Odd Bits From The City Column And Funny Quotes
A collage of quips and stray remarks from a city page includes humor about doors and screens, a line about a Negro Business Men’s League delegate’s alleged worth, and a weather and vacation jibe. It ends with a sunward motto attributed to M. Bo Whitman.
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Negro Business Men's League
New York
Girl in Man's Clothing Found Working as Barber
Newark story of Italian girl Mary de Marco posing as a man to work at barber shops run by Sebastian Salano and Albert Rosso. She was discovered after police exposed the disguise. Rosso and Salano faced charges with bail set at 1500 and 500 dollars respectively. she testified as a witness.
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Newark
N. J
Sebastian Salano
Springfield Avenue
Ohio City
Jimmie
Mary de Marco
Balano
Albert Rosao
Sixteenth Avenue
Yulul
Fourth Precinct
Irvington
Rosso
Sa Jano
Maplewood
Salana
Salano
Yulll
Burglary Stolen Silverware Vanishes in Bronx Swamp
In a four acre swamp off Feather Bed Lane in the Bronx, $2,000 worth of silverware and jewelry sank into mud and quicksand, likely unrecoverable. The burglar slipped into a wealthy real estate operator's flat while the family was away, was seen by a servant, fled into the marsh, and declared the loot would never be recovered. The incident sparked police action after a witness alerted authorities.
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New York
Featherbed Lane
Bronx
Lad's Nose Grain Sprouts After Removal
In Nashua a young boy had a corn kernel lodged in his nostril for days. A specialist removed the kernel and it was found to have sprouted. The incident, recounted by local observers, highlights curious cases of foreign objects in the body and medical intervention.
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Eproute
Nashua
O. B. Taylor
Not the Time For That at London Authors Club Dinner
Owen Seaman of Punch attended a London Authors' club dinner and led a humor discussion. A quoted anecdote featured a bluebottle, two Septa men, and a Scot with dry wit about whisky and religious talk.
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Owen Seaman
Punch
London Authors’ Club
Mr. Beaman
Lence
Bald
Sandy
Tiny baby's pitiful case and English as she is spoken
A mothers letter describes a four month old with extensive eczema cured by Cuticura products including soap ointment and resolvent. Claims dramatic skin restoration after three days. Also a London anecdote about English language quirks on Lusitania deck with a landlady misunderstanding boiling water and tea terms.
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Jook
Joseph Kanamann
St. John's Place
Ridgewood Heights
N. Y
London
Henator Depew
Rhoomebury
British Museum
Museum
Cheney & Co Toledo Adverts Promote Cure All Pills
An old advertisement from Cheney & Co in Toledo promotes a universal cure, claiming a “catarh cure” and constitutional restorer. It asserts internal action and bodily strengthening, praising a “medical guardian” method and promising relief for various ailments and constipation with their pills.
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Seenee
W . Malle
Lacan
Constitutional
Ole
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Orr
Bor
Constipe UK
Engineering Work by Mile. Banderin in Russia
Mile Banderin, superintendent of an engineering firm in Russia, is a graduate of the Women's Technological Institute in St. Petersburg. She has practical experience, built a steel warehouse for an army cooperative society, served as assistant engineer on a Neva river bridge project, and performed other significant work.
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Mile. Banderin
Frm
Russia
Th Women's Technological Institute
St. Petersburg
Army Co-Operative Society
Neva
Quote on truth and perception amid eye salve claim
A garbled quotation fragment references Good for Bare Eyes and a product called PEITiTs EYE SALVE with a stray claim. It contrasts truth rising like cork though kept under water, quoting Isaac Taylor.
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Isaac Taylor
Busy Then The General Faces Postwar Demands
After the war ends a Private Citizen enjoys ease while a general benefits briefly, but quickly faces a flood of autograph requests and banquet invitations from admirers and supporters seeking recognition and thanks.
Min directed Energy and a Conductor’s Fire
A fragmentary clipping discusses a street car company and a fired conductor, noting that influence did not secure the cash register. The text blends quotes from Christian Advocate and various literary snippets, highlighting themes of duty and compassion through brief, disjointed lines.
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Min
Christian Advocate
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Knoxville Woman
A Knoxville Iowa resident, Mrs Duana Franxks D., reports relief from pains and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy treats displacements inflammation ulceration menstrual issues backache and nervous exhaustion and asserts decades of proven success and free literature from Lydia E Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts.
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E.pinkham
Knoxville
Iowa
Pinkham
Duana Fnaxks
No. 3
Lydia E. Pinkham
Red Cross Christmas Scale Aims for 1910 Tuberculosis Drive
National associations announce sale of Red Christmas stamps for 1910 under the slogan A Million for Tuberculosis. The American Red Cross and the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis share proceeds and stamp design shifts to the back of letters. Local society commissions on national stamps reduced from 20 to 12 1 2 percent, boosting funds for tuberculosis work across the United States.
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Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
American Red Cross
Amer National
Lseuehe
Wales
United States
Gutlining Treatment Practice May Be Left in Care
A doctor asks for coverage while away. A new graduate offers no experience. The clinician asserts strong opinions about patient care and diet, instructing to discover patients' meals and summer habits and adjust their routines accordingly.
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