Pat O Rourke Partys On A Wages Night In Harlem
Pat O Rourke and his wife Biddy argue over a party funded by Pat's weekly wages. After delays and a drink with a friend, Pat loses the nine dollars concealed in a worn handkerchief. He returns home late to discover the handkerchief is full of holes, not cash, ending in comic shame. The piece notes Head's Sarsaparilla as a catarrh cure.
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Hill
Musha
Pat
Aran
One Hundred and Twenty
John Mulcahy
Mal
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Batame
Mia
Rourke
Biddy
Patsey
New York Sun
Gossip on women and clever education tales in era
A column of humorous clipped anecdotes describes women’s vanity at a hotel scale, a witty aunt heading to school with books, and a retold Hartford celebration tale about Mrs. Stewe. It includes sketches of Auntie Laura with salaratus, an elderly African American learner, and quips from Yankee Blade and Texas Siftings.
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St. Paul
Laura
Atlanta Constitution
Spellman Seminary
Qwine
Chile
Uncle Remus
Hartford
Stewe
Mary A. Livermore
Washington
National Era
Nell
Australia
Belle
Yankee Blade
Jiblots and brides humor amid Belt Line exchange
A collage of quips about roles in a new marriage and social clubs, plus a travel anecdote on an Atlantic liner. A self-deprecating joke about presidency and treasury surfaces with a punchline on the bride’s preferred subordinate role. The page also advertises health products and a hospital indemnity plan.
Pointers For Cooks From A Historic Tip Sheet
A collection of practical kitchen tips including preventing burns by placing water in the oven, heating knives to slice hot bread, boiling vinegar to curb odors, cleaning dishcloths to avoid diphtheria, removing fishy smells with soap and water, repurposing spools to hang brooms, varnishing worn oilcloth, avoiding cabbage smell tainting milk, varnish suggestions for durability, and a benzine glycerine hand treatment for soft skin.
The Nervous Man and Rogers Royal Nervine
A wife asks her anxious husband to buy Rogers Royal Nervine, the narrator recalls his prior nervousness eased by the remedy, and he praises its impact on his wife. He declares the tonic priceless, quotes past relief, and vows to keep it in stock.
Gas stoves gain popularity in city with new models
About 1,500 gas stoves are now in use in the city. They provide perfect satisfaction, require no kindling or coal, and eliminate ash removal. Prices range from $2 to $15.
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