Bascom and His Students. A Wisconsin president’s classroom anecdotes
Harper's Weekly recalls John Bascom former University of Wisconsin president known for insight into students. An absent minded pie tist was not excused after failing to hear a chapel bell, while another student faced a sharp prompt about excuses. Bascom hosted lively debates and urged a student to use time to exhaust a subject, remarking you have the time.
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Bascom
John Bascom
University of Wisconsin
Tigiras
Innenen
John
Bascon
Harper’s Weekly
Smart Boy Wins Puzzle in Chalkboard Trick
A New York Globe item recalls a visitor testing small boys with chalk numbers. One boy names thirty two, the visitor draws backward to twenty three and confirms correctness. Another boy says sixty two, reversed to twenty six, then a third boy shouts forty four and is challenged to twist it again.
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New York Globe
A Financial Embarrassment in a Stranger’s Memory
A lady who showed no kindness to her servants encounters an old acquaintance who asks how she fared. The brief scene hints at past neglect and a moment of social reckoning within a domestic setting.
Financial Distress in a Tight Weekly Budget
In a brief dialogue from a 19th century style vignette a woman laments hardship while a man asks if he is unemployed. She reveals earning six dollars a week yet paying eight in board, noting the impossible imbalance and mounting trouble despite prompt pay. The text captures grim poverty and daily struggle.
Dinner Conversation Reveals Hugo’s Vast Works
In a dinner scene a bashful man grows responsive as the companion draws him out. The talk turns to literature with questions about Hugo. He admits liking Hugo and says he has read a number of his books, including asserting he had read only three of Ninety Three.
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Hugo
Lippincott’s
As Japanese See It in Dress and Manners
A Kansas City Journal excerpt notes that Japanese views on Western women are harsh and racist. It claims they find grown women shocking in costume and teeth and feet. the kimono hides the body's lines and girls are taught to walk with small steps and barely visible mouths.
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Kansas City Journal
Time Gaffe From a Rural Street Scene
A traveler asks a boy driving cows home the time. The boy replies almost 12 o clock but says it never is past noon here and time resets to 1. This humorous moment from Lustige Blatter captures local whimsy and rural timing.
So you are going to leave your studio
A terse exchange quotes a dispute about leaving a studio with a line about a landlord and an ambiguous reference to 802. The Philadelphia Inquirer is cited as the source of the dialogue.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Judge Brings Child Clerk Into Court In Lively Lunch Tale
In a story from Success Magazine, Judge Brady notices a stunted boy Billy summoned by Chauncey Shafer from his law office. The boy asks what proceedings are happening at a private term, as the judge greets him kindly and asks how he can assist.
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Chauncey Shafer
New York
Sydney Smith
London
Brady
Billy
Five Trees Grow From Grave in Hertfordshire Tale
In the village of Tewin Hertfordshire England a grave marked by the inscription for Lady Anne Grimestone wife of Sir Samuel Grimestone Bart of Gohambury bears a legend. On her deathbed she allegedly denied God promising that five trees would sprout if God exists. After burial five shoots rose, split the tomb masonry and wrecked the railing. The tale circulated by the New York Tribune.
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Tewin
Hertfordshire
England
Anne Grimestone
Samuel Grimestone, Bart
Gohambury
Chanel
Grimestone
New York Tribune
Animal solidarity and mercy in the wild world
A London Spectator writer notes herd behavior among animals moralizing on mercy and cruelty. Wild buffaloes, elephants, baboons and wolves sometimes aid or destroy members in distress. Monkeys drown injured peers. otters band together. sparrows murmur for trapped mates, while a robin escapes notice.
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London Spectator
Chinese Music and the Eight Instrumental Traditions
The Chinese ritual music uses eight instruments including the bell flute drum and sonorous stone with the plume shield and ax as emblems. Ceremonies always feature two instruments of each kind, never an odd number, to stress duality. one pair begins the music and its mate ends it.
Why He Felt Happy
Vernon told me this morning that he passed the tree where two years ago he carved your initials and his own and encircled them with a heart. He said he felt so glad he almost danced for joy. The tall brunette asks if he still loves her and learns he was happy because some men were cutting the tree down.
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Vernon
Children’s dialogue on medicine in China humor
A fragment from the St. Louis Republic presents a playful exchange between a mother and son about taking medicine. The joke contrasts Western caution with a stereotype about Chinese childrearing, ending with a flippant note on discipline.
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China
St. Louis Republic
His Strong Point and Night Watchman Qualifications
A dialogue from Illustrated Bits where the applicant lists his strength as being easily awakened by noise. He claims this sensitivity would prevent him from sleeping through disturbances, presenting it as a qualification for the night watchman post.
Poor Holland Joke Declares Land a Low County
Cartoon quip notes a governess asking why Ella won’t go to Holland and a child’s reply that geography brands Holland as a low lying country. The Life magazine caption uses light humor about stereotypes and map lore.
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Holland
Ella
Family Division conversation at old town gathering
A brief social exchange recalls a framed scene between a proud mother and a friend. The mother notes her son’s intelligence while contrasting her daughter’s resemblance to her father, reflecting family dynamics in a quiet public setting.
A Cabby Sting Bespeaks Lingual Prowess and Prank
A London Tit-Bits anecdote describes a foreign traveler using broken English to test a cabby. The stranger, paying with three half crowns, learns the fare is five shillings and exits after a clever wink, leaving the puzzled driver to puzzle out the ruse.
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Johu
London
Rules For Right Eating
Charles H. Cochrane warns in Metropolitan that simple eating rules should guide children and adults. Don’t hurry meals, avoid fatigue during meals, chew well, limit drinks, eat a variety, and avoid too much cold food. Poor habits cause dyspepsia, leading to a miserable diet and social misfortune.
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Charles H. Cochrane
Metropolitan Magazine
Old Man Records The Catfish Tale Heard By Campers
A Chicago Tribune readers tale recalls two youths spinning a tall fish story about an old man with a river record. The man jokes with his wife that he warned her a catastrophe happened upstream when he supposedly caught a catfish with burned fins.
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Chicago
Tribun
How She Helped
A servant girl Maggie testifies under cross examination about past service and cooking duties. The mother mistress pushes for specifics and Maggie retorts that the previous mistress helped by stepping out of the kitchen, prompting a wry retreat.
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Maggie
London
A Hot Knife Sharpens When Heated
The piece explains that heat expands metal, enlarging the blade's breadth more than its thickness. This widens the wedge shape and makes the knife sharper only when its blade is hot.
The Greater Ache and the Toothache Paradox
A humorous quip from the New York Press contrasts heartache with a toothache. A woman claims you may endure endless sorrow but a sharp toothache will blunt the pain, making the heartache seem to fade as you endure the dental torment.
Anatomy joke from age old tale in Ladies' Home Journal
A teacher asks Johnny how many ribs he has and he replies he cannot count them because he is ticklish. The scene captures a light humorous moment from a Ladies' Home Journal anecdote about a boy named Johnny giggling and squirming while answering on one foot.
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Johnny
Ladies’ Home Journal
Dad A-doin Prayer for Shoes Joke in Constitution
A brief quip from the Atlanta Constitution features a humorous exchange about a father praying for shoes while a mother knits socks. The playful dialogue highlights domestic banter and a lighthearted family moment.
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Atlanta Constitution
Making a Monkey of Him tale in Detroit voice
A Detroit Free Press snippet presents a playful exchange about ancestors and tails. The fragment hints at a humorous tale or anecdote about lineage and mockery, with rhythmic dialogue emphasizing ancestral humor and a tease about what ancestors may have done.
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Detroit Free Press
Quotable Adage From Publilius Syrus
A maxim appears stating that nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently, attributed to the ancient playwright Publilius Syrus. The brief remark emphasizes balance between speed and care in action.
Boy's quick math quips stump Brooklyn teacher
A Brooklyn teacher asks in an oral test how three quarts of berries cost if one quart is 714 cents. A boy answers 22 cents, then jokes that with only 1 cent coins the man would inflate to 42 cents, as reported by the New York Press.
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Duryeas
National Starch Company
New York
Brooklyn
New York Press
Yes She Painted Young Gotrox Parlor Moment
A brief Chicago News snippet notes a girl named Margie who paints, chatty in a parlor scene. The dialogue shows admiration and anticipation as Margie promises to come down after applying powder, reflecting light social interaction in a domestic setting.
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Gotrox
Margie
Chicago News
Faithful to the End Mustard Trial Ends in Death
A doomed commercial traveler pleads for a last taste of mustard before execution by cannibal chiefs. He holds a sample case and urges a trial to win their patronage, but armed assailants seize him and the story ends with a splash as all is over.
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Los Angeles Times
Pine Boards Deflect Foul River Smell in Lively Sketch
In a Miss Mulock tale a lady and gentleman walk by a dirty river wall. She remarks on the odor while he suggests pine boards. She answers with a preference to smell pine boards, illustrating a cheerful heart seeing cheer.
No Reform Wanted In Marriage Quote
A Houston Post excerpt shows a couplets exchange about marriage and reform. The man claims his partner’s spending is directed at him, while the woman asserts there is no reform forthcoming. The dialogue highlights nagging expectations within a domestic scene.
Caustic Criticism Bust Sparks Humorous Exchange
A sculptor asks his friend for opinion on a bust. The friend quips that the marble would have made a lovely mantelpiece if it had been a different form, highlighting a sharp, witty moment about artistic work.
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Magnicent
Liver Pills and Pile Remedy Ad Promo
An old advertisement touts Ring a Little Liver Pills claiming liver health relief for headaches constipation and biliousness with a 25 cent price. It also promotes Gabe Sith waoksle and Map Zan Pile Remedy for piles with 50 cent price and guaranteed relief sold by CO W Sparks.
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G. W.sparks
CO. W. Sparks
Bristol to Yewport timetable note
Arriva Bristol timetable snippet shows departures at 8.00 a.m. and 9.45 a.m. with arrival at Yewport by 10.45. Indicates services between Arriva Bristol and Bristol area with stops noted.
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Arriva Bristol
Newport
Mee A.m
BSE A
Bristol
Sagamore
Rove
Bristol A
Torren
New York New Haven Hartford Electric Car Schedule
Railroad electric car service in effect June 2, 1907 on weekdays. Times listed include Bristol and Express routes with morning and afternoon departures. Details show multiple daily trips with prices and car numbers.
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N. H. & Hartford Railroad
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