Pickle Packers Urge More Sale to Feed Brain
Editorial quip favors pickles over hyacinths for brain food. Chicago based pickle packers unite to push broader sales arguing pickles preserve teeth and brighten complexions. Statements claim pickle eaters are smarter and more affectionate than those who scorn the 57 varieties.
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Chicago
Association
World War Era Quip on Disarmament Sentiments
A witty exchange notes all four nations Germany France England and Russia ostensibly favor disarmament while playfully suggesting each would disarm the others. The Gadabout and Stupid characters frame the joke as a critique of conflicting wartime peace talk.
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Germany
France
England
Russia
Witness Recalls Hearing Quarrel in Court
A magistrate questions a witness about overhearing a quarrel between the defendant and his wife. The witness concedes the hearing and describes what the man seemed to be doing, though his answer is garbled in court.
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Harpers Magazine
Negress questions judge about buying votes in Kansas
A corpulent Black woman visits Judge George N. Griffith in Kansas City asking about voting for a judge. The judge explains it is illegal to sell votes while she questions if votes can be bought for a dollar or two. She departs without further discussion.
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Kansas City
Kan
Another Chance for Hubby
A widow posts a notice offering reconciliation if her husband returns home, signs a paper to quit his meanness, behaves sensibly, and stops causing trouble, as she asserts in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Millville
Atlanta Constitution
Why cities grow and prosper through citizen employment
A civic essay argues a city’s size and wealth depend on its citizens running the city as a business. Wealth expands via employment, higher spending, and external trade. doubling a $1,000,000 payroll could lift average family savings by about 24%. The key remedy is greater local employment and wage opportunities.
Wigwag Signals of a Dog’s Tail
The article explains how a dog's tail movements convey thoughts and feelings. It outlines short twitches for anxiety or interest, violent lashing for enthusiasm, side-to-side whipping for hunger, and a droop for defeat, comparing it to human behavior and noting science explains the cause.
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Fido
The Right of Way at Crossings
A notice warns pedestrians have right of way at regular street crossings and drivers must yield. It condemns speeding and horn honking at pedestrians and urges victims to record car numbers and report incidents to authorities.
Woman Dismissed Then Acknowledges Rug Hole Prank
Ohio State Journal notes a humorous dispute about a small burn hole in a living room rug. The piece hints at skepticism about convincing a woman that the hole is a mere homey touch rather than evidence of a smoking accident.
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Ohio State Journal
Montclair Plans Cat Registration Experiment
The nation waits breathlessly for Montclair New Jersey to register cats. Previously deemed impossible due to the sheer number of felines, success could prompt expansion to guinea pigs and other pets.
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Montclair
N. J
Guinea
An Hour a Year: Debunking Suffrage Time Claims
An opinion piece rebuts anti suffrage claims that voting will consume too much time. It argues the burden is minor, home life will not suffer, and mothers voting will protect homes and children. It urges readers to vote Yes on the suffrage amendment.
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Pennsylvania
Mr. Vater
Odd Bits of News From Across the Nation
A collection of short, quirky items: Samuel Pockos vewsky changes his name after engagement to Miss Parker. C W Cravens and W B Cravens have wives who are sisters and their births occur six hours apart. A New York woman loses diamond earrings valued at 2000 after a pillow slip swoop, while a 77 year old Moab Turner dies after a long illness and is buried in a walnut coffin. A Philadelphia store demonstrator contaminates a glass cleaner with nerve medicine, injuring over 200, with one reporting to hospital. A Kansas pair reunite after 47 years, and Wisconsin men paint worm graphics on fishing lures for a lucky haul.
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York
N. Y
Arthur MacLean
New Castle
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Moab Turner
Is He a Good After Dinner Speaker Detroit Quip
A brief Detroit Free Press witticism questions the idea of a "good" after dinner speaker. The exchange frames the notion as possibly ironic and humorous rather than definitive.
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Mabel Buys Joyce The Other Guy Report Color
A Baltimore American commentary notes that Mabel’s act of buying Joyce the other guy adds color to the report that she paints, illustrating how small actions shape perception in coverage.
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Guy
Baltimore American
Advertising pays for churches and merchants, Reisner says
Rev. C. H. Reisner of Grace Church New York City told the Erie conference that newspaper advertising pays off for churches and businesses. He cited novelty ads filling his church and noted he is a pioneer in church advertising work.
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Grace Church
New York City
Erie
Methodist Church
Oil City
New York
Reisner
Condemned area noted in Atchison Globe wordplay
A fragment from the Atchison Globe hints at a condemned area and a local character described as adventurous at heart. The readability is limited and no specific names, dates, or places are clearly stated.
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Atchison Globe
Ownership Statement for Warren Mail 1915
Statement of ownership and circulation for the Warren Mail weekly in Pennsylvania. Editor and owner J. A. Larson. no bondholders or security holders over one percent. Sworn on October 6, 1915 before D. G. Blackman. Commission expires January 5, 1920.
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Warren Mail
Pennsylvania
J. A. Larson
Businessman Goeltz Fatally Struck in Sharon
While watching the world series on a local scoreboard in Sharon Pennsylvania, 68 year old Goeltz a prominent businessman was run down by an automobile and fatally injured.
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Goeltz
Crarle
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