Boston Post Newspaper Archives, Feb 9, 1882, p. 2

Fractured Humor and Odd Tales From a Local Press

A collection of humorous vignettes and sharp commentary sketches from a Philadelphia newspaper page. It covers a photographer pranking a man with a brad awl, a board of education resignation, Alcott on wives feet, Chicago divorces, a Maine farmer swindled at poker, a mule and cow misplacement, treasure seekers near Eufaula, a lie diagram invention, ether-induced confessions, and a revivalist trick involving a deacon. The items reveal quirks of people, schemes, and social foibles of the era.

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