Besieged in a Cave Ends With Possible New Home
In a canyon hideout Gertie Elson and her companions repulse a Indian siege using rifles and a feigned retreat. After driving off the attackers they debate leaving the wagon and building a life near their cave with water from a spring and fertile land as a possible future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charle
Gertie
Charlie
Rob
Kate
Gertrude
Charlie Elson
Charlie el
Tonder
Dows ‘Uere
Pink Pills for Skin Troubles Expose Blood Purity Cure Claim
A colonial advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills claiming to purify and enrich impure blood to cure skin disorders and salt rheum. A testimonial from Miss Elizabeth Gillis of Kensagon, P E I, praises seven boxes and jokes about price. A brief note from Tit Bits records war office charging for an extra charger not a crow in a witty letter.
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Williems
Elizabeth Gillis
Kensagon
P.E.I
P.E.I., says—"Worls Can Hardly Xpress How Grateful I Feel For What Mr. Williams
Dr.Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Stockville
Ont
Royal Horsertillery
War Office
Marine Eye Remedy Ad and a Humorous Street Scene
An advertisement for Marine Eye Remedy Co promotes eye care products with catchy lines. a street scene from The Sacred Heart Review shows Turonia Smith carrying chocolates and meat while joking with Brown about visiting a girl, hinting at courtship and upcoming marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Eye Remedy
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Turonia
Smith
Brown
The
Sacred Heart Review
Harvest Season Confusion in November to March
A humorous exchange shows a pupil misnaming harvest months as November through March, prompting the teacher to challenge the claim and reveal the source, a plumber father. The anecdote lampoons weather and seasonal knowledge in everyday life.
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Tommy
Chicago News
Animal Remedies and instinctive healing in nature
The article explains how animals self treat illnesses and injuries using instinctive methods. It notes cobra bites cured by plants, dust and mud to expel parasites, fever coping with rest and fluid intake, and specific remedies like dog's grass for loss of appetite and grass for cats. It mentions warrior ants forming ambulances and chimpanzees dressing wounds with leaves and grass.
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Antomis
Wan
Latrelie
Her Choice of Boas
Crosby trims his wife’s dress bill by swapping price tags on two boas. His wife prefers the cheaper stylish option and thanks him for the choice, while he hides his embarrassment and wonders if she chose the costlier boa by accident or design.
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Crosby
Cros
Women and hair hamper athletic prowess in sport
A London Black and White note laments how skirts waists and hairpins burden female athletes. It argues energetic play disrupts hair, causing dishevelment and distraction, splitting attention and undermining confidence during tennis or cricket.
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London
Check System Inventor Palmer Missing Out
John Palmer, long dead in a Michigan town, devised a check system to track items from his dances. He used numbered checks for hats wraps and other articles, a method noticed by railroad men and quickly adopted nationwide. Palmer received no compensation for his idea.
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John Palmer
Michigan
Palmer
New York American
A Nest Made From a Leaf by the Indian Tailor Bird
The tailor bird of India builds a curious nest by sewing a dead leaf to a living green leaf using fiber as thread and its bill as a needle. It sews the sides and leaves a top opening, creating a leaf hide that snakes and monkeys might overlook. The hanging leaf would not be mistaken for a nest.
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India
The Only Kind of Mind Renovation Quip
A short, fragmented quip scene notes humor about brain renovation with absurd imagery. The speaker muses that brains might be renovated by a vacuum cleaver, hinting at surreal wordplay and unclear context.
Darrow Visits Toledo Author Mayor Whitlock
Clarence Darrow, famed Chicago lawyer and reformer, visited Toledo recently to see Stand Whitlock, the city’s mayor and author. An admirer, eager for introduction, asked Whitlock to present the guest, prompting Darrow to quip about being misunderstood.
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Clarence
Darrow
Chicago
Toledo
Stand Whitlock
Whitlock
Rom
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Stand Out as Superior
A medicinal note extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as effective purgatives and cleansers. It claims they act on the stomach and allow certain ingredients to pass to the bowels, asserting they are the best pills and have proven their value over years of use.
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Parmelee
No smoking can curb strong wills this tale notes
A playful exchange contrasts a husband’s quitting smoking with a wife asserting her own will. The dialogue mentions New Zealand and a Free Lance context, signaling a light comic feature or column snippet.
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New Zealand
Free Lance
Minnard’s Liniment Cures Colds and a Horny Lesson
A New York World item notes a classroom moment where a teacher asks students to name things dangerous to approach with horns. Seven year old Jennie Jones answers Automobiles as an example, illustrating a playful exchange in the era.
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Jennie Jones
New York World
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Teaser
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming one day relief for a cold with a refund offer if it fails. It features the E W Grove signature on each box and a 25 cent price. The piece also includes a brief humorous quip from The Bachelor and The Benedict about marriage and home life.
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E. W. Grove
Sporting Notes Previewing Track and Baseball Moves
Sport notes mention Jeffries’s rumored $150000 second lease in puzilistic life and the Abbe at 2.10 percent slated for next year with Ed Geery to train. Hugh Duffy takes Chicago Americans manager role focusing on coaching. Attleboro sprinter Charley Hidway defeats Australian star A. B. Postie in a 120 yard dash in England. Postie was Nat Cartmell’s planned professional opponent.
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Jeffries
Puzilistic Life
Ed Geery
Hugh Duffy
Chicago Americans
Charley Hidway
Attleboro
Mass
A. B. Postie
England
Postie
Nat Cartmell
From Pontardawe Grocer to famed English Tenor
Mr Ben Davies once worked as a grocer's assistant in Pontardawe near Swansea before discovering his voice. He became a popular tenor, starred in the light opera Dorothy for years, and later shifted to the concert platform. His wife shocked him by singing Dorothy on the piano, proving his long forgotten memories of the show had faded after 600 nights.
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Charlie Eison
Gertie
Charlie Elson
Kate
Ben Davies
Davies
Pontardawe
Swansea
Dorothy
Davies Ha
Puzzling Question Poses Down and Out Paradox
A short puzzling item from the Detroit Free Press notes a riddle about language where the phrase uppers and down and out create a paradox. The teaser invites readers to solve why being on uppers implies being down.
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Tetroit Free Press
Aero Cipher Debate in Boston Herald Language
In a terse exchange the dialogue mocks plans to become an aeronaut and suggests a misinformed notion of remaining an aero cipher, reflecting a playful or satirical tone in the Boston Herald.
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Boeton Herald
A Fine Snob and a Proper Prank of Esquire Style
London correspondent reports a Tunbridge Wells boardinghouse incident where a news shop clerk addressed a client as Mr not Esquire. The reply asserts lineage, independent income, college rank, and social connections with peers and Royal Commissioners, deeming the misaddressing a breach of gentlemanly rights and prompting the news agent to cease business.
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Eveland
Thackeray
London
New York Sun
Tunbridge Wells
Walter
Oriel College
Oxford
Mauritius
Gardens
Lord
J. James’ Park
An Old Time English Coachman Tale Retold
A clerical anecdote recalls a palace visit by Dr Benson and the bishop suffragan Edward Parry. The story features a coachman who replies that churchgoing causes him no harm since he participates himself, illustrating a wry, late Victorian humor about duty and example.
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Archbishop Tait
Benson
Palace
Parry
Edward Parry
Dover
Addington
Babson wakes wife and shoots at burglars then waits for police
The Boston Herald notes Babson waking his wife to evacuate, then using a pistol to fire at intruders, closing the balcony door and awaiting police. An ad pitch follows for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming rapid relief for toothache and other pains.
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Babson
Boston Herald
Thomas
Cheese Spoiled Quip by Vegetarian Boarder
A vegetarian boarder quips that some cheeses are more spoiled than others, using humor to comment on taste and quality with a pun on spoilage. The remark reflects light social banter rather than a serious event.
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Lee
Vertie
Kater
Kate Elson
Tower Cave
Milam
Stove P
Olish
Black Knight
Ree
F. F. Dalley Co. Limited
Hamilton, Ont
Mathers
N. U
Sik
Boas
Timore Amer
Bachelor
Benedict
Cleveland Leader
Sporting Notes
O Jolly Ben
South Africa
Snob
Esquire
George
Darling Darling
Minard
Ates
Canada
EW. Gillett CO. Ltd
Toronto, Ont
Beecham’s
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
U.S. America
Ottawa
Toronto
E. B. Eddy Company, Ltd
Hull
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