Down Trodden Rich Man Contemplates a Blameless Life
Maw recalls a rich man in New York with ninety three million dollars who longs for a simple life. He imagines the burden of wealth, the pressures from servants and conscience, and wonders what a rich man can truly do to ease the strain on workers and family.
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Albert
Paw
New York
Hart
Ule
Sumbuddy
Bla
Manny
Ted Sloan
Wales
Fiod
Max O Rell Story Of A Paris Sunday Sermon
French humorist Max O Kell recounts a tale from an American town meeting held in a church. A local speaker criticizes Parisian immorality, prompting O Kell to retort that Paris offers concerts and holy spaces, not immorality, and to question where the critic spent that Sunday in Paris. Later, the same political figure seeks the Senate, facing voters who ask where he spent that Sunday in Paris.
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Enjoya
Mme. Paul] Blouét
Max O'Kell
Lundiay
Paris
Louvre
Senate
Aris
Hat of other people keeps the rich from wealth
A fragmentary quote from the Chlevags Times-Weral reflects on the idea that wealth comes with hidden burdens. The speaker warns not to blame the rich without knowing all the facts, suggesting divine or fated constraints on wealth.
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Paw
Manny
Chlevags Times-Weral
Recent Inventions Match New Patents Across Devices
A list of innovations includes a spring roller carriage top with three sided winding for curtains, a central office call indicator with a moving dial, an auto closing cup cap with a tubular design and slot, a combined bicycle and rowing machine with belt drive, a Canadian picker that deposits fruit into a barrel without bruising, and a rotary blacking brush operable with one hand. Notes on moral decay float as stray text.
Our Budget of Fun and Oldtime Humorous Snippets
A collage of light humor from late 19th or early 20th century papers and magazines includes jokes about lawyers, boarding houses, and parlor signs. The snippets feature exchanges about rich uncles, love, disguise, watermelon jokes, and social mishaps, reflecting era wit and slang.
Humorous Fragments From Various Papers
A collage of short quips and jokes from multiple newspapers, including lines about seasickness, social satire, and light verse. The snippets reference figures and phrases such as a sea sighting, Aunt Malindy, Mrs Henpeck, census records, and mistaken identity, all in a rapid-fire humor voice.
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Henpeck
Wunder
Baltimore
Riviera revenues from foreign visitors cited in French paper
A French paper notes 270 000 foreigners spend about 1 000 francs each in the Riviera each winter, totaling 54 million dollars. English, French, Germans and others contribute roughly one third each, Americans largely unmentioned. Nice is described as a wealthy department post annexation. The piece also remarks Americans lead in meat consumption, with England second, and suggests meat need not be daily.
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Riviera
France
Nice
White House births span generations and leaders
The article notes the unique birth of Ella Cleveland as the only child born in the White House during this presidency, then lists nine other White House births tied to presidents and relatives including Julia Dent Grant, grandchildren of Tyler, Donelson descendants, Mary Louise Adams, and James Madison Randolph, reflecting a lineage timeline across administrations.
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Storka
White House
United States
Esther Cleveland
Julia Dent Grant
Tyler
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Jackson
Mary Louise Adams
John Quincy Adams
James Madison Randolph
Ladies’ Home Journal
In the Parlor Light Turns The Tables On A Kiss
Tess recalls a moment when a man complained of bright light as he attempted a kiss. Jess laments the interruption and Tess confirms she rejected him after the light was lowered, recounting the event in Philadelphia.
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Tesa
Timrus
Jess
Tese
Philadelphia Press
Gus
Tess
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Georgie
Max O'Rell
Mypocrites
Weill
Puck
Mandey
Mickey
Chicago News
Rastus
Indianapols Press
Syracuse Herald
Philadelphia
Maimina
Chicago Tribune
Watkins—Weill
Malindy
Indianapolis Press
Papa
Willie
Yonkers Statesman
Philadelphia Record
Bess
Maud Goody
Joneses
Jack
Baltimore Amerledin
Smythe
Philladelphia Press
Browne
Watte
Madge
Potts
Indianapolis
Sam
Swanson
Lake Street
Chicago
England
Dodd
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