Witty miscellany bits from early 20th century humor pages
A stream of humorous observations and quips on fashion, politics, science, and society. Snappy riffs include remarks on the demise of the harem skirt, rising ice costs, Panama hats, Boston babies with cards, and a French aviator on Broadway. Notable items mention a New York evangelist, an English baronet as janitor, and jokes about Chicago taxicabs and Wall Street.
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Broadway
New York
Wall Street
Printing long speeches in Congress Record inspires distrust
A narrator claims twenty years of reading the Congressional Record reveals that applause and recitations were printed rather than spoken. The tale likens lawmakers to Patrick Henry figures, noting fabrications in prints and a habit of dramatic cheers. The piece weaves in Lucius Smithers and his wife, charting a tale of deceit, insurance schemes, and a mysterious ending.
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Victor Murdock
Congress
Patrick Henry
Lucius Smithers
Lucius
Smithers
California Billy the Bandit Faces Prison After Westwide Run
A long outlaw career ends as Georgia capture leads to trial. The famed California Billy roamed the West in the 1860s, wrecking stage coach safes from California to Colorado, with{" "}gold dust consignments and bounties on his head, until a Sacramento-area hold up brought a decisive posse pursuit in 1869.
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Georgia
Gainesville
California
Billy
Sacramento
Bill
San Quentin
Miner
Colorado
Sonora
Tuolumne County
Milton
Oregon
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Corbett
Canadian Pacific
Mission Junction
British Columbia
Canadian ‘Pacific Railway
Durrer
B. C
New Westminster
Be Firm With Reggie a mother’s firm care on a train
A mother lectures a boy named Reggie on staying firm about his banana intake. She insists on strict limits, hygiene, and thoughtful parenting, describing daily routines, warnings, and the challenges of managing a child's diet while traveling.
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Reggie Darling
Reggie
Mercy
Daddy
Darling
Ella
Manay
Fragmentary Train Schedule Snippet With Arrival Times
A partial OCR schedule lists stations Ly Jackson at 6 00 a m Hattiesburg 10 35 a m Ar Gulfport 1 21 p m Columbia Division Sou Leave Laurel Arrive Saratoga Arrive Jackson No 6 Arrive Gulfport No 3. The fragment preserves times and routes but lacks full context or dates.
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Jackson
Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Columbia
Sou
Columbia Division
North
Laurel Branch
Laurel
Saratoga
Ay J. L. Hawley
G Qulfn
Glad Relief and Foolish Pride in Two Quotations
A brief humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly shows Bilkins praising paid bills while discovering duplicates dated November 1. The vignette contrasts relief at ridding October 1 statements with vanity and self reliance critiqued by Balzac in the associated line.
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Bilkins
Mrs. Bilkins
Harper’s Weekly
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Brandon News
Brandon
Mississippi
Turkey
Detroit
Vassar College
Panama
Rhode Island
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn
Kansas
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Illinois
University of Chicago
England
Westminster Abbey
Congressinul
Old Bill Miner
May, Sanders
Stingily
Attorneys At Law
General Passenger Department
Mendenhall
Maxie
North Bo
Lumberton
Laurel and
P. A. Wp
Ayonsport, Miss
A. J. McLaurin
Henry & Henry, Attorneys At Law
S. L. McLaurin
Tally Heslep
J. W. Birdsong
Rankin County Bank
C.R. Garraway
J. H. Burnham
Rankin County Bank Building
Brandon, Mississippi
W. E. McIntyre
Brandon, Miss
Roy L. Fox
Brandon Bank
G. L. Todd, M. D
Cumberland Telephone Connection
Florence
Miss
W. G. Ellis
Loveless
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, Incorporated
Sam W. Taylor
P. O. Box
Fifth and
New Orleans Sts
Hattiesburg, Miss
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