Reverend Farrar Quits Brooklyn Pastorate for Unpaid Country Mission
The Rev James M Farrar of First Reformed Church Brooklyn announced he will leave the pastorate to preach the gospel without pay. He plans to move to Idlewild Pennsylvania to build up souls for nothing, living on less than $1000 a year while sustaining his family. He has led the church for seven and a half years and will forfeit a $6000 annual salary.
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New York Sun
Millionaire's Start in a Wisconsin Show Ironic Tale
A Narrator recounts leaving a farm for a stock deal in lower Wisconsin. He attends a local show, accepts a $10 wrestling challenge, defeats the giant with a hip lock, and rises from lumber camps to partnership, a path that led to wealth. The Detroit Free Press notes this anecdote as a notable tale of fortune.
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Detroit Free Press
Not a Slip A newsroom joke about a death notice
A Chicago News quip mocks a faulty obituary headline stating Gathered to His Feathers. The managing editor scolds the proofreading error while the city editor defends it as a joke tied to a folding bed accident.
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Chicago News
How to Cook Possum From a New Orleans Meeting
A Philadelphia Times summary recalls a New Orleans anecdote where an elderly Black man demonstrates a possum recipe. He describes skinning, parboiling lightly, drying, frying with sweet potatoes, and slow baking until the gravy darkens. The tale ends with the savory dish shared in quiet solitude.
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New Orleans
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Crescent City
Missy
Philadelphia Times
Sister's Singing Causes George to Leave
A brief odd exchange ends with a humorous note as the narrator questions George about his sister's singing and his own habit of leaving whenever she starts to sing, joking that he is always stone dry. The scene hints at family quirks and a playful domestic moment.
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Stonund
Unfortunate Illustration in Kansas City Trial
Ella Downend sues Kansas City for 5000 in a trial in Judge Henrys court over injuries from tripping on a sidewalk step. Attorney George Jones representing the city argued the step was only the witness chair step, and no one would stumble. He then tripped over the same step, to the jurys amusement.
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Kansas City
Ella Downend
George Jones
City
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No Legacy to Cigarette Fiends in Sea ton Will
Heirs of the late George G. Seat on of Rockford Ills face a curb on tobacco and alcohol. The will leaves $100 to $200 to four nieces and six nephews but adds that if any legatee uses cigarettes or liquor to excess, that portion goes to a charitable institution chosen by executors.
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Rockford
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