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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 23, 1899
Page
3
A Herald Cranbrook item recounts a humorous misunderstanding among local youths centering on a Cedar Avenue romance. George confesses love, gets “ditto” from his sweetheart, then learns the joke via cabbage patch gag. Other joke clippings follow, including urban quips from newspapers.
A fragmented montage of overheard lines and comic exchanges from a bustling street scene. A wheezing chorus of voices recalls old theatres, poets, and forgotten economies. A bicyclist collision interrupts the moment as two men tumble and vanish, then a hurried street exchange over telegrams and engagements surfaces amid street chatter.
Charity Wiggins of Columbus Georgia, mother of Blind Tom, defends her son against rumors of prejudice and control by others. The narrative portrays her as revered in the Black community, recounting travels with Blind Tom, suspicions about money, and the belief that Tom’s noteworthiness stems from a unique genius.
Miss Pauline Astor, American heiress of the Astor fortune counted among the country’s richest, is betrothed to the Duke of Roxburghe. Her English life has kept her largely away from Newport society, and her schooling was private under governesses at Cliveden.
A jumbled OCR page mixes mock medical ads and gossipy quips. It touts Nugget Holloway's Corn Cure for warts and coins, parodies health notices from Washington Star and Denver papers, and quotes various humor panels plus a medical pitch for Liarmee’s Vegetable Pills and Blocum Cure with requests for reader samples.
Martin W Glynn of Albany will be the youngest member of the Fifty sixth Congress representing New Yorks twentieth district. A four year out of college lawyer and Albany Times Union editor, Glynn rose from farm and public schools in Kinderhook to Fordham College class president and noted writer and orator. He defeated his opponent by over six thousand votes in the recent campaign.
A reported incident at the fair involved a man accused of boasting of strength. Bystander accounts say the individual was challenged and removed by a security figure, with witnesses referencing a loud exchange and a dismissive reaction from nearby observers.
Mrs. Jaggie Brunette of Chichester Quebec suffered four years of stomach pain and weakness. After ineffective medical care and a hospital stay, six boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills were used, and sixteen boxes completed her cure in three months. She has remained healthy for nearly three years and praises the pills.
Isabel and May discuss marriage and unity in a witty Brooklyn Life piece about spouses becoming one in thought and approach, exploring harmony and stubbornness in a humorous dialogue.
A compact ad style summary noting claims of Doan's Kidney Pills curing disease by removing the cause, with mock quotations about ballots and dignity, plus a claim that Mainard's Liniment remains the rest and first choice among countrymen after a year of sales.
Crowded paragraph of vignettes and quips from periodicals. The pieces include a stern father testing a suitor’s discretion about his daughter, a penny-for-a-blind-man joke, and a cautionary note on coughs leading to consumption. Also cited are travel anecdotes about a Loire chateau, pun humor from a Boston newspaper, and an advertisement mix for Dr War's Blood and Nerve Pills along with Minard's Liniment.
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