Diverse London Jests and Missteps in Daily Life
A collection of brief, humorous vignettes and anecdotes from everyday life. Includes quarreling cabbies, a mother planning a Christmas photo, a Pullman office encounter, a comical marriage note from Ozark County, a stern Treasury comptroller, a NYC magic show misdirection, a rogue leather strap tale, a child’s nickel ruse, and Miss Archer’s travel misadventure ending with wedding news and a telegram.
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London
John
Minnie
Ozark County
Wood
Jessie
Marage
Srie
Juv
Yares
Henry
the Treasury
Grant
New York
Lafter
Piease
Solomon
Marent
Ben
Miss Archer’s Downfall Ends With Wedding Lesson
Clara Archer, known for careless habits and poor sense of timing, misses her niece’s wedding by failing to reach the city on time. Her relatives warned of regret as she refused to ask directions, yet fate intervened and the wedding proceeded despite her absence.
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Clara Archer
Miss Archer
Clara
Inevitable Gap Between Seminary Title and Education
Gideon Lincecum recounts a 1830 Mississippi experiment in education. He moved his wife and six children to a Columbus seminary promising advanced schooling, but upon visiting, found the children only studying vague history and geography. Disillusioned, he pulled them from the school and returned home.
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Gideon Lincecum
Mississippi
Lincecum
Columbus
United States
Life on the Mississipp y Veteran River Man Tells of the Days That Are Departed
Captain Peter Conley of Winona Minnesota recalls rafting and timbering on the upper Mississippi. He notes a decline from fifty boats to ten, crews moving to Alaska or southern waters, and pilots shifting to ownership, business, or retirement yet eager to return to the river. The lumber transfer to the south created new jobs away from home.
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Upper
Mississippi
Peter Conley
Winona
Minn
Conley
Passeduway
Alaska
Milwaukee Free Press
Nature's credit to human resolve unnamed in history
The remark notes that no one resolved to be here next year, reflecting on human nature and uncertainty about the future. It emphasizes the unpredictability of plans and the permanence of present decisions.
Is that water you are using well water
A town prideful claim is challenged by a visitor remarks about local water quality with a joke about germs from doctors. The dialogue features a prominent citizen boasting the town’s excellence after prohibition and a quip from Farmels Corntussel about well water versus well water.
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Laltimore
Belle He Won’t Propose and the Mittens Saga
In the Cleveland Leader, Belle faces ongoing delays as her suitor balks at a proposal. The humorous column ponders what use a mitten has for cold feet in love and prompts readers with lighthearted, social tableau.
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Belle
Headache Complaints Prompt Eye Test Question
A reader asks about morning headaches and whether stronger glasses help. Dr Wise answers that the remedy is not stronger lenses, but fewer duties or responsibilities, a wry daydream about life. A separate punning exchange has a tramp denying theft of a mat after a police inquiry and a judge quotes the tramp.
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Luschman
Dr. Wise
Catholic Standard and Times
What kind of people are they
Quotation notes that when not playing bridge the group is occupied with phonograph work, reflecting a social or cultural snapshot from the Life magazine source. The line underscores a dichotomy between leisure and labor among certain social circles.
Taxidermy Cabs Haunt the City in Life’s Jest
A comic exchange recalls cabs with cash registers and red danger flags as “taxidermy cabs” where drivers allegedly strip the skin from riders. The gag appears in a Life magazine blurb, with crossed wits noting the absurdity and danger in transit fare disputes.
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Silas
Neatness Debate Between Mrs Stiles and Husband
Catholic Standard and Times notes a domestic quarrel with Mrs Stiles urging cleaner habits and her husband defending his own care, asserting she should be more attentive to him. The overheard exchange highlights domestic tensions in a terse dialogue.
Parvenu Plays Wagner Works On Hurdy Gurdy
An afternoon concert features Parvenu offering Wagner pieces on a hurdy gurdy to amuse guests who may not otherwise understand the program.
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Parvenu
Dhegende Blaetter
Christiin Advocate Notice
A brief item notes a person who places a watch under his pillow nightly and attends to sleep overtime. The mention appears in a short segment titled Christiin Advocate.
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Christiin Advocate
Prosperity. Old Cush Makes Millions in Ten Years
In a remark quoted by the Cleveland Leader, Old Cush allegedly landed barefoot a decade ago and now possesses vast wealth. The dialogue notes a centipede skinning as part of the boastful claim.
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Cush
Cleveland
An Enemy of Hers and a Grecian Goddess Motifs Rise
A dialogue features Mand and Tom admiring Lassee with playful banter. Tom compliments her like a Grecian goddess, while Mand cautions she is not quite so old, hinting at age and allure in a campus or social setting.
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Miss L’assee
Tom
Woman loses inheritance in husband’s speculative gamble
Mrs. B contrasts with Mrs. W as Mrs. Good thing gives her husband the $10,000 inheritance from her grandmother. He risks it in speculation and loses it all, illustrating the peril of resource pooling in marriage.
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Mrs. B
Reading About Science Fails to Keep Farmer At Field
Mr Corntessel recalls a past danger of getting absorbed in scientific farming. The Washington Star notes a warning that reading about new methods can distract a farmer from tending crops, with the speaker recounting how interest led him to neglect actual farming duties.
Fragmentary Detroit Free Press Quotation On Lunch
A vehicle of quoted dialogue from the Detroit Free Press reflects a casual exchange about a dinner served last night. The snippet shows a remark on the meal, another comment expressing that it was acceptable despite an apology.
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Detroit Free Press
Foregone Coneillation On Marriage Question
Dialogue reveals Elsie pressing a suitor to marry the first man who appears while Ethel questions the needless inquiries and sniffs at the notion.
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Elsie
Ethel
New Railroad to Reach Gulf of Mexico in Three Years
Kansas City reports a proposed Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf line from Wagoner Oklahoma to Calvin and Denison Texas with French investors backing. Bond issues abroad slated to fund Calvin to Denison Sherman reach. If needed a Joplin to Kansas City spur will be built. Operational goal is Kansas City to Texas within three years.
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Kansas City
Gulf of Mexico
William Kenefick
Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Wagoner, Oki
Calvin
Okl
France
Kenefick
Denison
Sherman
Texas
Wagoner
Joplin
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
Nebraska towns list licensed saloons for year ahead
A long catalog of Nebraska cities named as having licensed saloons for the coming year includes Albion Alliance Alma Arapahoe Arlington Bancroft Battle Creek Beemer Belgrade Benson Bloomfield Blue Hill Bruning Calhoun Chadron Crawford Cook Deshler Eddyville Edgar Elm Creek Emerson Eustis Fairbury Falls City Florence Fremont Gilead Glenville Grafton Grand Island Hastings Havelock Webron Humboldt Kenesaw Lawrence Louisville McCook Nebraska City North Platte Oconto Ogallala O\'Neill Plattsmouth Raloph Red Cloud Reauolph Rule St. Edward Seward Shelton Sidney Shubert Silver Creek Sterling Superior Thurston Wahoo Waterloo Wayne West Point Wisner Benedict and notes additional dry towns: Ainsworth Ashland Auburn Aurora Barada Beatrice Beaver City Delwood Bertrand Blair Callaway Cedar Rapids Cook Craig David City Dawson Decatur De Witt Fairmont Fullerton Geneva Genoa Gibbon Hermen Holkege Indianola Kearney Kennard Tex ington Lyons Minden Neligh Newman Grove Oakdale Oakland Pender Peru Plainview Republican City Stella Syracuse Tecumseh Tekamah Ulysses Valley Westin Wood River Wymore York.
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Nebraska Cities
Albion
Alliance
Alma
Arapahoe
Arlington
Bancroft
Battle Creek
Beemer
Belgrade
Benson
Bloomfield
Blue Hill
Bruning
Calhoun
Chadron
Crawford
Cook
Deshler
Eddyville
Edgar
Elm Creek
Emerson
Eustis
Fairbury
Falls City
Florence
Fremont
Gilead
Glenville
Grafton
Grand Island
Marvard
Hastings
Havelock
Webron
Humboldt
Kenesaw
Lawrence
Louisville
McCook
Nebraska City
North Platte
Oconto
Ogallala
O'Neil
Plattsmouth
Reauolph
Red Cloud
Rule
St. Edward
Seward
Shelton
Sidney
Shubert
Silver Creek
Sterling
Superior
Thurston
Wahoo
Waterloo
Wayne
West Point
Wisner
Benedict
Ainsworth
Ashland
Auburn
Aurora
Barada
Beatrice
Beaver City
Delwood
Bertrand
Blair
Callaway
Cedar Rapids
Craig
David City
Dawson
Decatur
de Witt
Fairmont
Fullerton
Geneva
Genoa
Gibbon
Hermen
Holkege
Indianola
Kearney
Kennard
Texington
Lyons
Minden
Neligh
Newman Grove
Oakdale
Oakland
Pender
Peru
Plainview
Republican City
Escape Shocks Athens as Woman Prisoner Vanishes
Kate O Dwyer, a young prisoner once shackled on a chain gang, escaped from a cell in Athens after cutting bars. Convicted of a misdemeanor, she had faced a suspended sentence conditioned on leaving the country. authorities suspect outside help and the case may go to the supreme court.
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Athens
Kate O'Dwyer
Smith
Prison Commission
Supreme Court
Taft Says Tariff Bill Fulfills Chicago Platform Pledges
President Taft told Senator McCumber and other callers that the newly passed tariff bill would fulfill Chicago convention pledges and represent a downward revision. In London, preparations begin for Gen William Booth eightieth birthday with a Crystal Palace demonstration of 25 000 Salvation Army members.
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Washington
Taft
McCumber
North Dakota
Congress
Chicago
London
William Booth
The
Salvation Army
Crystal Palace
Booth
Roosevelt Visits King in Messina Harbor on Italian Warship
Theodore Roosevelt met King Victor Emmanuel aboard the battleship Re Umberto in Messina harbor. The cordial discussion praised American aid to earthquake victims and roamed over Roosevelt's Africa hunting plans before a group photo and mutual compliments.
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Messina
Theodore Roosevelt
Victor Emmanuel
Roosevelt
Admiral
Mombassa
Remberto
Pfeisser
Washington
Mirabello
United States
Kermit
Griscom
America
Africa
Count of Turin
Duke of Costa
Mr. Roosevelt
Philadelphia financier Charles Eis shoots self at home
Charles B Eis, president of the Citizens Passenger Railway Co and a Philadelphia magnate worth about $10 million, died by self inflicted gunshot at his city residence. A lifelong sufferer from neuralgia and rheumatism, he had tubercular glands and recent unsuccessful surgery. Family says no prior threat. they deem the shooting accidental.
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Philadelphia
Charles
Elis
Citizens’ Passenger Railway Company
Ems
Eis
Escaped Criminal Barton Captured After Jail Break
George Barton alias Chicago Army, a noted yeggman, and Jack Moore alias Tennessee Dutch escaped from Greenville jail and fought Deputy Rogers at Craggy. Barton was captured after a severe fight. he has one arm and is jailed in Asheville county facility.
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Asheville
N. C
George Barton
Chicago
Yeggman
Jack Moore
Tennessee Dutch
Greenville
Rogers
Craggy
Barton
Ashville
Nebraska notes report a string of local tragedies and incidents
Funeral of former Governor William A. Poynter held in Lincoln and burial at Wyuka. A baby’s body found in Albion yard, coroner’s jury pending. Six year old dies of ptomaine poisoning near Albion. William H. Burnett buried at Geneva from Hastings asylum. Falls City resident James McDowell dies, veteran G A R member. Guide Rock duck hunting accident injures Rufus Crowell and family grieving. Aurora district court fines Virgil McFarland $150 for illegal liquor sale. Norfolk teacher Katherine Rogers halts train to free a horse. Wreck near Fremont injures three stockmen. W L Payne killed. Beatrice glove works prepares to start under David Devane. EB Lucas buys Nebraska land in Kearney. Ord mass meeting eyed to raise funds for Young Men’s Christian Association building. Buffalo County files cruelty case against Julius Russell over Hazel Russell.
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Guide Rock
W. F. Crowell
Rufus Crowell
Dr. Dameral
Red Cloud
Reed
Aurora
Corcoran
Virgil McFarland
Hordville
McFarland
Plattsmouth
Olga
A. P. Campbell
Katherine Rogers
Norfolk
Miss Rogers
W. L. Payne
Lansing
Mich
W. P. Elder
F .L. Miller
Union Peecific
Fremont
Beatrice Glove Company
Lower Court Street
David Devane
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Miss A'cher
Albany
Boston
Misa Archer
Companifon
Farmels Corntussel
Washington Star
Simpkins
Muggins
Tompkins
Puck
Johnnie
Oklahoma & Gulf Road
Kansas
City and the
Gulf of
Mexico
Nebraska
Millionaire
William A. Poynter
St Paul Church
Lincoln
Wyuka Cemetery
D. I. Hunter
Henry Richards
William H. Burnett
Odd Fellows
First National Bank
Robert Hutchinson
James McDowell
EB. L. Lucas
Winsor
Colo
Mr. Lucas
Colorado
Young Men's Christian Association Board
Buffalo County
Julius Russell
Hazel Russell
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