Curious Anecdotes on Evidence and Employment Tales
A collection of humorous excerpts from different sources recounts suspicious evidence worth, a Hammock affair with a girl and a napkin kiss, a Jones office scene about registering transactions, a merchant correcting a book entry, and an Irish American caper about calling on Biddy Maloney for a job.
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American Bar Association
Frederick W. Lehman
Still in Doubt In Yonkers Statesman Brief
Dialogue fragment hints at romantic rivalries as Lieut Obersfelger and Herr Schneider court a young woman. A parental exchange mentions inviting a doctor and other party guests with humorous tone.
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Lieut
Obersfelger
Herr Schneider
Schneider
Dorfbarbler
Local Temperance Advocate and Paris Underworld Jest
A fragmented conversation mix from Chicago Record-Herald and Detroit Free Press features a temperance advocate Murphy leaving a pub, a retort about Paris life and acting, and a minister questioning a marriage, with a quip by a little old man and a comic reply about caves.
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Murphy
Begorra
Paris
Chicago Record-Herald
Tee
Detroit Free Press
The Woman Question and a Matrimonial Quip
A benedict jokes about the eternal woman question. A young bachelor and a freight-paying husband discuss the matter as the Chicago Daily News reports a lighthearted exchange about marriage and hats.
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Benedict
Chicago
The Last Word in a Washington Bar Exchange
A fragment from a Washington Bar transcript shows a brief exchange about marital instruction and language. Mr Meekton insists on using precise wording to demonstrate adherence to his wife, highlighting misheard phrases and imperfect dialogue. The scribbled note captures a tense, unfinished joust over wording and authority.
A Poor Sort of Cow
A Stranger at Mr Cillman s new suburban villa asks about a Jersey cow for his papa. Little Miss replies paps would not want it as Jerseys give skim milk. The remark appears in the New York Weekly column.
Eloquence in Speech Sparks Capitol Debate
A young member of Congress vows to deliver eloquent remarks though acknowledging tough rhetoric was needed to gain support. The exchange suggests a focus on persuasive strategy and political maneuvering at the Capitol.
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Congress
Washington
Correct Guess According to Mr Updyke Dialogue
Clara questions what Bobby-Mr Updyke said about him before entering. Mr Updyke replies he has no idea. Bobby asserts Clara sensed it, noting it matches what Abe reportedly said. Source appears from Philadelphia Telegraph.
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Bobby
Mr. Updyke
Clara
Robert
Abe
Philadelphia Telegraph
Mary Miller Woman Lawyer Aids Poor In Court
Mary E Miller a Chicago attorney known for fees in million dollar heirs case and a landmark mandamus suit restoring pauper access to court. Born on a Michigan farm, she funded schooling by teaching and stenography, admitted to bar in 1895, active in woman suffrage, aiming to encourage other women to enter law.
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Chicago
Mary E. Miller
Miss Miller
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Business College
Chicago College of Law
Simply Bar
Pneumonia From Water and Argon Production Advance
A Paris report by Drs Chauffard and Vidal links pneumonia in a couple to drinking cold well water, implying waterborne infection. The note argues the illness spread did not come from one another and suggests the well water carried pneumonia germs. Separately Fischer and Ringe describe a method to produce crude argon from calcium carbide and calcium chloride, yielding argon nearly pure after heating to 800 degrees C.
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Paris
Fischer and Ringe
Fine remedy for colds described in old recipe
A historical vignette outlines a cold remedy mixing half ounce concentrated pine compound with two ounces glycerine and a half pint of whiskey. Dosed teaspoon to tablespoon four times daily, the bottle is shaken before use. Ingredients are available from druggists and prepared at home with labeled concentrated pine.
Tramp Joke In Germany Prompts Pledge Reversal
A humorous clipping notes Jones the dairyman who, after signing a temperance pledge amid drinking jokes in Germany, soon mocked his health drive. He complained he was “driving a milk wagon” while temperance friends advertised his restraint.
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Jones
Munyon Cold Remedy Aims to Cure Cold Prevent Consumption
Prof Munyon proclaims his cure prevents consumption and is now supported by top physicians. The sugar pellets claim to dissolve a cold in hours and almost always prevent bronchitis and pneumonia, drawing wide medical attention to the remedy.
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Munyon
Woman gains control of large Packard estate
Mrs Jennie L Doane of Brockton Mass has been named administrator of the half million dollar estate of the late R N Packard and to run his shoe factory. Packard died suddenly without a will, leaving eight heirs two sisters none versed in business. Doane had long served as his employee and was praised for superior judgment by Packard.
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Jennie L. Doane
Brockton
Mags
R. N. Packard
Packard
Coffee Was the Cause Revealed by Postum Testimony
A woman's childhood coffee habit harmed her digestion and skin but switching to Postum cured headaches and improved complexion. She credits elder drinking patterns and notes clear skin and better digestion after quitting coffee. Read The Road to Wellville in Postum package literature.
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Ana. Indy
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Rand
Wellville
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Houston Woman
A Houston woman testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured three years of female troubles and liver issues after other medicines failed. Her letter praises the remedy and urges all women with similar ailments to try it, noting lasting health improvements and urging others to inquire locally.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Houston
Texas
Bessie L. Hicks
Cleveland St
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