Diversions and curiosities from early 1900s press
A collage of notes on society, travel, and science featuring remarks on tobacco odor and orange peel, divorce talk about Vanderbilts, European royalty, and intrigues in Vienna. It mentions Copenhagen trust issues, Paris to London cannons, and moonlit automobile accidents. Navy gunnery, Idaho crew mumps, zinc coffins, and rising American typewriter exports cap the miscellany.
Long Immersion Joke Attracts Harsh Return
Tyson and Botts, two young businessmen, were the targets of a summer joke by friends who dressed as women and chased them by a creek. The ruse escalated as the boat carried away their clothes, leaving the pair humiliated and vowing retaliation. Tyson warns the jokers and plans to board elsewhere next summer.
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Dr. Jones
Tyson and
Botts
Tyson
Peters
N. Y
Japanese Exorcists Burn Man With Charcoal Fire
Oshita Matsusaku of Yamano-mura Shinzak! has suffered a months long illness. His wife consulted two professional exorcists who claimed spirits of a fox and a badger tormented him. They exposed him to a six day charcoal fire and poured boiling water on his back, leaving his body severely burned and unlikely to recover.
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Japan
Kobe Herald
Oshita Matsusaku
Yamano-mura
Shinzak
Not a Cross Breed in the Mistress’s Funny Exchange
In a brief Domestic humor note, a mistress questions a mongrel behind the coachman. John answers with a smile, denying a cross breed and calling the dog a cheerful breed that has stuck around since morning.
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John
Home Magazine
Right Over Him at Military Ball Joke Exchange
A witty exchange at a military ball features a pretty girl questioning a callow young man about serving under a great general. He confesses the joke: he was under the general by occupying the lower berth while the general slept in the upper berth on a sleeper.
Set-Up Job Prompt Asks About Plumbing Estimate
A dialogue plays out with Mr Subbubs questioning if the man from Lodder & Co will repair water pipes. The plumber confirms and quotes $60, while noting Bodder says the price, despite Bodder not having seen the job. The fragment ends with uncertainty about the final scope and cost.
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Lodder & Co
Mr. Subbubs
Uncle Sam as modern Croesus with vast gold hoard
The piece extols the United States as a modern Croesus, detailing immense gold holdings across the treasury, mints, and assay offices totaling over 1.02 billion dollars. It discusses gold certificates, reserves, and the impracticality of raw gold versus paper notes, noting compare by country holdings and per capita gold.
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Sam
Croesus
Midas
Uncle Sam
United States Treasury
Gob-Treasuries
United States
Navy
Pacific
Treasury
Treasury Department
St. Petersburg
Dominion of Canada
Dominion Treasury
Mint
Germany
France
Russia
United Kingdom
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Man never without 5088 spring reflections on overcoats
A sad-eyed married man recalls childhood springs and the itch to shed coats. He notes his wife will not allow a wardrobe change for two months. The piece contrasts this with Mallock's idea of automatic balancing for early airships using pendulums to prevent crashes.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pure Vanilla and Flavoring Tips for Home Use
A guide on vanilla beans and substitutes, noting genuine vanilla risks from adulterated extracts, methods to prepare vanilla sugar and vanilla extract with brandy, plus lemon rind sugar and almond gelatin dessert ideas. Also covers home preparation steps and timing for gelatin dishes to avoid cook’s anxiety.
Salad Technique For Egg Servings With Cabbage
Boil eggs hard then cool and peel. Shave cabbage into thin strings and line each dish one inch thick. Thread eggs lengthwise with linen thread, cut into five strips from top toward center, keeping yolk intact. Loosen white to make yolk stand while removing thread. Season and serve with French dressing.
Cold Tomato Sauce and Cornish Turnover Recipe Items
Instructions describe making a cold tomato sauce with peeled tomatoes celery peppers onions horseradish mustard seeds brown sugar salt spices vinegar. Also outlines cornish turnover batter using boiled rice breadcrumbs onion parsley thyme eggs and white of egg glaze and bake.
Egg and Beat Salad with Poached Eggs
Beets are peeled and cooked then fried in olive oil until hot. Arrange hot beets on a dish center with poached eggs around the edges. Lightly salt and pepper, then squeeze lemon juice over the whole dish.
Win White and the elusive place of riches in legend
A rambling rural dialect piece centers on Win White promising to reveal a hidden place where riches lie hidden in fields and waters. The narrator awaits revelation while Win White repeatedly defers, claiming the spot lies beyond bayous, race tracks, or fairgrounds. The piece blends weathered humor with local color and a sense of village superstition.
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Fairgrounds
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Indiana
Portugal
Vanderbilt
Copenhagen
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Metchuikoff
Paris
London
Napoleon
Oxitario
Charleston
8. C
Ita Harbor
Savannah
Misa Hikins
Italy
West Virginia
Idaho
Bob
Falcons
Vienna
Roxana Pike Church
Evanston, Ill
Lafayette
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Alaska
Magdalena Bay
Sbotts
United States Treasury Building
The
A. Mallock
Mallock
Woer
Byron Williams
Waverly Hill
Sterert
April
Texas
Fic Syrup Co
Eastreee
Xprem Pon Peny
Co Agency
Household Novelty Works
Tecemeck St
Buffalo, N. E
the Haynes Automobile Co
Kokomo, Indiana
Paxton Toilet CO
Mase
Paxtine
Willis George Emerson
Fiseo
Deke
Los Angeles