Misfits by Kin Hubbard Essays
Kin Hubbard argues that many people are misfits in the wrong jobs and that happiness comes from being suited to a calling. He cites examples of youths and daughters steered toward unsuitable careers and praises finding “the right cog” in life, quoting from figures like Professor Tansey and Bob Purviance on work and efficiency.
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Alex Tansey
Boston
Alberts
Kansas
Sewin’ Linin
Bob_ Purviance
European War Teaches Diplomatic Skill And Local Comic Sight
The piece muses on how the European war educates America about nations and trade while mocking imports and fashions. It notes inflated prices of goods like Lyons velvet sailors and jokes about cultural items from Brussels sprouts to Belgian tenors. Miss Fawn Lippincut’s velvet purchase underscores rising costs.
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Copenhagen
Burgundy
Hamburg
Galway
Ohio
United States
Schoolroom humor cited as best in Doctor Macnamara book
Fragmentary notes praise a book attributed to Doctor Macnamara describing schoolroom humor as abundant. The readable text hints at comparisons and editorial comments but lacks complete details on author or publication context.
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Doctor. Macnamara
Butcher Pastor Cuffs Charity at Christmas
The Rev. W Cuff of the Shoreditch Tabernacle, a former butcher, has spent forty years collecting funds to buy beef for the poor. Each Christmas Eve he uses his butcher tools to carve meat and distribute it with bread to four hundred poor families.
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W. Cuff
Shoreditch Tabernacle
London Times
Not Enough Material Fire Drama In Western Town Theater
Fragmentary report notes a fire in a western town theater during a performance. A horrific panic may have occurred but for an anonymous individual who acted to aid others. Further details are unavailable in the readable text.
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Comedia
Nineteen Rattlesnakes in Ten Days on Pueblo Farm
Mrs. Robert White of Siloam county Pueblo reports nineteen rattlesnakes encountered on her farm in ten days while turkeys roamed freely. The tale, told by the writer and witnessed by locals, describes dramatic turkey alarms and repeated snake encounters ending in a rattlesnake capture each time.
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Pueblo
Colo
Robert White
Siloam Country
Folding stand devised for portable typewriter
A folding stand has been devised for the portable typewriter. The note describes various unrelated items including crime statistics, disability rates, garden hose mats, horse slaughter in Prussia, aluminum production, a hydraulic stretcher, privatization of government institutions, and Santa Monica self-serve groceries.
Five Part Gas Motor and five wheeled velocipede
An inventor in Holland unveils a gas motor with five parts and a central driving wheel. A five wheeled velocipede is described as an innovative vehicle.
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Holland
Begin Hot Water Drinking For Digestive Rejuvenation
An old advertisement advises drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush stomach liver and kidneys. It claims the remedy cleanses purifies and sweetens the alimentary tract easing biliousness headaches and constipation and restores youthful vitality.
Mrs Gabber Showcases a Sixth Sense of Inexhaustibility
In a playful exchange, Mrs Gabber is described as gifted with a sixth sense described as inexhaustibility offering endless insight. The remark highlights her remarkable mental stamina and steadfast optimism.
Home Hair Darkening Mixture Promises Graying Hair Reform
A newspaper advertisement recommends mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to darken gray hair. The formula, stated as inexpensive and safe, claims to improve dandruff, hair fall, and overall hair quality without coloring the scalp or leaving grease. It suggests applying twice weekly until the desired shade is achieved.
Time to Move
Brooks seeks to sublet his apartment arguing it is the ideal place. The judge notes the janitor dislikes the way he parts his hair.
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Brooks
Marine Eye Remedy Promotes Eye Health in Cold Winds
Marine after Exposure is Cold Cutting Winds and Dust. It Restores Refreshes and Promotes Eye Health. Good for All Eyes that Need Care. Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago Sends Eye Book on request.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Miss Flip and Miss Flite Debate Munitions Shell Game
The exchange questions objections to a munitions business as a shell game. Miss Flip asks why people object while Miss Flite suggests the venture resembles a shell game.
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Miss Flip
Miss Flite
How He Enjoyed It Motor Cycle Quip
A humorous exchange asks how one enjoys a motor cycle with the response Wine and a coat of tar and feathers to feel like a bird, reflecting playful banter. The remark resembles vintage newspaper humor and social chatter.
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Promote Clean Health
An advertisement urges readers to take Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach. It also notes that the more a man fails the more he relies on giving advice.
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Dr. Pierce
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Offers Free Sample
Red rough irritated hands are soothed by Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Soak hands in hot water, dry, then apply ointment for a one night treatment. Free sample by mail with book. Address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Dept. L
Boston
A Difference I M P Cunius Ive Been Staying
A brief line shows a speaker noting time with their uncle and a query about who accompanied them, attributed to names Collier and Downe in a dialogue fragment.
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I. M. P. Cunius
Collier. Downe
Star Beams Quotes and Wit from Indianapolis Star
A compilation of humorous maxims and observations. The column notes that a crippled mule or unloaded gun warns buyers, a horse misbehaves when sold, and all men are born equal with women born a little more. It adds that a convincing orator knows when to stop speaking to avoid audience fatigue.
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Indianapolis Star
Emerald Oil Promises Vein Reduction and Goitre Dissolution
An advertisement claims Emerald Oil in a two ounce bottle cures varicose veins with nightly and morning application. It also asserts the oil dissolves goitre and "news" related issues, while noting streetcar company gains from its hangers on as a revenue source.
Worth Knowing Items from the Era
The article notes the phono graph record’s average needle speed at 1.82 miles per hour a mail and express auto with a rear cage for valuables, and that 1915 cereals yield in the northern hemisphere exceeds the prior five years by 78 billion pounds. It cites insect and rodent losses to U S agriculture at about 1 billion dollars annually or roughly one dollar per person per month.
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Hemisphere
Woman sues for damages and back wages in Peters case
Agnes Crampton sues James W. Peters alleging personal injuries and back wages. She worked as his housekeeper from July 1910 to July 1915 at $15 weekly, claiming he paid little and promised more if she stayed. The suit seeks 310,000 in damages and 11,025 in back wages.
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Kansas City
James
W. S. Peters
Broadlands
Agnes Crampton
Sue
Thinklings aphorisms on marriage and mischief
A collection of humorous maxims about married life and social quirks. Observations on women umbrellas luck doctors and clever mischief mingle with blunt gendered witticisms and advice. The tone is playful and satirical.
Firemen Rescued Cat From Telegraph Pole in Columbus
Firefighters answered an alarm at Flora and Lechner avenues where a caller pointed to a cat perched atop a telegraph pole. They rescued the feline, claimed to have been in the air for 36 hours, and brought it to safety.
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Columbus
Flora and Lechner Avenues
Cat Attack Disfigures Newark Woman
Mrs William Portz of Newark was attacked by her cat during a fight with a neighbor's cat. When she tried to separate the animals with water from a bucket the cat turned on her, causing injuries that may disfigure her for life.
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Newark
N. J
William . Portz
Old Saws With New Teeth Read Like Potent Warnings
Fragmentary lines hint at ominous themes with a possible kingly figure and fate awaiting a death or appointment. The readable phrases imply a literary meditation on power, guilt, and inevitability, framed in archaic diction.
Cascarets Ad Promises Cleanse For Liver and Bowels
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly cleanse for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims the 10 cent box removes sour digested food foul gases and excess bile while you sleep with no griping and no inconvenience. It cites headaches biliousness coated tongue indigestion and constipation as avoided by using Cascarets.
Fortify The System With BromOQuinine Against Grip
Preparedness note promotes the use of BromOQuinine to combat grip and influenza. It claims the single preparation acts as a laxative and tonic, destroys germs, and keeps the body in fighting condition, citing E. W. Grove’s signature on the bottle.
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E. W. Grove
No Pork This Year Knickerbocker Defense Slogan
The item notes a political slogan battle over wartime spending with Knickerbocker asking for slogans while Bocker advocates millions for defense and none for distribution in a public debate.
Undeserved Punishment and A Dry Town Joke
A dry town’s first citizen jokes about Gadsworth suffering a psychological jag after spending three hours last night seeking a quart of liquor and waking with a headache this morning. The exchange humorously highlights prohibition era tensions and the quirk of local attitudes toward alcohol.
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Gadsworth
What is uric acid and the Anuric remedy
The article explains uric acid as a blood toxin linked to backache rheumatism gout and more. It promotes Dr Pierce and his Anuric tablets from Buffalo New York claiming to eradicate uric acid and relieve related ailments with a pamphlet offer and a trial package.
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Scheele
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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