Comic Snatches From Polite Society
A string of brief quips and jokes from a 19th century humor column, featuring exchanges about Ned Nero’s “great iine” mispronunciation, a ribbing of teachers and students, witticisms about dentists, husbands and wives, and punny street scenes. Notable lines include a teacher’s quip about an egg, a farmer and inventor, a gag about labor-saving devices being excuses, and social sketches from Punch and Tit-Bits style humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacher
Philadelphia Press
Scott
Essily
Matt
London
Miss Seeland
Workingman
Josh
Corn Tessel
Washington
D.C
Great storage business shows resilience through cycles
The storage industry remains vital to shipping with four major plants including two in Brooklyn, one on Staten Island, and another at Communipaw, plus many bonded and free warehouses in Manhattan. Bonded storage holds dutitable goods while free storage accepts domestic or foreign items. The sector benefits from market declines as large consignments are moved to storage, and it stayed robust in 1907 and 1908 despite broader stagnation.
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Brooklyn
Staten Island
Communipaw
Jersey
Hudson River
Manhattan
New York Sun
New York
Pure Milk and Our Babies
Walter Weyl argues in Succ ess Magazine that infant deaths from milk supply reflect systemic cruelty. He contrasts a newborn with a frail ninety-year-old ancestor to highlight high mortality risk, urging mothers to fear contaminated urban milk and protect their babies.
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Walter Weyl
Success Magazine
Monroe
Napoleon
Rag Alley Vancigans vs Bumtown Billygoats Set for Big Show
Five year old imparts team pride, boasting that Rag Alley Vancigans will whale the Bumtown Billygoats next Saturday. Uncle Hiram questions the claim as the boy insists he is the regular shortstop and the club has a name.
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Hiram
Dicker
Chicago Tribune
Not Now Mrs Chagwater Josiah Debate on the unwritten law
In a terse exchange Mrs Chagwater Josiah questions the idea of an unwritten law while Mr Chagwater asserts it is widely reported and already documented in the press. The dialogue underscores a clash over customary rules versus public record.
Star oldest word roots across Aryan languages
The word star is presented as the oldest English term with Aryan origins, tracing variations in Dutch ster, Anglo-Saxon steorra, Sanscritstri, Icelandic stjarna, Latin stella, and Greek astar. The piece links star to spreading light and spreading, noting related words like straw, strewn, consternation, and street as descendants, illustrating ancient linguistic unity.
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New York Herald
Stri
Stjarna
Stella
A Lesson in Banking from a Japanese Consul
Jokichi Iwaya, the Japanese consul to Portland, recalls a tale used to teach thrift and caution in business. A Yokohama banker counts banknotes aloud for his son, but omits the last note, warning that another might be hidden beneath it.
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Japan
Jokichi Iwaya
Portland
Yokohama
The Wireless Hero and the Hawksley Boss Tale
A New York theatrical manager recalls the claimed pursuit of Jack Binns as the wireless hero. He jokes about Hawksley's boss a horse dealer, detailing a fanciful, comic request for a versatile, trustworthy figure to ride in parades and races and to work in odd roles, ending with a quip about a horse not waiting at the table.
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Jack Binns
Republic
New York
Bin
Binns
Hawksley
Sons O' Temperance
Why She Declined On A Street Car Skating Tale
A young woman enters a crowded street car with skates on her arm. An elderly man offers his seat and she thanks him, saying she prefers standing after skating all afternoon. The anecdote appears in Harper's Weekly.
Gunner-He’s Opinion Shift Cited In Fragmentary Note
Fragmentary OCR item notes a character named Gunner-He once treating the world as a bubble and mentions a change of view. It also briefly references Guyer-Yee and a fall from an airship, but context is unclear and details are incomplete.
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Gunner
Guyer
Yee
Descendant of Penn’s Friend Preaches of Founder Life
A sermon on William Penn given at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Girard avenue and Marlborough street by Rev Edward Giles Knight, claiming descent from Penn adviser Giles Knight who came to America with Penn in 1682. The talk centered on Penn’s early life while noting other parishioners trace lineage to colonial founders.
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Philadelphia
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Edward Giles Knight
Giles Knight
Giles
Bristol
England
Dr. Knight
Penn
Emmanuel Church
John P. Eyre
A Sort of Cousin in the Witness Box
In a court scene a lawyer questions a woman about her relation to the defendant. She reveals a tangled web of marriages and kinship but declares she has always regarded him as a kind of cousin. The judge and lawyer concede her explanation is satisfactory.
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Jones
Joe
Harry
Ters
Economy Lesson From Clerical Servants Tale
A New York Sun note tells how employers seek economical servants from clergy households. Katharine M. Abbott’s Old Paths and Legends of the New England Border adds a Saybrook anecdote showing how a servant’s truthful report shapes expectations, as neighbors prepare for a prayer meeting.
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Katharine M. Abbott
New England
Saybrook
Connecticut
Boston coffee riddle at lunch counter
A customer asks what Boston coffee is and why cream is added first. The waiter replies that the cream goes in first because the customer ordered Boston coffee, a wry exchange highlighting the name origin.
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Chicago Tribune
Making Up for Lost Time and the Adjourned Meeting
Report from a crowded room where attendees react to a delayed session. A sexton notes the ladies are in the silence room, and a loud scene unfolds as the adjourned meeting resumes amid tension and curiosity.
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Sexton
Chicago Tribune
Majority Rule in Congress Methods Adopted to Save Time
Speech by J Slant Fassett in Lesl Weekly argues open sessions are impractical. Majorities organize the house, appoint committees, and set rules to protect rights while enabling decisive action. A Democratic minority cannot halt majority pledges without breaching trust.
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J. Slant Fassett
Lesl Weekly
Meare lake dwellings add to Glastonbury finds
Dr A Bulleid reports a new group of late Celtic lake dwellings at Meare near Glastonbury. The site spans about twelve acres with grassy mounds indicating dwelling floors and Telics artifacts in bronze bone horn and pottery.
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A. Bulleid
Glastonbury
Meare
Bulleld
Law Times
Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn
No War In Balkans Predicted By Rothschild Member
A Rothschild family member in the Washington Herald casts doubt on future Balkan war, arguing the fear of conflict is overblown and that Rothschild judgment stands above Hobson in general terms as a war prophet.
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Balkans
Rothschild
Hobson
Washington Herald
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Nero
Iine
Addie
Globe
Maxil
Boston Courier
Farmer Hank
Deacon Klutchpenny
Hank
Puck
John
Walter
Milwaukee News
Mamma
Johnnie Cross
Georgie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Squire
Allen
Indy
Philadelphia Inquirer
Congre
Soyer
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Brill
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