Humor of the Week 644 Curiously funny vignettes surface
A compilation of witty exchanges and cartoons from the era featuring clever one liners. Jokes about hair color, evolution, weddings, and social quirks appear alongside humorous dialogues. The pieces showcase satire on fashion, politics, and daily life with playful wordplay.
Water on Mars and the changing Martian seasons
The article summarizes observations from Flagstaff Observatory Arizona on Mars seasonal changes. It notes snow melt and green bands near the equator, questions about cloud absence, and a May 19 winter onset tied to Mars axis rotation, referencing Schiaparelli and modern equipment.
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Monthly
Weather Review
United States Department of Agriculture
Mars
Flagstaff Observatory
Im Arizona
Schiaparelli
Malan
Equator
Flagstaff
It Touched Him Not His Wife Sarcasm on the Telephones
A short comic tale from Newark News shows Mr Nippy ignoring his wife Mrs Nippy as she complains about central telephone service and the new line of domestic workers. The scene hints at a domestic farce with sharp sarcasm and a punch line from the New York Sun.
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Mr. N
Vin-hum
Dr Williams Pink Pills Cited As Remedy For Weakness
A Tipton West Virginia man credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing lingering weakness and bloodlessness after a malarial fever. He describes prior anemia and digestive troubles, noting improved health after using the pills and recommends them, with a reference to the medicine company for more information.
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Williama
C. E. Lege
Tipton
W. Va
Dr. Williams
Coffee Jags and the Doctor Named Them Correctly
A Philadelphia woman describes years of coffee use as causing nausea headaches and nervousness and credits Postum with restoring health after quitting coffee and switching to the drink. She says coffee served in restaurants is often underprepared and compares her relief to quitting alcohol.
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Philadelphia
Cotter
Coles
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Texas Ranch Boom Drives Nation's Attention from Cattle to Land
A pioneering Texan estate scale rivaling a state is cited as driving a nationwide boom. The Review notes one woman owns up to a million acres and hundreds of thousands of cattle while many ranches span 100 000 to 500 000 acres. As values rise, investors shift to selling land, pushing Texas towns and plantations into rapid growth from San Antonio to Brownsville with cattlemen seeking new opportunities in western Texas and beyond.
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Connecticut
All America
Texas
San Antonio
Houston
Galveston
Brownsville
Territories
Mexico
Dean's Kidney Pill Cures Severe Kid ney Congestion Says Newark Man
Richard M. Peares of 241 South Orange Street Newark New Jersey credits Dean's Kidney Pill with curing severe kidney congestion and related symptoms after a cold and health decline. He reports eight years of lasting relief and cites night work in bad weather as the initial trigger. Sold by all dealers 10 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. The Escape is a satirical item describing a woman awakening to flames and using heated curling tongs to escape.
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Dean
Richard M. Peares
South Orange Street
Newark
N. J
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
In Due Form. Proprietor and Bookkeeper Exchange Oath
A humorous exchange shows the proprietor admonishing swearing while the new bookkeeper explains he is taking the oath of office. The brief scene highlights tension over language and office duties in a training moment.
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Mr. Trett
Allen's Foot-Ease and Foot-Base Advertisement
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into shoes. It cools and comforts feet, cures corns bunions swollen hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allens Foot-Base makes new or debt shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. 26¢. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen
Rample
Feige
Olmsted
le Roy
Aren't you afraid that horse will run away with somebody
Quote from Bronco Bob in Crimson Gulch dialogue where he jokes that a boss running away with a nan is harmless, but a man running away with a boss is dangerous, noted by the Washington Star.
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Bronco Bob
Crimson Gulch
Washington Star
Step Forward in Amateur Pudding Humor
A Baltimore American blurb notes the Ignity Pudding Club produced an amateur farce and contrasts it with earlier efforts calling them improvements over past tragic attempts.
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Ignity Pudding Club
Baltimore American
Worth Knowing Porous Plaster Claims and Odd Notes
An ad style roundup touts Allcock's as the original genuine porous plasters and warns others are imitations. It parodies advice lines about mood, headache and sore throat remedies. It also claims China holds the world record in executions with a figure of 12,000 yearly.
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Allcock
China
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