Quips and quibbles from a Philadelphia era column
The fragment resembles a late 19th or early 20th century humor column collecting gags and sayings. It intertwines wry observations on money love marriage gender and social pretensions attributed to jokes from the Philadelphia Record and similar papers. Distinct lines reference everyday vices and social norms with flirtations and moral quips.
Notice for Modern Woodmen Camp 10025 meeting
All members of Modern Woodmen of America Camp No. 10025 are requested to be present Monday evening December 7 for a gathering titled Something Doing.
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Modern Woodmen, of America Camp No
For Sale Our Number 831 40A near Anadarko
Property listing with multiple parcels including 100 acres near Anadarko Olka 2h Quad. Details note tillable land 35 acres cultivated 4 miles from Anadarko small house windmill fruit and crops tools price 1400. Also includes Washita Cache bottom farms fine corn alfalfa and references to Baldwin Gibbs Co Anadarko. Palace bakery ad content mixed in with poetic quotes.
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Anadarko
Washita
Cache Bottom
Business Philosophy Hint from a Fragment
A fragmented line of text offers a quirky maxim about work, hiring traveling men, humility, and doors labeled pull or push. The readable fragment hints at admonitions on balance, perception, and social duties, with garbled typos and incomplete phrases.
Orators Have Free Hand Says Masterman at Cambridge
Prof Masterman lectured on modern England and liberty of the subject noting Hyde Park talk on Sundays would fill a German fortress but the orators went home to tea. He observed few European states where attacks on the sovereign are rare or strongly resented. Prevent Bow from Splitting noted: placing a wooden chopping bowl upside down when not in use prevents splinting.
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Masterman
Cambridge
England
Hyde Park
London
Europe
Fragmented Ledger Entry of Bank Accounts and Surplus
A damaged OCR style ledger lists loans and discounts 176608.98 dollars, warrants 4485.16, bonds and premium 25750.00, banking house 18000.00, cash and light exchange 127945.69, totaling 347879.17 as surplus and earnings.
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U. S
U. 5
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