Thirty Girls Eat Ice Cream

Illinois, 1906

Drill Corps the Guests of General Pennypacker

As guests of General Galusha Pennypacker of Philadelphia, Pa., who is visiting with "Dad" Stearns at the Decatur hotel, the members of the Girls' Drill Corps ate ice cream and cake until they could eat no more Monday night.

Last Saturday General Pennypacker was invited by Commandant James M. Cowan to use the girls drill. He was so delighted with them and with their fine maneuvering that he asked how he could recompense them for his pleasure. He said he thought it was a notable thing to put "thirty young women together for thirty minutes, and have only one do the talking." He suggested ice cream, and the young girls gathered at the Decatur hotel Monday night at his invitation.

There was music during the evening, and "Dad" read some poems and sang, accompanied by his son, Charles Stearns, on the guitar. The general wrote his name and address on the paper napkin of each guest.

—The Daily Review, Decatur, IL, May 15, 1906, p. 7.

AN ABSOLUTE FALSEHOOD

-- To the Public: --

There seems to be a story going around that we, the undersigned stole some gas from the gas pump in front of the store of Graham Bros. at Webber, Kan., the night of November 5th. This is an absolute falsehood and anyone telling or repeating such a story, is telling an untrue and malicious tale.

(Signed) BEN YOUNG,
PERCY TAYLOR.

--probably from Superior, Nebraska newspaper

...and speaking of Graham Brothers of Webber, Kansas...

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GRAHAM BROTHERS
Webber - Kansas

--unused postcard, 1¢ green Jefferson printed postage

MAMMA SHRINKS IN SIZE

My four-year-old son and I had gone to the city to do a bit of shopping and had stopped at a cafe to eat our lunch. We sat there listening to the juke box play that jitter-bug song, "Mr. Five by Five," when the waitress came to get our order. She was short and very fat. We gave our order, and as she started to walk away, my son said in a loud voice, "Mother was that Mrs. Five by Five?"

At that moment my name was

MRS. ONE BY ONE. -- Capper's Weekly

EPHEMERA

1) for he does not understand you, as I understand you. My whole life will be devoted to serving you, to making you happy." His cheek caressed her cheek. "Oh, tell me now you love me. Tell me!" His voice

[second "cheek" above was originally "check."]

2) lieves the answer to their problems is her marriage to Leo.
The book is a cleverly penned account of the hopeless state of utter indifference engulfing a boy and girl, so contrary to the general reckless and exotic conduct usually depicted of bored moderns in pursuit of life. The author devotes a great deal of space to a detailed analysis of the m

3) that he was dropped from the roll of the Conference and he was free to do as he pleased. It was in this freedom that he entered the Holston Conference, and in about 1803 he came to Knoxville.
Rev. E. F. Sevier remembered well of seeing and hearing him at the time he preached

4) company with the owner will assure you that Hagler raises the fowl more for the pleasure that he gets out of it than for the profit that he receives from the eggs and fowl that he sells. Besides, he will tell you:
"I teach school for a living."
Hagler teaches agriculture at

5) Dreamland Farm their home.
There are a couple of coveys of quail. He hatched them out under a bantam hen. While they are tame enough to stay around in the yard and garden with the chickens and other fowl, they are not so easy to