Bits of Byplay The sport and wry wordplay in a noisy page
A collage of quips, jokes, and brief vignettes from a late era newspaper page. It parodies betting, prohibition, travel woes, tradesmen, and daily life with puns and character sketches. Notable threads include whiskey shipments, fishy weather, and light social banter among named towns and professions.
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Polly
Cliff Sterrett
Kant A Aproa Luce, Ethel
Uhh
Bless
Sheart
Goulatdis
Pall Gour
Heyre
Jet
Telliag
Guhat
Ercy
Ferdie
Magnolia
Washington
Capitol
H. A.macgill
Marie Percy
Pry
Boffin
A. Snow
The
Adams Express Company
Cincinnati
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Luke
Hank Hix
Luke McLuke
Old Jim
Greensboro
Herald-Jouvenal
Joe Miller
Frank Bancrett
Ezra Beggs
Billie Wood
Newark
Kinney Dock
Portland, Me
Jake McLuke
Wellington
Fuller Bunk
France
WEEET
Vamlle
Meyer Marcus
Marcus
Cowan
Bobby
Ayr
Aoi
Crackie
Pete Winkles
Fale
Mary
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