Bank Asset Ledger and Affidavit of Capital Stock
A ledger style document lists assets liabilities and capital stock details with deposits and savings figures. An affidavit by J P Kirby as cashier affirms the accuracy of the statement and its representation of the bank's assets and liabilities. Notary J W Morse and witnesses attest to the document dated September 191.
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Himet
Kirby
J.P. Kirby
J. W. Morse
OG. Nevitte
BP. L. Christensen
Prank Albro
Estherville State Bank Statement Issued Sept 1 1910
The statement shows assets and liabilities of Estherville State Bank of Katherville Iron County at close of business September 1 1910. It lists cash in hand gold and silver coin drafts and checks on solvent banks including First National Bank Chicago and Security Bank of Minn along with overdrafts and real and personal property owned. Directors note capital stock and profits with signatures of Howard Graves and G Zeeman. Notary public attestation appears faded. A separate agricultural note endorses the Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer subscription offer.
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Tampa
Wiest National Gouk
Msthersville
Lowe
Oly National Bank
Spencer
Towa
First National Dra
Chicago
Base National Bank
New Security Bank of Minn
Minneapolis
Eee
Andorsers
Stavnowlowa
Hoapoi Conyy
Howard Schrmves
G. Zeeman
Perlet’s Bath Lesson Ends Thin, Then Fat Tale
French comedian Perlet seeks weight gain via Pyrenees baths but fails. A nearby room reveals a plus sized woman as proof the baths don’t slim people. The doctor repeats the punchline that baths make people thin. Perlet leaves for Paris after this encounter.
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Perlet
Pyrenees
Aesculapius
Paris
A Simple Life and a Child’s Business Dream
A visitor asks little Bobbie what he will do when grown up. The boy says he will be like his father, a business man, starting with trains and office routines, taking long lunches, socializing with peers, and ending by reading the paper and smoking cigars. The tone satirizes adult work life through a child’s exaggerated plans.
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Bobbie
Robert
Pearson's
Florists’ jargon shortens plant names into common terms
New York Press notes florists compress long names into slang. Paper whites, valleys and Romans mean paper white narcissus lily of the valley and Roman hyacinth. Mums become mums, bridesmaid roses are maids, American Beauties are beauties and Perle du Jardin is peri or pearl.
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Perle du Jardin
Pere
Carnot
Fredlich
General Jacqueminot
Marechal Niel
Jack
Niel
New York Press
A Locomotive Breathing and Puff Counts
The article explains how a locomotive’s puffing rate depends on wheel speed and driving wheels. It states four puffs per wheel revolution two from each cylinder, with double cylinders. At twenty foot wheel circumference and fifty mph, it estimates 850 puffs per minute, 52 800 per hour, and 1 055 per mile.
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London Standard
Suitable Game with Uncle Jack Visit
Johnny had recovered from whooping cough when Uncle Jack visits. A boy recalls how he and another ill boy entertained themselves by playing Indians and giving warwhoops during the illness.
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Jack
Johnny
Chicago News
Plenty In Reserve
A man who had been fighting woke with two black eyes. Next morning a friend exclaimed at his appearance. He replied that it could have been worse, as he had no place to put more.
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Jack
Strange guests described in Baltimore American excerpt
The passage depicts a narrator remarking on strangers in a room. He singles out a cross eyed, red headed woman and notes she is married. A whispered line suggests the speaker is the man referenced. The exchange reveals social discomfort and outsider humor in a Baltimore setting.
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Baltimore
Talked Too Much. Reproachful wife mocks past promises
The scene features a wife chiding her partner for talking too much and recalling how he once promised to grant every wish. She quips that she should have followed a hygienic rule of keeping his mouth shut while breathing, a sharp Boston trap-script moment.
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Boston
Billiarda's Riddling Riff on Red Ball and White Kisses
A playful quip ponders a billiards scene where the red ball reddens as Ice watches two white billiard balls kiss in the corner, turning a simple pool moment into a comic puzzle.
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Ice
Consistency questioned on engagements in Illustrated Bits
Marilla asks if engagements are binding Millicent replies certainly hinting commitment Millicent notes no fun in breaking then the idea is settled in a brief quoted exchange from Illustrated Bits.
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Millicent
Answered prayers and a child's wisdom on prayer
A Chicago Record Herald note recounts a child's logic on prayer. The youngster explains that prayers are always answered with either Yes or No, illustrated by a tale where one boy argues the wind directions influence outcomes and the other questions why prayers seem unanswered.
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Mr. Wiseman
Chicago Record- Herald
Leaving a Man Helpless. A crude race anecdote from a veteran editor
A Cincinnati Times-Star veteran recalls a crude tale about President Cleveland's and Hoke Smith's colored men arguing over the world’s best thing. The quarrel ends in a mock duel on a country road with insults traded, racial slurs and a shove to the dust as the man drags the other by the leg.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Cleveland
Hoke Smith
Rascat
Brain Differences in Bee Castes Revealed
In a German scientific periodical Ionescu reports bee brain studies showing queens, workers, and drones differ in brain size and structure. Workers have larger brains than queens due to larval diet. royal jelly fails as mental stimulus. Drones have large optic lobes due to big eyes.
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Ionescu
Boulogne Royal Reception Sparks Crowd Rush
At Boulogne a royal reception drew English ladies who pressed toward the Nine, hindering soldiers on duty. The officer ordered a drum roll to clear the path, threatening to kiss them all if they did not step back. A Parisian journal quips that they would have stayed to a woman if they were French.
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Boulogne
A Tale of Heroism in a Shark Encounter
An Auvergnut recounts a dramatic sea incident in which he felt a giant shark approach. He explains he dived at the last moment and used a pocketknife to wound the creature, prompting a humorous remark about fighting while clothed.
Perplexing first sentry duty described in late punch item
The fragment recounts a sentry’s uncertainty guarding big instructions. The narrator fears misidentifying visitors. He suggests a standard reply: halt friend pass, yet notes risk if someone says enemy. The piece reads as a light satirical jab at a rotten job.
Mayor of Marburg Mistaken for Honest Stranger in Leipzig
An indignant mayor visits a Leipzig fair and, after being asked the street name by a passerby, declares I am not a good honest man I am the mayor of Marburg.
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Leipzig
Marburg
Distinction If No Difference in Marriage Inquiry
A New York Press item presents a sharp exchange on marriage and charity as a suitor refuses to accept money, framing a stance of dignity. The brief reflects social attitudes toward wealth, status, and reproductive autonomy in the era.
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New York Press
Superfluous Rollingstone Nomess-Wot meaning explored
A fragment from a historic county paper shows garbled dialogue about meaning and credit in queer discourse. It juxtaposes two sensational quotes, reflecting tabloid style and rough language, with minimal readable context and no clear event.
The Air Brake and Its Quiet Worth in Travel
The piece notes how forgotten past inventions like the air brake quietly save lives on rail journeys. It praises the device for ensuring safety through compressed air and enabling faster, safer travel, contrasting it with the glare given to newer creations.
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Collier's
Hongkong the Luxurious described in Harper's excerpt
A patriotic travel portrait celebrates Hongkong as a thriving, opulent port city with grand hotels clubs shipyards warehouses and gardens. It praises its temples forts racecourse and naval life while contrasting its refined civilization with broader Asia.
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Hongkong
New York
Ormite
Asia
W. J. Aylward
Harper's Magazine
New Pronoun Idea Thon Proposed for English
A pastiche from Lipplncott's humorously promotes thon as a gender neutral pronoun borrowed from Greek. It shows examples using thon in sentences about parenting and punishment to illustrate its clarity and pronoun function. The piece analyzes how thon could replace then and he or she in common use.
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Hove
Lipplncott
In Praise of the Eskimos by Commander Peuryin
A narrative on the Eskimos recounts eighteen years of intimate contact. The account praises their intelligence and virtues while noting the absence of government and religion yet asserts possession of faith hope and charity essential for enduring the six months of night.
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Peuyryin
North Pole
The Greatest Historian Thucydides King of Historians
The text extols Thucydides as the greatest historian of antiquity, praising his concise vigorous narrative of the Peloponnesian War. It notes a critic’s view that no long period in modern history is recorded more exactly, all in a single volume, and lauds his presentation as unequaled.
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Thucydides
Pericles
Ile
New York American
Doctor’s blunt humor eases pallid patient
Mrs Fiunikio begs for color as Dr Blunt suggests a crude remedy. He quips that a certain hot stocking, about the size of a quarter, may bring the desired glow to her cheeks.
Stella Hears Lizzie May Wed Again
Stella and Retla discuss Lizzie rumored to marry again. Stella says Lizzie has not been married before, but hints she plans to wed anew.
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Stella
Lizzie
Puck Quips Warn Of Cautious Suitors In Exchange
A fragment from a 19th century item shows a playful exchange about courting signals. Joe and a young man are mentioned with hints that cautious language could precede an acceptance, capturing flirtation tone and social manners of the era.
The Cavity and a Question on Study
The dentist told me I had a large cavity needing filling. Ethel asked if he recommended any special course of study.
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Chotty
Ethel
Diversity of opinion frames reality as perception not fact
A fragmented reflection argues that truth is a function of belief and viewpoint, suggesting that what things are may hinge on interpretation rather than objective nature. The text emphasizes plural perspectives as evidence that reality is constructed by thought.
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