Vienna Bakery Goods Draw City Visitors
Local notes describe Vienna bakery goods as the best in town and advertise the Vienna bakery, with Mrs Telford of Lone Tree arriving to visit friends. Various residents and visitors are listed, including Ada Walton West Chester and Miss Marie Bales Keota visiting city homes.
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Mrs. Telford of
Lone Tree
Ada Walton
West Chester
W. EL Auten
Mary Moriarty
Haskins
City
J. G. Moriarty
Marie Bales of
Keota
C. C. Rice
Richland
T. J. McClellan
Robert Stanley
Altaden
Frederick Smith
Wilma
Davenport
Rock Island
Timeless bedtime tale about a naughty boy and fairies
A father tells Evelyn a bedtime fable about a boy who teases a kitten and is warned by a Time Fairy. The fairy explains people misuse spare time to harm animals, and the boy promises not to repeat the act, gaining forgiveness from his father.
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Jack
Evelyn
Daddy
Kitty
Death of Infant Lloyd Rexall Two Months Old
Infant Lloyd Rexall died after a brief stomach illness at 2 months old. Parents Mr and Mrs John Long mourn the loss with many friends. Funeral set for Thursday at 10 AM from the family home with Rev. S. K. Coats officiating. Interment in the old cemetery.
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Lloyd Rexall
John Long
K. Coats
Vienna Bakery Sells Fresh Salted Nuts
The Vienna bakery displays fresh salted peanuts and almonds for customers seeking snack nuts.
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Vienna
Prayer meeting at Harvey Chance home tomorrow evening
Notice invites all to a 7:30 pm prayer meeting at the home of Harvey Chance. The item notes preparations for the Fair and mentions visitors John Cherry and relatives in town. Also references Vienna bakery with fresh goods and county-wide bake sale items.
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Vienna
Harvey Chance
Vienna Bakery
Wealthy Widow Judges Poverty Tales With Dancing Bear
A New York Herald note tells of a rich widow who gives to charity and personally assesses worthy cases. An agent offers a poorly clothed woman claiming her husband was killed by a dancing bear that also devoured him, leaving the widow and bear without a home and a sad claim to the vanished husband.
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New York Herald
Fragmented exchange reported in Houston Post
An excerpt shows a boy named Johnnie asked why he sits on another boy's face. The response references counting a hundred before giving way to passion, with another boy Pim allegedly in the act to remain seated until the count ends.
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Johnnie
Houston Post
After Dinner Speech Etiquette Questioned by Visitor
A Japanese guest at a city dinner ridicules American after dinner speeches. He notes Americans dine guests then request talks, while Japanese prefer rest after meals and hotel stays. The remark cites a New York Press quote on American public speaking custom.
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United States
New York Press
Had a Good Reason Dan Describes His Long Commute
In Florida a mercantile porter named Dan explains why he is late for work. He lives beyond Mount Hermon cemetery and hopes for a home beyond the grave. The exchange highlights his blunt humor about his long, morbid commute.
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Dan
Florida
Mount Hermon
Testing His Scales
A New York Times quirky note recounts a woman over 200 pounds who renounces the nickname Baby after a butcher publicly weighs her on improvised scales. James sought a reliable scale and the butcher staged a prank to expose the nickname.
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James
Baby
Hanks
Tote
New York Times
A Broadway Scalpels: Comedy After Act One
A middle aged man drives a comic scene by leaving for fresh air then returns with a hidden affair. His wife spots the escort and theatrically saves the blush by discreetly pinning brown puffs to the man’s vest, fooling the young woman as the curtain rises.
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New York Times
Stupid mistake brings unwelcome theater guest to party
A Londonite plans an elaborate entertainment for friends but his inhospitable cousin is invited by sending tickets for the wrong night. The relative discovers the ruse, changes the tickets, and arrives at the party the next evening. The anecdote comes from the London Tatler.
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London Tatler
Napoleon’s Elba Plow Incident Remembered on Island
The St Louis Republic notes an inscription on a peasant’s house in Elba recounting Napoleon’s 1814 encounter with Glia cont plowing. Napoleon attempted to guide the plow but the oxen balked, overturning the furrow and spoiling the field.
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Napoleon
Elba
Gliacont
Napoleon the Great
Mdccocxiv
Europe
St. Louis Republic
Golde and Daughter Inspect Rembrandt with Guarantee
American millionaire Gobsa Golde and his daughter Miss Lotta viewed a Rembrandt at a foreign dealer. He demanded a seven year guarantee before paying, and the dealer affirmed it. Golde then prepared to write the check.
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Gobsa Golde
Lotta
Widow Delays Payment for Mourning Dresses
A widow tells her dressmaker to wait on payment for mourning attire as she remains too sorrowful to settle financial matters, delaying the financial arrangements surrounding the loss.
A Bigger Bid
A Lincolnshire parish once had a clergyman who felt underappreciated. He claimed the people left him with a silver slaver when he moved on. The warden retorted that if he left the parish they would give him a gold one.
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Lincolnshire
Wardep
London Chronicle
Does She Smoke Them The Longworth Home At Center of Fuss
A rash nationwide debate arises over Alice Roosevelt Longworth smoking cigarettes. Cincinnati report notes she will not deny or confirm the charge, citing a rule against interviews while organizers push campaigns urging her to quit. Reaction from clubs and civic groups accuses her of endangering young women and calls for public admonition.
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United States
Alice
Longworth
Cincinnati
Ohio
Longworth Mansion
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Princess Alice
Mary F. Balcomb
Young People’s Civic League
Chicago
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Burlington
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Miller
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W. Fr. Berry
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J. W. Swisher
E. C. Bicher
W. R. Mount
H. B. Porter
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Jean Huysmans
Paris
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Washington
Kime Sel
Chautauqua
Opera House
Ermina Dittmar
Monmouth, Trs
Neil Anderson
Des Moines
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Thomas Carson
Mr. Milroy of
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M. Y. Gillespie
A. B. Adams
Dorothy
Muscatine
Mrs. &. Moffitt
HH. M. Shellabarger
Mrs. A. Robb
Russell
Prof
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S. S. Furniture
Martha Kk. White
Martin White
Battle Creek
MacNamara
Harry Pettit and
Lexington
Mt. Pleasant
Allen Middleton
Angie Middleton
Omaha
Famly
Leanna Swisher
Sam the Time Fairy
John Cherry
Oklahoma City
Mr. L
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Pontes
Chautauqua Grounds
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Selden L. Stewart
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