Pie and Etiquette From a Sailor Sentry Tale
A humorous tale recounted by Captain Mond Amundsen features a new volunteer posted on sentry duty who mistakes a major for a village barber. The major tests the guard with pie and a challenge to recognize him, while the guard’s witty misidentifications unfold a lighthearted episode of military misstep and social humor.
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Jary
Mond Amundsen
Norway
National Guard
Udless
Gaous
Harper's Weekly
Indiana man invites adoption offer drawing criticism
In Hammond Indiana Campbell a man earning about 100 a month proposed adopting out his unborn baby to pay expenses prompting local outrage. Neighbors and prospective adoptive women debated the "expenses" and the advisability of the plan while Campbell defended his poverty and questioned his ability to support a child.
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Indiana
Chicago
Lunas Champbell
Preaman
Hns
Hammond
Ind
Canyhell
Bin
Campbell
Hohman Street
Hohmnin Street
Mie Posal
Rarest World Stamp Offered in Merby Auction
The exceedingly rare one cent British Guinea stamp, previously known from a single specimen, is now up for sale in excellent condition. The stamp, linked to Tarauiteh near Merby, draws collectors seeking the final available example.
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Fiarest
Tendoo
British Guinea
Tarauiteh
Sear Merby
Woodcocks Prove Expensive in Educationville
In Educationville, Willan Deckertt paid 25.50 to learn what a woodcock looks like after shooting other birds. He killed three woodpeckers before a game warden stopped him. He protested a five dollar per bird fine, insisting he was robbed and misled by the warden's identification.
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Educstionville
Willan Deckertt
Tie
Deckertt
Baby Saves Eight Month Old From Fire and Flood
In Baltimore Mrs Minnie Phillipa and her mother Elizabeth Mixture rescue an eight month old from a kitchen fire and flood. A later explosion scatters burning liquid while Mrs Mixture sustains injuries. In Philadelphia artificial limbs and a prosthetic tall are described in a separate account.
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Baltimore
Winnie Phillipa
Muntingdon Avenue
Mur Tau
Mra
Pullpe
Ars
Elizabeth Mixture
Milzabeth
Mietore
Althyun
Aitle Eieabett
Une Arti
Philadelphia
Artifelal
Family Theatre at Towater to Feature Varied Vaudeville Acts
The Family Theatre presents a week of acts led by the Yonke Herbert Trio with clever comedy aerobatic sketches, Lew Simmons and his company performing genuine minstrel entertainment, and Mildred Holland starring in a new Grand Opera House production A Parodie of Liew. Also shown are Poveda moving pictures Tragic Moments and The Life of Hootbinck.
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Family Theatre
Kim
He Family Towater
Spenstreet
En. Gudiaam
Yonke Herbert
Lew Simmons
Halprin
Poveda Moving Pictures
J* Hootbinck
Mildred Holland
América
Midred Holland
Wil
Howse
Sid Thee Gots
Mina Holland
Toland
Italy
Kettinigs
Tore
Manaser
Holland
Iones
Paradine
Mathoa
Merriment
Intertet
Mio Uret
The Objection and The Play excerpts in Puck style
The text presents dialogic caricatures with missteps and egotism cited as forgivable faults. It contrasts philosophical doubt with polite rebuke and notes on moral quality, echoing theatrical criticism in a playful, satiric tone from the era.
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Puck
A Lover's Suggestion from New York Life Dialogue
A humorous line about courting a daughter with a steady vow to visit, the suitor asking for a new comfortable armchair to protect his worn frame after long office hours. The quip highlights social expectations and witty insurance company humor from the era.
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New York
Presence of Mind and the Gallant Rescue Tale
A compact vignette describes a shipwrecked mariner saved by quick action and presence of mind. The piece threads through anecdotes and quips from periodicals, including satirical asides on manners, racing, and fashionable chatter, capturing a kaleidoscope of turn of the century wit. The tone remains brisk and observational, with named publications referenced in passing.
The Frame and a Framed Photograph Affair
A fragmentary tale describes a man buying an expensive frame and a photo, then a woman switching images in a deceitful pose. The piece follows him walking to and from an office and ending with a transfer of the frame to another man in New York, implying a scandalous setup.
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Satan
Eighth Avenue
New York
Aytan
War era tale and comic fragments mingle in prose and quips
A jumble of wartime anecdotes and humor notes follows a tale of McNally and O Malley, with lines about a cavalry march, a naval mishap, and a joke exchange. Interspersed are brief quips on advertising, opera wit, and everyday city rural banter from period newspapers.
W. Clark Real Mural Company Ad Teaches Bargains
An old classified style notice for W. H. Clark Real Mural Company at 114 Court Street offers loans, auctioneering, dry sales, buy sell exchange real estate and wholesale trade. It claims to pay 5 cents for used books magazines and folded newspapers and invites sales across the city from Farming Street location for mail and telephone inquiries.
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ITH
A. W. Clark Real Mural Company
Court Street
Wasth Paper
Malia
Farming Street
Local Beverage and Meat Market Ads in One Page
Classified snippet shows STAR BOTTING WORKS cider ginger ale sodas Seliger siphon waters by R. Smith proprietor with phone 174 and LIVERY services by R P Perry Union at ... model meat market offers fresh and smoked meats and sausages at 1408 Main.
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R. Smith
Main
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