Maisie-Didn't Tom Kiss You Last Night
Daisy recalls Maisie asking about Tom's kiss last night. Maisie calls it strange and notes he told her he liked your cheek.
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Maisie
Tom
Daisy
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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
2
A Self-Evident Proposition From a Bohemian Enigma
A vivid caricature describes a man in a loud suit with a striped tie and cuffs, a reddish hair tone, a ring with diamonds, and a pipe between teeth, detailing flashy accessories and a fashion-forward, bohemian persona.
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Bach
Highlander wins bicycle raffle prize at single ticket cost
A Dundee reader reports a Highlander who won first prize bicycle in a raffle. He remarked that buying two tickets would have doubled his chances and wasted a sixpence, showing practical restraint over extravagant joy.
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Dundee People’s Journal
Cat and child clash over pins in Delineator tale
In a Delineator vignette Martha torments the old cat Dinah for over half an hour. Dinah claws back, drawing blood from Martha who then demands the pins, tears and blood streaming, in a tense, domestic scene.
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Martha
Dinah
Miss Gotrox and the Figure Eight Trick
A playful exchange notes Miss Gotrox as a clever ice skater who cannot cut the figure eight but can cut the figure seven, a pun on reducing eight. The quip appears in Harper's Weekly style humor.
Idle Curiosity About Ace Card Play Anecdote
In a witty column from the Kansas City Journal and Baltimore American excerpts, a playful exchange centers on a card trick near winning a hand. Snigglebat promises five dollars or a threat, while the challenger laments losing by the opponent holding the ace.
Doctor and wife quarrel over patient care notes
A wife recounts that the husband did not follow medical directions and swore each time a dose was given, highlighting noncompliance in a domestic medical exchange quoted by the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
A Profitable Trip Abroad Anecdote
A brief humorous quip notes Harry’s abroad trip ending profitably with him looking very happy and mentioning a gain of 115 pounds. The exchange implies surprise at the amount and highlights an heiress context, in a concise newspaper card style.
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Harry
Brodkighife
De Bole Pick-Has Say of Your Family Gone Away
A cryptic note speaks of a family planning to be absent for the summer. Only the cook remains, while others head elsewhere. The message centers on summer absence and household arrangements.
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Pick
As on the Stage Quartet Notion in Local Claim
In a local quip Farmer Border identifies three men as farm hands and a city girl asks about a fourth. The exchange hints at a quartet often singing the tune Old Oaken Bucket, reflecting light rural humor from The Catholic Standard and Times.
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Border
Standard and Times
Western banker cap on withdrawals amid stringency
During the financial stringency, a western banker states that depositors were limited to withdrawals of $10 per day. The measure caused some inconvenience but was deemed necessary to preserve liquidity and stabilize the institution during a tight money period.
Thanksgiving Turkeys and Bank Talk Turned Eccentric
A bank customer argued for full access to his $60, but the bank limited daily withdrawals due to eastern bank holdbacks. An eccentric farmer offered a Thanksgiving turkey as partial settlement, delivering only portions daily. The trickled turkey and a warning note followed, then another turkey piece arrived as the customer overdrew. Harper's Weekly.
Peary and the strange packages before polar trips
A Chicago geographer recalls how explorers like Peary received odd mail before expeditions. George Ade once wired Peary about a package labeled to be opened at the furthest north, and Peary opened it immediately to find axile grease for the pole in a small keg.
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Peary
Chicago
Express
George Ade
Washington Star
Wedding Misfire Sparks Rasor Rush Echoes
Miss Rambo-So de wedding was a great disappointment and Mr. Sambo-I should say so. The town wired for a hundred razors in a rush but the merchant sent safety razors instead creating a comic supply mishap.
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Miss Rambo
Mr. Sambo
Maryland town editor and drygoods merchant as educator
The town's school superintendent, also a village drygoods merchant, is praised for his energetic religious and secular work. An anecdote recalls his attempt to expand a class of girls' biblical knowledge when a timid pupil asks about the price of gloves in his window.
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Maryland
Drygoods
Sally
Mr. Ward
Lippincott’s
Bearded Banter On Harmonizing with Dresses
Mrs. Benham objects to her husband’s beard not for its existence but for color mismatch with her gowns. The Bohemian vignette captures a witty domestic exchange on aesthetics and coordination.
American wife joke echoes Atlas tale from Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a teacher questions who supported the world in ancient myth. Little Ethel, daughter of a contractor, answers Atlas. When asked what supported Atlas, she quips about having an American wife, to the public ledger’s amusement.
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Ethel
Philadelphia
Atlas
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Medium claims to locate lost friends in Philadelphia Ledger style
A spiritualist medium visited a house and announced he could find a long-lost friend. The old lady recalled their respected horse and a friend who had passed away years earlier, last heard to be in Los Angeles. The medium produced a few gestures, then declared the friend in Los Angeles and married to a rich young woman.
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Los Angeles
Phiadelphia Ledger
Advertise Here to Reach Local Readers Today
Want to sell, seek, or announce to your home audience? Place an ad in this paper and connect with nearby customers and residents quickly. Reach the community with clear, reliable placement and timely notices in a trusted local newspaper.
The Farm Life Desires of a Quiet Heart
A lyrical riff from Lippincott's extols rustic bliss over urban pace. The speaker cherishes harvest toil, haystacks, streams, and simple country cheer, rejecting city noise and rent burdens in favor of a modest, free life on the farm with calm nature and a half acre of land.
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Lippincott’s
Masked Ball Sparks Longing and Deceptive Hearts
At Crestmoor station Edna Westerman and Marian Glenn reunite after three years. A masked domino ball, planned to mystify friends, leads Marian to dance with a mysterious red-heart sleeve partner named Wendall. Edna falls ill, sends Marian in disguise, and the pair grow close before the night ends with unanswered questions after the unmasking.
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Edna Westerman
Marian Glenn
Crestmoor
Edna
Marian
Brother Charlie
Wendall
Charlie
Ife
Godfrey
Domino Mystery and a Ball of Unmasked Hearts
Marian, Edna, and Wendall weave a tangled ballroom tale as a masquerade night reveals shared feelings. A late night dance uncovers identities and sparks, while letters and flowers test loyalties and reveal true affections between Marian, Edna, Godfrey, and Wendall.
Endurance Rider F X Aubrey’s Across Plains Feat
Denver Field and Farm recounts F X Aubrey’s famed 1850 ride from Santa Fe to Independence, covering 765 miles in eight days, winning a $1000 bet. He later beat his own record in five days thirteen hours, riding nonstop with six horses dying under him and his mare Nelly dying after 150 miles. He collapsed at the Jones house, then became a western icon, acclaimed across the West.
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F. X. Aubrey
Santa Fe
N. M
Independence
Aubrey
Jones House
Council Grove
West
California
Great Plains
Nelly
Denver Field
Sleeping Diver On Dreadnought Propeller Amuses Crew
A Malta dive on the battleship Dreadnought ends with a crewman dozing after lunch. He awakens to find himself asleep on the propeller blade while fishes circle his light, and no punishment follows the amused officers.
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Malta
St. Nicholas
World honey supply dwarfs crops in value and scale
The article notes 300 billion bees produced honey worth 25 million dollars at 10 cents a pound, with potential output tripling to 75 million. It compares honey values to barley, buckwheat, rye, and rice crops, and marvels at 300 billion insects sustaining such production, stressing the vast scale beyond human comprehension.
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New York
Buffalo
Tame Foxes in Midlands Stable Yard
A friend in the Midlands keeps two tame foxes in a yard. One escapes and is chased through a market town until a bull terrier leads it back to the pen. The fox becomes wary of people after the outing, while a historic taming tale of a fox chained by Lord Lilford’s gamekeeper is retold as a cautionary note.
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Midlands
Bully
Mr. Jones
Lord Lilford
Wages Across Europe and Austria District Court Setting
Wages in Britain exceed continental levels with France and Germany higher than Italy Spain or Austria. Carlsbad Austria district court set 1907 1909 daily rates for laborers including 60 cents for foremen 40 cents others 20 cents for apprentices and boys. Females 28 cents and juveniles 18. State servants 48 cents post telegraph 44. Teachers salaries vary by region with Canada reports $486 male $245 female in dominion highest in British Columbia $677 male $553 female and Prince Edward Island $246 male Quebec $138 female. Vienna beggars earn more than ordinary workers with 32 000 beggars noted. A notorious family held a grand ball and concert at a local hotel.
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Austria
Carlsbad
Post and Telegraph
H. A. Conant
Windsor
Canada
Dominion
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Vienna
Chicago News
Big Pennsylvania Oak Cut In Juniata Township
A massive rock oak felled in Juniata Township Huntingdon County measured 12 feet 7 inches around the base, about 4 feet in diameter, with the top log 62 feet from the butt at 22 inches. No limbs rose above 60 feet, yielding 2190 feet of rim, twelve crossties from the limbs, and bark worth 1.5 cords. Philadelphia Record reports.
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Juniata Township
Huntingdon County
Philadelphia
Why did they release a dandy southpaw to sign that club
A Washington Herald excerpt shows a young man condescendingly offering to explain actions while a girl demands clarity about why a so called dandy southpaw was released to sign a club attempting to lob. The dialogue hints at baseball or sports intrigue and team strategy.
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Washington Herald
Herd of 20 000 Sheep Maneuver Across Colorado Range
A Denver Post report describes a flock of about 20,000 sheep escorted by a small group of armed men migrating from summer to winter ranges in Mon Colorado. The drive passes cattle lanes amid tension with cattlemen who warn of potential assaults and livestock damage.
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Mon
Colo
Denver Post
Butcher John Glass Sets 1200-Pound Beef Record
In Gates the Bys butcher John Glass won a championship by dressing a 1200-pound steer in just 4 minutes and 29 seconds, outpacing local rivals and town experts. The event sparked a $100 bet with Chicago trader Christopher Klincke, which Glass won.
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John Glass
Bys
Gates
Traife
Christopher Klincke
Awvanju
Rochester Denverg
Chronicle
Pheasant Hatching in Illinois Reports Mixed Results
Illinois farmers report pheasant hatches at about 55 percent with birds growing well. Rough handling by express companies hampers distribution of eggs, prompting proposals for deputies to collect eggs and distribute them locally from county offices in Springfield to improve restocking efforts next season.
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Illinois
Springfield
Wise Cows of Tulare Lake Tassels and Tales
A San Francisco Chronicle piece quoted in Tulare area chatter notes cows with tassels on tails to fling flies and gnats. The tassel serves as ornament and shoo fly wand while locals recount cows near Tulare Lake dragging mud bricks to smash beetles.
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St Francis
James Meall
Oa Piguin
San Francisco Chronicle
Found Money in the Bible Hidden for a Century
Walter Kraft of 19 Pine Street Helle ville U1 discovers nearly $1000 in colonial notes tucked inside an old Bible. The manuscript, once owned by his great uncle John H. Dennis an Illinois settler, includes currency issued during the thirteenth year of King George II’s reign.
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Walter Kraft
Pine Street
Helleville
Kraft
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
John H. Dennis
Ilinois
George [II of
England
Germ of Thought Triggers Woman Burglary Case Indictment
Chicago grand jury last night indicted Elia Klein of 114 Perry Street on six burglary charges. The case centers on a claim that a germ of thought or a psychological moment led a modest housewife to transform into a burglar, influenced by a friend's suggestion and her desire to imitate wealthier neighbors.
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Grand Jury
Chicago
Elia Klein
Perry, Street
Klein
Indian Diamond Miners Chase Superstition Halting Work
The New York Times Democrat reports Indian diamond mines stall pay due to native miner beliefs that diamonds grow. Miners hoe promising clay last year but skip digging this year to avoid missing sprouted stones, causing half their labor to be wasted.
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India
New Ures Times- Democrat
Iowa Fire Team Sets World Record in Urton Drill
A remarkable run by Paddy and Prince and the Lions City fire team at Ur ton Iowa established a new record in the free for all Iowa firemen's tournament. The western Iowa squad completed the run in one minute and fifteen seconds, including a bank hitch and coupling. Des Moines teams finished second and third.
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Urton
Paddy
Prince
Lions City Fire
Iowa Firemen
Western Iowa
Des Moines
London Paupers Inmates and Outdoor Relief Rates
London workhouses in Greater London housed 80,155 inmates and 45,821 received outdoor relief. The figures create a ratio of one indoor pauper per 1000 residents, marking a historic peak in urban welfare demand as reported by the News.
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London
Greater
London Graphic remark on English reserve and Paris charm
The London Graphic notes that English people do not wax as passionately as the French about cities. It claims London and England offer more charm wealth and art than anywhere else in the world and that English people do not truly go for it.
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London
Paris
London Graphic
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Snigglebat
Kkansas City Journal
Baltimore American
de Bole
Harper’s Weekly
Tame Foxes
Winter Range
Unie
Escor
Tulare Lake
Iowa Fire
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