Dew of Eve and Kindergarten Lesson
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a safe laxative for constipation and indigestion, claiming quick relief without injury and sleep work cleansing toxins. A soft humor vignette follows about a kindergartner proudly teaching her younger sister a dance, then remarking the tot’s effort is cute though incorrect.
The Last Ride and Five-Cent Fares
A brief note hints at a historical transport policy change titled The Last Ride and mentions five cent fares never to return. The fragment suggests a discussion of a transit system's fare policy and a shift away from low price rides.
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Dates and Dishes From a Vintage Kitchen Guide
A vintage cookbook style piece offers coconut bisque eggs de lesseps beef heart stuffing and celery toast alongside date based dishes. It highlights dates as nutritious and versatile with date pie sandwiches bread and pudding and a chicken salad variant with chopped apple and celery.
No Hard Tank, Either Boston Transcript Quip
A fragment from the Boston Transcript quotes a playful exchange about reading, writing, and aging. The brief witticism contrasts busy reading with the act of writing, highlighting literary humor.
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Remarkable jellyfish Granny lives through many caretakers
In a London Royal Institution lecture Prof D Arcy W Thompson recounts Granny the jellyfish rescued by Sir John Graham Dalyell and fed half a mussel every two weeks. Granny thrived with care, produced six hundred offspring, and died Oct 11 1887 at age 67, suggesting she might have lived to 98 if properly tended.
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Senator Quips Over Speech Flub At Reform Hearing
Senator Sorghum defends his stylized remarks during a reform hearing. He dismisses critics who say the speech was ungrammatical, insisting the deliberate phrasing avoids being labeled an uncompromising highbrow.
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Man With 700 Million Inheritance Dreams Big
In a Youngstown Telegram item a fat plumber and a thin carpenter discuss what they would do with 700 million dollars. The plumber imagines inheriting wealth and dining at a New York hotel then paying with the money, tipping 30 cents.
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One of ze bulldong’a chickens in Australian style
A brief, humorous exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes someone mishearing English as Australian dialect in a quirky line about a bulldong’a chicken. The remark highlights playful linguistic confusion in a light context.
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