Standard's Daily Page of Fun and Trains Humble Jester Verse
A collage of humorous notes and poems appears with poetry rates and advertiser lines. Jokes feature a jail routine with a light charge and a child’s toast dilemma. The prose reflects a local paper’s playful miscellany including a riddle about trains and a family moment over breakfast toast.
North Pole saved in arctic tale misread as bar pole
In a chaotic excerpt featuring Jack London and possibly Roland Hietter, a heat stricken traveler whiles away a polar night. A match reveals a red white blue striped pole mistaken for salvation, and a couple’s kiss seals a chilly rescue before dawn.
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Jack
London
Roland Hietter
Whitney
Itney
Mary
North Pole
North’ Pole
Harry
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