Valentines in the Meigs postal drama in town
A late February thaw delays sleighing as Meigs villagers await mail delivery. Dick and Dorry Skipp defend Miss Jerusha Dunlop from a mean valentine and coax Jack Stacey to make amends, revealing friendship, remorse, and small-town sympathy.
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Kathleen Mavourneen
Romulus
Remus
Caleb Skipp
Elle
Larry
Cale
Dorry
Dorry Skipp
Wilkins
Meigs
Mr. Skipp
Jerashy Dunlop
Jerusha Dunlop
Alec
Jack Stacey
Jack
Dorothea Skipp
Father Skipp
Mother
John
Miss Jerushy
Mother Skipp
Miss Jerusha
Valentine
Beware of the Hat Satire Warns Against Disrespectful Sitdowns
A Detroit Free Press piece quotes a philosopher describing repeated misfortune from sitting on others hats. He recounts incidents with a North Carolina governor, a railroad president, a state committee secretary, and a New York capitalist, urging fathers to warn sons to spare others hats and avoid social ruin.
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Detroit Free Press
North Carolina
New York
Born on the Road: A Family Moves Across States in Wagons
A lank man with a blonde beard, his wife, and three children arrive at city hall claiming to be travelers. The father boasts a ten year, wagon‑born life across three states, naming their wagon‑named children Charlie Studebaker Bobbie Mitchell and Emma South Bend as he signs for a package.
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City Hall
Omaha
The
Bee
Union
Charlie
Studebaker
Bobbie
Mitchell
Emma
South Bend
The Tyranny of Duty and the Power of Relaxation
A London doctor warns that excessive duty drains nerves and shortens life. Overwork and punctual drill exhaust vitality. true health comes from self control and rest. He advocates hearty laughter and elevated thoughts like hope beauty trust and love as sources of relaxation and strength.
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London
Miss Marion Cunningham Praises Pinkham's Compound
Emporia Kansas young treasurer Miss Marion Cunningham testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her three year womb troubles. She notes relief from irregular periods backaches headaches and cramps and urges others to seek the remedy.
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Marion Cunningham
Young Woman's Club of
Emporia
Kans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Prnxham
Marion Cunnincuum
Quizzical Exchange About Medal Tied to Dog Collar
In a Herald dialogue, Style asks why a medal is on a dog’s collar. Gunbusta explains the dog saved his life by preventing hydrophobia if bitten. the dog did not actually bite him, yet the remark links the medal to the act in a punning exchange.
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Gunbusta
Herald
Handsomest Calendar of the Season by the RR Co
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues a six sheet calendar twenty four by eighteen inches with ten color actress pictures from watercolors by Leon Moran. Copyright held by the railway. Limited edition calendars priced at 25 cents per set of six sheets and mailed on receipt of payment. F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
Leon Moran
F. A. Miller
Chicago
No Headache, Only a Delusion Say Critics
A Chicago Tribune quotation notes a child’s claim of a headache is a delusion and a mother’s reply. The piece cites Piso’s Cure for Consumption as a household staple praised by J. L. Bower of Philadelphia. It also mentions a dramatic candy consumption claim and a Seattle Post Intelligencer quip about dreams.
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Penelope
Mamma
Chicago Tribune
York
J. L. Bower
North Water Street
Philadelphia
Seattle
Wash
Post Intelligencer
Parson’s Life Lecture Sparks Child’s Quick Answer
A young parson at a congregational dinner expounds on life. He asks what life is and the table’s youngest child in a high chair softly declares I know. Herbert Spencer is cited by the Chicago Chronicle to frame life as a definite mix of changing elements and external sequences.
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Herbert Specer
Chicago Chronicle
Care of Children Talk by Mrs Uptardeight at Club
In the Baltimore News, Mrs Uptardeight addresses the Mothers' Scientific club this afternoon on The Care of Children. A question about the candy store burglary is raised regarding the offender identified as Mrs Uptardeight's youngest child.
Pla tonic affection explained by Uncle Witt
Willie Boerum describes Platonic affection as the fond regard couples have after marriage, contrasted with the initial dead in love stage. Uncle Witt, crustily, supplies the definition during a Brooklyn Eagle feature.
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Willie Boerum
Witt
Weil
Brooklyn Eagle
Bride Exclaims as Fae Rider Whirls Couple Away
In Baltimore a bride cries out I torn my dreas as a fae figure pulls the couple away from friends on a moving train. The scene blends fantasy and wedding mood in a city newspaper snippet.
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John
Baltimore News
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Grant
Phyllis Fair
Phyllis Young
Harriet F. Blodgett
N. Y
Agg SE
Minnie L. Upton
Jerushy
Hleresy
Weiss
Eva Ey
Aes
Bears
Castoria
Winchester
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