Children Sayings and Folk Mistakes from Chicago Papers
Whimsical anecdotes from Chicago papers recount a long parade of child misstatements and misunderstandings. A fairy tale convo ends with a grotesque image. a baby questions a dog’s type. a snake frightens a child who notes a tail wagging without a dog. a girl jokes about a chair gift. Robbie misreports Nero and Rome. a boy tries to pay fare after swallowing money. siblings debate who should be president. Edith muses on pudding. a farmer son writes a letter from Chicago about hogs and a butcher's firm.
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Johnny
Willie
Chicago
Rome
Nero
Robbie
United States
Dewey
Chicago Evening Post
Edith
Chicago News
Danny
Treat
Elephant Columbus Tricks Boy With Daily Stunt
In Virginia a traveling elephant named Old Columbus lifts a boy named Dave into the stable roof as part of a planned trick. Dave, who leads mischief, feeds the elephant and asks for the stunt again, but says he only performs it once a day.
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Old Columbus
Virginia
Dave
Columbus
Preparations for a Bath by a Moving Man in Arkansas
Billy Darch recounts a hotel visit in a small Arkansas settlement at the Eagle House on a stream bank. After dinner he asks for a bath and faces a wary host who returns with soap, a towel, and a pick and shovel. The landlord explains the tool is to dam the creek while the watch is low.
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Billy Darch
Arkansas
Eagle House
Billy
Darch
Cincinnati Enquirer
His Sudden Belief
A dramatic dialogue scene unfolds as Fanny accuses George of waning love by the fire. George protests, insisting she is his idol, while explaining that true worship cannot occur for idols. The exchange reveals growing doubt and emotional tension between the pair.
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Fanny
Quotes on character and conduct from a feminine observer
A collection of maxims on personal virtue and social behavior. It highlights self restraint, honesty, patience, and prudence, contrasting strength with weakness. The text suggests practical folk wisdom on reputation, secrecy, wealth, and manners, with numerous aphorisms about everyday life.
Oddities and notes from the Savannah News column
Curiosities span history and science from British MPs to Caesar’s year and telegraph pole preservation. Other items describe Chile’s University student body, China’s first electric railway, ostrich domestication in South Africa, and garrison gun colors at Fort Screven.
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House of Commons
London
Dublin
Great Britain
France
University of Santiago
Chile
B. C
Julius Caesar
Pekin
South Africa
Cape Colony
Vaal
Orange River
Fort Screven
War Department
Savannah News
Moral Observations On Men And Character
A reflective piece notes that agreement fosters fondness, childhood familiarity alters politeness when greeting a girl, frugality with matches hints at financial acumen, loyalty and enmity shape reputation beyond town, and rushing to success often undermines the patient effort required for lasting worth.
Comic Corner Laugh Lines Drawn From Washington Quips
A collage of humorous exchanges and jests from political figures and daily life. Landis of Indiana recalls a boastful Logansport man while others joke about price puzzles, a rival suitor, and a famed dinner with Cecil Rhodes.
Back of Control and the Wonderous Voice
A young man questions extraordinary voice control while Miss Cayenne doubts the claim. The exchange suggests the subject sings whenever asked, highlighting a compelling performance gift and public intrigue.
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Miss Cayenne
Woman’s Dresden plate breaks after long care
An Indianapolis woman bragged of buying a Dresden plate she valued highly and carried across Europe in her hand. She finally brought it home unbroken but dropped it on arriving at Union Station, shattering the plate into 28 pieces.
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China
Indianapolis
The
Sentinel
Dresden
Europe
Rhine
Germany
France
Italy
British Isles
Made to Fit Langdon Smirking Story Half Truth
A Life magazine line questions why Langdon’s height is short and jokes about smoking and cigars in youth. It asserts he was raised on condensed milk to fit into a small flat, highlighting a satirical take on health myths and lifestyle.
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Langdon
It Has Been Done by a Clever Turn of Phrase
A humorous exchange features Cawker asking if cultivation can turn a fruit tree into a nut tree and Curso replying that George Washingtons cherry tree has somehow become a chestnut, poking fun at unlikely transformations.
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Cawker
Curso
George Washington
Thoughtful maxims on learning, success, and character
A collection of reflective maxims about learning from faults, constancy to purpose, industry, silence, justice, happiness, friendship, solitude, reputation, and the moral duties of self-care, courage, and burdened effort. The verses urge prudent action, honest inquiry, and steady effort as paths to a meaningful life.
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Heaven
Earth
Fie
Odd Traditions and Facts from Nineteenth Century Europe
A miscellany notes currency among inland South Africans using chocolate cocoanuts and eyes, cavalry speeds, a massive Jubilees Year gun shot test, mourning customs, France glove production, coin wear loss, homing pigeons in warfare, and Austria’s match factory outputs. The items reflect era curiosities and industrial scale anecdotes.
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South Africa
Queen Victoria
France
German War Department
Austria
Fragmented Gem Wisdom And Odd Economic Quips
A collection of aphoristic musings and quirky facts noting how character is shown by refusals, mining potential, economy talking points, chocolate purity, a German toy sale in Britain surpassing two million pounds, Smith and Jones surname counts in England and Wales, and a Boone Iowa case where a caller fined two dollars for calling another liar by telephone.
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Great Britain
England
Wales
Boone County
Iowa
Two Ten Password Mystery Traps British Baroness
The Baroness Burdett Coutts is courted through Pars shops by clerks who repeat the phrase two ten as a password. A porter reveals the meaning, claiming it means Keep your two eyes on her ten fingers. The shopmen allegedly mistook the baroness for a shoplifter.
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Burdett-Coutts
Pars
Great Britain
Does it Pay to Buy Cheap Remedies in 19th Century Ads
A collage of old advertisements touts Boschee's German Syrup for lung troubles, Kodol Dyspepsia Care, and De Witt's Little Early Risers with testimonials. It notes sample bottles, medical claims, and a surge in fusum mace companies in Japan from 1890 to 1898, highlighting marketing reach and industrial growth.
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Boschee
Joseph Emmert’s
Emmert & Burrel
Fusum
Japan
Arsenic and Kidney Health Claims in Ad Copy
An old advertisement asserts that most serious diseases originate in kidney disorders and promotes Foley's Kidney Cure. It also notes a claim about arsenic being a normal thyroid constituent, suggesting it explains arsenic use in diseases like nammia, with attribution to Armand Gautier.
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Foley
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Armand Gautier
Containing Remedies and Wildlife News From Various Regions
A mixed column mentions Poley'n Honey and Tar as a cough remedy praised by G Vacher of Chicago, plus endorsements for De Witt's Little Early Risers from M B Smith of Butternut Michigan. It notes the white rhinoceros still seen between the Sanyati and Zambezi in Africa and reports a 75 000 franc government grant to move 20 000 volumes from Venice's duches palace to the Zecca building. Also cites Kodol Dyspepsia Cure praised by Rev W E Sitter of New York for long lasting indigestion relief.
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Sebtingwe
Africa
Sanyati
Zambezi
Duges
Venice
Zecca
Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets Promised to End Slavery of Stomach
A marketing piece argues that chronic stomach issues enslave sufferers and promotes Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets as the sole remedy. The ad claims the tablets digest food without stressing the stomach, regulate the bowels, and prevent foul gas, enabling rest and recovery after meals.
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Dodd
The New York Tribune's Triweekly Edition Endorsement
A readable fragment discusses the 1900 presidential race, praising Republican strengths, pro claims, and the Tribune’s Tri-Weekly edition as a valuable service to business readers. It highlights the paper's party loyalty, editorial vigor, and hoped future prestige.
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New York
Cleveland
United States
Tribune
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George
the Comic Corner
Congressman Landis
Indiana
New York Weekly
Atlanta Constitution
Meeker
Harold Frederick
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
Frederick
Kansas City Star
Sorghum
Washington Star
Miss Sparkler
Mr. Churchly
Rev. Churchly
Puck
Carrie
Kate
Mr. Tyler
Boston Transcript
Gems
Paris
Lewis Ackerman
Goshen, Ind
de Witt
Brooklyn
Hartgerink
Overisel
Mich
H. J. Moogk
G. Vacher
Osgood St
Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co
M. B. Smith
W. E. Sitter
W. Caton
N. Y
H. d, Moogk
Swarts & Fleck
Cot
Aidan
E. C. Dewitt & CO
H. J Mooge
Americas
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Peoria
Pullman
HOT Springs
Ark
Denver, Colo
Texas
Florida
Utah
California
Oregon
Chicago & Alton
Geo
J. Charlton
Illinois
the Pally and Sunday Tribune
Ada
Iremor
Aranda
Tri-Weekly Tribune
Tri- Weekly Tribune
New York Tribune
Farmers’ and i
the Tribune
By Mail
the Sun
Panne
Ieee
Owen
Kentucky
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Rand
Pane
Chicago 7 Journal
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