Ivy Leaf Masterpiece in a Painter’s Silent Stand
In a Greenwich Village studio, two young artists Sue and Johnsy endure pneumonia. Johnsy clings to life watching an ivy leaf on a brick wall. Behrman, a failing painter downstairs, dies of pneumonia after painting the leaf to save her hope.
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S. McClure Co
Washington Square
Greenwich Village
Sixth Avenue
Sue and
Johnsy
Joanna
Maine
California
Eighth Street
Delmonico’s
California Zephyrs
Johnny
Sue
Naples
New York
Sadie
Behrman
Dunderbead
Bose
Miss Johnsy
Gott
Johnosy
Bay of Naples
White Mouse
Handsome Man Question Stirs Witty Exchange
A playful exchange in New York Presa features a gentleman’s plea to a lady about the handsomest among her friends. She responds with a witty retort that the handsomest is the most unlike him, sparking light humor.
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Prithee
New York
Presa
Their Designs. Bishop and the Guild Room Settle a Marriage Hope
In a witty exchange a Judge notes that the young ladies in the guild room all share a common bond. The curate responds with gentle irony that they all hope to marry him.
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Bishop
Curate
The Worst of It Kiss of family in marriage
A humorous note from Brooklyn Life contrasts the ease of kissing the bride with the challenge of kissing the new mother after marriage, offering a wry look at domestic life and in-law relations.
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Brooklyn
Student answer prompts blunt anatomy lesson
A distressed teacher asked if any boy could name the spinal cord and faced blank stares until a small student shouted that the spinal cord runs through you with your head at one end and you sitting at the other, per the Rochester Herald.
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Rochester Herald
Once Was Enough Auto and Cow Meeting Story
Detroit Tribune recounts a chance encounter where a solitary meeting between a person and an auto allied with a cow sparked interest but never repeated. The tale presents a whimsical, single-visit moment with likable oddity.
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Auto
Detroit Tribune
Oklahoma bishop offers free marriage ceremonies
A bishop of Oklahoma, described as wise and broad, states he performs marriage ceremonies free of charge, declining to profit from others' mistakes. The quote, attributed to Puck, reflects his rule to avoid charging for these rites.
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Oklahoma
Puck
De man dat doan hebber kick ’tall says Uncle Eben
A Washington Star quotation features Uncle Eben discussing a proverb about the man who never stops kicking and the two people who typically suffer most in life, reflecting a folksy aphorism on persistent behavior.
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Eben
Washington Star
Foley's gallery marks price drop on all photo styles
Local news notes a Foley gallery sale with big price reductions on every photo style. Several arrivals from West Chester Eldon Brighton Omaha Ottumwa and Wayland are in town visiting or returning home. Mrs Schlatter and daughter Dorothy were guests at the C H Davis home in West Chester and headed back to Wayland.
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S. S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Big Horn Basin
Yellowstone Valley
Foley’s
C. H. Davis
West Chester
T. A. Bailey
Eldon
Fannie Dayton
Brighton
Jas. Glasgow
Omaha
Schlatter
Dorothy
Wayland
Diseased Kidney Removed in Mayo Clinic Operation
Word from Rochester Minnesota reports the donation of a kidney to Dr C C Cottle once a prominent Marshalltown physician now a banker in Burbank California. He had tuberculosis of the kidneys for years and underwent a drainage operation before the Mayo Brothers hospital removed the affected kidney. He was raised in Fairfield.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Rochester
Mimn
C. C. Cottle
Burbank
Calif
Cottle
Mayo Bros
Just Exactly Right New Life Pills Endorsement
Harrisville resident A A Felton says Dr King’s New Life Pills are just exactly right after years of use. The pills claim to relieve constipation biliousness and malaria without discomfort and are sold for 25 cents at Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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Dr. King
A. A. Felton
Harrisville
N.Y
Lemmon’s
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Oswego
America
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