Japan's Atar Ships Built for War Seized by U S?
Cramp's Philadelphia shipyard builds Atar ships ordered after the China war. The contract set completion by January 1, with armament pending. The text shifts to a local reminiscence about Joe Bradshaw and Squan Creek, recalling a lobster tale and wartime loyalties.
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Philadelphta
Janis
China
Japan
Philadelphia
Wihh Tarmionito Works
Amit Wei
Joe Bradshaw
Squaw Creek
Ticket Office Encounter and a Lobster Tale
A humorous scene unfolds at a ticket window as a man persistently asks for a Valparaiso fare priced at a dollar and thirty cents. Interwoven with this, a chaotic wartime mockery discusses Japanese ships, Mikado contracts, and naval plans, followed by a yarn about a gigantic lobster and a clock that stopped time in a warehouse tale. The column closes with a brief job interview vignette set in New York and a clerk’s clocking in.
A Timely Suggestion in a Family Plot
Dialogue from a Boston Courant snippet shows a daughter pressing her father about a suitor, Mr Hopewell, and a plan to intervene at 10 o'clock tonight. The exchange hints at social maneuvering and potential matchmaking within a mid 19th-century domestic setting.
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Dauaghter
Droker
Stilt Walking Craze Spreads From Beverly to Boston
The article details the rising popularity of home made hardwood stilts among young women and groups in Beverly and the Boston area. It describes materials, construction tips, acceptable stilt heights, decorating options, and anecdotes of stilts in use, plus social clubs like stilt bands and the lure of outdoor sport for autumn fun.
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Mary Queen of Scots
Leicester
Essex
Beverly
Boston
White Mountains
St. Louis
Ohio River
Not Rudolph's Fault in a Three Card Monte Calamity
A chaotic scene unfolds at a New Haven station baggage room as Rudolph the pug and two other dogs get caught in a three card monte setup. A frantic pair, John and his wife, chase down the animals while the baggage master separates the dogs amid shouts and frightened passengers. Rudolph narrowly avoids being sent to Stockbridge as the episode ends with humorous sarcasm about the owner's lapse in judgment.
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Green
Joe Bradshaw
Joe
Butker Hill
Zone
Miam White
Hradshaw
Webster Brown
Nurhity
Swat
Pubeier
Nobel
Thomas
Meerin
Joe Aod
Prudehew
Jas
Bradshaw
Rudolph
Monte
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Lenox
Stockbridge
John
Mrs. John
Walt
Hay
Wei
Adi
Haven
Tom Wren
Not the only oyster in the stew in modern stage farce
A playful exchange unfolds as a suitor presses marriage and a wary heroine retorts with rapid, witty reversals. The scene, echoed in a Yellow Kid magazine style, pivots on bold lines and comic bravado as a father enters to set firm boundaries.
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Young
Magaxia
Convincing Evidence At Parlor Social Leads to Confusion
A garbled account records Miss Miranda Dewberry claiming to tackle a man at a parlor social and Brats Pinkley responding. The dialogue hints at a confrontation and mistaken accusations, but details and identities remain unclear in the fragment.
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Hyuha
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Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Uncle Sam
Sep Jones
Jne Bradshaw
Squantreek
Absocom
Phineas
Valparaiso
Valparaizo
United States
Mikado
Roma
Ory
Hawaii
Grangst
Crubeer
San
Alra
Billy
Indianapolis
Mat
Chicago Tribune
M'Fadden
Tim
Mr. McFadden
Binnington
Warrkin
Ivery
Cleveland Leader
Steenth Street
England
League of American Stiltsmen
Normandy-by-the-Sea
Butterfly Corps
National Canoe Association
L. A. W. Northrop G. Chase
Russell Senne Arris
Poodle
Tord
Losy
Giantesses
Æet
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