The Time to Laugh A Tall Tale of a Telephoned Doctor
A comic exchange unfolds in a dry goods store when a man asks to be connected to a doctor for a paralyzed patient. The doctor’s bizarre symptoms are described through a flurry of absurd, cartoonish ailments and the caller’s bemused attempts to convey progress and advice. The tale riffs on mistimed care and comic miscommunication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Blank
New York Mail and Express
Cale
Tom
Richmond Dispatch
The Difference and Other Brief Humorous Vignettes
A light column presents short Irish and American anecdotes. An Irish farmer buys a bicycle and ponders the price, another man jokes about prohibition’s foes, and a Pullman sleeper tale contrasts sleeping car concerns with flat-dweller comforts.
Quotations Lead to Drowning and Armored Train Talk
A comic exchange shows a wife urging frank talk on drowning while a stern husband cuts off any talk of escape. Amid playful banter about clothing and danger a public figure’s armored train idea and a child’s wish for a bow and arrow surface in a brisk, era-tinged scene.
Gentle Lessons and Quips from Daily Life
A collage of light anecdotes and captions from youth humor and everyday observations. Ranging from a three year old claiming to be “most new,” to a sailor in witty exchange about umbrellas, the item captures small, humorous moments and brief quips about family life, schooling, and social manners.
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Boston
lee—Horrowed Wittlolems
Pullman
Tier
Tommy
Omaha
Defiance
Magnetic Starch Mfg. CO
Omaha, Neb
Daier
Margie
Mamma
Johnny
Oston
Miranda
Law
Emerson Longfellow Beaconstreet
Duveunt
Alexander
Queen's Chronicler
Stephen Gwynn
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia Fress
Mer Mettie
Sidney
Rodney
Detroit Free Press
J. Pope
Ferrar Road
Streatham
England
Jacobs
Bowman
St. Jacobs
Pope
Putnam
Tome
Magnetic Starch Co
Brooklyn
N.Y
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Atlas Oats
Huilda
Onto
Tert
Toledo
Luca Counfy
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney
Ula
A.D
Inkint
Fance Biarch Brew
Pino
Cory
Junen
Hamiin
Wong
Dobba
Danbs
Brother Henry
Clara
Mr. Hunker
Washington Star
Sogly
Wqua
Eivouasros
TERN
Canada
Iwi
Jenni
Manitoba
Asalulbola
Sankalshowan
Fe Vodioy
Linigiation
Ottawa
Crawford
Wanwas City
Relade
Eee
Aia Patent ‘Attorneys, Wantington D. Us
Uranw Homm
Atlanta
Rae
Winchester
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