Few-Jollities and Miscellany of Nonsense
A collage of cartoon captions and jokes from a Philadelphia caricature page. Swinging gags about Henry, Willow, Hiram, and a goats chase mix with quips about a piano repair, a runaway horse, a muddy doll incident, and brief snippets from humor columns and jokes from New York Times and Chicago papers.
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Jobnnie
Henry
Molgasen
Hiram
William
Willow
Hign
Sarah
Artemas
Artemmne
Harry
Thomas
Philadelphia
Telephone funeral for 18 year old girl in Woodsville
Miss May Gilman died of diphtheria after a two day illness. Because of quarantine a house funeral was impossible, so Rev F W Miller conducted a service by telephone with the mother listening from her home and classmates gathered at Dr O D Eastman's house. The mother found comfort hearing the service.
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Woodsville
N. H
May Gilman
O. D. Eastman
F. W. Miller
Universalist Church
Death Toll and Railway Accident Trends in 1904 Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges federal regulation of railway rates and outlines plans to curb private freight car monopolies. The annual railway accidents table shows 1904 totals: 44 266 injuries and 3 367 deaths among railway workers, with 8 077 passenger injuries and 420 deaths. Compared with 1902 and 1903, deaths rose notably, and ten major accidents, eight collisions, accounted for about 22 percent of all deaths.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Medical risk near thigh vessels heightens patient danger
A physician warns that proximity to major thigh blood vessels risks serious harm if damaged, with potential rapid escalation of danger for Shackleford.
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Shackleford
Ferris Advises Women Stenographers Not to Marry Early
The recent Democratic gubernatorial candidate N W Ferris urged women, especially stenographers, to avoid marriage until they are financially capable of supporting a husband. He urged preparedness for emergencies and stepping into a husband's role if needed, while praising education and economic congresses of the last century.
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Chicago
N. W. Ferris
Michigan
National Commercial Teachers’ Federation
Mr. Ferris
Ferris
Danville Advocates Against Mail Order Sales
An Advocate editorial urges Danville and Boyle county residents to stop patronizing mail order houses. It argues home purchases support local taxes churches schools and communities, while mail order spending harms home merchants and fills homes with shoddy goods.
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Danville
Advocate
Boyle County
Our Pet Heard From Carrier Pigeons in Kentucky Herald
A carrier pigeon with silver leg band W-353 linked to the Harrodsburg Herald reappears. Mr. H. T. Martin near Perryville found and cared for the bird after it landed at his home. A Lexington incident shows the same bird, wounded with paralyzed feet and band 353, identified as the Herald's escaped pet.
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Harrodsburg Herald
Payne's Woodland
Lexington
J. D. Yarrington
Short Street
Accidentally Shot during Rabbit Hunt Injures Blacksmith
Danville Advocate reports James Shackleford, hedgeville blacksmith, was seriously wounded when a rifle carried by neighbor Joe Rice discharged while he was climbing a fence after a rabbit hunt on Rice's farm. The bullet hit the heel, then thigh, lodging in clothing as Shackleford bled and endured hours of pain before relief.
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Danville
James Shackleford
Hedgeville
Joe Rice
Rice
Shackleford
Australia’s Big Wheat Crop Exports Reach Vast Totals
Since December, Australia has exported about 29,905,225 bushels of wheat and 815,579 sacks of flour. Combined, this equals 38,820,004 bushels of wheat. Of these, 27,030,586 bushels went to Europe, 5,125,181 to South Africa, 437,500 to South America, and 1,226,735 to other destinations, with exports valued around $25,719,452.
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Europe
South Africa
South America
Bargain Watch Promises Savings Throughout 1905
The Sun urges readers to watch its columns for advertised bargains all year. It notes no merchant quotes high prices in newspapers and emphasizes that low-priced merchants communicate with the people through the press.
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the Sun
Mystery of the wrecked Hope at Kerguelen Island
A London correspondent reports the voyage of the Rambler from Sydney to seek Perry clues near Kerguelen. The crew discovers wreckage from the doomed Hope, two sailors survived, one killed the other, and remains found among cliffside bushes. An English whaler is sighted after covering about 700 miles.
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Mope
Kerguelen
Lands
Sydney
Ustrala
Lemdon
Hope
Mystery on the Sea Aboard a Whaler Ends in Suicide
An exchange visit ends with a man leaping overboard and drowning after fearing discovery of his crime. The crew had earlier taken the killer from Kerguelen Island five months prior, but his guilty conscience drove him to self destruction when pursued by the rescuing craft.
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Kerguelen Island
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Gitl
Houston Post
Washington Star
Chicago Tribune
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Yonkers Statesman
United States
Australia
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Springfield
W. F.trusty
Kentucky
Haydos & Bazher
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Haume Bink
J. H. Lampton
Orrick
Opera House
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Atty-At-Law
Springfeld
D. Claybrooke
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Haydon & Thompson
Civsit Creare
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Merville
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