Rugged Verse Fragment by Arthur Guiterman
A fragment from Arthur Guiterman in Woman's Home Companion presents a night scene with nature’s imagery. The prose evokes wind mountains and forests, ending with a brief reference to Goug and a heart’s flame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Guiterman
Poor Richards Maxims from Franklin in 1768 Almanac
A snippet from the Indianapolis News suggests stamping postal bonds with Franklin quotations to educate readers. It lists many Poor Richard maxims from the 1768 Pennsylvania Almanac, including God helps them who help themselves and Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Franklin
Richard
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Sanders
Japanese Abacus Beats Modern Adding Machine in Tacoma Test
At a Tacoma chapter meeting of the American Institute of Bank Clerks a Japanese clerk using an abacus outperformed a local bank clerk using a modern adding machine. The abacus achieved the correct total in 80 seconds versus 64 seconds for the machine, which made an error. The Japanese noted his device is ancient but faster for large calculations and said many others are quicker with different methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental Bank
Tacoma
American Institute of Bank
Papa
Addin
Osoken
Japan
China
Japaneos
Sonntag
We can not part. A Pall Mall Gazette poem fragment
The fragment from a Pall Mall Gazette poem speaks of enduring love and grief. The speaker vows never to part, noting seasons pass and life’s pains, yet love remains beyond death’s reach as they recall shared memories and sacred devotion.
Kidney Pills and Comets in a Rural Verse Fragment
A fragmented verse fragment discusses Kidney Pills and comets with rural dialect imagery. It weaves caution about danger and fleeting light while musing on trust, light, and change. The text appears as a poetic, non-news item with scattered proper nouns and oblique references.
Hopper Quips at Hat Store Mixup on Broadway
In a Lambs club tale Hopper recounts a Broadway hat store mixup where a male salesperson mistakes him for a clerk. He waits hatless as another customer accuses him, and the comedian retorts with a jab about the other’s coat. Pettit’s Eye Salve advertised by Howard Bros. Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopper
New York
Lambs
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Wrestling trust controls most American wrestlers say critics
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes a wrestling trust that allegedly coordinates top wrestlers, with George Kennedy and Joe Coffey leading the syndicate. It claims reduced local shows in St Louis and questions about real contests, while naming figures like Mahmout Zbyszko Gotch and others in negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cs Sport
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Zbyszko-Olson
Trust
Gotch
Jeffries
Zotch
Olson
Zbyszko
Redeeint
Les Haughton
Frank Gotch
George Kennedy
Joe Coffey
Chicago
Kennedy
St. Louis
Eugene Tremaly
Canada
Yussif Mahnout
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Jim Essen
de Rouen
Charles Tutler
Pat Connolly
Don Kelley
Mahmout
Pro- Notera
Practice That Made Perfect From Life
A fragmentary humorous anecdote set contrasts a shipboard barber and his claim to keep perfect shampooing skills after survival. The disjointed text mixes jokes about coconut shampooing and a humorous servant exchange, alongside stray lines referencing a London sketch and a rustic vow.
Untitled poem fragment from a Dancktor era page
Fragmentary verse describes wandering dreams and shifting shadows under a windy sky. Imagery moves from ash and asphodel to clouded sea, with a distant shepherd wind and pallid vale evoking memory and longing.
Dean’s Kidney Pills Save Woman from Kidney Pain
Mrs Ida Finch of Newton Iowa was crippled by back pain swelling and kidney distress. After trying local doctors she used Deans Kidney Pills and improved saving her life. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Jaws
Ida. Finch
B. Main St
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Charity and Prudence From Youths Companion
An observant man found a city square drinking fountain with two conflicting plaques. The original Bible inscription read whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. A placard added Please do not waste the water. This contradiction highlights life’s tensions.
Cuticura Remedies Promote Skin and Hair Care
The ad from Potter Drug Chem. Corp. of Boston highlights Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as effective for skin and scalp afflictions and cosmetic care. It offers a free 32 page Cuticura Book on skin and hair to readers. The piece includes a brief quoted exchange from the Houston Chronicle about a girl and her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug @ Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
De Martel's Female Pills Standard Remedy
A historical advertisement touts De Martel's Female Pills as a seventeen year standard remedy for women's ailments. Marketed as scientifically prepared with quick, permanent results, available at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Rick
Bloomdale
Ohio
Ely
De.martel
Foreign tariff reform and silent tenants tale
A London Tatler joke recalls Mrs Snoggs predicting tariff reform to make the foreigner pay, noting a top floor tenant unseen for weeks. A Catholic News quip has John the waiter asked about his wife, who complains when the sun shines and calls the carpet to mind faded colors. A product pitch promotes Pierce's Pellets sugar coated to ease stomach and bowel discomfort without gripe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Tatler
Irish crewman on revenue cruiser delivers comic wheelhouse quip
A raw Irishman aboard a revenue cruiser endures hazing after a wide eyed wheel turn. He quips that he steered more in ten minutes than another crew member did in a whole watch, capturing a moment of nautical humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
There Is Nebuchadnezzar Eating Grass Like An Ox
A Washington Star item cites a Babylon joke about Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian beef trust. The quip plays on predatory habits and anti trust sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Washington Star
Nebuchadnezzar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lydia BE
Pinkfomma
W. L Douglas
Poteama E'gadore Sin Ibe
Monet
Waichal
Eith Uo
ST. Joseph
Omaha
Web
Hiouk
Bai
Fife
Pup Winder
Pall Mall Gazette
Dodds
Pat
Murine
Gab Lim
Breckinness
Buckneh
Pohtum Cereal CO
Battle Creek, Mich
Zbynsko
Theatrical Trust
Put Gotch
South Seas
London
Jon
Ivoi Onty
The
Houston Chronicle
Catholic News
John
Libby
Peerless
Aubstitiste
Oklahoma
C. George
Apache
Okla
Iday
Diplsmary Medical Association
R. V. Pieros
M. D
N.Y
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Institute
People’s Medical Adviser
Standard Oil CO