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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
8
A compilation of brief humorous snippets and cartoon captions from several 19th and early 20th century papers. Jokes touch on dogs, love, cooks, barbers, and small misadventures, with light wordplay and social puns.
A Pittsburg passenger recalls a streetcar scam where a man pockets a recovered quarter claiming it as his commission. The teller notes lingering confusion over the scheme and a later discarded dime. The anecdote ends with the speaker still unsettled by the encounter and a doctor’s remark about a plugged dime.
Senator Carmack speaks in Memphis on the Porto Rico and Philippine rulings, accusing the court of political bias and calling it a decayed constitutional pillar. He warns that four minority justices threaten limits on constitutional power and fears the federal judiciary, citing Jefferson, could undermine popular government.
The Army of Northern Virginia receives General Lee's farewell dated April 10 1885 after four years of war. He explains surrender due to overwhelming numbers and resources and grants officers and men permission to return home until exchanged. He asks them to keep faith and trusts in divine blessing for their countrymen.
Old notices describe future prohibition of intoxicants and other items from mail handling. The piece also references various topics from Zion leader Alexander Dowie to deteriorating Kansas wheat and Spain-US trade hopes, and ends with an advert for Casarets Candy Cathartic to ease bowel issues.
The British Admiralty and War Office set up a committee to find better gun and small arm powders and shell explosives and invite manufacturers to submit trials with a secrecy guarantee. Sir Henry Brackenbury urges emulating Germany’s research model, suggesting cordite and lyddite have fallen short.
A mortgage of 100000 on St An drew s Methodist Episcopal church at 76th Street near Columbus Avenue in New York was burned Sunday in a ritual ceremony. The event drew a small congregation with church officers past and present, a bishop, and leading clergy. The mortgage was torn page by page and placed in a receptacle before fire as a symbolic act marking the church’s liberating moment after 14 years of encumbrance.
In a tense domestic scene Basil and Mary quarrel about wealth independence and control. She accuses money of freeing him to treat her poorly, while he insists affection cannot exist without trust and mutual respect. They clash over journeys, gowns, and fidelity before Mary declares she will leave to seek autonomy.
A Chicago Tribune item portrays a large man speaking to a clerk and declaring he represents a family of 11 daughters amid a crowded bargain counter scene. The brief snapshot captures social bustle and humorous miscommunications in a retail setting.
A clipped phrase from a Philadelphia Tines snippet shows a newcomer refusing a place and recalling two men who seemed starving. The scene contrasts a cheeky town motto with a grim image of a coal doctor and undertaker, hinting at dark humor in a small town setting.
Fragmented lines describe a conversation about a chicken breaking its shell and entering a tale of travel and words. The text references a cay hoy and tawniy with questions about eggs and hens. It shows scrambled phrases and misread quotes without a clear event or concrete facts.
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