Wit and whimsy spark from a 19th century quip reel
A collage of humorous snippets cites painterly time pans, race based anecdotes, marital views, and political jests. It notes Whitelaw Reid on marriage, Vennor’s return, weather gripes, and antics about Texans and elections reflecting period humor and social stereotypes.
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Virginia
Tennessee Air Line
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Samaria
Atlas
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Great Britain and Ireland
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Milanese
Sliverpool
Massachusetts
Victoria
Spe Deu
Roiglamorgan
Warren & CO
Post Office Square
Leyland Line Steamships
THA An & Lamocer
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J. Henry Sears & CO
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New England
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Australia
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Royal Mail
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White Star Dock
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Annapolis
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Penobscot River
Winterport
Bucksport Railroad
Ligton
B. Haseltine
India Wharf
Grane Trank
Fortland & Ogdensburg
Knox & Lincoln Hallo Reens
Sosit William Weeks
Bell’s Hotel
Court Square
George E. Bell
S Ofice
City of Boston
South Street
Commonwealth Avenue
C. H. Dennie
Committee On Finance and City Treasurer
Rari
Bostom
City Hall
He Perton
Lucius Slade
Mobil
Park Department
Park Commisssioners
New England Mutual Life Insurance Building
Post-office Square
Charles H. Dalton
William Gray
Henry Lee
Morio
API
Father Besmet
Lawrence Ene Ee Territory
Canital
Laidlaw & CO
Pine Street
I. & S. Wormler & CO
Drexel Building
Prince & Whitely
Broadway
mriTaStubt
Iron Silver Mining CO
Robinson Con. Mining CO
Little Chief Mining CO
Freelard Mining CO
Iron Mine
Leadville
Messrs. Stevens & Leiter
W. H. Wolintock & CO
Exchange Place
Boston, Mass
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Morris
Silver Mine
Maine Mining Exchange
Congress Street
Riff
S. Lawrence French
Devonshire ST
The
Great Basin M. & 8S. Co
Eureka Tunnel Co
Silver Peak
F. H. Pege
Stedman & Tufts
Boston Stock Exchange
W.R. Stedman
Fred. C. Tufts
Nowwtnstuff
Plymouth Gold Mining CO
Seth EF. Brown
Portland Mining Exchange
Hange Street
George W. May
Devonshire Street
American Shoe Tip Co
Brichardson, Hill & CO
Bankers
Bay
Faster
Clark, Post & Martin
Pine St
E. W. Clark & CO
Third St
H. A. W. Post
J. F. Amsden & Son
Gaston Stock Exchange
Heartien
J.C. Davis
Dectroston
Nasex & Cuseiing
Summer ST
Shoe and Leather Exchange
CEY Five Cents Savings Bank
Boston Highlands
Dorr Street
Fort Avenue
Eustis Street
Windsor Street
Westminster Street
Plympton
Mast Dedham Streets
Chelsea
Cary Avenue
Maverick Street
Longwood
Brookline Avenue
Frances Street
W. Hopkinson
Perry & Creech
Court Street
Dock Square
Devonshire St. A. T
Coffin & Henry
Iowa
State St
Davenport
Bossomton
Ordway Place
Bromfield AH
School Streets
Jason Moses Williams, Jr
P. O. Square
Hood
Howard Stater
Lowett
Hessrs. C. St. Hood & CO
Co. C. Picurering
Coburn Shuttle Co
C. 1. Hood & CO
Mags
Trumphrey
Mea
Morocco
Kumparey
Romoqeopathic Medicine CO
Fulton St
Dreuggists
Ba Humphrey
Humphrey
Humphrey's Homoeopathic Medicine CO
Thst& Wylf
Alton Street
Postente Ns
Hoop Bitters Mfg., Co
Liebig Company
Liebeg
Medical Press
Lancet
British Medical Journal
Liebig
England
C. David & Co
Mark Jane
Bray & Bayes
Skillings, Whitney & Barnes
V.i
Kilby Street
Knowles
Knowles Steam Pump Works
Liberty St
the Federal Cafe and Restaurant
J. E. Bellows
Federal Street
Emerson’s
Aaron R.gay
State
Hanlon & CO
Tremont
Boylston Sts
Hotel Boylston
Tremont St
Boylston
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co
Wis
Joseph Gam
Corporation Notices
Union Pacific Railway Company
Union Trust Company
Equitable
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Henry M'Farland
Rorto
Gorham Rogers & CO
Engelhardt’s
Blaine
Sherman
California
John Chinaman
New York Herald
St. Patrick
Hilton
Jim Mulligan
Baltimore Sun
Hewitt
National Committee
Tilden
Democratic Party
Messrs. Brooks
New York Express
Jones
Times
Miller
Congress
Brooks
Lord Derby
House of Lords
Earl
Disraeli
Marquis of Salisbury
Beaconsfield
Freehold
Lord Sefton
Liberal
Gladstone
Col. Benton
West Virginia
Hiscock
William H. Darling
Blue Hill
Darling
Crazy Darling
Squire Darling
Ellsworth
Rocks of
Joyce
House
Congressional Record
Rip van Winkle
Leopold Morse
Post Publishing Co., Publishers
Milk
Boston Press and Post
Boston Statesman & Weekly Post
Daily Post
George Freeman Emery
Albany Railroad
Meesrs
Cutler & Co
Onur
Dominion of Canada
Sara
Mr. Hayes
Carl Schurz
Tennyson
Colorado
Detroit Free Press
Limerick
America
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Mary Anderson
Palestine
Herald
Mark Twain
Eli Perkins
Gilbert
Sothern
Rhode Islanders
Connecticut
Dallas
Leadville For the Benefit of the Free Hospital
Stephen B. Dillaye
Villaye
Hoar
Kellogg
Hayes
Louise
Mobile
Theodosia Burr
United States Army
Winter Palace
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Geneva
Zurich
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