Quotable quips on proposals and speed in humor
A witty exchange mocks George for delaying a proposal and jokes about a man who won’t accelerate his car beyond a century mark. The dialogue captures a playful social moment reflecting impatience and dating era norms.
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Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promise Clear Skin
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for skin scalp hair and hands with emollient antiseptic qualities. It claims relief from itching irritation and inflammation and prevention of clogged pores, offering a free Cuticura Deck on request from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
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Saucy Soldier Dash of Company 4 Provokes Banquet Tale
Col Robert C. Carter recalls campaign comrades at a Nashville banquet in a vivid anecdote about Private Dash. Dash, described as the nastiest fonigued man, forages on a rich estate and encounters a grande dame in evening dress who refuses him food. He presses, she refuses again, and he repeats the question, prompting a dismissive remark.
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Nashville
Dash
Company 4
Wade
Bashful man and seashell comfort from Success Magazine
A brief poetic dialogue depicts a bashful man and a woman feeling blue along the seashore. She laments being unloved and cold handed, but he consoles her with reminders of love from God and her mother, ending with a playful urging to sit on her hands.
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Success Magazine
Judge Questions Chauffeur On Injury Details
The judge pressed the chauffeur why he left the scene and said he would learn the extent of the man’s injuries from daily papers. The exchange focused on why he did not stay to ascertain the injuries.
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Walt
Daily Papers
Ballinger Denies Cabinet Resignation Ultimatum
Boise Idaho Secretary of the Interior Rob Ballinger on Sunday denied reports that he planned to go to Washington for a cabinet meeting and threaten resignation if not sustained by cabinet colleagues. He insisted he would not resign while supported by the president and rejected any suggestion from other cabinet heads.
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Boise
Idaho
Rob Ballinger
Washington
Congressional Investigating Committee
Ballinger
Coal Strike Settled in Southwestern Field
Miners and operators ratified a new contract at a Sunday night meeting and will resume work immediately. The deal includes raises of 6 55 cents on day work dead work and yardage plus 3 cents a ton on shooting coal and 5 cents a ton on long wall work. Future disputes will be settled by W. L. Lone, the Kawasas mines inspector.
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Kansas City
Southwestern
al Il
W. L . Lone
Mins
Kawasas
Control of liquor traffic rests with Utah local officials
Utah's Supreme Court declares city councils town boards and county commissioners have absolute power to refuse liquor sale licenses and that no court can intervene. The ruling emphasizes that local voters can stop liquor traffic by electing bodies willing to enforce this ban.
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Salt Lake City
Board of Trustee
Board of
Utah
Supreme Court of Utah
Cost of Living in France Rises Across Paris
Paris restaurants face higher costs as the Restaurant Keepers' Association plans to raise prices on vegetables and meat dishes. Wine costs have surged, pushing venues to drop cheap offerings. Potatoes nearly double in price over the decade as the cost of living climbs in France.
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Paris
France
Youth Stabs Two in Street Fight in Kansas City
A seven teen year old boy named Lester Figh stabbed Clarence Davidson and fatally wounded John Vaile in a street fight reported Saturday night. Davidson, a former sweetheart of Hugh’s sister, was barred from the home by her father. The youths allegedly teased the girl’s younger brother until the stabbing occurred. the assailant returned home and did not speak of the incident to relatives.
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Kansas City
Lester Figh
Clarence Davidson
John Vaile
Davidson
Uwighs
Davideon
Vaile
Y Young High
Chicago Second City in Nation Population Growth
Washington reports Chicago now houses 2,185,283 people, up 486,708 since 1900 and 287 percent. It ranks as the United States’ second city and fourth globally, with rapid growth since 1890 and peak gains between 1890 and 1900.
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Washington
Chicago
United States
Veterans May Be United At Grand Army Encampment Speech
Atlantic City veterans from the north and south consider uniting in the Grand Army of the Republic encampment plans. Commander Van Sant and General Jillary A Herbert spoke at a steeplechase gathering urging reconciliation and cooperation. They support integrating northern and southern veterans and backing a statue decision on Robert E. Lee.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Vant Sant
Jillary A Herbert
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Herbert
Grand Army
van Sant
Daniel L. Sickles
Werbert
North
Robert C Lee
Washington
Incubator Baby Deaths At Louisville State Fair
Dr Douglas Snyder and his Pittsburgh wife were arrested after three babies died on display in an incubator at the Louisville state fair. The deputy coroner found death by inanition and cited lack of proper care during a Chicago to Louisville trip.
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Douglas Snyder
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Snyder
Chicago
A Modern Enoch Arden In San Jose Case
A San Jose suit details Richard C Watts who after being told his wife and child were dead decades ago remarried in 1901 at Sacramento and now has eight children. Mrs Mary Freece Watts claims to be the first wife and seeks maintenance from Walt a town marshal and prominent Mountain View resident.
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Cal
Richard C. Watts
Sacramento
Mary Freece Watts
Walt
Mountainview
Murder at Edgemont Hotel: Richard Evans Charged
Chester police arrest Richard Evans, 49, son of Edgemont hotel proprietor John J. Evans, for the murder of his asleep father Friday night. The case notes the son’s recent mental decline and a prior head injury to Hyons four years earlier, with police suspecting temporary insanity.
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Chester
John J. Evans
Edgemont
Richard
Young Hyons
Elwyn
Attempt to Break Out of Prison in Springer Reform School
Three youths attempted a breakout at the New Mex reform school at Springer near Vin day. They attacked assistant superintendent Baron DeKalb Sampsell Sarmpsell, who was cut stabbed and beaten with a poker but survived. Guards overpowered the escapees, and the attempt failed.
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Albuquerque
Springer On Vinday
Baron DeKalb Sampsell Sarmpsell
Roosevelt vows to do for himself in public talk
Theodore Roosevelt addressed the New York Press Club, stressing that he will handle his affairs and meals by work, preferring private and public life. He urged listeners not to be misled about what he would do “for this ex president” as he would “do for himself.”
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Teddy
New York
Theodore Troosevelt
New York Press Club
Cholera Epidemic Spreads Across Asiatic Russia
The cholera epidemic, begun in southern Russia, has claimed over 100000 lives and now threatens Amur province in southeast Siberia. Sanitary bureau reports show 182327 cases and 83613 deaths for the season across the region including areas separated by the Amur river from Manchuria.
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St Petersburg
Russia
Amur
Siberia
Manchuria
Sanitary Bureau
Man on Murder Trial Commits Suicide in Hotel Room
Donophan Mo Thomas Kennon, on trial for murder, fled the courtroom Saturday and killed himself in his hotel room. A note read, Swearing lies has ruined me, Goodbye to all my friends. Kennon was charged with killing F. M. Hughes, a neighbor, and pleaded self defense.
Remembering Each Other on Atlantic City Beach
A man sits in a bathing suit on Atlantic City sand and recalls a past summer encounter as a woman nearby sketches in the sand. He gathers courage, walks over, and asks if they spoke two summers ago, recalling her blue silk stockings.
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Atlantic City
Rand
Tubercle Cure Claim Promises Rapid Tuberculosis Relief
An advertisement from Tubercdecida Co claims a patent remedy named tuberclecicle cures consumption by destroying tubercle bacilli within eight months and shows improvements in two to six weeks. It offers full particulars from their Los Angeles office at 702 International Bank Bldg.
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International Bank Bldg
Los Angeles
Cal
Musical Critic Gene Sparks Baby’s Crying Fued
A cryptic exchange suggests Mrs Denham argues a baby’s crying aligns with her singing while Benham counters the child’s reactions reveal abilities inherited from his side of the house. The exchange hints at family tension over talent and influence.
It is the unhappy man who commonly sits down and thinks
A terse aphorism attributed to 8 Street noting that happiness comes from action, while inaction breeds regret. The quote contrasts reflection with initiative and urges decisive effort.
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