Pungent Paragraphs and Witty Quips Across Papers
A collage of humorous exchanges and light verse pulled from various papers. Jokes about opera crowds, London fashion, postal stamps, rain, whist scores, bonnet choosing, real estate schemes, and a fish purchase mystery all feature in quirky dialogue snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Sam
London
Detroit Journal
Mrs. Wiggles
Rachel
Mr. Wiggles
Philadelphia Press
Lumber Camp Life in Adirondack Frontiersmen Style
Reads like a vintage Adirondack scene detailing lumber camps with long log shanties, cook camps, and deacon seats. It notes rough bunks, a central stove, fiddles and jigs, and the sociable routines of squaring timber, sharing meals at daylight and after work, highlighting the rugged, communal life among choppers, shidders, and gum pickers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondacha
Ueber
Ross
Lorman
New York
North Woods
Censor Files and Telegram Misery in Early Turkey Era
A Constantinople correspondent details Turkish censorship rules and their absurd effects on news and telegrams. Report includes examples of forced wording changes, refusals to publish, and a telegram mishap where officials lamented a misinterpreted message. The piece notes widespread distortions and loss of trade due to censorship, plus a quip about Greek dialects and a Scottish tale fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Ruyelos
Messieurg
Bulgar
East Rumelian Vilayet
Cdad
Transvaal
Bulgaria
Ollman
Fnally
van der Stael
Inis Bes
Berliner Durch
American Saddle Horses and the American Breed
A historical overview of saddle horses in America tracing their foundation in colonial times to the palfrey stock, the rise of the amble and running-walk, and the modern American saddle horse’s blend of Thoroughbred blood with Kentucky stock. It notes pacing origins, changes in gait preferences, and the esteem of Kentucky ringers for combination horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ell Jong
John Wilmer Speed
Ainslee
Europe
Aimerica
Silay Dean
Dr. Franklin
France
Marie Antoinette
Rhode Island
Exercins
Kentucky
Harneas
Germanys Trade With the World in Commodities
German commerce with the world in all commodities excluding precious metals reached 2 136 744 000 dollars last year. imports 1 230 880 000 dollars and exports 949 588 000 dollars. Wheat and rye import decline from home production, corn imports rising from 20 830 000 to 21 654 000. Some trade sectors fell, sugar exports dropping from 54 002 000 to 45 695 000, due to weaker US demand. The Canton plague killed about 80 090 of 1 000 000 inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
State Department
Monaghan
Chemnite
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barsain
Pat
Parlor Shoe Store
W. H. Barnes
Ry Black
Elyria
Lowe
Elyria Gas and
Electric Light Co
al Estate
Henry E. Casey
Geo. H. Ely
Youger
Veland
Berea
Oberlin Airway
Oberlin
Publiq Are
Cleveland
Beret m
Cara
Public Square
Clevel
Cleve
Ars
Oberlin Ily
Antil
Ft. Pomeroy
Garfield Bld
Ema
POL Ag
Smeans
Washington
Spuce
M. Bovie
Chute
Agatemes
Rorin Re
Wi. Howes
W.llfay
Pturney-At-Law
Mussey Block
Rochester
the Corner Clothiers
Elyria, O
West Broad Street
Nichols Block
Ma Car] Freese
Joe
J. Mitchell
Daniel Freese
West Broad St
Elyria, Ohio
the Farm Implement Company
Lawn Grass Seed
Jane
East Broad Street
Japan
Reublin‘bros., Cash Grocers
Bhanty Boys OF
North Woop
Adiromdack Wildermens
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fleches
Porto Rico
United States Fish Commission
Evermoon
Marsh
Fish Hawk
Tropics
Deans Ron Ride
Preksy
Troy Times
Rotha
Chicago
Buller
Kasta Hin
Duncan
American Saddle Horse
amail-Rowad
Hill
Ameritea
Canton
Harry H. Smith & Co
Cheapside
Heiulas
Collara
Érie
F. H. Foster & Co
Elyria Furniture Company
Harry B. Smith
Elyria Furniture
Harry H. Smith
Rive
Hubert Day
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