen Anwlatay
Pine
C. C. Berg
First Ave
Meek Trunk & Bag Co. ‘Inc
Madison
Ind
Vernac
ULAR
Ohio
Pike Street
Over Owl Drug Store
Dentists Pike
Wigwag
Beasie
Harry
Jensie
Philadelphia Telegraph
Hela
Cholly
Georgie
People’s Amusement Company
Henattle
Lyceum
Joan Valstary
Omange Warner
Arthur Vee
Grattan
Arnold's Electric Vibrator
U. S
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Cial
Hoffman Cloak & Suit
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Asi
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