Uncle by Uncle Byron Williams column hints at daily ironies
The piece surveys everyday woes and flippant observations about work, marriage, weather, travel, and social norms. It combines humorous anecdotes about jobs, furnace repairs, temptations, a pastor’s view on salaries, and light quips on poets, horses, windmills, and fashion.
Opie Head Dies During Reading Tour Night
Opie Head died suddenly in Bowling Green after reciting If I Should Die Tonight during a reading tour with Ben King. Head cited a strange chain of thirteens that marked the night with odd coincidences and a front row of thirteen spectators.
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Opie
Opie Head
Ben King
Bowling Green
Head
Ben
Fraud and no visible means of support jail sentence
In a Bohemian excerpt Mr Joacker quotes a man given a life sentence for fraud and no visible means of support. Mrs Joacker notes the man claims innocence while alleging he preyed on their friend Jack Smith and a 12 pound boy birth notice appears in the tale.
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Ohio
Kansas
Canuniry
Joacker
Jack Smith
Horn
John Smith
No Relief From Eczema and Odd Clippings Parade
A jumble of old notes reports eczema relief with Cuticura remedies, jokes, and brief vignettes. Mentions Caesar Beltz Tippecanoe Indiana and George P. Angell, plus assorted quips about starches, literature, and trivial street letters.
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Izlao
C. Beltz
Tippecanoe, Ind
Cotillion Spirits and Odd Occupations Highlight Local Page
A southern country dance features a strict floor manager calling partners for a cotillion. The item also notes Defiance Starch benefits for ironing and a London property sale of 480000 dollars. It cites women in unusual trades in Lewiston Maine and New York State.
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Lewiston
New York State
First Woman Grave-Digger Appointed in Grenaa Denmark
A 25 year old woman has been named gravedigger bell ringer and organist in Grenaa Denmark becoming the first female grave-digger in Denmark. She will perform duties at local churchyard and related services.
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Grenaa
Denmark
All Up to Date Housekeepers and Clean Clothes Ad
An old advertisement style item touts Red Crows Ball Giae as a cleaner that makes clothes fresh as new. The fragment mentions grocers selling it, paired with a moral note on contentment quoted from Mackintosh and scattered garbled foreign phrases suggesting a hopeful tone of victory for Persins.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
F. Gerald Blattner
Buffalo
N. Y
Gustave A. Eirengraeber
St. Paul
Minn
B. J. Dennis
St. Louis
A. Buchanan
Philadelphia
J. B. Simpson
Chicago
R. EB. Eskildson
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin F. Pardee
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn
Stone
Desiser
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
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