Von Bulow Praises Sarasate and Concerts in Letters
In letters Von Bulow extols Sarasate for a recent performance of the Symphonie Espagnole and Saint Saens violin piece, notes his enchantment, laments not meeting Sarasate, and mentions a private pass and ticket price. He later recalls an unexpected conference with Brahms and Sarasate.
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von Bulow
Sarasate
Symphonie Espagnole
Lalo
Saint- Saens
N. B
Ander
France
Bas Otto Goldschmidt
He Preferred Mules and the Pittsburg Times
A portrait of Senator Christopher Magee and his newspaper habit. He prized his paper the Pittsburg Times, bragging on its modern journalism. The tale recounts him joking about missing a wreck scoop and clever quips about getting the paper out of a rut, praising male effort over men.
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Christopher Magee
Pittsburg Times
Times
Fourth Avenue
Philadelphia Press
A Scale of Cold From Arctic Explorers
A Chicago Record-Herald piece explains a cold scale from 65 to 70 degrees north. It lists temperatures from fifteen degrees above zero to fifty below, describing comfort, bracing sensations, and survival advice such as continuous movement, facial protection, fatty food, and frequent circulation checks.
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England
Lapland
Chicago Record-Herald
How to Pet a Horse The Right Touch from a Trainer
A trainer explains proper horse petting focusing on the nerve centers between the ears and the eyelids rather than the nose. He notes that many passersby pet the animal incorrectly and that those raised around horses instinctively know the best spots to stroke for comfort.
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New York
New York Globe
Vanity of Men in Tea Talk and Beekeeping Tales
In a women’s club over tea and cigarettes, speakers debunk male vanity with bee lore. They cite Pliny Moses Rusden and Shakespeare misnaming the queen bee as king, arguing the hive’s ruler is indeed female, per a New Orleans Times-Democrat quotation.
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Pliny
Moses Rusden
Charles I
Shakespeare
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Speaker Cannon’s bitter district fight and post office purge
In a tense dispute, supporters of Uncle Joe faced dismissals from public service. A friend informed Cannon’s circle that Smith and Jones lost their office posts, prompting the reply that battle carries casualties and nothing will change. The exchange ends with a grim warning about inevitable dead and wounded.
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Cannon
Uncle Joe
Joe
Smith
Jones
Timid Suitor Warned by Father Over Marriage Plan
A Liverpool Mercury quip describes a father cautioning a young man to temper attentions to his daughter. He jokes that too much attentiveness could ruin future wealth, momentarily turning courtship into a financial caution.
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Liverpool Mercury
Invalids and a Bulldog Prompt Hasty Exit
A quarrelsome scene unfolds with a housewife sneering I can help you while dismissing invalids. Beefsteak Ben jokes he will become an invalid if he remains, while attempting to free himself from a bulldog pinning his shins.
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Beefsteak Ben
The Poor Milkman Again Exchange Sketch
A humorous exchange frames a milkwoman challenging a seller about milk quality. The housewife quips that the can resembles a painting, calling it a water color parody as the scene unfolds.
Fragmented travel verse and proverbs in shuffled dialogue
A coarse collage of lines features a dying cook joke exchange about the afterlife a hostess remark about staying and a quip about salt and travel. A proverb claims the poet is born not made and attributes fault to nothing specific.
Queer Old Book Titles From Cromwell's Era
A collection of quirky English book titles from Cromwell’s time. Examples include A Most Delectable Sweet Perfumed Nosegay For God's Saints to Smell At and Biscuit Baked In the Oven of Charity for the Chickens of the Church.
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Zion
Samuel Fish
Sailor lip on a prayer book and holystone tale
A seaman lampoons the Sailor's Prayer Book calling it a holy joke. He explains holystone work is done on Sundays and kneels to scrub decks. The term stems from old tombstones, giving a pious sound to a profane duty aboard ship.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
It Happened Before and All in His Head Quotes
A collage of witty quotes from Circle Magazine and Kansas City Journal reflecting on education versus vocation, a dismissive candidate remark, a skull bones joke, and a thought on fear versus love. Notable lines from an itinerant preacher, Balaam, a candidate, and Aristotle offer sharp humor.
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Balaam
Circle Magazine
Mr Smith
Student Smith
Public Sale at Cumberland Farm Nov 27 1908
A public sale will be held at the seller's Cumberland area farm Friday November 27 1908 starting at 10 a m. The catalog lists 5 head of horses and mules including yearling span mules and mares 25 cattle with milch cows and yearling steers 3 thoroughbred shorthorns including a three year old cow a two year old heifer and an eight month bull 20 brood sows with free lunch at noon Usual terms including clerical notices by F H Osen B K Gaylord and P H Pettinger
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Cumberland
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Mgr
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C.W. Needles
Atlantic
Iowa
G. W. Patton
Estey Smith
Lewis
W. S. Lantz
Wiota
J. &. Baron
I. C. Seaman
Rass Lang
B. K. Gaylord
Bridget
Kansas City Journal
Aristotle
the City Steam Laundry
Council Bluffs
Omaha
South Omaha
Des Moines
Sioux City
Lincoln
the Register and
Iowa News Service
Register
Leader
Clint Price
Democratic State Committee
Indianola
F. M. Alexander
the News
Sherm Myers
Anita
D. H Scott
Edwin Phillips
Griswold
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B. K. Gaylord, “and
P. H. Pettinger
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