Colonel Weston Relapses into Gambling to Satisfy Old Urge
Colonel Weston of the United States Artillery relapses into gambling at Crockson's after ordering officers to avoid gaming. Lieutenant Frank Oldershaw, facing a court martial, bets to win and is confronted by the colonel who reveals he prevented four maximal wins with a countercheck. Oldershaw accepts the check, risking dismissal.
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Weston
United States Artillery Corps
Price
Fort W
Crockson
Frank Oldershaw
Crockson's
Aittle
Crockton’s
Oldershaw
West Point
Cgrockson
Leute
Olderahan
Tere
Nathan White Howe
Disputed Origins and a Missing Inning in Baseball History
Henry Beach Needham recounts debates on baseball origins led by Henry Chadwick and Albert Spalding. He describes a 1889 Liverpool challenge where Americans and British played a partial rounder and a five inning game, ending with the first inning unfinished and a 35 to 0 English deficit.
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Henry Chadwick
Chadwick
Dan
Hase
Albert G. Spalding
Andrew Peck
Snyder
Mr. Sprtting
Mr. Peek
Spalding
Liverpool
Chicago
Great Britain
Yankees
Henry Beach Needham
Passing of Tight Shoes and Shifting Footwear Norms
The Philadelphia Record notes a decline in tight narrow shoes as the modern broad, heavy footwear becomes standard. Shoemakers say health and temper improve with roomier fits, and ready made shoes replace costly custom orders once common. Prices once soared to 15 to 30 dollars for boots are contrasted with today’s availability.
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Philadelphia
Marriages In Germany Value The Money Factored Marital Bonds
United States consul William Bardel in Bamberg notes Germany has more mercenary marriages than elsewhere. He says population density and poverty push youths to weigh finances in marriage, contrasting American fortune hunting and the plausibility of supporting a wife on a low income.
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Germany
William Bardel
United States
Bamberg
America
Wenee
Midnight Street Robbery Foiled by Detectives
A group plots a midnight burglary in St Martin quarter with a pistol threat and disguise. The assailants strip a target of clothing and watch, but a detective hired by Mrs Hunter reveals the ruse to recover items and identify the culprit, Mr Hutter.
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Kirmann
Cour Fige
Galt
Gaunt
Ever
Anow
St. Martin
Junction
Tle
Efe
Paul
Police
Adits
Mr. Hutter
Chicago Record-Herald
Humor of the Hour Mr. Lyon In Society
A young man at Mrs. Leo Hunter's reception complains about escaping a crowd of old women. He remarks on the abundance of bowery women and their enthusiasm while another guest teases him in the conservatory.
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Mr. Lyon
George
Leo Hunter
His Favorite Descent
A humorous exchange from the Detroit Tribune where a hunting lady asks about caring for children and a despotic janitor jokes about elevator space and stairs. The dialogue touches on child behavior and building etiquette with a touch of whimsy.
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Detroit Tribune
Notable minstrel show teased with family bones display
A Baltimore American blurb notes a forthcoming event promising novelty with an ace minstrel show and a plan to feature skeletons from family closets to rattle the bones, signaling improvisational humor.
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Baltimore American
Grandson asks about great grandfather in Battle of Bunker Hill
Philadelphia Telegram quotes a playful Q and A about a great grandfather’s role at Bunker Hill with a punchline that he was under the hill.
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Bunker Hill
Philadelphia Telegram
Soap shortage sparks boy and press wagon joke
The Philadelphia Press recounts a wry exchange where a ragged boy insists on soap boxes for making wagons cute, while Growler dismisses worry about no soap. The humor hinges on resourcefulness amid scarcity.
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Old Growler
Philadelphia Press
Doubling Grass Growth Jokes Echo Washington Herald
A Washington Herald quip imagines exponential lawn growth as two blades emerge where one did before. The exchange plays with a playful math joke about steady doubling each spring leading to a vast lawn in about a millennium.
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Washington Herald
Overheard In The City And Other Tiny Tales
Cartoonish snippets from a city page feature jokes about marriage honesty and family life. Vignettes include a judge’s quip on spousal roles and a child confessing pantry tarts, plus a caption about a baby carriage and a child’s remark on flat living.
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Mrs. de Style
Wilfred
Saying the Wrong Thing and A Beach Reunion
A collection of jokes and verse snippets from old newspapers. Includes a quip about Miss Elder and Mr Brakes, a child’s retort about the apple of discord, and a poem reflecting on changing hair color and a remembered summer on the beach. The Daily Journal offers home delivery for 10 cents a week.
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Miss Elder
Mr. Brakes
Cleveland
Basilisk Eggs and Burning Cocks in Basel Folklore
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt recounts a Basel spectacle from August 1474 where a cat allegedly burned for egg laying and a cock with an egg was also burned to prevent a basilisk. It cites Gross and Venetus on legends of hatchlings and serpents linked to egg lore.
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Basel
St. Lawrence's Day
Gross
Kurtze Basler Kronik
Nolenberg
Ogether
Vicentius Sith
Speculum Naturale
Coluber
Cornhill Magazine
Liver and Bacon at New York Hotel Lesson
A ranchman named Bill stayed in an expensive New York hotel then went broke. The hotel fed him liver and bacon for three weeks until his luck returned. He later asked for the full menu “both ways from liver and bacon,” and the tale closes with a moral about learning from past mistakes and a plug for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills.
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Bill
New York
New York Press
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