Eleanor Gordon Returns to Boston at Keith's Theatre
Eleanor Gordon receives tremendous receptions on her return to Boston and is extended for another week as an extra feature at Keith's. The program shifts from drama to grand opera with Lovenberg's operatic festival in "Gipsy Life" and "A Carnival in Venice." Howard and North reappear with their new sketch "Back to Wellington" among Keith's big season attractions.
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Eleanor Gordon
Boston
Keith
Lovenberg
Venice
Howard
North
Wellington
Vandyville
The Circus Man Shines at Boston Theatre
Maclyn Arbuckle leads a lively Boston Theatre presentation of The Circus Man drawing strong crowds. The production features a bustling cast and a brisk pace that wins applause and showcases Arbuckle's comic appeal.
Helping Hubby out in a Household Business Note
A Boston Herald excerpt presents a husband recounting how his wife suddenly shifts from disinterest to eager assistance after he mentions considering a stenographer. He attributes it to her sympathetic nature, though he notes her increased involvement since the remark.
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Boston Herald
Gooseberry theft case ends with discharge by mayor
Folkestone mayor Steady Baker, browsing Burns Justice, finds no statute on gooseberries. He tells the boy it is lucky he is not charged with stealing a goose and discharges the prisoner, since no law on gooseberries exists in Burns.
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Steady Baker
Folkestone
England
Burn
The Way Down
A farmer proves a clever escape plan when a boy asks how to descend from a haystack. The farmer suggests closing his eyes and walking around rather than climbing down, ending the tale with a humorous local tone.
Notwithstanding I’ll Take a Chance, Says Congressman
A brief cartoon caption from Louisville Courier Journal shows a congressman offering to take a chance while asking someone to hold his horse a moment. The exchange highlights a humorous clash between officials and commoners.
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Congress
Louisville Courier- Journal
Watts and Watts: A Suffragette’s Echo in History
A terse musing contrasts Watts with a suffragette linked to mayoral life, hinting at public figures and social reform. The quotation invokes a colonel and a sufferer, suggesting a critique of striving for excellence through a solitary, demanding path.
The Circus Man Captivates Boston Theatre Audiences
The Circus Man with Maelyn Arbuckle draws large, admiring crowds at the Boston Theatre. Arbuckle delivers a powerful lead as Fighting Hime Look, supported by Imogene as a highly intelligent elephant in a lively five act play. The third week opens Monday with continued matinees and standard Boston Theatre prices.
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Pany
Klaw
Erlanger
Mr. Arbuckle
Imogene
Maelyn Arbuckle
Boston Theatre
Boston
Buying In His Note. Colonel Bill's sharp debt lesson
The tale recalls Colonel Bill a pioneer legislator merchant and banker who kept precise accounts. He declared he would sell Blankerton's $60 note for 50 cents on the dollar prompting a direct confrontation in the village street. Blankerton agreed to buy the note and asked for a new note to be made.
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Colonel Bill
Vest
Blankerton
Bill
Chicago Record-Herald
Oldest Joke: Tales From Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions
A brief tale from Egyptian records dating to Menes and Memphis recounts two craftsmen, a coppersmith and a maker of images, who swap dwellings for a price. A quiet neighbor observes and pays them, while the joke ends with both men claiming new homes as theirs. The anecdote sits among myths woven through ages and locales.
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Osiris
Menes
Memphis
Leading Hen Sary Parade Mischief
Fragmentary verse passage recalls a children's parade scene with animals and a boastful display. The speaker jokes about costumes and fairness, mentioning an elephant and hippopotamus among others as part of a playful pageant.
Diplomacy Threats Prompt Quick South American Concession
A British emissary pressed a South American republic with a vague threat from Lord Salisbury. The president refused, but the diplomat warned of action unless all points were yielded. After the warning, the president surrendered to the demands.
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Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Republic
Jesty
Haunted Chirikof Island Told As Alaska’s Ghostly Gate
The Chirikof Island in the Semidi group near Kodiak is described as haunted by Russian exile ghosts. Natives avoid the isle, claiming death upon entry, while shipmasters report eerie cries and chain noises heard on quiet nights. A white man who spent a week there nearly lost his reason.
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Kodiak
Chirikof
Alaska
Tanana ‘L'Ribune
Noise Habit and Sleep When Quiet Becomes Oppressive
A writer recalls a country house awakening to a sleeping pump and monotone engine noise. The host reveals that total silence from the city’s roar caused him distress, so he uncannily slept with the pump’s lullaby in a hammock. He recognized the noise habit and conquered it.
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Hollis Godfrey
Atlantic
Snaggletooth Hall as Tuskin Style Mansion Joke
A Dublin near house built by dentist Mr Hudson becomes satirical target. Guests at Curran's dinner debate its architecture with opinions range Grecian Saxon oriental. Host quips it is Tuskin, noting irregularities and dentist owner inspire the nickname Snaggletooth Hall.
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London
Not Worth a Rush Phrase from English Parlance
The Loudon Standard notes the saying not worth a rush as the precursor to not worth a straw. It recalls rush littering in historical homes where guests of rank received fresh rushes while common folk endured used ones, and humbler people had even less.
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Loudon
The Benefit of the Doubt in a Chicago Tribune Fragment
A distressed citizen challenges a man who pounds him for alleged words. The man on top claims memory is unclear about calling him a liar or pot, and the scene centers on granting or denying the benefit of the doubt amid a tense exchange in Chicago.
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Benefit of the Doubt
Biffr
Biff
Chicago
Ribune
Does your husband play cards for money
Fragment from a Washington Star page noting a reply about card play for money in a game and a quotation about loving home and country. The readable lines reference a person named Terkins and a general sentiment, with a short quotation from J G Holland.
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Young Rs. Terkins
Washington Star
The Mullet In Gulf Waters
A Pascagoula Chronicle feature extols the mullet as a famed Gulf fish sought by visitors from many coasts. It notes the fish’s year round presence, its role in easing fishermen’s fortunes, and its appeal to diners as a staple of seafood gastronomy.
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Gulf
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Baltic
Seine
Helped by a Policeman on Broadway
A worried man in New York, unable to recall his home address after arriving that morning, asks a policeman for help. The officer bluntly advises advertising and suggests checking a hotel for a reply or writing to the friend who gave the boarding house address. The exchange ends with gratitude.
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Broadway
Long Acre Square
New York
Time since life on earth mapped into a day scale
Scientist H. Schmidt from Jena compresses Earth's history into a 24 hour day. Archeozoic takes 12 hours 80 minutes, Paleozoic 5 hours 7 minutes, Mesozoic 2 hours 38 minutes, Cenozoic 43 minutes, Anthropozoic 2 minutes. The age of man marks historic and Christian eras as 5 and 2 seconds respectively.
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Earth
H. Lc Hhmidt
Jena
Accidental reader notes India caste suffering
The passage recounts caste oppression observed by Prince Karageorgevitch in Enchanted India. A pariah girl is pelted with stones and tying sticks as she passes defiled a Brahman, who discards the trash. Bystanders attack the girl while she avoids a holy man and drops her burden.
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India
Bojidar Karageorgevitch
Meat on a Spit and Medieval Dining Customs
The passage notes the medieval custom of serving roast on a spit passed around the table for guests to cut. It mentions France still serving dishes like chicken livers and bacons on small spatulas, and suggests people preferred fingers over knives before knives were common, citing Charles XII buttering bread with his thumb.
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France
Charles XII
Minister Aims to Save Young Men in Life’s Task
A minister states his mission is saving young men. A maiden replies with longing, asking him to save a good one for her. The exchange reflects a light literary dialogue about virtue and romantic fate.
Jones Delivers Silence After Banquet Speech Refusal
At a recent banquet in Detroit Jones was asked to give a speech but refused the request. The moment drew attention as a notable display of restraint during a public social event.
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Jones
Detroit Free Press
Happy Thought Voice From Within the Taxicab
A fragmentary line reads a playful exchange about debt in a cab, contrasting a boast of wealth with the idea that true wealth lies in enjoyment, ending with a wry remark about counting cents.
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Shay
Swift’s Mocking Encounter With George Faulkner
In a tale recounted by Mir Jack Barrison, George Faulkner, printer, visits London and is chided by Jonathan Swift at the deanery. Faulkner returns in disguise, only to be warmly received later after Swift rebukes his haughty dress and pretensions.
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George Paulkner
Phen
Swift
Dublin
Mir
Barrison
Aprrison
London
Dean
Komden
Prassit
Old Time Navy: Cruel Punishments Under Nelson Era
Rhetorical excerpt contrasts harsh naval discipline in Nelson era with modern mercy. It notes midshipmen young as twelve or thirteen flogging sailors publicly with multiple lashes for offenses, and severe penalties like hanging, keelhauling, and mutiny punishment. It claims current sailors face more risk yet receive courteous officers and better treatment.
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Pearson’s Weekly
The Rise and Attire of a Fat Louis XIV
The passage describes a tall ornate dress for Louis XIV, detailing a blue cloth coat with gold cords, a white waistcoat, and satin breeches, plus red velvet boots. It notes the king’s fame and vanity, his gout troubled legs, and the illusion of youth from powdered hair, as observed by a narrator referencing The Reign of Louis XIV.
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Tim
Louis Aviel
Gibert Stenger
Time by a horse hoof and a church clock tale
A Somerset blacksmith tells time by a horse hoof to a puzzled poet who offers a shilling for the method. Later a teacher asks money for grapes at Cinepence a bunch and Tom answers you never can tell as London Answers notes.
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Somerset
Cpt
Sin
Cole
Tommy
London
Mortgagee sale of Winthrop real estate foretold by mortgage
Public auction to foreclose the June 22 1908 mortgage on a Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts property described as lot No 2 on a Whitmin Howard plan. The sale on December 21 at 9 am will convey subject to unpaid taxes assessments and liens with $1000 cash to be paid at sale and balance within 100 days. Mortgagees Morris Goldprine and Samuel Goldtine announce terms and provide attorney Abraham C Termin for details.
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James Eo Rien
Emma M. Rich
Winthrop
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Morris Goldtine
Samuel Goldtine
Pune
A. Dopdi
Forrest Avenue
Reddy Street
Winthropy Shore Drive
Whitmin & Howard
Paige
Farescadd
Herbert
J. Mahoney
Boston
County of Suffolk
William W Babcock
Bow
Mortenge
Winthrop Shore Land Company
Mass
Deane Avenue
Ouiney Avenue
Quincy and
Deane Avenues
Herbert J. Matheney
Frank Warren
Phe Ahove
Guardian Co-operative
Mortgagee’s Sale Of Winthrop Property In 1909 Auction
Public auction to foreclose a mortgage on a Winthrop Lot One parcel from the Herbert J Mahoney form and titled to William W Babcock Company. Sale set for December in Boston with a prior $1,000 mortgage by Guardian Cooperative Banks and payment of $200 cash due at sale.
Small want ads must include cash with order
Advertisers must enclose payment with want ads and call in to confirm before publication. The paper will not publish ads without cash after this date due to collection difficulties. Ads may be received by phone previously but must now be sent to the office before press time.
Deane Winthrop House Open To Public Weekdays
The oldest house in Old Boston is open to the public every weekday from 2 to 5 PM. Visitors are advised to leave cars at Ocean Spray station.
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Old Boston
Ocean Spray Station
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Watts
Suart
Sary
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Faulkner
NAVY
Louis the Magnificent
Benthan
Wwe
Wornas
Yale
Yale Courwat
Morris
Goldprine
Samuel Goldeine
Abraham C. Termin
Tarn
Meridian Street
East Toston
William W. Babcock
Compava Mortgagee
William W. Babcocks
Tremont Street
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