Father and son reconcile over Christmas song and debts
In a big office, John Harden and his son Ralph confront gambling trouble and family strain. A singing newsboy raises the mood as Ralph plans to help his father, and a plan to meet at the club follows. They resolve to talk honestly about their troubles and mend their rift.
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John Harden
Ralph
Harden
Times
St. Luke’s Choir
Mr. Harden
Mortimer
The&e
Albert Wickens
Western Newspaper Union
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A consumer appeal describes Pape's Cold Compound as a plain pleasant tasting tablet that instantly eases a bad cold. It claims even chronic colds are broken up with the same method, taking a bit longer but delivering rapid results.
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Pape
Spurlock-Neal Coo
Nashville
Tenn
Bayer
Still Seek for Gold in the Black Hills
Farm wives in the Black Hills of South Dakota mine gold dust from stream sands using primitive placer methods. They earn about four to five dollars weekly from dust and occasionally a nugget. The practice, once common in early days, continues as women pour their findings into small bottles kept in nearby bank vaults.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Uppies Win Ancient Handball Contest in Jedburgh
In Jedburgh Scotland the annual handball game between Uppies and Doonies spilled into River Jed after noon. Argentine visitor George Balfour led a late river surge, and the Uppies pushed the ball to Abbey Cauld where it was cut and the Uppies declared winners.
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Jedbury
Scotland
Jed
George Balfour
Abbey Cauld
Paris fashion arbiters approve royal blue suit with pale blue undergarment
A Boston Transcript quip notes Paris critics favor a royal blue evening suit for men paired with pale blue crepe de chine underwear. The piece adds a dissenting stance, with a speaker preferring rose beige pongee over pale blue attire.
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Paris
Boston Transcript
New York State Uses One-Seventh of U.S. Electricity
About 10,500,000 residents in New York state consume roughly one seventh of all electricity produced in the United States. The demand is rising rapidly as the grid expands with about 20,000 new meters installed monthly to serve new customers.
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New York State
United States
Not Responsible Footnote in a Comic Exchange
A fragment from the Kansas City Star features a beggar named Smith speaking amid banter with J Fuller Gloom the human hyena. The exchange centers on responsibility and sympathy, hinting at satire or a humorous social critique.
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Smith
J. Fuller Gloom
Kansas City Star
We Have With Us Quote from Woman's Home Companion
The fragment quotes a Woman's Home Companion line praising universal happiness and the current of friendliness. It highlights many men of good will and a strong desire for world peace as sources of happiness.
Satisfactory Substitute Teacher Joke Exchange
A brief comic exchange features a substitute teacher asking for a pen wiper and a student named Bobby replying he is wearing his black suit. The vignette highlights classroom humor and student quick wit without additional context.
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Bobby
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Nate
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Decatur St
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Crystal City
Texas
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Pikeville
Sequatchie Valley
Tennessee
Jesse Shirley
South Carolina
Blackman
Shirley
U. S
Jasper
States
Tennessee Infantry
Blackman Shirley
Parker County
Sarah Fitts
Oklahoma
Mr. Shirley
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