Leap Year Proposals and Mental Suggestion in a Snow Sleigh
In a snowy sleigh ride, Polly Lee coaches Bobby Paddington in the art of persuasion, comparing love to hedge jumping and explaining how mental suggestion and attitude entice a proposal. The pair debate feminine logic, yet Polly reveals her flirtation was a game and she was engaged to another.
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Polly
Marc Antony
Bobby Paddington
Pooh
Bobbie Paddington
Bobb Paddington
Bobby
Plato
Socrates
Polly Lee
Mies Lee
Mr. Heavyfeather
Polly Paddington
Pally
Washington Post
Indian Magic and Sorcery Mystify Ethnology Report
The U S bureau of ethnology outlines Indian magic rivaling oriental fakirs with feats of plant growth and other mysterious acts. Missionaries and authorities cite plots of grain and century plants springing from bare ground, while a New York saver average sits at $420 per depositor in savings banks.
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United States Bureau of Ethnology
State of
New York
When Company Visits Reveal Hidden Class Tensions
A poem by Eawin L Sabin in Woman's Home Companion contrasts guests' polish with locals' self doubt. It observes how hosts dress and smile for visitors while questioning why locals do not treat each other as well when guests are absent. The piece critiques social pretensions and inequality.
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Eawin L. Sabin
Horse Saves Two Lives At City Grade Crossing
A Malden physician recalls a late night ride with a clergyman when their horse halted at a busy grade crossing. The gatekeeper slept, the train flashed by at 40 miles an hour, and the horse’s instinctive caution prevented disaster. The owner credits the animal’s past experiences with saving them.
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Malden
Boston Transcript
Trick with Dominoes Circle Worded Ruse
A playful domino trick for children uses twelve dominoes in a circle. You count touches around the circle to reach a total of 20 when combined with the chosen domino’s spots. The last touched piece reveals the chosen domino, demonstrated with a sequence ending on the double five.
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Asleauly
Guessing the Double Two Domino Trick Cited
A Chicago Inter Ocean note explains a party game where one thinks of the double two domino. The players count touches on dominoes from five four to the double two, count reaches twenty, and the guess about the chosen domino is confirmed without revealing the counting.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Peruna Tones Up the System in Spring
Miss Marjory Hampton of New York writes that Peruna is a fine medicine for any season. She says in spring it tones the system and acts as a tonic, stronger than a vacation, and in fall and winter it cures colds and catarrh, keeping the bowels regular as a gentle stimulant. She calls it a whole medicine chest.
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Marjory Mampton
Third Avenue
New York City
Spring Blood Purity and Peruna Claim
Dr Tartman lectures claim spring blood impurities cause fatigue digestion and nervous exhaustion and that Penna in early spring cleanses and cures. Peruna touted as ideal spring medicine with free advice from Dr Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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Tartman
Ed Peruna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartmaan Sanitarium
Columbus
How Different People Laugh Topic Overview
Frank hearty folks laugh in a phlegmatic chuckle in E children and simple souls express merriment in T the bold and reckless laugh in O A Native of America The turkey is a native of North America Its name stems from an early belief that the fowl came from Turkey
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America
North America
Turkey
Monkeys in Malabar Operate the Pwork Fans
In Malabar India langurs are trained to power manually operated punka fans. An English officer devised the method tying the monkey to cords and rewarding with candy, turning the monkey into a worker. The system proved successful, and thousands of monkeys are now harnessed to run the fans.
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India
Malabar
The Sunshine Whirlabout Toy For Bright Boys
A Farmers' Review inspired toy guide explains making a Sunshine Whirlabout from an emptied egg shell, sealed with wax, with wooden sticks and paper sails or cardboard figures. It details balancing, placement, and adjustments for water spinning.
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the Sunshine
Bright Boys
At the Wrong End of a Matrimonial Ask
A foreign suitor seeks a daughter's hand but faces a wary American father as a playful miscommunication unfolds. The piece, drifting through wry observations on hospitality, hints at social frictions and humorous misunderstandings. An embedded travel ad references season tickets to St Paul and Chicago, with schedules and rates, noting trains and routes via Chicago without extra charges.
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Chicago Post
Jonn Oliver Hobbes
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
W. B. Dixon
N. W
P. A. Curiaco, Minwauxer
St. Pave Re
Minn
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Kitty Carter
Poly
Sebbyt
Horse
Peruna
Marjory Hampton
Rane Horn
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Gastoria
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