Boston Journal editor notes on dancing and society
Steven O Meara, the Boston Journal editor, believes that ragtime and hop waltz banishment by the American Society of Professors of Dancing would improve ballroom decorum but doubts the music will vanish entirely. The piece surveys attitudes toward hypocritical trends, technology, and cultural shifts shaping public life.
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American Society of Professors of Dancing In
Halle
Steven O'Meara
The
Boston Journal
Politics Past and Present: O'Meara on Precedent and Reform
The piece surveys criticisms of current politics against earlier values, citing Washington Henry Hamilton and McMasters. It notes reform efforts against corruption, wartime graft, and patronage, contrasting past and present ethics while suggesting overall political progress despite lingering temptations.
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O'Meara
Washington
Patrick Henry
Alesander Hamilton
McMasters
Yenra
Samuel Adams
Whhich
the Mathers
Swell Indian Girl Tookah Turner of Cherokee Heritage
Tookah Turner, a high sister of mixed Cherokee and white descent from Muskogee, Oklahoma, touted as the swellest Indian girl in the West by photographers. She is highly educated, fashionable, and rumored to marry a white man. her father is a wealthy merchant. The piece also notes jewelry, Paris-made gowns, and a cautionary anecdote about a London safe maker sample story. Also includes brief mentions of Isinglass origins from Russia and a Dead Sea excursion boat line.
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England
Baron Russell of
Killowen
United States
Great Britain
London Times
Parnell
Britain
Tookah Turner
Ives
Musskogee
J. T
Miss Turner
Paris
Turner
Russia
Caspian Sea
Amazon
Brazil
You Push the Button in a Town of Dreams and Doubts
Chauncey Alport, a lowly clerk, sees love with Violet Gilderdie and fears poverty will ruin their future. A vacation rekindles his spirit, and a creative camera shot of Niagara Falls catapults him to wealth. He marries privilege and decorum, while Violet dusts a grand Niagara transparency in a luxurious home.
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Hitchtuck
Alport
Violet Gilderdleeve
Violet
Alpert
Cone
Fellows
Channcey Alport
Type
Erate
Camern
Bo Alport
New York
bin Hved
Mme
Heac
Nisgare Falls
Violet Gilder
Corot
Theo
Niagara
Violet Alport
Chicago
Cheering Possibility and Parodies of City Life
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century column features two boys from a summer resort trading boasts about New York versus Boston. A Boston lad quips that many of his city’s people have faced hospitals and almshouses, and a woman claims twenty five years of marriage. The tone is light social observation with witty asides.
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SUmIM@er
New York
Boston
New
Humor of the Week: Laughable Tales From Funny Men
A collage of short, humorous quips and gags drawn from the witty columns of the press. Jokes range from alarm clocks and twins to jealous husbands and bank clerks, featuring puns, dialect humor, and playful exchanges. References include playful lines about fishing, fruit, and elixirs of life.
Wry Comic Snippets and Social Ques in 19th Century Press
A collage of jokes and vignettes from Philadelphia and New York papers. Bits include a churchgoer vs baseball fan quip, a wife’s gashed look startling a husband, a drowning rescuer courted, a wealth tale on arms and shirtsleeves, and a joke about declining favors reflecting poverty. Vintage wit and social observation thread through the snippets.
Gloating in the Gloaming and a Moonlit Exchange
The dialogue features Spoopamore asking Miss Quickstep if she knew his rich uncle cut him off and revealing another love interest. In pale moonlight the scene shows a leer and a trap of debts, with a light exchange about a bonnet and hanging debts.
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Spoopamore
Not Enough to Hurt First Boarder Shortcake Heavy
A string of humorous quotes from early 20th century papers. The casual exchanges touch on a heavy strawberry shortcake puzzled by a light top and a parrot that swears while learning. Other snippets include a rough doctor and a war comment.
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New York Weekly
Exclusive Information from Der Floh on Single Life
A humorous exchange features a boy asking about a bachelor and a father replying that a bachelor is a lucky fellow, cautioning not to tell the mother. The fragment suggests light, conversational humor typical of Der Floh.
Banjo dreams and flood of talk at romantic scene
A collage of comic chatter and misheard lines shows a loopy exchange among several speakers about love, fortune, and loyalty. Interspersed are snippets from Chicago News and Philadelphia Press jokes, ending with a Washington Post anecdote about a man departing for a seaside vacation and his wife watching.
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Washington Post
Sailor the Bell Ringing Dog of Wood Island
A historic note tells of Sailor, a dog kept at Wood Island lighthouse who rang the ship bell by tugging a rope. The clever collie delighted in saluting passing vessels, earning cheers from skippers and glowing press attention. Sailor, once a farm dog from Westbrook, grew into a famed sea mascot known for precise bell rings and dockside antics.
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Cerned
Wood House
Poe
Userig Orcutt
Woodbury Farm
Westbrook
Tyers
Sallor
Wood Island
Wartebera Island
le Sailor
J Smith, Jr
Andover
London
Tifficattieos of Latitude in Dutch Republics
A fragment from the Detroit Journal notes social conditions in Dutch Republics were not all desired. The exchange imagines June weather in winter, reflecting period concerns with climate and society.
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Detroit Journal
Thessaly Postage Stamps Spark Collector Frenzy
The Turkish issued Thessaly stamps in values 5 2 and 1 piastres and 20 and 10 paras sold quickly as collectors snapped them up. On the third day after release 5 and 2 piastre stamps sold at around 1s 0d, while smaller values brought 4s. Turkish officers and civil servants controlled the trade, cashing in before Thessaly evacuation is completed.
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Thessaly
Pittsburg
Sore of It. A husband and love claim in New York Herald
In a fragment from the New York Herald a man questions if he loves his daughter enough for marriage and jokes he would sacrifice his bicycle for her. The terse remark reveals domestic humor and social propriety of the era.
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New York Herald
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