Limpy's Legacy Draws Charity to Hospital Bedside
An elderly patient Limpy dies at St Bar naby's hospital and asks nurse Alice to keep his wooden leg. The leg holds eight thousand dollars saved from a lifetime of chestnut roasting. Doctor Burton and Alice decide the money should fund Limpy's memory and her future.
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Limpy
St. Barnaby's Hospital
Jack Frost
Nuree
Alice
Meredith
Doc
Glengarie
Burton
Ward 9
Love and a doctor in a hospital ward
In a metropolitan hospital a dying patient called Limpy recalls a promised future with nurse Alice. He jokes of a wooden leg and a shared home plan, while the nurse consoles him and remembers a lost sister, as love lingers in the wards.
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Burton
Metropolitan Hospital
Alice
Limpy
Scotland
Jeanie
Censor of Old Writers Riffs on Infamous Classics
A Cleveland Leader spoof imagines a school censor deriding Shakespeare Milton Dante Homer and Greek tragedians as dull or sensational with modern reform sage advice. The humorous portrait targets ornate verse and preachy drama while lampooning historic literary reputations. The piece plays on evergreen debates about style and censorship.
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Indiana
John Milton
John
Milt
Dante
Dan
Pop Homer
Pop
Chappie
Cleveland
Brother a Better Man
The Rev. Tom McKenty told a story at a ministers meeting illustrating how some regard ministry and law. He is brother to Bob McKenty, warden of the eastern penitentiary, who has supervised many of the mission’s men. A former inmate praised the warden as perhaps a better man than the preacher.
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United States
RK. V. Pierce
Tod
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Prest
Buffalo, N. Y
Tom McKenty
Eighth Street Mission
Bob McKenty
Eastern Penitentiary
Bob
His Condition and the Wolf in the Garage Confession
Quotation from Puck notes a man in tight finances struggling to keep the wolf from his door as he confesses his condition. The line frames hardship and effort in a concise satirical moment.
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Puck
Rattling the Skeleton Fulminates in Bantering Talk
Corrigan boasts of sudden wealth and a golf hobby while Dinny reacts with sarcasm. Conley insists he did not know Corrigan had taken up golf, joking about marriage and misperceived plans in a lively exchange from the Puck dialogue.
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Corrigan
Conley
Morthar
Puck
The Call to Beautify Rural and Urban Homes
The piece laments neglect of natural beauty in cities and farms. It argues settlers once valued beauty, but modern development barrenizes land. It notes owners plant fields yet fail to nurture homelike surroundings due to cost or taste.
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Canada Northwest
Legion
Trees Hurt by Electricity From Grounding in Wet Weather
The Gardeners' Chronicle warns that contact between high tension wires and tree limbs causes current to ground through moisture, heating and burning wood. Wet weather increases danger as insulation fails. Remedy is to prevent wires touching trees and avoid attaching other wires to trees near live lines.
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Gardeners’ Chronicle
Eng
Automobiles Transform Street Cleaning With Sprinkler Sweeper
A new motor vehicle serves as a sprinkler and street sweeper in big cities. It matches ten horse drawn sweepers or a hundred hand sweepers in output, illustrating evolution from the humble crossing sweeper. Early tests clogged gears became dust proof with enclosed components.
Training Street Trees From Bent Twig to Upright Trunk
The piece argues that street trees must be trained before winter to prevent wind damage. It notes over heavy tops risk splitting and toppling when soils soften and winds rise, urging careful pruning to reduce top heaviness and avoid costly damage to a single tree.
Visitor influx shocks town as board of trade dissolves
A brisk discussion reveals that after the board of trade was shut down, many unfamiliar visitors arrived in town. Locals recall rapid changes and question whether the town can sustain its previously booming period.
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Board of Trade
Noepe
Puck
Alpine Aerie No 1943 meets monthly Wednesdays
LODGES rr O BR Alpine Aerie No 1943 meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday evenings each month. Visiting members in good standing welcome. E G Fox W P R C DuBos Secy.
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Rr. O. BR
Alpine Aerie No. 1943
E. G. Fox
W. P
R. C. Dubos
Secy
Meeting notice for post rooms in Temple building
G A Fe I and G White Post announce gatherings on the first and third Tuesday of each month in their Post rooms located in the Temple building. Commander Scott and Adjutant Kel Loga are listed in the notice.
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G. A. Fe I
G. White Post
Temple Buiding
Scott
Kel Loga
Valley Forge Camp No. 888 Meets Thursdays in North Side Hall
M. Wy. A Valley Forge Camp No. 888 holds weekly meetings each Thursday evening in the hall on North Side Square. Neighbors are welcome to attend and participate.
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M. WY
Valley Forge
Hall
North Side Square
Masonic Lodges Schedule Meetings in Washington Area
Washington Lodge No. 26 AF and AM regular meeting on the first Friday each month. Cyrus Chapter No.18 R A M regular meeting on the second Friday. Bethlehem Commandery No.4 KT regular meeting on the third Friday. Washington Chapter No.98 CB Ni regular meeting on the second Thursday. Visiting fraters welcome.
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Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
J. E. Kunath
W. M
J. W. Morton
Cyrus
James D. Glasgow
H. P
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
Wyatt B. Marbourg
Washington
C. B. Ni
J. EB. Kunath
Myrtle Bragg
Meritol White Liniment Promoted for Home Use
A brief ad touts Meritol White Liniment as an immediate remedy for cents bruises sprains and wounds with instant relief and claims no equal as a pain killer and healer from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Meritol
Lemmun
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Saskatchewan
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J. J. Courtney
Luse Land & Development CO. Ltd
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Iowa
Southeastern Iowa
Sam Ager
The
Saint Louis Horse Buyer
Casey’s
St. Louis, Mo
Associated Literary Press
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Lousine
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