Striker Shot by Deputy in Nesquehoning Clash
A strike leader Patrick Sharp of Lansford was shot and killed by Deputy Harry McElmoyle during a clash with deputies en route to a Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company colliery near Nesquehoning. McElmoyle was arrested and jailed at Mauch Chunk. A large crowd gathered as witnesses and officials moved to file charges, while a brigade of Twelfth Infantry arrived from Shenandoah to man Manila park amid miner union protests.
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Nesquehoning
Patrick Sharp
Lansford
Harry McElmoyle
Sharp
Mauch Chunk
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
McElmoyle
W. K. Watkins
McEnroyle
Miners’ Union
Humor of the Hour cartoon snippets from 1920s papers
A collage of humorous exchanges from newspapers includes a doctor’s use of “critical operation” and quips about healing souls, a man tied to a safety pin, a new father lamenting sleepless weeks, and a pun on money. The jokes showcase light domestic irony and professional vanity in period voice.
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Washington Star
Perseverance and business woes in old papers
A snippet from the Indianapolis News questions the state of someone’s business, noting there is none. The Philadelphia Press carries a quip where a mosquito asks the meaning of perseverance and the elder insect answers with a joke about finding a hole in a wire screen.
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Philadelphia Press
Public Domain Jokes and Witty Observations Relay Humor
A compiled humor card features quips about clowns and shows with lines from Yonkers Statesman Chicago Post and others. It juxtaposes jokes on matrimony coffee and kitchen witticisms, with city papers supplying punch lines and mid century tone.
On the Eve of Civic and Industrial Change
A lecturer predicts major shifts in urban life through cooperation solving living costs and the automobile ending burdens. A skeptical millionaire in the audience questions the pace of change amid rising human strain, while a humorous aside from Chicago papers frames the exchange.
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Chicago Tribune
What Worried Her Mrs Meek
Mrs Meek expresses worry as a dutiful wife, fearing her husband keeps something from her. Mrs Freak reveals she suspects financial secrecy, stating money is the hidden issue.
Affectionate Interest and Witty Wedding Jokes
A collection of quoted quips on dogs trading, conversation, and weddings. Mr. Erastus Pinkley dismisses a dog trade as crude humor, while Miss Justout and Wiseman critique agreeable talk. A Chicago Record bit notes a woman's multiple divorces with wry sarcasm.
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Erastus Pinkley
Washington Star
Miss Justout
Wiseman
New York Times
An Exception. Politician I’ll tell you what
A humorous exchange about influence and manners appears in a collage of jokes from Boston Courier Chicago News and Life. The snippets feature a politician and barbed banter about social pulls and courting, with punchlines on manners and domestic scenes.
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Pat
Boston Courier
Babylon
Summer Angling Report Sparks Coastal Excitement
The Pittsburg Press highlights strong fishing activity with a note that Miss Swift made a notable catch last summer. The item plugs local angling interest and mentions an elderly man valued at least a million, reflecting colorful seaside chatter.
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Swift
Pittsburg Press
Our Country Cousin Joke at the Nut Bar
In a Chicago Tribune humor sketch a scolding wife and patient husband trade quips about proper places with a chestnut bar and a porcupine's egg becoming the punchline. The brief exchange features a witty tag line from Judge.
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Antipodes
Xantippedes
Rube
The dog will fetch your hat on whistle, she says
A light dialogue about a well behaved dog who fetches a hat when whistled. The speaker notes the dog is nice and well trained, reflecting a playful domestic moment from the scene.
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Iiits
Matrimonial Voyage Turns Toward Divorce Court
A pair of verse verses discuss marriage as a voyage across a matrimonial sea. The quatrains compare courting to embarking on a ship, with marriage leading to possible divorce or peaceful outcomes. The tone blends humorous sailor imagery with social commentary on relationships.
Vast miscellany of world facts from late penny press
A compiled list notes police costs for parliament, refugee homelessness in London, Sakhalin forests, naval medical vacancies, new homes in Slindon, a 126 course dinner in Shanghai, a long standing debt paid on deathbed, and broader global trivia. It mentions military casualty rates, fruit jellies from boot legs, North American volcanoes, dog welfare at Battersea, a 125 ton steam hammer, corn land area versus Britain and Benelux, marmalade from orange surplus, and various European industrial and cultural items.
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London
Sakhalin
Russia
Naval
Sussex
England
Slindon
Shanghai
Harrisburg
Popular Mechanics
North America
Central America
South America
Battersea
Bethlehem Steel Company
United States
British Isles
Holland
Belgium
Horatio W. Parker
Yale
Norwich
Montecristi
Ecuador
Minnesota
Hinlanders
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Freeland Tribune
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Orrick
Freeland
Mall
State Supreme Court
Alexander Simpson, Jr
State Bar Association
Cambridge Springs
Simpson
Supreme Court
Ms. Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Times
Humor OF the Hour
Cinder Charley
Billy Trucks
Cinder Char
Philadelphia
Chicago Record-Herald
Indianapolis News
Bill
Jill
Chicago Post
Boarder
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
New York Herald
New York Press
Eben
Chicago Record- Herald
Ping
Chicago News
Indianapolis
Walter
Chicago American
Gussle
Tom
Brooklyn
Army
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Heaton Park
Lord Wilton
Manchester
Corporation
Theatre Francais
Paris
Budapest
Mohn
Christiania
Miagila
Marduk
A. K. Blundell
Wanganui
New Zealand
Alloway
Scotland
McMenamin’'s Gents
South Centre Street
Native's
TOY
Waller C. Davis
Bee Valley Railroad
Weatherly
Allentown
Bethlehem
Euston
New York
Sandy Run
White Haven
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Scranton
Hazleton
Easton
Delano
Pottsville
Mahanoy City
Bhenando
Shenandoah
Mt. Carme
Pottayille
yukes-Barrs
All Points
Cate
Potteville
Hugeton
Mahano
Aston
Mt. Carmel
Shenan- Coat
Mahanoy Ch Y
Delano and
Hazle On
Kite Haven
Rollin H.wilbbur
Cortlandt Street
New York City
CBAS
Lee
G. J. Gildroy
FE DseLawarn
Susquihanna
Scullyiki
T Ramroan
Oneida Junction
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Deringer
Tomhickon
Cranberry
Harwood
Hazleton Junction
Roan
Beaver Meadow Road
Stockton
Hazie Brook
Eckley
Joddo
Drifton
Hazle Brook
Jeddo
Jeanenville
Tribune
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