Matrimony and mischief in a 1920s quip column
A collection of humorous quips by Tom Sims from 1925 jokes about marriage, travel, fashion, planning, and daily life. Observations on chores, roads, golf, fish hooks, and vacations, with playful wordplay and light satire reflecting era manners and everyday concerns.
Puzzle solution: one move forms four rows of three boxes
In a Boston Pickwick Club ruin scene six boxes were arranged. A policeman moved one box to gain view and accidentally created four rows of three boxes each. The puzzle hides the step: by changing one letter in the chain DOCKS LOCKS LACKS PACES PANEL, yielding the final word panel.
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Pichetone piano substitute touted by Russian musicians
Little Joe is placed by a steel comb with tiny pinchers touching its teeth while Russian composers such as Ippolitov Ivanov and Avra nek at the Moscow Conservatory testify that the instrument can replace pianos. They claim it offers a stronger tone and superior tonations. The device, named Pichetone, is believed to be cheaper to produce and could compete with bulky traditional pianos.
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New Musical Instrument May Replace Piano
Moscow July 5 A Russian musician Giley has rented a new instrument with a compact box form and ordinary keyboard claiming it could replace upright and grand pianos The device weighs eight sound pounds and uses no strings The innovator hopes it will transform modern music and performance economics Signor Pirandello at sixty plans to star in a late German film project in Rome.
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