The Jailbreak of Jennie Lyons
A rough tale from Richard Washturn Child’s Jim Hands describes Jennie Lyons hired in November who is dismissed after crying and poor work. The boss argues a woman’s tears are an awful weapon while a male worker reflects on his own foolishness.
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Jennie Lions
Abe
Scott
Jeanie Lyons
Ben John
Ben
Joe Rent
Bater
Joe
Jennie
Bors
Leon
Ays
Mage
Richard Washturn
Jim
Golden Text Joke Ends Sunday School Lesson
A Sunday school lesson on luxury and worldliness ends with a child delivering a famous line. The superintendent asks for the golden text and a blue eyed girl from a refined family recites a phrase that sparks humor by declaring you cannot serve God and mamma.
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Doro
Dorothy
Mamma
Rt. Paul Dispatch
Meaning of con versadione in Tommy-Pop slang
The Philadelphia Record notes that con versadione is an Italian term used in Tommy-Pop slang to describe a box party at the opera, with the phrase explained as a signaling of an upscale private gathering. The source ties the meaning to an Italian phrase used to denote a certain operatic social event.
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Tommy
Conversadione
Son
Philadelphia Record
Setback For Rapid Transit Establishing the Plural
Fred, four years old, recalled a farm visit and his favorite moment was the goose dinner. He explains plural rules by saying goose, geese, and gooses, with a playful line about the correct plural form in a Lippincott’s tone.
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Fred
Lippincott’s
To Save His Feelings Himborn Themers Novelists
Chicago News notes Himborn Themers, a novelist, who coerces friends to reveal truths. He asks them if they have read his latest book, a device to test their honesty and trigger reactions.
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Himborn
Themers
Anters
Chicago News
Love and Finance Jokes About Principal and Interest
The Spokane Spokesman-Review lampoons marital money matters with a quip on a wife’s principal and a husband’s need for continued interest. The line humorously notes that she can’t draw on her principal, thus keeping the romance funded through interest.
Treating Youth Grief Amid Yearlong Soda Ads
A Washington Star item questions how youth cope with grief as soda fountain advertising pushes its wares year round. The piece contrasts sorrow with commercial cheer and prompts reflection on consumer culture.
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Washington
European Barbarians They Thought They Were Civilized
Mandarin Ho Kwei Fang of China wrote after returning from Europe criticizing tall European houses and drains as misused priorities. He claims pagodas repel pestilence and bring luck to exam candidates, while Europeans ignore earth and wind influences. He also condemns gender roles, noting European women challenge traditional rank and social norms, with men serving their wives at meals.
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China
Ho Kwei Fang
Europe
Chicago News
Dickens Errors and Oversights in Boz Tales
Percy Fitzgerald notes amusing lapses in Dickens works such as Dr Blimber miswriting Saint Pauls Epistle to the Ephesians and a Dr Marigold clerk described as carrying a quarter of a million in specie weighing a ton. He cites a thief with a carpet bag of sovereigns weighing five hundredweight and Tatty Coram with an iron box two feet square no girl could carry.
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Dickens
Boz
Coram
Percy Fitzgerald
Borland
Diamonds From the Sky Claim By Dr Lacour
Dr Lacour, a noted chemist, advances the theory that diamonds fell from the skies. He cites spectroscopical evidence that comet particles contain carbon and crystallize as diamonds over ages. He suggests Earth’s repeated contact with comets formed diamonds buried through geological changes, a claim supported by diamond chips found in meteorites.
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Lacour
Singularly Fitting Debt Talk and Kathleen Mavourneen Loans
A group discusses Brown his charm and lack of financial responsibility. They note he aims to be honest yet fails to settle debts. A father quips that some loans last for years or forever comparing them to Kathleen Mavourneen loans.
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Brown
Cal
Athleen Mavourneen
Kathleen Mavourneen
Untimely Sorrow at the Tombstone’s Teary Plea
A quaint old tombstone prompts a passerby to weep, but the scene causes Cecilia’s mother to chide her for tears. The inscription’s reading provokes more emotion than expected, as the girl bursts into tears while the mother urges restraint.
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Shegan
Cecilia
Puck
Plyler on Good Roads and road bond benefits
Coroner J. B. Plyler of Waxhaw writes that a Waxhaw to Colon trip on the improved public roads took four and a half hours over about 120 miles. He praises the sandbelay surface, remarks on farms and country homes along the route, and argues bonds and road taxes boost property values and reduce hauling costs.
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R Plyler
Plyler
Waxhaw
Colon
Rome
Vetion
Waxhaw News: Farm Yields and Local Moves
A Taber community report notes a sunflower twelve inches in diameter grown on cultivated land. Dr. Simpson bonds 33 bundles of hands to the bank of land this year with a forecast of 100 bushels of corn per acre. W. F. Hood leaves Waxhaw after ten years for Marshville, sparking local sentiment. Charlie McDonald sustains a puncture wound from shot in an artillery battle over a woman. Rob Perry, Will Alsebrooks, and Ben Funderburk are detained and ready to testify locally.
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Dr. Simpson
Unie
Bank of Land
W. FL. Hood
Marshville
Hood
Charlie McDonald
Rob Perry
Will Alsebrooks
Ben Funderburk
Dr King's New Discovery Saves Two Lives in Wisconsin
Mrs loughby of Marengo Wis credits Dr Kings New Discovery with ending a dreadful cough once deemed consumption. She notes the remedy helped her and her little boy in bronchial trouble after other treatments failed. The ad promises throat and lung relief with a dollar price and free trial bottle.
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Loughby
Marengo
Wis
English Drag Co
Stored cotton in Columbia shows farmers can store
Mr. R. B. Laney, a large planter of Chesterfield County, stored 100 halves of cotton with a Columbia warehouse and borrowed 8 cents per pound. The note argues farmers could store cotton to keep it off the market, implying higher prices require reducing supply.
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Columbia
R. B. Laney
Chesterfield County
Laney
Advertiser
I Am Debtor Debtor to the Creeks and Barbarians
Fragmented text shows religious exhortation on Christian debt to God and neighbors. Mentions Thimself, Krist, and obligations to feed the poor and strangers. Concludes with a call to justice and charity directed at a religious audience.
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Paul
Thimself
Lile
The Rose of Life in a Sunset of Memory
Frank L. Stanton reflects on a beloved figure in Atlanta Constitution prose, recalling flowers pressed in memory and a heart stilled by death. A speaker longs for reunion in a future dawn, while the poem mourns loss and cherishes enduring devotion.
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Frank L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Farm harvests fall short as banks urge deposits
A local message notes good farm effort but disappointing harvest. Banks push deposits and urge using checks over cash, toutting safety and facilities. The Banks Union backs honest effort but cannot regulate local prices. Ady invites patrons to open accounts, promising sympathy and protection.
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Banks ii Union
Fari
Mackie
Wnh
Ady
Bucklen’s Armen Salve Ad Claims Superior Healing
An advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Armen Salve as the perfect healer for cuts burns corns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers vexema salt rhenia sore eyes cold sores clapped hands or sprains. It touts unrivaled for piles and states availability at English Drag Co.
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Bucklen
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Drewst
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