Maltese Cross Joke Baffles English Girl at College
A humorous prank among college friends targets Evelyn who cannot grasp the joke about making a Maltese cross from a pullet's tail. The exchange ends with Evelyn’s puzzled smile and her friends’ gentle insistence on the misdirected pun. The clipping also includes a poem reflecting on youth and loss by Richard Henry Stoddard.
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Insulted His Patron and the Bacon King’s Quarrel
A London Tit-Bits anecdote about portrait painter Phil Morris who, while toiling on a £700 commission for a merchant’s wife and baby, faces a sharp rebuke over a proposed pose. The patron, known as the "bacon king" for his pork fortunes, threatens to cancel the order after the artist’s suggested staging.
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Boomerang Speech and a Train Delusion
A Detroit News Tribune item notes Colonel C. W. Bolen on a delayed train during Bryan campaigning causing townsfolk to mistake him for Bryan. Bolen used a short speech to sway the crowd, and a later remark from a stranger claimed the town shifted to Bryan after a demo on a car platform.
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