A Day of Oddities from a Humorous Page
A spoofing monograph on a stenographer with quirky punctuation and a misprint correction prompts banter about wages and faults. Anecdotes include Li Hung Chang in Philadelphia in 1896 and a faintly moral tale about a boy named Frank. The piece closes with a flirtatious, teasing exchange about a wish.
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Li Hung Chang
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Warwick
How He Popped and the Paper Hyphen Pact
A breezy dialogue between Harry and Mabel unfolds with humorous wordplay about printing their nine names with a hyphen in the paper. The scene hints at plans to start once Lean borrows a dog, while noting their own dogs are deemed too valuable.
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Harry
Mabel
Wookton
Sald
Wilde
Amatous Mportaman
THEN SHE FORGAVE AND THE STRAY TALE OF DIPLOMACY
A fragmentary dialogue shows Pam and Mr Baillon in tense banter about fear and punishment as a man steals the key. She protests innocence while he taunts and schemes, and another theft leads to her reluctant forgiveness amid a lesson on diplomacy.
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Chicago Post
Fragmented humor and puns from Stray Stories snippets
The page gathers brief quips and dialogues from Stray Stories and various papers. Features playful exchanges about dancing, early marriages, canning trusts, a female barber elopement, and domestic life. Numerous quick-fire exchanges showcase comic misunderstandings and cultural jests from multiple sources.
Mark Twain Dead Captain Bisby on Twain’s speech
The New York World quotes Captain Horace K. Bisby who tutored Mark Twain in Mississippi river piloting. He notes the notable peculiarity of young Clements and his habit of drawing out words, saying his mother always pulls them the same way.
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Horace K. Bisby
Mississippi
Clements
New York World
Music for Anarchy and Deer on Long Island
Goldwin Smith argues time in public schools with music reduces anarchy though critics doubt music can curb violence. The article notes around 500 deer roam Long Island. hunting permitted four days in November amid poor city marksmen. A Blacksmith Albertaon, crippled by rheumatism, finds relief using Dodd's Kidney Pills and resumes work. Adoni-hezek, maimed in Judges, shows a king’s removal of thumbs and toes to prevent throne claims.
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Goldwin Smith
Long Island
New York
Hiehen Goodland
Knie
Bertaon
Dodd
Albertaon
Adoni-hezek
Unclear fragmentary text from 1900 Norwich publication
Fragmentary OCR shows a mix of names, places, and phrases. It references Be New Year sentiments, fashion, and religious or moral themes, with scattered mentions of Norfolk area terms and archaic spellings. The readable content is insufficient for concrete events or people.
Wish All a Happy New Year Note and Nonsense
A garbled note wishes a Happy New Year and contains stray phrases about returning pil and remover items. The text also oddly mentions a handsome hostess in a misformed sentence. The readable content is fragmented and lacks a clear event or persons.
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