Sunday School Confusion and Rural Lingo In A Parlor Tale
A misread lesson in a Sunday school leads a 15 year old teacher to mix up commandments and scripture. A neighboring tale recalls Gabe Logback’s drink and a mobbed scene where a wife punishes him with a wagon spoke. The sketches reveal local speech and curious moral mishaps.
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Master painters and decorato rs banquet joke about doctors
A Youngstown Telegram quip at a master painters and decorators banquet jokes that doctors attend because they must have working cards to paint with louine, reflecting the event’s humor about professional contrasts.
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Unclear fragmentary text from Economien debate
Fragmentary dialogue touches on women gaining political influence a government tax question and a pantry incident. Content is incomplete with no clear event or attribution to persons or organizations.
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Fergus Falls Tornado Ravages Town Killing Hundreds
Reports from Fergus Falls Minnesota indicate a devastating tornado with death tolls ranging from 200 to 400. Widespread destruction includes the Grand hotel and commercial areas. trains and infrastructure were toppled and emergency units mobilized nationwide.
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Train wreck near Aurora injures several passengers
A Burlington line Seattle St Louis passenger train derailed east of Aurora Nebraska after striking a defective switch. The fast train traveling about fifty two miles per hour sent four sleepers and two cars into the ditch. Several people were injured, three seriously, others resumed travel.
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London Pilot Plans Split of Transatlantic Prize
Capt. Joan Alcock and Lieut. A W Brown intend to divide £8 000 from the Daily Mail prize equally and share £10 000 awarded for the North America to Trekind flight. The remaining £2 000 goes to the workmen who built the machine.
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Ex Kaiser May Buy Home Amid German Visitor Rumors
Circles in Ameronngen report visitors from Germany connected to a plan for the former emperor to establish residence. Talks focus on purchase of a secluded Holland property within twenty miles of Ullwechr. German officials oversee the es Kaiser as military police answer to the war office recedes.
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Fires rage in Missoula forest districts burn 14 blazes
Fourteen fires reported across forest district No. 1 with 900 men on the lines. Nine blaze in the Flathead forest, three in Lolo, and one each in Minouly and Miadison forests. The South Fork of the Wathead River front is viewed as the most serious blaze by officials.
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British Soldiers Riot At Sutton Camp In Surrey
Mutinous conduct by troops at Sutton camp, Surrey, grows for ten days as men form a committee and refuse orders. Two battalions moved in with machine gun support, 400 men arrested, 1800 sent to Dover and Canterbury camps. Grievance centers on orders to France.
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Pimply Faced Skin Care Ad Teases Pimples
An advertisement fragment promotes Cuthoura products for pimples and blackheads. It claims Cuthura Ointment clears skin in five minutes with Cuth enra Soap and hot water. It urges ongoing use of the products for clear skin and mentions a talcum powder.
Man Known as Human Encyclopedia Valued by London Doctors
London doctors set a£2000 price on the brain of Datas the human encyclopedia who memorizes dates and facts rapidly. He claims he would not sell and cites a wartime facts book for rapid learning. He recalls a dinner with John Lee the murderer and James Berry the executed.
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