Fragments of humor and tragedy from late 19th century press
A collage of brief jokes and anecdotes follows: quips about Friday being unlucky, a weather prophet joke, and a buyer’s bill remark. Mini-bits mention the National Cash Register VP J J Paterson’s death, city police costs by city, a Rev. Keller shooting in Arlington, and the Wabash railroad disaster survivors. Also notes a baseball team move from Louisville to Grand Rapids, with various overheard lines and stray humorous exchanges.
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Jack
May
Yew
Philadelphia
Yank J. Paterson
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Barker
John Keller
Arlington
N. J
Theni
Chas
Ind
Loulgvile Western Association
Grand Rapids
Mich
A Yankee Spy Foiled and Other Civil War Anecdotes
A Sheridan scout posing as a Confederate officer deceives a Southern household, but truth and lies clash as a daughter lies to protect a sister and a major verifies the ruse. The Parrot is Loyal and other brief items note royal pets at Sandringham and light humor from early 20th century papers.
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Barn Matthews Handy
Atlantic
McC
Stuart
Stringfellow
Missy
Danville
Davis
Johnston
Meyer
Sheridan
Prince of Wales
Sandringham
Trafalgar Square
London
Dream Proposal Conversation Between Bashim and Dora
A fragmentary dialogue portrays Bashim confessing a dream proposal to Dora, pondering its meaning. Dora responds with playful mischief about courage, nurses, and fashion, while a character complains of business losses. The exchange hints at social dynamics and personal tension, set in a stylized late romantic tone.
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Bashim
Dora
Strange Deliberations From a Fragmented Journal Page
An OCR fragment presents dialogues about influenza danger and odd conversations about blue milk. The readable lines mention a patient noting a bill, a milkman mentioning blueblooded milk, and scattered terms like easily explained and a journal. The source text is garbled and partial.
Hidden Diamonds In The Mouth And Other Oddities
A Chi Rago man hides twenty diamonds in roof plates of his mouth to keep them from relatives and hot foods. An old lady preserves a will in five gold roof sheets. a chemical dyer guards a prescription for wealth. Also notes on colonial tobacco laws and a wry remark on happiness about misdirected energies.
Where's the servant and wages escape at home
Mr Sullowjoy asks about a servant who vanished with her wages. His wife admits she discharged her. He wonders if they should try to retrieve her, noting such a gentle, obedient servant would be a jewel.
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Chicago
Mr. Sullowjoy
Washington Star
Boston
Dr King
Prander
Fragmented 1930s Humor Bits and Newspaper Snippets
A collage of humorous exchanges and brief quips from multiple papers. Includes lines about aging spending habits, a baby dissertation on birds in singing, a city diet joke, and remarks on prizefighters. Shows light, clipped vignettes typical of syndicated humor columns of the era.
The Despot Tyrant and the Silent Slaves
Poem recounts a tyrant who rises from unknown origins to rule with iron will. Subjects bow in bondage, fearing to wake the sleeping sovereign as they endure long hours and loss of peace. The piece notes their obedience yields no reward and the watchful baby’s slumber hides oppression. John M. Stuart-Young, in Idler.
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John M. Stuart-Young
Origin of Writing Put Back By Knossos Findings
Arthur J Evans argues discoveries at Knossos Crete push back written records eight centuries beyond earliest Grecian inscriptions and five centuries beyond Phoenician on the Moabite stone. He claims Cretan hieroglyphs mirror Phoenician letter pictorial origins such as Aleph Beth and Daleth, challenging De Rouge theory.
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Arthur J. Evans
Knossos
Crete
Greely
Evans
de Rouge
Famous pills and tonics in a bygone ad miscellany
A collage of 19th century ads and quips promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for digestion and blood health, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, Witch Hazel Salve, One Minute Cough Cure, and other patent remedies. The text cites testimonials and humorous lines, reflecting era marketing and medical beliefs.
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DeWitt
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Tahoe
Carstens
Raomettones
Cesar
Earth
Mic
Ohio State Journal
Hdmonia
Edgar
Eolgar
Indianapolis Journal
Gan
Philadelphia Record
Janeee
Terely
B'Jones
B'Jinks
B’jones
Philadelphia Press
Willie
Amdfi
Tom
Jimson
Pliegends Blactter
Eleetri
Wetmres Best
Brand
Wetmore
Aary
Wetmore Tobacco Company
Bt. Loute
Mos
America
Exporience
Connecticut
Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Eipy
Detroit Free Press
Pccbulua
Chicago Record
Ichabod
Inter Ocean
Mr. Park Slope
Gil
Mr. Milwood
Brooklyn Eagle
Rhymer
Chicago Daily News
Tam
Yale
Lagtppe
B-H. Wise
Madison, Gs
HLM. Andrews & Co
J. J
Case Goods
West Main ST
Ackley
P.cbakker
Eeezice
Humphreys
Douggists
Humphreys Med. CO
Willem
Johoin
New York
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