Strike sympathies and tipping woes in New York hotels
A reporter quotes a striking New York waiter describing restaurant abuses and the hotel tipping system. He explains overwork and underpayment forcing waiters to rely on guests for wages, while employers avoid fair pay. The piece also notes political digs at Republican figures and cites Wingfield as Nevada's new U. S. senator with a huge fortune.
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New York
Wingfield
Nevaida
U. S
House of Lords
Sugar Trust Fight Could Force National Refineries
President Morey of the Great Western Sugar Co. testifies that refineries refuse beets due to the suit and will not build new factories until the trust’s rights are undisputed. Beets may spoil as courts grind, while national refineries could save them, but private interests block action.
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Sam
Sugar Trust
Morey
Great Western Sugar Co
Is It a Boy and Other Suffrage Souvenirs
Mrs H P Belmont lampoons male bias on child gender and voter roles in a suffrage provocation. The piece cites reactions to women’s voting and mentions Lillian Russell, Nat Goodwin, and Wolfe Hopper in a wry social notes tone.
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H. P. Belmont
Lords of Creation
Lillian Russell
Cesty
Nat Goodwin
Pilgrim Lands Reclaimed as Game Preserve in Plymouth
A large portion of Plymouth and part of Carver are being set aside as a game preserve, echoing a remark about the Pilgrim Fathers and the Pacific Coast. It took about three centuries for the game to return to their lands.
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Pacific
New England
Plymouth
Carver
Political chatter and campaign sparks across party lines
The clamor includes William J. Bryan weighing another run, Taft joking about a third term, Wilson urging coal reform, Harmon claiming repeated party candidacies, La Follette’s barbed remarks, and Col. Robert T. Lincoln proposed to appease Pullman porters.
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la Follette
New York Evening Telegram
Col
Robert T. Lincoln
Pullman Porters
Columbus
Ohio
State Journal
Do You Think Your Poems Will Live After You
Town Topics quotes a wry exchange about poetry and legacy as a writer asks if his verses endure beyond his lifetime and another voice questions living while alive. The snippet captures a playful meditation on creative permanence.
The Peevish Child Needs a Laxative
A household remedy article promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims years of use, recommends a nightly dose, and offers free sample bottles from Dr W B Caldwell at 406 Washington St Monticello, MI for trial.
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G. A. Bates
Salt Lake City
Uteh
Nothing Serious Piscatorial Exercises
A humorous exchange about a son preferring fishing over placid exercises and a wife noting a fair tomorrow. A husband complains of four hours spent watering plants only to have it rain immediately after.
Weather Wail and Family Easter Parody
A humorous verse by Tom Akere lampoons the weather man and rain during spring. A child asks for a graduation dress as Easter fades, while a parent plans a feathered parade hat for mother. The piece playfully chides bosses and forecasters for dampness and delayed sun.
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Tom Akere
Mr. Weather Man
Baseball Game Hug Sparks Courtroom Quip
A judge hears a comic exchange as a woman accuses a man of hugging her at a baseball game. The prisoner defends the action saying the woman sat beside him while a homer was hit. An anxious father asks the music master for guidance on his daughter's talents.
Hopeful talk on church attendance and half cent coinage
The exchange discusses hopes of influencing Titewad to attend church regularly. One speaker remains more optimistic, while another mocks government plans to coin half cent pieces, calling it a clach.
Unsatisfied Town Needing Medical Specialties
Fragmentary dialogue reveals frustration in a town lacking specialized medical care. Residents ask for nerve and green apple specialists, while a doctor voices doubt about new local offerings. The exchange hints at limited access to advanced treatments.
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Doc
Ridiculous Advertising Soup From a Chicago Ad
A garbled pasted note mocks vintage ads and anecdotes. It mentions William Walsh, a Chicago police officer, lowering rent from 148 to 12 over eight years with a landlord docking $1 per baby in the Walah family. It also notes Somnambulists walking 15 miles.
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William Walsh
Chicago
Walah
There goes a happy couple in a quirky union
In a Kansan City Jornal item a playful line suggests a married pair with shared interests. The bride is described as a brick throwing suffragette and the groom as a professional bondsman, highlighting unusual common ground in a light note.
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Kansan City
Jornal
Science Scores Again on the Farm
Photographer notes moving pictures of life on a farm while the farmer jokes about laborers in motion and praises science as a wonderful thing in a Brooklyn Life caption style.
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Brooklyn
Proverb Talk Turns To Domestic Science Course
The dialogue pairs a tramp and Mrs Subbubs as they recall proverbs and a plan to take a domestic science course. The tramp debates the value of learning kitchen work while the daughter jokes about dropping the course to force her father to buy a $50 hat.
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Washington Herald
Editor Letters Reflect Turbulent National Convention
Readers condemn mudslinging and recounts while hoping for calmer campaigns. An editor complains that coverage inflames public opinion and mocks the convention chaos as a laughing stock.
Mrs Regetar and Mrs Percellum Quip About Husband’s Cooking
A witty exchange from the Chicago Tribune questions if husbands truly enjoy their wives cooking. Mrs Regetar and Mrs Percellum joke about a husband’s long attempting to pretend he likes the meals.
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Mra
Regetar
Mra. Percellum
Chicago Tribune
Arabian Ben and Italian Saint in a Hotel Duel
In a Tripoli era tale a desert Arab Ben awakens to find an Italian in his chamber and fights with swords in a hotel corridor. A bellhop intervenes, the two men declare fraternal bonds, and they resume peace on the hotel seventh floor while the bellhop frets over the interruption. Benny’s address at the Empresas is promised for those who doubt the tale.
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Brihim Ben Bujam
Ben
Italy
Tripoli
Signor
Dees Hotel
Goa
Deesa
Madame Butterfly at the Orpheum Theatre This Week
The review praises a vaudeville adaptation of John Luther Long’s tale of a Japanese girl and a Yankee officer. It lauds Clara Pilandick’s performance in the role of Madame Butterfly while noting the story’s romantic tragedy and its stage adaptation.
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Madame Butterfly
Orpheum Theatre
John Luther Long
Little Chochasaw
Belasco
Clara Pilandick
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