The matchmaking sage and the society against inheritance
The piece describes a busy matchmaker who profits from arranging marriages and collecting fees, then notes a quirky Society for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases formed in New York to oppose hereditary marriages. It mentions leaders in a fifty ninth street studio and a growing, modernist take on romance and heredity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azo
Cupid
Endre
Salso
Nat
Gotham
Were
Society For the Prevention of
Stewart Studio
Fifty-ninth Street
Pittsburg Dispatch
Destructive Dual Theories of Underwater and Aerial Warfare
Descriptions from the Pittsburg Dispatch discuss an experimental vessel combining an aerial gun with a submerged hull capable of sinking and rising autonomously. The vessel would launch a torpedo-like shell from near the surface, then dive beyond the enemy’s line, delivering fire without visible sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altipi
Anthemiy
Pittsburg
Canvassing Reform: New Travel Teams Take to the Road
The article describes a new canvassing method with organized bands led by managers and chaperones. Agents travel across towns, receiving early assignments, reporting contract breaches, and living on hotel and travel expenses paid by the manager. The system emphasizes discipline, drill, and early rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magegers
Tay
Spotteen
No Champagne Decision for Civil List Pensioner
Mr. Gladstone met a possible civil list pension claimant and faced a dinner invitation. He questioned whether a pensioner should entertain and finally accepted the dinner, uttering No champagne pension champagne no pension. The wine cost £100 a year, making it the dearest bottle of wine on record, per London News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
London News
Trick in the Saddle Ends in Witty Fall
A schoolmaster faints after exclaiming about a tack in his saddle, eliciting a startled response from his favorite pupil as the moment unfolds in a humorous exchange reported by the Indianapolis Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipil
Indianaplis Journal
New Preacher Hesitates On Stage
Dialogue notes show Briggs and Wagner quipping about a new preacher’s awkward pause and uncertainty with hand movements during a Cleveland Plain Dealer moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs
Wagner
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mind Reading and Health Pitches in a Local Ad Patch
A fragmented page features health remedies and moralizing quips. It hawks Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for digestive relief and To-Bac as a male vitality tonic, with quick claims of cure rates. An assorted line hints at a humorous or cynical note about a person who thinks he is always right.
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New York Sun
Arantees
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
the Devil
Hood
Mowt
O’farrell & Son
Washington, D. C
Reidroth Poultry
Nighest Frices
James A. Clark CO
Omaha
Webraska
Sena Chorenet
Maken
Quincy
Mich
King Cole
Oyster House
Omaha, Neb
W.N. U
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