Empire Hotel in New York Publicity and Local Sports Mentioned
A Washington Herald excerpt contrasts Texas Panhandle horse whipped wolf hunts with jack rabbit field sport. It then extols the Empire Hotel in New York, praising its central location, rooms, restaurants, and amenities, and notes clothing and hat fashion anecdotes from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Empire
Broadway
Sixty-third Street
Central Park
London Daily News
Earl of Marrington
Cure for Eczema With Cuticura Remedies
A Boston man describes severe hand eczema with itching burning and cracking. After three months of suffering he used Cuticura Remedies and recovered in a month. The testimonial notes initial doctor visits and water sensitivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathura
Walter H. Cox
Somerset St
Boston
Mass
Fotter Drug & Chem. Corp
Shadbolt Chides Dinguss On Repeated Strikes
In a tense exchange, Shadbolt tells Dinguss he is not like lightning and concedes the man can strike the same opponent many times. The remark suggests ongoing conflict and a debate over persistent actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinguss
Shadbolt
Humorous Vignettes From Public Ledger and Detroit News Tribun
A collection of light anecdotes including a telephone girls tale about a misheard line a pun on dates and a teacher’s recuperate riddle. Also a devout butcher’s note offers a witty biblical misread. Brief items illustrate humor from early 20th century papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charley
Charley Success Magazine
Detroit News-Tribune
Stagecoach currency tale from Harper's Weekly
A Cincinnati visitor offers a single $5 bill to the town stagecoach driver in an Ohio town still using a horse drawn route. The driver tests the note by asking which horse the passenger wants, highlighting the period’s currency and transportation quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cincinnati
Harper’s Weekly
Clever Will and Medicine Patter From Old Journal
A light humor item pairs a client joking about a slate will to avoid heirs’ trouble with a lawyer and a physician who credits success to concealing ignorance. The brief humor showcases early 20th century newspaper whimsy and brief quotes of a medical sage.
Summer Pirates Picture of a boarding house joke
A tall man jokes about a country boarding house charging 20 dollars weekly for two meals and labels it a marine title. His friend asks what is marine about it, and the man replies with a pun that it is boarded by pirates.
Music Box Conversation Sparks Quip About Work
A young man at the piano asserts there is much music in the box. His long suffering friend sardonically suggests hiring someone to retrieve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blobbs
Philadelphia
Libby
Philosophical barber tale and quick wit exchanges
A barber scene lets a professor reflect on mind and reality after a haircut shampoo shave and massage. He questions if he received all services and ponders the strange workings of thought. The piece blends humor with a remark on perception and philosophy.
Marriage Demands From Grief Stricken Wife Prompt Attention
A fragment from Harper's Weekly hints at a husband telling his wife to remarry after his death, suggesting the speaker will die soon. The cryptic wording appears in a late 19th century newspaper fragment and reflects period sentiment on widowhood and remarriage.
Why He Lost Out and Other Short Items
A scatter of quips and captions from city papers. Humorous bits touch on dating, manners, and social quirks with quick exchanges and witty asides. Names like Knox and Gotrox appear amid light sketches and stagey dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Poor Pattison and the head injury warning tale
A London Mail anecdote recalls Pattison who counsels counting to ten before speaking. His son, excited near new houses, shouts and a brick falls, striking Pattison on the head as they step away, prompting a humorous sales inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattison
Tom
London Mail
Suffragette Term Prompted by Women Voters
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes that a woman who wants to vote is labeled a suffragette if ladies are present. The remark reflects historical gender voting language and public discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Cultivation of Corn and Butter Making Techniques
The article discusses timing for corn planting after the first week of June and the need for cultivation after each rain to preserve soil moisture. It also covers plant thinning to avoid crowding and moisture competition, plus notes on butter quality and salt distribution to prevent streakiness.
Farmer notes and experiments in agriculture and home science
Agricultural notes cover thinning crops to two per hill on champion Holstein stock, bitter torula from milks and sterilization, crossing barbed wire fences, UW Wisconsin College of Agriculture offerings, weights and measures law, home scales, buttermilk for sheep ticks, and well air tests with lantern method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Connecticut
Breeze
Pingue in Mexican sheep and other farming notes
The article discusses pingue a sheep disease among Southwest ranchers linked to rubber plant exposure hot water and salt as a remedy notes the bumble bee aids clover seed fertilization and warns about other insects a Bohemian ham coating mrashin preserves meat and a salt brine method for packing butter with a weighted plate to keep it submerged
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Bohemia
Fashion Hints and Odds and Ends From Miami
A collage of fashion notes for tunic dresses in linen or silk with broad band trimming, travel notes on Chautauqua and Lily Dale via Nickel Plate Road, and scattered items including health remedies, astronomy quips, and Miami University of Oxford achievements highlighting notable alumni and historic figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Lily Dale
N. Y
Nickel Plate Road
F. P. Parnin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aefety Razor
Ection Razor Strop Company
Texas Panhandle
Washington Herald
C. Witten
Eim St
Newark
N. J
Tulsa
Charms Children
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Jimmy
Hank
Ally Sloper
M. D
Johnny
Tommy
Cleveland
Anid
Cem
Hara
Blox—Dawkins
Knox
Jack
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Bill
Chicago Tribune
Benjamin Franklin
Mars
Consolidated Lighting Companies
British India
Red Cross
Maimi University
Oxford
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Robert Cumming Schenck
House of Representatives
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Calvin 5S. Brice
Stanley Matthews
Miami
Dodds
Thompson
Jefferson Sts
Vienna
By, McNeill &, Eibby
Chicago
Paxton Toilet CO
Daisy Fly Killer
Lantsall
BEA CO. Dept. BS
Minnespolis, Minz
Pieane
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LE Roy
PTD
Duclos
Plog
Trea
Htate
Li—Breseheo
Fittabarg
Lala Bas
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