Kr y l s Band Delights Chautauqua Crowds At Grounds
At the Chautauqua grounds on Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening, Bohumbr Kryls and his 27 piece band drew large crowds despite rain. Kryls impressed with cornet solos and pieces like Carneval de Venice while Red Cloud and Cimera on slide trombone earned cheers. Washington and Fairfield teams played a rain shortened baseball game nearby, Lyons striking out 12 for Washington.
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Bohumbr Kry
Ople
Cornist
Kryl
Venice
Ted Cloud
Red Cloud
Cimera
Washington
Kryl’s
Bette
Ing
God
Col- Junction
Pairfield
Washington Supa
Chautauqua Grounds
Tenm
Carlin
Lyons
Keota Resident Win Shearer Spends Last Night in City
Win Shearer of Keota spent last night with friends in the city, sharing time before returning home.
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Win Shearer
Keota
Ott Richardson
J. J. Gardenerr
Chautauqua Notes and Campers at the Grounds
Chautauqua notes show Miss Ethel Moran of Chicago visiting with sister Mrs. Dr. Terry. Guests at camps include Marguerite Marbourg and Mary Steck. Local residents and visitors attend concerts, games, and fudge parties. A rest room opens for out of town guests. A runaway wagon incident causes property damage but no injuries. Band earnings split with the association yields modest proceeds. Rain and dampness slow activities but preparations continue with tent programs and decorations by local clubs and groups.
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Ethel Moran
Chicago
Dr. Terry
Names For the Four After the Battle of Vicksburg
After Vicksburg in October 1862 a Union preacher in a southern city baptizes four children with names honors Confederate generals Pierre G T Heauregard and Stonewall Jackson and others. The crowd reacts with laughter and disbelief at the unlikely names.
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Verryville
Savage
Siteon
Bolivar Buckner
Pierre Gustave Toutant Heauregard
Dr. Savage
Nate
Albert Sidney Johnston
Mary Stonewell Jackson Lee
Union
Forbearance and Friendship in Emerson Verse
Verse by Ralph Waldo Emerson praising forbearance and noble behavior. The speaker appeals for friendship and guidance to emulate Emersonian ideals of trust, kindness, and restraint across interactions with both men and women.
A Cook Turns Critic On A Lemon Pudding Line
Joseph plans a cookery book and submits it to a literary critic for edits The critic notes a needless line about sitting on a hot stove and stirring constantly arguing no one can sit on a hot stove without stirring.
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Joseph
Wes
Money for Not Hitting Bonds and Celebrities
Aunt Martha and Uncle Josh discuss odd payments in Lipplocott's noting a celebrated tenor paid $1000 for a Chicago appearance and a prizefighter offered $10000 to meet another rival in his own town, highlighting surprising incentives in show business and sport.
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Martha
Stix
Chicago
Josh
Queens Buried in English Village Tombstone Tale
A tourist spots a tombstone listing royal names Mary I Elizabeth Mary II Anne Katharine I Katharine II in a rural churchyard. An amused old sexton explains the inscriptions as misread or curious marks, revealing a humorous local mystery rather than actual royal burials.
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Mary
Elizabeth
Mary II
Anne
Katharine
Katharine II
Queens of England in Billy Green's War Hobby
A digger rises and argues that the so called queens of England are only the names of Billy Green's six wives, and that war was merely his hobby of writing them out. The speaker dismisses the romantic notion and corrects the listener.
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Digger
England
Billy Green
Where Steve Stumbled In A Poem Of Love
Steve drafted a heartfelt verse for his beloved and sent it for critique. The recipient replied creatively by noting that the initial letters of the first four lines spell out a sentiment, implying a cheeky rebuke.
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Steve
The Cheese Was Tame and a Prominent Diner
A notable man visiting a cooking school sampled the pupils dishes with ease. He remarked he fears no experimental fare, comparing it to French dining. He recalled a boulevard anecdote about a cheese that wandered the table and a waiter who would call Jules to control it.
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France
Boulevard Des Italiens
Jules
Bald headed defendant wins as doctor’s malaprop misleads jury
In a village assault case a leading citizen was acquitted after a prosecutor pressed a doctor who misused the term phalacrosis or phalactosis. The physician described a scalp condition, prompting the jury to side with the defendant while exposing tensions between medicine and law.
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Burg
Chicago Record-Herald
The Lawyer and the Horse Trader
A New York World joke about a lawyer who won a case for a keen horse trader and a humorous heaven trial. The horse trader’s father supposedly sneaked into heaven and demanded a trial by law, but no lawyer could be found to try the case.
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New York World
Comet forecasts and farm fears in a rural chat
A tourist and a freckled lad discuss a comet looming over May house-cleaning and farm life. The boy predicts the tail will sweep Earth next May and jokes about candles, mules, and presidents urging farming. The exchange blends superstition with light humor about rural survival.
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Bub
Taft
Human ostrich mockingly dodges surgery bill
In a sideshow exchange the bearded surgeon recounts his past operation removing two horseshoes a pound of tacks a tile and a glass stopper from the stomach of a “human os trich.” The ostrich laughs and refuses to pay the bill implying the doctor already took enough.
You never have to spend your evenings alone
A witty exchange about marriage and social clubs ends with a quip about the Ancient Order of United Lovers meeting every evening, revealing a playful literary dialogue.
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of United Lovers
Not for Her Captivity of Fairy Tales in Love Story
The unnamed man pursues a cottage romance but she rejects the idea of fairy tale love. She tells him she does not believe in such stories.
How He Made It
A brief tale notes a father praising his son Joe who could not write yet earned recognition through a different path, showing how he made his mark despite illiteracy.
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Joe
The Mystery of Pen ner's Punk Mystery
A playful exchange questions the label mystery for Pen ner's novels. Gunner mocks the genre while Guyer defends the term, then Gunner jokes the real intrigue lies in how the author markets them.
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Gunner
Penner
Guyer
The Power of Art Speechless Women Mentioned
A dialogue notes a Metropolitan Museum image where women stand mute before it for hours. The exchanged lines express awe at the scene and shift focus from the artwork to the women’s reaction.
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Metropolitan Museum
Business Before Pleasure
A senator jokes about balancing reading political economy with duties to his constituents. He admits he nearly neglected the appropriations his district demands while getting drawn into study.
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Sorghum
Odd Philadelphia Round-Trip Quip Sparks NYC Banter
A New Yorker remarks on a party scene while joking about a man who traveled from Philadelphia on a round-trip ticket and lost the return coupon. The exchange captures regional banter in a Gotham View column tease.
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Philadelphia
Styles in Ailments in a Breezy Doctor Patient Exchange
A stylish physician greets a fashionable patient and asks for the diagnosis. The patient confesses uncertainty about the ailment while the doctor inquires what is new.
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PD. L. Baird
W. R. Stryker
Barrows
Palmer
Kalona
Chautauqua Association
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Neves
Alberson
W. CT. VU
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D. A
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Rose Club
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