Two Men and a Smoker in Scranton’s Odd Bond
A Scranton story details Uncle Ira Tripp, a wealthy coal operator, who for years has used a dedicated smoker named John to blow cigar smoke into his face. Tripp, once a heavy smoker, quit but remains addicted via inhaling smoke from others. John accompanies him daily, smoking and delivering the scent, making the pair a curious local sight.
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Scanton
Port Jervis
Ira Trip
Lackawanna Valley
John
Ira Tripp
Irs
Ira
Uncle Ira
A Good Thing for Boys from Manual Training
A feature praising manual training as beneficial for all boys including rich, poor, and non bookish students. It argues workroom skill builds self respect, counters discouragement, and raises confidence for future study, noting the uplifting effect of handling tools and producing tangible work. American Magazine.
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Jim
Hsim
Boom Mystery Told In Rome Amid Rumors Of A Trading Scam
An overheard conversation describes a shady last summer scheme in Mexico and Rome where men discuss a new trading business. It involves betting on paper assets and fake machinery, with lenders risking all as homes and reputations vanish when the scheme collapses.
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Jim
Rome
Nks
Sweller Anker
Vka
Machina
Jank
Matl and Express
United States
Foods and oddities from Hawaii era culture shock
A Salt Lake Women’s Exponent passage recalls Hawaiian feasts with raw fish and roasted pork, misreadings over a dog as food, and a disturbing scene of a blind man cooking his dog over fire. The narrator’s naive reactions reveal cultural tension and troubling acts witnessed at distant Hawaii.
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Hawaii
Biebop
Ifs
Doggie
Salt Lake
They Will Build In the Bottoms
The Mississippi River floods wash over bottom lands, enriching soil with sediment but forcing homelessness and property loss as levees fail. The piece argues against low ground building, noting timber cutting worsens river behavior and urging construction away from high water. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Nile
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
United States
Ain ‘Ben
Mashing Unknown in Texas
A Texan decries the so called masher as an East Coast vice noting Texas men are too braced and rugged for such shy courting. He argues that genuine flirtation requires ego and respectful women, predicting Cowboys would rebuke any insult to women and that towns here avoid open stares seen in St Louis.
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Texas
St Louia
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