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Newspaper

Atlanta Georgian

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1914

Page

6

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.

Harvard Lampoon Cornell Widow Princeton Tiger College

Cold Comfort Eskimos and Eskimonos Joke

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.

Married Man’s Motto and We Stand Divided

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.

Miss Elderly Sways From Chic To Regular Off Hep

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.

Miss Elderly Puff Jimmy

Puzzle pieces and the missing part of peace

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.

He Probably Did RS TALKWORDS Henry in Sleep

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.

Henry

Kiss Upsets Calculations Title Echoes Life Lesson

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.

Negotiator turns talk to self as others seek focus

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.

OMD Flattery

Golf Yarns from Masters and Caddies Across Time

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.

Ames J. Corbett Great Neck Golf Club Bay Side Francis Ouimet

Laughs in the News and oddities from city and court

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.

New York Peter Mullins Jersey City Peter

Jokes and Quips From a Delaware Governor's Remarks

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.

Mexican town named as it is pronounced

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.

Father Mexico

Train Tango Clock Conductor Slyly Breaks Time Joke

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.

Fragmented Dialogue on Intelligence Between Two Men

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.

John Charles

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