Rival Traits of Chester Jones and His Morning Star
Chester Jones known as Dumps suffered a lifelong battle between light heartedness and morbid doubt. A bright influence from Lucia Holmes sparked happiness, but a dark planetary mood drove him to near suicide on a bridge where a falling stone briefly tested his resolve before he survived.
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Chester Jones
Dumps
Jones
Tripper’ Jones
God
Jie
Lucia Holmes
Gong
Miss Holmes
David
Lucia
Couchant
Escape from motor cars on the railway path warned
A perplexing line of dialogue describes a pedestrian seeking safety on a railway near a city, while another character reassures him and declares they have arrived to avoid motor traffic. The scene suggests a wartime or cautionary tone about crossing or walking near rails.
A Strong Play Delivers Pause and Punchline
A dialogue from a new play shows a dramatist debating casting with the manager who has yet to engage any actors. The exchange hints at potential situations and the play’s developing backbone.
Salt Water Splashes Bring Divorce Hint in New Jersey Tale
A South Amboy man Richard Tague faced a domestic dispute and, after a chance meeting, used salt water on his wife to hear her life story. She spoke freely, prompting his filing for divorce. The piece lampoons sensational science and warns husbands to beware unduly soaking effects.
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Richard Tague
South Amboy
N. J
Tague
Hyslop
Oliver Lodge
Cleveland Leader
Conn. Man's Odd Burial Plan Sparks Local Legend
A Haddam resident famed for stubbornness spent spare time hollowing a large rock block behind his house. He refused questions until completion and announced, upon death, he would be buried in the hole with stone slabs piled over him, to face judgment day unfazed by Gabriel's horn.
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Connecticut
Haddam
Gabriel
I Have Met Hundreds of Men With The Horseshoe Pin
A Cincinnati man recalls meeting a married man with a horseshoe pin who found love at a fashionably church service. He gambled on a chance with a daisy he saw on the street and, after attending the sermon, faced embarrassment at the offertory yet pursued a sudden domestic dream before being abruptly expelled from the church.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
Easily Grown Lilies for Suburban Gardens
Suburban Life notes lilies are easy to cultivate in abundance. Madonna lilies thrive under grape trellises and yield large July blooms. Japanese longiflorums need deeper planting. native meadow lilies tolerate sod. auratum and Easter varieties require very deep planting and may vary in success.
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P. Powell
The Painting Season and White Lead Testing
Advice on selecting painting materials emphasizes pure White Lead and Linseed Oil with a test to verify purity. National Lead Company offers a free blowpipe and booklet, featuring the Dutch Boy Painter, to assist buyers in avoiding adulterated pigments.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Out of the Mouths of Babes and Clergymen
A humorous scene shows a young boy teasing a nurse about a sleeping baby while a bishop reacts to a schoolboy’s essay on clergy. The essay humorously distinguishes bishops rectors and curates noting curates are thin and married, while a rector preaches longer.
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Arthur
Potter
New York
Cooperstown
Obituary Mix Up Sparks Embassy Tale in London
An American embassy attaché tells a humorous London tale about a journalist asked to write Bret Harte's obituary. The writer, eager and misinformed, sends a column about Mark Twain after replacing book titles to fit the deadline, creating a late edition mix up.
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London
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
Honey Seeker's Narrow Escape From Bee Hive Trap
A young man named Trunkett was trapped while robbing a tree hive in Wangaretta Australia. Enraged bees swarmed him for ten minutes until friends lowered a bag to him with ropes and he slid to the ground. He fainted and was revived by rubbing whisky into his skin to draw out the venom.
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Trunkett
Wangaretta
Australia
Syadney News
Thunder Makes Up For Lack Of Lightning
A bishop from Connecticut recounted a colored clergyman who spoke with loud thunderous energy. He admits he cannot preach with lightning, so he makes up the effect in volume and force. The anecdote, attributed to Harper's Weekly, illustrates rural humor about preaching styles.
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Chauncey B. Brewster
D. D
Connecticut
Harper's Weekly
Coffee Eyes and Postum Cure Report
A woman from Oswego Mont describes progressive eye weakness and pains linked to coffee. She switched to Postum Food Coffee and after 38 months reports eyes and health improved, nursing infant healthier, and a friend improved from dyspepsia and headaches. The testimonial ends with There’s a Reason from Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich.
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Oswego
Mont
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Plodding Pete Refuses Forest Destruction for Dinner
In a rustic exchange, Plodding Pete defends forest life and declines chopping wood for dinner. He argues pain to the forest contradicts his principles, resisting the violent act even when faced with a prostrate forest foe.
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Pete
Her Chance to Come
Mrs Newliwed recalls baking a cake with a neighbor sharing the recipe. Mr Newliwed counsels patience and dreams of a day when she may receive praise as a reward.
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Mrs
Willing to Try Again
A colonial humor piece features an old man nicknamed Jedge and a flirtatious offer from a woman ready to marry, asking him to rise early and work for the old man. The tale notes prior marriages in Tennessee and Alabama and jokes that Georgia would be new territory.
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Jedge
Darky
Tennessee
Alabama
Atlanta Constitution
Paradoxical Speech on Fingland Baronets and Titles
A dialogue muses on Fingland baronets and their front signs. The speaker asks why they are not called Sir, noting that their titles imply such forms yet suggesting an odd naming convention. The exchange highlights playful wordplay about honorifics.
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Fingland
Tecause
Hero of Tay Bridge Disaster Retires After 6500 Years
James Roberts famed for bravery during the Tay bridge disaster retires after a railway career. He crawled along the bridge to locate the gap and returned to relay the news to Edinburgh and Glasgow. For years he served as locomotive superintendent at Polmadie depot of the Caledonian Railway.
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James Roberts
Tay Bridge
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Polmadie
Caledonian Railway Company
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