Just the Girl for Me Turns Out Different
A Chicago Daily News taste of irony on love and expectations as a man swears his chosen partner, not the ideal beauty, is the right match. He contrasts dreamy looks with a practical, cooking-competent companion, concluding she is “the girl for me.”
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Ste
Sam
Chicago Daily News
The Gallo Blanco Bet Fight Ends in Tragedy in Quiapo
In Manila’s Quiapo district the prized Gallo Blanco is killed after Isadoro, the wood carver’s ally, cripples the bird during a cockfight beside the Widow Mercado’s shop. Crowd fury grows as witnesses and authorities weigh blame and the widow refuses to press charges.
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Isadora
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Nostra Senora del Quiapo
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Star
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Gzlio Blanco
Alessandro
Dios
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San Francisco
How to Tell the Time in Whiteluck Style
A short poem teaching time telling steps, from twelve o clock to minutes conversion. Narrator recounts mother’s method and acknowledges older folks who claim easier reading by sight, but asserts the taught process with steps and a final note credited to SW. W. Whiteluck in Leelie’s Monthly.
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SW. W. Whiteluck
Leelie
Battle with Eagle Ends With Wounded Hunter and a Taxidermist
Harry T. Allen of Galesburg fought a bald eagle during a coon hunt near Roseville Michigan. A violent encounter left Allen with a deep hand wound from the bird’s talons as the party helped subdue and drag the bird to shore. The eagle, a seven foot two inch wingspan, was later brought to Chicago for mounting by a taxidermist.
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Harry T. Allen
Galesburg
Mr. Allen
Chicago
Elleston Woos
Roseville
Mammy Louiza's Baby and Other Country Tales
Aired snippets recount a Christmas christening of a child named Louise with mammy’s pride and a mother’s blessing. The piece shifts to Chauncey Depew tales and a Kansas City dog that identifies book agents, highlighting anecdotes of wit and wary charm.
Doan's Kidney Pills Praise From Readers Across Cities
Doan's Kidney Pills receive glowing endorsements from Mrs Lusart of Oakland and a New Orleans reader. They report relief from Bright's Disease symptoms, dizziness, back pain, and swelling, with claims of improved urine and health after using the sample and purchasing boxes.
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Doan
Oaxtian
Bright
Mrs. Lusart
17Th Street
Oakland
Cal
New Orzeans
C. L. Cuanck & Co. Ltd
Dean
Smedt
Gro. Junxoville
Preston& Stauffer
New Orleans
Theater Talker and Audience Cries in Julius Caesar
The dramatic pages describe a theater rowdy scene where three spectators discuss Antony over Brutus and Portia while a ghost scene plays. A stranger argues the ghost is polite, stirring faint amusement in the crowd. An Irishman seeks accident insurance, arguing about paying for his wife’s ticket, in a tangential anecdote from the Times.
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Julius Caesar
Iowa
New York Mail and Express
Antony
Brutus
Portia
Casca
Caesar
Apalpeen
Spalpeen
N. Y
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