Vinita personals note wide city social traffic
Dozens of social calls and visits fill Vinita with a steady stream of travelers and locals. J M Darrough returns from Chetopa while Sam Paris of Catale visits Vinita. Edgar Marra visits with his folks. W L Conway of Edna Kansas spends the day in town. Steve Hubbard from Fort Scott and Harry Mitchell from Tulsa also visit. Various residents travel to Joplin, Welch, Pryor Creek, and Carthage and local business, clubs, and market activity are noted.
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Steve Hubbard
Ft. Scott
Kana
Harry Mitchell
Mt Tulsa
G. A. Hetack
Muskogee
Bristow
B. Anning
Chetopa
Wis
Vinita
L. A. Wilson
John Harden
el Reno
Margaret Shanahan
W. E. Curtis
Afton
Chouteau
Claude Chandler
Welch
Burns
Henry
Roanoke
Tad
Howell
S. B. Jackson
Jackson
Stevens
Craig County
Ments
C. F. Grant
Joplin
Otho Smith
Vinita Gas Company
Kattsas
W S Dickey agent visits city on sewer project talk
Paul R. Kirtley of W S Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co Kansas City called in the city yesterday to discuss sewer construction prospects. Mrs W L Bailey on a two week visit with relatives in Chilsea en route home to Eldorado Springs Mo paused to visit between trains with Mrs M A Hughes.
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Chatterton
W. L. Bailey
Chilsea
Eldorado Springs
M. A. Hughes
Paul R. Kirtley
W.S. Dickey, Clay Manufacturing Company
Kansas City
Bridgeman Thanks Court House People for Help
Bridgeman expresses gratitude to the courthouse staff for assistance during a time of trouble. The note from G. P. Bridgeman thanks officials for support and services received.
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Court House
G. P. Bridgeman
Traits of Australian girls in bush life on stations
The article portrays bush girls who live miles from towns, riding and driving as comfortably as fishing in water. It notes their household duties, ability to host visitors without servants, and their seasonal move to the capital where they blend in with town girls, maintaining neat dress and poise after rough country life.
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Hite
Circumstantial Evidence Exchange On Court Street Car
An attorney questions a witness about proving the defendant’s drinking and gambling. The witness explains that the defendant gave the conductor a blue chip for fare and told him to keep the change, implying gambling behavior in a street car setting.
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Cal
Lippincopt
Stop that LEAK lantern sales pitch article
A sensational advertising notice promising a leak stopping lantern and “beautiful magic lantern” use. Claims anyone can attract eight new subscribers quickly and urges canvassing by mail order. Provides payment by post office money order and asks for address details.
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Kansas City Weekly Journal
Clever Denver Cat Traps Family Into Hot Water Remedy
A Denver cat named Tommy, about one year old, suffers stomach pains and the Willard family uses a hot water bottle for relief. One night Tommy awakens Miss Willard, leads her to the bathroom and returns with the heated bottle, then sleeps contentedly purring. The tale ends with a boast of the cat’s cleverness.
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Misa Willard
Denver
Tommy
Nulferstrom
Mina Wilard
Miss Willard
Naive Captain Praises Nurse in Training Tale
A captain extols his nurse companion noting cheerful bearing aids stamina. The article describes nurses in training facing hardships, highlighting humor as a vital asset to endure long shifts. It recounts a daughter of a wealthy man entering a city hospital to learn nursing at a New York press.
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Tip Atate
Sbe
New York
Old Sea Captain Cheerful Ward Bemoans Thin Praise
An elderly, literate sea captain in the surgical ward with a broken arm saves his dignity with humor. He shows gratitude when a purse briefly rewards him, joking that the best waitress he ever had was Misa Lie, eliciting goodwill from all.
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Whoowaa
Whigl
Down to Perkins Elevate Lesson in Philadelphi a Punchline
A Philadelphia teacher corrects a pupil who says down instead of down the lad’s reaction shows the class the joke. The student seated in the rear mimics a mechanical motion then sits down confessing he rode the elevator to Perkins.
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Philadeliphia
Thia
Perkins
Snakes Hard to Get Collecting Sea Snakes
A fragmentary account describes the difficulty of collecting sea snakes for the selen Me ineduations in 19 and the arduous process. The collector must cruise in a small boat and stay on watch as most attempts fail. Snakes surface regularly, but the odds are poor, and only a few are obtained per dives. A saying warns against stinginess and wasting when one has money or opportunity.
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Maxinyan Seay
Population density thought experiment from New York exhibit
A 1910s style note imagines reducing global population to Delaware if all were as crowded as 11 New York City blocks. It estimates 1,200 people per acre reflecting an urban density scenario used for public seminars.
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New York
Delaware
New York City
Aare
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