A Timely Plea and Short Jests Across the Month
A Baltimore judge grants a defendant extra time after a plea to theft of a watch. Quick quips follow from jokes about excuses, gold in a New York ledge, cigars from Havana, and humorous exchanges. Terse exchanges from Yonkers, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Puck column contort everyday scenes into light humor.
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Baltimore American
Broadway
New York
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Witty Jokes and Snappy Bits From The Times
A collage of light humor and quips from multiple papers. Telegram misfire about weather causes a clothes store joke. Banter about wealth and manners appears alongside seaside observations and a shipboard pun.
Grape-Nuts and Postum Defend Against Labor “Locoed” Editors
A publisher condemns rival editors for libel over Grape-Nuts and Postum claims. The letter describes factory processes, nutrition claims, and a challenge to prove false statements with witnesses and judgments. It urges reader vigilance against alleged liars in the labor press.
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Texas
Labor Trust
Locoed
Critics Target Grape Nuts Promoters and Sanitarium Lecturers
A letter accuses cooking school teachers and Sanitarium demonstrators of being hired to praise Grape-Nuts and Postum, then dismissed for refusing. The author links the head doctor to a magazine department with dubious Q and A, mentions the Annunins badge, and notes a New York case where a woman faced a teacher with an iron, prompting a $10 reward for her courage.
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Lars
Ananius
New York
In the Pasture of Trade Papers and Advertisers
Editors describe grocers trade papers pressuring for ads and branding. They compare rival publishers to cattle in a pasture, arguing for firm control and branding to deter slander and maintain influence. The metaphor promotes strong editorial stance against advertising campaigns and brand visibility.
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Derby
New York Tribune
Bettle
Bertie
Bleeker
Meeker
Harker
Ulis
Abner
Let
Philadelphia
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Pang
Houston Post
Sheas
Keenroom
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America
London