Humorous Tale of Loyalty and a Naval Letter
A veteran seaman Dailey envies Ensign Peters after a rescuer earns Navy Secretary commendation. He plots to fake a drowning rescue to secure a laudatory letter for Peters, joking that he can swim while Peters cannot. The exchange unfolds with wry humor aboard a cruiser as Harper's Weekly recounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailey
Ensign Peters
Secretary of the Navy
Peters
Mr. Peters
Harper’s Weekly
The Ingenious Young Lawyer and the Tailor
A struggling young lawyer faces unpaid bills and threats from a tailor. He cleverly charges six fifty for advice on a suit and the difference to settle the tailor’s debt. The tailor departs, shocked, while the lawyer remains hopeful amid unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Army of the
Harper’s Weekly
Egg basket prank at Long Island opera house
A well dressed man entered a Long Island opera house with a basket full of eggs. The ticket taker balked at eggs inside but the man insisted the basket be kept. After the show, the manager returned the eggs, joking he feared the patron would stomp the basket during applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Mistaken Situation on Fifth Avenue Car
An elderly man slept through a late night ride in Pittsburgh after telling the conductor to wake him at Federal Street. The car went on past his stop, and he angrily accused the conductor, who replied he had tried to wake him but could only hear the man mumbling to Mary about breakfast for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Federal Street
Brooklyn
Irishman at Inn Declares Mutual Payment Absurdity
In a Tit Bits joke a landlord accuses an Irishman of not paying for Irish whisky. The Irishman denies the claim, asks if the landlord paid, and concludes that both paying is pointless, ending the exchange with humorous resignation.
A Hint to the Old Man
A brief dialogue notes a daughter’s marriage to a man who credits her generosity and asks the old father to recognize the union as one built on shared virtue. The father responds with emotion, hoping her future inherits those qualities from him.
Reading of Worcestershire's South Littleton gardens and labor
A vivid portrait of South Littleton and Evesham's self made gardeners as they cultivate orchards and glasshouses. The piece notes the grower’s independence, the Eve sham custom of tenant succession, and the shift from farm to garden land with thriving market gardens and prosperous small plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
South
Littleton
Worcestershire
Evesham
South Littleton
Evesham Circle
Cornwall
Jebb
Convent Garden
Huntingdonshire
Lincolnshire Wolds
Midlands
Land Reform Through Local Garden Rights Narrated
A London Daily Mail excerpt extols land reform through local use of land in Kent and nearby gardens. It notes gar den lovers will defend rights, describes an Evesham pageant with native actors, and imagines viewing an Avon valley English Canaan from South Littleton as dawn fog shields blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wye
Kent
Evesham
South Littleton
Cortez
Avon
London Daily Mail
Dean's Kidney Pills Boost Kidney Health and Back Pain Relief
An advertisement asserts backache and kidney ache are linked and claims Dean's Kidney Pills restore kidney strength. A user, Lloyd Cash of Gaffney South Carolina, reports severe back pain and kidney soreness improved after taking a box, with secretions normalized and no recurrence. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Lloyd Cash
Mill Row
Gaffney
5. C
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Figure on the Job for Building and Repair Work
A local firm promotes full service from drawing plans to completion for any building project from a hen house to a factory. They emphasize repair work for roofs floors and walls and invite customers to remember them for lime wholesale and retail as manufacturers agents.
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Northwich
Cheshire
Wwoop
Wood
Farm & Garden Seeds
T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
Earth
J. Edgar Poag
Rock Hill, 8. C
Strouse & Bros
Baltimore
Wemesis Ind
Yorkville
Yorkville Banking & Mer.co
J. J. Williams
Mason McConnell
J.L. Williams & CO
Just
J. L. Williams & Co
Watertown
Columbus
Guilford
Anchor
Lion
Phoenix and Parry
Mandt
Milburn
White Hickory
Hackney
Johnston
Acme
W. I. Witherspoon CO
The
National Union Bank of
Rock Hill
the National Union Bank
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Bank of
Hickory Grove
State Senate
R. J. H. Saye
Sharon
York County
Senate
Democratic Party
W. H. Stewart
Ion S. H. Epps
Fort Mill Township
House OF Representatives
Hig Delawary
J. S. Glasscock
Per
John Porter Hollis
W. E. Hart
Samuel L. Torneton
T E
O. L. Sanders
McConnellsville
W. B. Wilson, JR
Pe Earane Party
Alastina
John R. Logan
J. A. Tate
Thos. W. Aote
W. G. Duncan
Mary
Clem Gordon
Cc. Hughes
A. J. Parrott Te
Geo. L. Suggs
W. P. Crook
Catawba Township
John J. Hunter
Broadus M. Love
Smyrna
W. FE
W. B. Williams
Fox .Geriff
Hugh G. Brown
S. S. Plexico
H. A. D. Neely
L. W. Southian
John L. McGarity
Enquirer
W. A. Aycock
Bethesda Township
Ilus S. Carroll
J. Cc. Kirkpatrick
J. A. C. Love
King’s Mountain Township
L. J. Lumpkin
R. Walker
Bethel Towneship
T. E. McMackin
York Township
J.C. Ct
R. L. Deloach
STA
Bullock’s Creek
L. Duncan
Bullock's Creek Township
Broad River
Broad River Township
Riends
Joseph M. Whitesides
Bethesda
W. R. Conrad
Bethel
J. D. Boyd
Bethel Township
W. M. Bigger
E. Johnson
Mysel
Magistra
Bethe
E. N. Peterson
King’s Mountain
A. J. Quinn
Voon
J. J. Keller & CO
Blue Rock
Boyden Nims
Ph. G
Columbia
S. C
Star Drug Store
Blue Rock Mineral Springs CO
D. L. Shieder
R. E. Heath and
Marion B. Jennings
W.G. Reid & Son
Rock Hill, S. C
Waterman
U. W. Speck
Wofford College
Henry Nelson Snyder
J. A. Gamewell
Sec
Spartanburg
Ss. C
A. x
Pee
White Diamond Lithia Springs
King’s Creek, S. C
Lithia
W. O. Johnson
Presbyterian College
South Carolina
Clinton, S. C
Robert Adams
D. D
M. L. Carroll
Co. W. Carroll
Carroll Bros
Courtland
Oxford
Boiling Springs High School
Carolinas
J. D. Huggens
Supt
Shelby
N. C
Luther Baber
R. M. Wallace
A. M. Black
R. T. Beamguard
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