Chinese Coat Bargain and Mock Feigned Intent
In a Hong Kong shop window Charles B Towns and Samuel Merwin observe striking Chinese house coats. Merwin bargains for the coats with a halting pidgin reply from the shopkeeper and a quoted price of seven dollars. The piece ends with a reflection on motives in friendship and courtship and a brief aside about enlistment and appearance.
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Charles B. Towns
China
Samuel Merwin
Hongkong
Mr. Towns
Mr. Merwin
Bitter Exchange Between Youths Over Bread Sides
A fragment quotes a heated exchange where young men murmur that butter on their bread has been spread thin and blame is deflected. The clipped lines imply a social or workplace friction.
Fiery Red Pimples and Itch Heal with Cuticura
A vintage advertisement promises quick relief for eczemas itch and burn using Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment. It claims daily use for tullet and offers free samples by mail with a book, addressed to Cuticura Dept Boston.
Not for Conscription in a Gem of 1900s Wit
A fragmented quip contrasts conscription with old-fashioned remedies and hints at social themes. The speaker rejects conscription while mocking contemporary medical and moral notions, mentioning alimony as a social ailment in a brittle, tongue-in-cheek tone.
That Was Easy Garden Tale From Kansas City Star
A Kansas City Star humorous fragment tells of a Great Bend boy given a six foot backyard plot for a garden. He did not properly tend his father's garden and the radishes in daddy's plot failed to sprout while the boy’s own plants appeared after he pulled produce from the elder’s garden to fill his own.
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Kansas City Star
Peterson's Ointment Promises Piles Cure Guarantee
Local promotion touts Peterson's Ointment as a universal healer for eczema salt rheum old sores itching and ulcers and guarantees a 20 cent box will rid piles or refund. Testimonial from David A Seymour declares cure and recommends it. Also includes a string of short humorous ads and quips from Puck and Red Cross Ball Blue.
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Peterson
David A. Seymour
Upt
Parks
Buffalo
Adv
At the Club Scene of a City Apartment Night
A man jokes about fatigue and bad luck as he rides the subway and takes an elevator to his apartment. He finds two women in the elevator and discovers his wife has varnished all the chairs, adding a humorous domestic twist to an evening out.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
San Francisco
New York
Devale
Brockton
EL. Douglas
Discretion in the better part of valor meaning explained
A playful exchange explains that choosing discretion over risk does not prove cowardice. The dialogue suggests prudence can guide decisions, including personal commitments, and ends with a parental routine about bath time and bedtime.
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Paw
Willie
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
A Cincinnati man named freezone offers a new compound that dissolves corn or callus with drops applied directly to the tender area. The ad claims instant drying, no skin irritation, and painless removal of hard or soft corns and toe calluses, available from druggists.
Considerable Chatter About Hidden Teeth Joke
A humorous old exchange questions a husband’s teeth with wit and a wife’s cheeky reply. The woman mentions her husband’s teeth frighten him and that she heard them one night, playfully suggesting their presence and sound.
Army Problem Sees Guard Regiments Turn to Artillery
Washington notes the National Guard may be federalized and redeployed as field artillery units. Cavalry regiments could be converted as the regular army expands to about 800,000, with border service boosting readiness and hastening front deployment despite debates over recruitment methods and leadership.
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Edward B. Clark
Washington
National Guard
War Department
Uncle Sam
United States
West Front
Army
Pennsylvania
France
Bene
National Army
A Much Traveled Person
A Navy recruiting incident narrates a gunner's mate speaking to a ditch-digger. The youth claims deep travel experience only to reveal he has "been to Troy" once. The exchange highlights contrasts between claimed adventures and actual place-bound horizons in a small-town setting.
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Navy
London
Paris
Cuba
South America
Troy
Indianapolis
Farm to business boom unlocks Western Canada wheat profits
A nationwide push for higher productivity argues farming is a business. Case studies from Milo Iowa to Champion Alberta show farmers earning strong returns through efficient practices, with Albertan yields around 44 bushels per acre and costs as low as 25 cents per bushel.
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America
United States
Canada
G. A. Wright
Milo
Iowa
S. Joseph and Sons
Des Moines
Champion
Alberta
Hewitt
Soland
Newell J. Noble
Nobleford
Newell J. Nobles
Nancy Coe
Woman Chooses Pipe Over Cigars for Birthday Gift
A downtown Cleveland store scene shows a woman rejecting cigars for a pipe after the clerk asks routine questions. She describes the target recipient as about 42 years old, five feet nine, stout, with dark hair and a mustache, prompting a humorous note on gender norms.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Libel on the Sex Seen in Odd Parlor Quips
A humorous exchange frames a joke about leap years and birthdays as a parlor quip. A father asks who invented leap year and a son replies a woman tired of annual birthdays, reflecting lighthearted gendered humor in a social vignette.
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Bill
BBWA
Lovegreas
W.L. Douglas Rhoe Co
Spark St
Brockton, Mass
Eben
Iain
Puck
Russia
Elihu Root
New Republic
Lberty
Germany
Europe
East Front
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Washington Park
Eos
Dave
Pinkham
Tori
Sage Ames
Edin E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Mass
Fesez
IM. U
Fort Wayne
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