Tucson Eagle Carnival Promises Grand Mask Festivities
The Fraternal Order Eagles announce a large scale carnival in Tucson from November 17 to 23 featuring a parade led by a queen in a flower chariot, a two daily free street show, a nine foot diving stunt, fire dances, snake handling, Japanese village, hypnotist Boone, palmistry, electric theater education, and an open air stair case ride. Excursion rates apply.
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Birds and a Coal Shovel Sieve Tale from Tennessee
A Tennessee mountain man explains how a wooden sieve near his cabin door served as an imitation woodpecker lure. Birds flocked to the door after a wind caused the door to mimic a woodpecker, then the man returned to his coal shoveling as the scene unfolded.
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Tennessee
Waal
New York Herald
Thoughtless People and the Dark Side of Courtesy
A New York Press columnist rails against social selfishness in public spaces. He ridicules pedestrians stopping on stairs and sidewalks to chat or light cigars, calling such acts rude and disruptive to the crowd. The writer ends with a harsh comparison, lamenting declining public manners.
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New York Press
A Roman Dinner Menu of Ancient Delicacies
A Chambers' Journal synopsis notes Roman banquets featured three courses starting with appetisers and eggs. Dishes included guinea hen pheasant nightingale and thrush, with peacocks highly valued for their tongues. Macrobius cites Hortensius as first to eat them, a single peacock once selling for 50 denarii in ancient times.
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Hortensius
Self Help Book Sparks Family Debate
A bookstore scene shows a father seeking a birthday gift for his fourteen year old son. The salesman suggests a self help book, provoking the father to remark Ben does not need such aids. A wife questions marriage while Reginald jokes about waiting to marry to test endurance.
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Ben
Freak Adornments in English Homes
A survey describes odd room and garden decorations across England. Examples include a garden paling in Sussex made from swordfish swords, a Leeds summer house built from Luttons, a wall adorned with cigar ribbons near 20 000, a scrapbook filled with theatrical posters in a Leeds manufacturer’s house, and rooms in Wakefield involving doors and historic frames. Additional displays include shark tooth framed pictures in Liverpool and a Birmingham study lined with chains and padlocks.
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Garret
Wakefield
Lisecard
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Birmingham
Pearson’s
Don’t Get Too Full Bees Lesson From Hive
A beeman explains to a visitor that full hives hold honey and bees gorge when alarmed. He warns against fully stockpiling, saying a bee can’t sting when its body is full. The pianist notes the danger, and the visitor agrees a rich hive invites trouble.
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New York Tribune
Migrant Humming Bird Awe and Social Observations From 1900s
A nineteenth or early twentieth century miscellany discusses the northward humming bird migration from equatorial regions to higher latitudes, noting its precise annual timing. It shifts to social commentary on New York City life and femininity, praising simplicity and gentleness, with brief parable style morals. It ends with a quip about cold remedies from the Washington Star.
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New York
Complete Humour Cure by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Soak hands in a strong hot lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry and anoint with Cuticura Ointment, then wear old kid gloves at night. The complete set includes Soap 25c Ointment 50c Resolvent Pills 25c, sold worldwide with depots in London and Paris.
Fins of the Flying Fish
Pearson's magazine describes the flying fish as a remarkable creature with wing like pectoral fins used for balance rather than propulsion. It can skim 500 feet in the air, launching from waves and dipping back to water to renew its flight.
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Pearson
Train Promises of Punctuality Misleading
Anecdote contrasts New England traveler praising a Southern railroad for punctuality with a conductor revealing the true schedule. The tale notes trains often run late, renewing the joke that today’s 11 o'clock may arrive tomorrow.
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New England
Youth
Young Boy Believes School Burned Down
An old man consoles a sobbing boy who insists the school burned last night. The boy admits doubt but says he can see the top of the hill where the school would be, maintaining a childlike mix of fear and imagination.
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Reginald
Chicago Record-Herald
Auard
Never Make a Player in Gossip and Advice
A Glasgow Times quip mocks a self important player as a minister helper and his mate notes the man’s misspoken play while a Chicago Record Herald line offers dating advice. The items reflect witty newspaper snippets and social commentary from early 20th century press.
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Glasgow Times
Chicago Record-Herald
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