Jefferson county store expands with new room and departments
The shop announces a west adjoining room formerly Lyons' store, an arch door between spaces, and a 50 by 120 foot expanded area. A dedicated Children’s Department led by Miss Clemmons and a Trunk Department are added, with narrowed aisles for wrinkle free presentation. They now offer Walkover and Hannans fine shoes with dress styles priced from $3.50 to $7.00.
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Jefferson County
Lyons
Fairbury
Walkover
Hannans
The Modern Way
A fragment from the Detroit Press describes late night scenes with a young couple and a cautious father. It hints at parental restraint despite social pressures and a changing attitude toward romance. The tone suggests a ghost of traditional disapproval fading in the modern era.
Parable of the Paring Champagne at a Tenants Ball
A wealthy parsimonious squire plans a tenants ball and buys cheap champagne. His wine merchant runs a full page ad promising celebrated champagne at 38 ch... per dozen for Gebse Gold’s forthcoming tea party. The irony lies in the champagne’s bargain status versus the squire’s pretensions.
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Gebse Gold
Business Movie In Honolulu Claims Quiet Market
In Honolulu business life moves at a slower pace than mainland cities with less rush and strain. People focus on people rather than money or machines as desks close by 4 pm and workers head to leisure, reflecting a calmer, more social business environment.
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Honolulu
Chicago
Chicago News
The Perfect Likeness in a Snuffbox Portrait Tale
Frederick II of Prussia gifts a golden snuffbox to a count who finds a portrait inside. The count replaces the image with the king’s likeness. During a dinner the box is passed, revealing the prank. The king blushes at the clever ruse and the joke comes home to roost.
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Frederick Il. Kuz
Prussia
Brunswick
Cate
Doctors Are Hard to Manage Says Nurse Insight
A trained nurse recalls nursing a physician with typhoid and argues doctors are hard patients to manage. She notes physicians overreact to new symptoms, resist taking orders from nurses, and try to control thermometer readings, even implying a personal scheme to keep temps low or cancel alarms. The anecdote reflects broader tensions between doctors and nurses.
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Tieat
New York Times
Mysterious Junction Sparks Dash In Jayville
Local traffic oddity stirs Jayville as motorists Goonley Beg and Coonley Doan race through town. Citizens wonder about the distance trampling the route while the Farmer Vaal croaks about veracity of the crow fired claim.
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Goonley
Coffee Talk Sparks Sleepy Debate in Somerville Journal
A light exchange asks whether strong coffee keeps you awake. Binks says nothing concrete and Jinks replies with a witty shrug as the board is referenced in a local humor column from the Somerville Journal.
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Binks
Jinks
Somerville Journal
Innkeeper Serves Staged Guest for Fessenden Visit
A Maine innkeeper forces a dramatic meet between ex Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden and a caller from Maysville in a comical room interruption. The landlord, a tall French Canadian, ferries the visitor to the distinguished guest, keeping a straight face throughout the ruse.
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Fessenden
Treasury
Maine
Judge Fessenden
Ed Wiggone
Maysville
Fessendeen
Wigeone
Power of Imagination Illustrating a Morphoine Tale
E F Benson recounts a doctor who used morphin for sleep then stopped. After two sleepless nights the third night he injected plain water and the patient slept, waking with a morphine mouth. The anecdote highlights mental influence on physical experience.
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E. F. Benson
Souvenir Mania and a German Alpine Walk tale
An excerpt recalls a traveler named Jones and a photographer friend in Loondon and the Black Forest. The narrator describes encounters with Jones, a cheeky police officer, a cherished pine cone, and a camera mishap amid Tyrolean views. The scene shifts from Mayfair inns to Schwarzwald panoramas with reflective wonder.
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Vohnad
Bitin
Blarney Castle
Kisvin
Esteera
Bith
Gansie
Zanesville
Loosdon
Whitechapel
Bobby
Jones
Titisee
Germany
Schwarzwald
Wilfred H. Alb
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