Jokes and Wit Across Traditions in Irish and English Humor
E P Powell cites Boswell Hood Sheridan and Irish wit as examples of clever talk and cleverers. He recalls jokes about Johnson Garrick and a bustling gallery of quips from Le Fanu Seventy Years of Irish Life and varied Irish and English ruses in social and political debates.
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Will M. Quad
James Payn
Sydney
Hood
Charley Lamb
Boswell
Johnson
Sheridan
le Fanu
Bramstone
E. P. Powell
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nose as Art and Courage Clash in Paris Suit
A framemaker sues a Paris society lady, the Baroness de , over a portrait whose nose provoked a public feud. The baroness demanded a different nose, fainted when she saw it, and burned the painting. The case heads to court as a breezy Nasal trial in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackay
Painc
Paris Exchange
Old Fashioned Passenger Pleads for Seat on Train
A dazed man awakens and asks for pardon as he offers his seat aboard a train. A woman conductor shakes him and asks how much longer he will delay paying the fare, implying a fare dispute aboard the Chicago Tribune item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denly
Chicago Tribune
New York Times
The Calcium Man and Stage Lighting Gripes
A humorous New York Recorder snippet features a calcium man venting about stage lighting disputes with dancers and chorus members. He complains about changing poses, lighting delays, and the demand for favors, asserting he would charge a 24 second flash for a half dollar fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cenes
New York Recorder
Altercation Fragments and Odd Wagon Tale Report
The Nebraska State Journal notes a heated exchange over alleged statements and recalls George Finley the express wagon driver. He custom made mules foreleg trousers to shield them from flies, supported by suspenders across the backs of the animals.
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George Finley
Anala
Nebraska State Journal
Ranges and heating options offered by local suppliers
Local retailer J.W. Henderson of Maynard Street South Acton Mass promotes Hub ranges and heaters. He advertises Royal Regal Queen air ranges with wire gauze doors and solid-door options, Hub furnaces water and steam heaters, windmills, pumps, and repair services. Orders via E Henderson Maynard receive prompt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Kerwin
Waltham
E. Henderson
Maynard
J.W. Henderson
Maynard Street
South Acton
Mass
Bull Rampage at Rogers Park Ends with Police Kill
A 1600 pound brown bull escaped Frank Everts’s Rosehill barn and charged crowds at a Rogers Park polling site. Officers Smith Johnson and local police fired buckshot and rifles. the bull was killed at close range after injuring an officer and scattering voters. The incident followed by a talk on medical operations and Coxey’s army rumors from Winnipeg Free Press.
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Frank Everts
Rosehill
Rogers Park
Michael Smith
Evanston
Summerdale
Houser
Johnson
P. R. Shumway
Davis Street
Sheridan Drive
Smith
Chicago Tribune
Winnipeg Free Press
London
Coxey
Chauncey’ Depew
Washington
Hobo
Independent Republican Party
Yuba Dam
Baltimore
Congressional Record
Boston
N. Y
Delaware and Lackawanna
Rocky Mountains
Fargo
J. Cornelius Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Portrait of E. V. Debs: tall, blue eyed and plainspoken
The Chicago Record says Debs is tall blue eyed pale and clean shaven with a bald aspect and resembles Bill Nye when wearing spectacles. He dresses plainly but neatly speaks fluently is candid cordial and exudes personal magnetism. It notes high ideas honest convictions vigor simplicity and impracticality may hurt him.
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E. V. Debs
Debs
Bill Nye
Chicago Record
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Antonio
Ing
Tattles, Jones and Wetherbes
South Acton, Mass
W. Te
Douglas
L.douglas
Brockton
W. L. Douglas
Creighton Maynard Tuttle
Jones and Wetherbee
H. Mead & CO
West Acton
W.C. Croft
Acton Street
Maynard, Mass
Co. W. Bisbee
Obey Dormer
H. Lawrence
United States
Eugene Field
Nason and
Summer
Walter A. Wood
Corning
Waldo Littlefield
Keith & Barr
Waldo Chaplin
Concord Junction, Mass
Second House
Baptist Church
Central Street
Burroughs
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