Cowboys Race Plot Brings Yale Star In The Fold
In a ranch melodrama a phonograph heist spurs a foot race between Covington the intercollegiate champ and Speed Yale cheerleader, as Helen Blake pushes for Covington to win back the prize. The Flying Heart hosts a house party while Glass and Fresno scheme and Willy Johnson forces the truth in a tense, comic showdown.
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Fistos Heart Ranch
Centipeda
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jenn Chapin
Covington
Helen
Larry Glass
Willy
Fresno
Stanford University
Ladiers
Glass
Getting the Vacation Fund Joke Exchange
Joe saved 100 dollars as a vacation fund. He explains he earned it by writing jokes about people who vacation and regret it. The back and forth highlights humor about planning leisure with earnings.
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Joe
Lin
Eruption on Ankle Recount in Kingsville Ad
A resident from Kingsville Missouri recalls an eighteen year battle with ankle sores. After trying many remedies she found relief with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting the sores healed in about three months and no lingering trouble. The testimonial is signed Mrs Charles B H Brooke and dated October 2 1912. Cuticura ads promote free samples and the 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Boston.
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Kingsville
Charles BH
Brooke
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Puzzle question on fathers holding congresses as concerts
A punny dialogue imagines fathers organizing congresses to agree on desires like mothers would. The child asks if such acts would be akin to “poor concerts,” highlighting a tongue in cheek gendered joke about family dynamics.
Paradoxical Experts Discuss Dual Nature of Engines
Paradoxical experts claim engines can perform opposite actions simultaneously. They describe a balance between careful operation and reckless behavior as a reflection of human influences. The discussion touches on the role of money as a driver behind competing motives.
Debutante education and operatic quips in a lifetime
A fragment lists the three R’s of debutante education as raiment ragtime and repartee. It notes a teething syrup claim and a joke about a husband who loves opera yet applauds loudly to stay awake.
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Schuyler
van Puyster
Briven
Tyree's Antiseptic Powder Ad and a Humorous Exchange
An old advertisement promotes Tyree's Antiseptic Powder to relieve summer annoyances like prickly heat ivy poisoning insect bites and offensive perspiration with a free sample offer from J S Tyree Washington DC Also a humorous exchange jokes about saving $10000 before marriage reflecting old time period humor and dialogue style.
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Tyree
J. S. Tyree
Washington, D. C
Revolt Suppressed Over Authority in Marriage
A witty exchange depicts a wife asserting control by claiming she rules the first letter of the universe while her husband, once meek, begins to push back. The dialogue humorously contrasts power dynamics within a marriage.
Proper Dignity and the Bashful Bachelor Sayings
A quirky exchange suggests a bachelor ponders why many men dislike women, joking that married men often hold the bias. The dialogue hints at social attitudes toward gender and marriage with a pointed, tongue in cheek tone.
A Theory of Conceit and Compensation in Publishing
A witty exchange contrasts preachy theory with practice as a woman strips conceit from men, while a young author sends clever pieces to an editor who retorts they publish as well as they receive. The dialogue hints at gender dynamics and editorial bravado in literary circles.
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Berkeley Fresno
Carara
Willie
Fresno
Stover
Jon
What It Costs
A short street scene notes a passerby retort about politeness costing her a seat, while a tired strap hanger counters that politeness costs him his seat twice daily, revealing social friction in crowded transit.
Perfectly Natural Crop Failure Idea in Novel
A humorous exchange notes a man hoping for crop failure and mentions sowing wild oats as a search for irony. The dialog hints at literary proofing and personal trust as a friend invites to review proofs in an apartment setting.
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Penley
Eloquence Appreciated in Dinner Table Exchange
A witty exchange between a cynical statesman and Senator Sorghimi questions if the man speaks worth listening to. Sorghimi asserts that the man excels at ordering a dinner, highlighting practical eloquence over rhetoric.
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Senator Sorghimi
Woman in terrible state praised Lydia E Pinkham's compound
A Bellevue Ohio reader reports severe back pain, general aches, nervousness and weakness followed by rapid improvement after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial urges others with female ailments to try the remedy, citing widespread success.
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Bellevue
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mre. Cras, Coapman
R. Fld. No
Bellesvue
Pinkham
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