I m Only a Little Girl Bedlam Tale From Westside
A noisy group of youngsters in a fenced Westside area provokes an angry old man who guides a child inside a building. He warns of arrest for noise and a future as president, but the child replies with defiant innocence. The anecdote reflects early 20th century humor and authority.
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Westside
United States
New -York Mail
Oddities of Justice in Penal Codes Across States
Eugene Smith argues in Case and Comment that penal codes are unsound and uneven across states. He notes wide disparities in sentences for perjury larceny arson burglary counterfeiting and related crimes, showing inconsistent state penalties and relationships between offenses.
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Eugene Smith
New York Bar
Lawyers’ Magazine
Smith
Florida
Maine
Delaware
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Ohio
Rhode Island
Fogs Behind the Deck Rail Lads in Seaport Tale
A San Francisco Chronicle reminiscence features old mariners in a tavern sharing fog memories. One warns of Newfoundland gales with a joke about leaning on the deck rail as fog lifts and plunges them into the sea.
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Tve
Newfoundland
San Francisco Chronicle
Advice for The New Writer on Selling a Short Story
An experienced seller tells an amateur writer to start by buying ten dollars worth of stamps. The exchange highlights practical steps in marketing a first story and navigating early publishing efforts.
Too Favorable a Description in Nonsense Exchange
A brief exchange mocks vanity as a man is called a pinhead and another notes the flattery masks a limit to folly. The humorous volley peaks with a quip likening self admiration to tangled twine spinning aroundego.
Possible Paradox: A Man Can Be Straight and Make Ends Meet
The question asks whether a man can maintain straight conduct while balancing finances. It explores ethics and practicality, noting the tension between personal integrity and meeting daily needs through steady work and frugal living.
As the corn ripens the milk hardens into a flinty grain
The article notes corn nearby, describing the milk turning firm and granular as ears ripen, with emphasis on the seasonal change and the texture of the kernels.
Supper Time at Home A Woman Reader’s Guide
Martha McCuHoch Willlame prescribes a masculine themed evening with paper bag meals and savory bites. She details hot chicken biscuits oysters cheese crackers and pricked biscuits with mustard pepper or cheese. She also offers roasted mutton and lager beef with careful bag cooking and layered molds, ending with a 1911 copyright notice.
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Martha McCuHoch Willlame
Soyer
Novel Biscuit Sandwich Filling With Raisins and Cucumber Pickle
A prepared filling combines tiny raisins mixed with finely chopped cucumber pickle and cream cheese with a hint of French dressing or pepper. Biscuits can be split or made thin, then topped with the filling and baked together. Baking can occur in the afternoon and the biscuits heated before filling.
Cutlets for the Nursery care by Nicolas Soyer
A practical barley based dish for invalids and children. Soak pearl barley then cook with veal or chicken stock, onions, and cutlets in a bag. The method yields a tender meal easy on the stomach and suitable after roast fowl.
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Nicolas Soyer
Herring Recipes From 1911 Kitchen Note
Instructions for preparing four soft reed herrings with mustard butter in a paper bag then baked, plus Smelle Milanaise of smelts with Parmesan and tomato sauce and Fresh Herring with mace bay leaf parsley onion and vinegar, all to be cooked in bags and served with accompaniments.
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Sturgis & Walton Company
Constant Drains on Nation Increase Life Insurance Costs
Prof. James W. Glover of the University of Michigan shows a $10 000 life policy holder could save about $20 yearly if tuberculosis and typhoid fever were eliminated. Tuberculosis alone costs policyholders about $16.70 to $17.50 annually, shortening life expectancy by about two years at age twenty. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis urges renewed public effort to lower death rates and reduce insurance costs.
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James W. Glover
University of Michigan
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Glover
Happy Sewickley couple faces one cooking problem
Delicate point about a newlywed couple from Sewickley is recalled in a humorous anecdote. An elderly friend meets the bridegroom and jokes about the wife’s daily angel food for dinner. The friend asks how soon beefsteak and onions could be asked for, noting honeymoon happiness waning.
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Sewickley
Pittsburg Post
Paxton Toilet Co. Advertises Paxtine Antiseptic
A brief ad promotes Paxtine Antiseptic douches for pelvic catarrh and says a box costs 25 cents, with postpaid delivery available via The Paxton Toilet Co of Boston Massachusetts.
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Paxton Toilet, Co
Boston
Mass
Dialogue Exchange Sparks Garden Fantasy Playful Banter
A brief scene presents Maud in a garden where a speaker quips about farming and invites her to come in. The exchange shifts between humorous misdirection and a light teasing mood.
Old Friend Versus New Garfield Tea Debate
A voice favors the old friend over the new Garfield Tea noting it is old and proven with pure wholesome herbs. The text adds a satirical remark that some social elites are too light to affect the balance.
Thirst for glory warns of dire aftereffects
A brief reflection notes that pursuit of glory can bring severe consequences beyond achievement, highlighting the darker side of ambition and the cost to those chasing fame.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine Credited by Mothers
Mrs Richago Dunham of Rochester reports her 13 year old daughter’s monthly dizziness and cramps relieved after two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Stoutsville Ohio reader says Lydia E. Pinkham's Nervesine Compound brought relief from headaches backache and irregularity after partial use.
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Rochester
N. Y
E. Pinkham
RicHago N. Dunham
N.Y
Stoutsville
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
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