College Humor Bits From Harvard Lampoon Papers
A playful excerpt notes a debut in a social circle ending with a witty quip about a mayonnaise mishap. The joke reflects campus humor from Harvard Lampoon and related college comics.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1914
Page
6
A playful excerpt notes a debut in a social circle ending with a witty quip about a mayonnaise mishap. The joke reflects campus humor from Harvard Lampoon and related college comics.
A playful exchange where a child asks about Eskimos wearing eskimonos and the mother confirms with a joke about a pole ice force at the Pole, signaling a lighthearted, family humor moment.
A quirky collection of humorous snippets and jokes about marriage, misadventures with a ham, sailors at a line, Roman drinking habits, and a punchline about spousal misfires. The bits evoke a late 19th or early 20th century comedic tone with brief visual gags and setups.
In a scrambled page item a witty dialogue carries a fragmentary skit about Miss Elderly once chic now plain. Jimmy’s uncle leaves him a fortune while a ship in the line hints at a hidden heir. The scene includes rapid banter and a domestic jab at Willie and his mother.
A speaker claims to have nearly solved a puzzle but cannot identify the final piece. The remark suggests the missing element is the "peace that passeth all understanding," hinting at a deeper, perhaps spiritual, resolution beyond the tangible puzzle. The dialogue contrasts mental certainty with elusive inner calm.
A fragmentary exchange notes Henry speaking in his sleep with a brief interruption and pardon. The dialogue hints at a casual domestic moment without broader context or identifiable events.
A short dialogue reflects on life and chance as a single kiss alters plans. The exchange hints at moral irony and unforeseen consequences in everyday decisions.
Fragmentary gamey notes show odd phrases and names like OMD, Scandal, Flattery, and Truth with numeric yard references and a push to identify a best man. The text reads like a stream of experimental phrases and partial lines with no clear event or outcome.
A curious collection of golf anecdotes features Martin Lex Findlay of Philadelphia recalling his boyhood lessons, a Senator’s golf room plan, Wilton’s Pelham misadventure, caddie ethics inspiring Carnegie, Ames Corbett’s humorous trial run at Great Neck Golf Club, and Ouimet recounting a 500 yard drive that ended in a fortuitous putt.
A miscellany of humorous clippings and brief items from New York, Rome, New Haven and more. Notes include a man pawned a five-diamond pin, a judge altering Frank Hellmiller’s name, suffrage remarks, criminals among milliners, chicken permits, a Yonkers divorce case, an elephant on a crate, and curious social quips.
A collection of brief humorous exchanges including a Texas colonel and his mule riding guards discussing an encyclopedia sales pitch for the boys, a man bragging about a house robbery seen in church, and a diner’s mistaken timing revealing a restaurant’s two year opening.
A playful family exchange centers on a Mexican town whose name sounds exactly as written. The father exclaims joy at discovering the feature while the mother and child react to the pronunciation.
A railway passenger asks if the train runs on eastern or central time. The conductor sighs and jokes that the railway uses rag time, not standard zones, highlighting the playful era of travel humor.
A clipped dialogue features John and Charles debating intelligence. John compliments human insight, while Charles deflects, joking that more knowledge could worsen wit. The exchange reads as a light literary aside with no clear event or outcome.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.